Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Maryland resident has been sentenced to more than one year behind bars for making thousands of threatening and harassing telephone calls to dozens of congressional offices across the country. Prosecutors say Ade Salim Lilly’s telephone harassment campaign included approximately 12,000 telephone calls over the span of 19 months to more
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected Oklahoma’s emergency appeal seeking to restore a $4.5 million grant for family planning services in an ongoing dispute over the state’s refusal to refer pregnant women to a nationwide hotline that provides information about abortion and other options. The brief order issued Tuesday did not
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose on Wednesday a tenfold increase in federal tax incentives for small business startup expenses, from $5,000 to $50,000, hoping to help spur a record 25 million new small business applications over her four-year term should she win the presidency in November. She’s set
Continue Reading Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg resigned his position Tuesday after serving more than seven years in office to take the helm of the state’s bankers association. Gregg said in a statement that “my time in public service must come to a close.” Also Tuesday, the Iowa Bankers Association
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A Jefferson City man who was accused of stealing more than a dozen guns was charged after he allegedly led Cole County deputies on a chase on Sunday morning.
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor wants the city to spend an additional $60 million to house homeless residents. If the City Council approves it, officials plan to use a combination of public and private funding to build permanent affordable housing and rapid rehousing units with supportive services. The lodgings would be
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 65-year-old Dixon man suffered serious injuries on Tuesday after he crashed a motorcycle on Highway 28, north of Hartford Lane in Pulaski County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that Julius Cunningham was heading northbound on a 2006 Yamaha XVS 1100 and crashed the
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A man was charged with murder on suspicion of killing his neighbors at a California nudist resort, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson announced Tuesday afternoon in a news conference. Michael Royce Sparks, 62, is facing two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of missing couple Daniel and Stephanie
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — U.S. players are awaiting word on whether Mauricio Pochettino was being hired as the American men’s soccer coach, uncertain as they prepared for friendlies against Canada and New Zealand. All 24 players on the roster trained Tuesday under interim coach Mikey Varas, a Gregg Berhalter assistant who will lead the
Continue Reading ALAMO, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who appeared on the reality TV show “1,000-Lb. Sisters” was arrested on drug and child endangerment charges at a Tennessee zoo. The Crockett County Sheriff’s Department says Amy Slaton Halterman was arrested Monday at the Tennessee Safari Park along with Brian Scott Lovvorn after deputies found mushrooms
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce turns 35 next month, an age that few playing his position reach before retirement. Yet Kelce is still among the best in the game. And off the field, his life has never been better or busier. He spent the summer
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce turns 35 next month, an age that few playing his position reach before retirement. Yet Kelce is still among the best in the game. And off the field, his life has never been better or busier. He spent the summer
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A man who was accused of shooting himself and a woman early Saturday in Callaway County has been charged with 10 felonies.
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — It’s always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024’s endless summer has been especially hot in Phoenix. On Tuesday, the city hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures. According to data from the National Weather Service, that’s long since shattered the record of
Continue Reading Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the presidential ballot, rejecting a request from the ex-third party candidate to remove his name. Since he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August, Kennedy has sought to withdraw his name in
Continue Reading Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former staffer at a youth detention center charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Tuesday’s ruling came after the jury said it was deadlocked in the first criminal trial linked to a sprawling child abuse scandal.
Continue Reading Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s governor has set a mid-October execution date for a man who admitted killing five people with an axe and gun. Derrick Dearman is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Oct. 17. Dearman pleaded guilty to killing five members of his then-girlfriend’s family during an August 2016 rampage
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old boy has admitted to police he fatally shot the former interim mayor of a small Louisiana town and his adult daughter, authorities said. The child was arrested Sunday afternoon after admitting to killing Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and Keisha Miles, 31, in Minden,
Continue Reading CNN By Gloria Pazmino and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was charged with acting as an agent for the Chinese government, US Attorney Breon Peace announced Tuesday. Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to Hochul and Cuomo aide, was
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