Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state leaders have dropped a plan to put a crime-focused measure on the ballot a day after announcing it. The abrupt decision highlights the difficult balancing act for state Democrats who look to tamp down voters’ frustration on crimes while avoiding a return to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Those planning a Fourth of July cookout this week might notice an increase in their grocery bill compared to last year. A report by the American Farm Bureau shows the cost of a Fourth of July cookout has increased in 2024 to an average of $71.22 for a party of ten people.
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — An Italian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of two Americans accused of killing an Italian police officer in 2019, according to a joint statement from the lawyers representing them in Italy. The court sentenced Finnegan Lee Elder to 15 years and two months
Continue ReadingRUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a lightning strike caused the larger of two wildfires that has killed at least two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures in New Mexico. The South Fork Fire was first reported June 17 on the Mescalero Apache Reservation and forced the evacuation of the Village of
Continue ReadingOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A former engineer at a U.S. military air logistics center has been charged with making false statements and obstructing justice during the criminal investigation into a 2017 military plane crash in Mississippi that killed all 16 service members aboard, prosecutors said Wednesday. James Michael Fisher, 67, was arrested Tuesday after a
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Two horses were struck and killed by passing vehicles after they ran onto a Los Angeles freeway. That is according to the California Highway Patrol. The fatal collisions occurred late Tuesday. Other drivers saved a third horse and helped the animal over to the freeway’s shoulder to avoid getting hit. California
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been convicted of murder with a hate crime enhancement for the 2018 stabbing of a gay University of Pennsylvania student. Twenty-six-year-old Samuel Woodward was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder plus the enhancement in for the killing of Blaze Bernstein. Bernstein was home visiting
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balajaran and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — A person made an unsettling discovery on social media in February 2023 – the woman she’d been seeing for online therapy sessions wasn’t actually a therapist. Instead, the woman, identified in public records by her initials “TR,” had been masquerading as her wife, Peggy Randolph, then a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four anti-abortion activists who were convicted for their roles in a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade will serve sentences ranging from six months in prison to three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger sentenced the four Tuesday and Wednesday. All four were convicted of serious felony conspiracy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The victim of a botched robbery attempt at an upscale mall south of Los Angeles has been identified as a woman from New Zealand. Newport Beach police responded to calls regarding a robbery Tuesday afternoon at the Fashion Island shopping center. Police say two men, one with a gun,
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A woman is presumed dead after her vehicle was swept up in Perche Creek floodwaters west of Columbia on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, wounding at least seven people, hospital authorities and witnesses said Wednesday. Nasser Hospital sits in the western part of the city, which is inside the Israeli-designated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government is evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of Hurricane Beryl. Beryl remains far offshore in the Caribbean near Jamaica, but is expected to hit somewhere south of Cancun by early Friday. Given that Mexico did so
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.” Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, sent a letter
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will help it secure a ruling majority in legislative elections on Sunday. They include a woman it has pulled from the high-stakes race over a photo
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal district court judge on Wednesday temporarily halted parts of a nondiscrimination rule that would have kept insurers and medical professionals from denying hormone therapy, gender transition surgeries and similar medical care for transgender people. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. sided with 15 states that had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation. He says they face “substantial risk of injury or death” in blistering summer temperatures. U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson on Tuesday gave the state seven days
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AAA projects 70.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Fourth of July weekend.
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) South Callaway County fire officials say one man and one woman are safe at home after they were saved in a water rescue in the 7800 block of Route O in Callaway County. South Callaway Fire Protection District Capt. Josh Lippincott said the two attempted to drive through a flooded area
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors are preparing to file federal charges against banned NBA player Jontay Porter in connection to an alleged sports betting scheme, according to court filings. The court records don’t specify the felony charges against Porter. John Marzulli, a spokesperson for the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of
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