NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ former Six Flags theme park, which shuttered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is finally coming down. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports demolition is underway at the eastern New Orleans site of carnival rides and buildings just off Interstate 10 that never reopened after Katrina struck. Developer Troy
Continue Reading SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Led by Adama Bal’s 24 points, the Santa Clara Broncos defeated the Saint Louis Billikens 85-78 on Monday night. The Broncos are now 1-0 on the season, while the Billikens fell to 0-1.
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, its neighbors said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the U.S. presidential election. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at least seven North Korean missiles flew as far as 400 kilometers (250
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — At least 25 people, including several children, died after their boat was “deliberately capsized by traffickers” near the Comoros Islands, the local office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. “IOM Comoros is saddened to hear about the deaths of at least 25 people after their boat
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York State Police have suspended a trooper without pay after launching an investigation into his account of being shot and wounded while trying to help a motorist on a Long Island highway. The decision was announced Monday after officers executed a search warrant at Trooper Thomas Mascia’s residence
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe and reliever Chris Stratton have picked up their player options. The club also reinstated right-hander Kyle Wright from the 60-day injured list, where he spent the entire season rehabbing from shoulder surgery. Renfroe made $5.5 million last season and will make $7.5 million next season, despite
Continue Reading Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ election commission on Monday allowed seven politicians loyal to President Alexander Lukashenko to start collecting signatures to run against him in January’s election, in an apparent bid to create a semblance of competition to the longtime authoritarian ruler. Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than 30
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation has now delayed trout stocking at McKay Park Lake in Jefferson City until later this week, according to a Monday press release. The release says stocking was originally set to occur last week before the winter catch-and-release season began on Nov. 1, but the water is
Continue Reading Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 4,000 mail ballot applications have been challenged across 14 Pennsylvania counties, leaving election officials to decide eligibility during hearings that will extend well past Election Day. The challenges involve people living overseas as well as those who may have moved. So far York and Chester counties have
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed certain voters in the state’s third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late to return them after the deadline. That means the affected Cobb County residents must vote in person on Election Day, which is Tuesday, or get their
Continue Reading ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — A man has been arrested and charged with murder after a shooting that killed one person and injured four others in October during homecoming weekend at Albany State University in Georgia. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that 18-year-old Jeremy Marshall was arrested last week. Police say Marshall has also been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three women are accused of stealing mail in Miller County, according to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office and court documents. Tammy Michelle Schnieders, 48, of Eldon, is charged in one case with forgery and stealing mail, and two counts of stealing mail in another case. She is being
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court says Arizona must release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly classified as having access to full ballots because of a coding glitch. The Arizona Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a motion by Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ office that sought to
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — A Turkish businessman was arrested in Miami and charged with helping Venezuela’s state-run oil company circumvent U.S. sanctions. Taskin Torlak was arrested while attempting to return to Turkey. Court documents allege that Torlak starting in 2020 worked with unnamed co-conspirators and companies from Ukraine, China and elsewhere to transport Venezuela’s crude oil
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia has approved prosecutors’ motion to drop manslaughter charges against two sheriff’s deputies accused in the death of a psychiatric patient. Irvo Otieno was pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes in March of 2023 while being admitted to a state psychiatric hospital.
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Up to 6 inches of rain have fallen in parts of southern Missouri, prompting flash flooding in several rural areas and endangering a levee near a lake. More heavy rain is in the forecast for much of the state through Wednesday. The National Weather Service office in suburban St. Louis says
Continue Reading AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up criticism of Israel for not doing enough to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza as a 30-day deadline looms for Israeli officials to meet certain requirements or risk potential restrictions on military assistance. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Monday gave Israel a “fail”
Continue Reading By Tara John, Eve Brennan, Pete Muntean and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Incendiary devices that ignited in Germany and the United Kingdom in July were part of a covert Russian operation that aimed to start fires aboard cargo and passenger flights heading to the US and Canada, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday,
Continue Reading Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities Washington. But thanks to the sleuthing of an organization that finds, identifies and inters veterans, the ashes were recovered and most were given a burial service with military honors at a
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