JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man pleaded guilty to a federal child porn charge, according to a Thursday court filing. Scott Alan Barker, 32, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. He faces a 15-to-30-year sentence. He is being held at the Cole County Jail. According to previous reporting, Barker allegedly created a video that
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CNN Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin fixed the commander in chief of Russia’s military, General Valery Gerasimov, with a cold stare and a look of exasperation. The video, released Wednesday by the Kremlin, showed the Russian president was not happy with news from the southern region of Kursk. At that moment, hundreds of Ukrainian
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The union that represents train engineers says Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make their schedules more predictable. These quality of life concerns nearly caused a nationwide rail strike two years ago. The nation’s largest railroad is telling the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 4, 1957 – The Soviets launch Sputnik 1,
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Betty Prashker, a pioneering editor of the 20th century who as one of the first women with the power to acquire books published such classics as Kate Millett’s “Sexual Politics” and Susan Faludi’s “Backlash,” died July 30 at age 99. Her daughter, Lucy Prashker, says Prashker died at
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh is accused of driving under the influence. Authorities say he ran into a bicyclist who was riding in the bike lane of an Atlanta street Thursday night. Court records show he faces seven charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, and driving under the influence of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land in 2024 than in any other year since reliable records began in 1992. According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, more than 1.4 million acres, or 2,200 square miles, have burned in the state so far. Center spokesperson Carol Connolly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A makeshift aquarium established by two longtime Brooklyn residents in a sidewalk tree pit often flooded by a leaky fire hydrant has stirred controversy. The project has drawn concern from city officials and backlash from animal rights advocates. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, two neighborhood residents carried
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a murder conviction in the killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed the botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious.” The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes didn’t get a fair trial. Osorio-Arellanes was sentenced to
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state communications watchdog says it has blocked access to the Signal messaging app, the latest move in the authorities efforts to tighten controls over information amid the fighting in Ukraine. The agency, Roskomnadzor, said Friday it made the decision because of Signal’s “violation of the requirements of Russian legislation.” Russian authorities
Continue ReadingThe National Women’s Soccer League and its players’ union have agreed to a collective bargaining agreement that will run through 2030, according to two published reports. Sportico and The Athletic, citing anonymous sources, reported some provisions of the new agreement will go into effect before the current CBA expires after the 2026 season. The current
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it’s opted against what would have been its first-ever blocking of aid to an Israeli military unit over rights abuses. In a statement Friday, the State Department said it is now satisfied with Israeli efforts to rectify the abuse. The U.S. has not publicly identified the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man with a history of political violence has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. David Nicholas Dempsey’s sentence is among the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — All Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin had with him when he was released from his penal colony in a swap was his toothbrush, a tube of toothpaste, his expired passport and the prison garb he was wearing. But he has hit the ground running. Within days of arriving in Germany,
Continue ReadingCNN By AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John, Duarte Mendonça, Paul P. Murphy, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Vinhedo, Brazil (CNN) — A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed outside São Paulo on Friday afternoon, killing everyone on board. Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed the plane’s fall and its destroyed fuselage in flames on
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer During Kamala Harris’ thrill ride that has upended the 2024 presidential campaign, journalists for the most part have been on the outside looking in. The vice president hasn’t given an interview and has barely engaged with reporters since becoming the Democratic choice to replace Joe Biden. That’s about to change, now that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — Republican Bernie Moreno is accusing Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown of trying to distance himself from Vice President Kamala Harris as he seeks to unseat the incumbent in one of the nation’s most competitive U.S. Senate races. The Trump-endorsed Cleveland businessman spoke during a campaign stop in Lancaster. He said
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a dead woman found entangled in a baggage conveyor belt at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport died by suicide. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded following an autopsy on Friday that the 57-year-old woman died by asphyxiation from hanging. Firefighters responding to a 911 call found the woman’s body entangled
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Families of three students murdered at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have reached multimillion-dollar settlements with the shooter, although it’s unclear whether they’ll ever collect. Court documents show the parents of Luke Hoyer, 15, Alaina Petty, 14, and Meadow Pollack, 18, each reached $50
Continue ReadingGRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A swimmer who crossed Lake Michigan in 1998 has apparently ended his effort to repeat the feat. An online tracking device shows Jim Dreyer appeared to turn around and return to shore by boat Thursday, two days after he began swimming from Michigan to Wisconsin. The 60-year-old Dreyer was attempting
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