By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Aviation experts say the incident in which an off-duty pilot tried to disable a jetliner in midflight renews questions about the threat posed by insiders — airline workers who have special access to places where passengers can’t go. Incidents like the one Sunday on a Horizon Air flight on
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Coach Kyle Shanahan saw the new wrinkle his former assistant Mike McDaniel added to the Miami offense by putting speedster Tyreek Hill in short motion at the snap and immediately added it to the San Francisco offense. He saw several other teams follow
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A California man who sent hundreds of harrowing messages to an activist against gun violence whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting has been sentenced to 1 year in federal prison, according to prosecutors and court documents. James Catalano, 62, of Fresno, California, pled guilty
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The eight Ohio police officers involved in the shooting death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, following a traffic stop last summer are back on active duty after a grand jury declined to indict any of them. Akron Police Capt. Michael Miller confirmed the news to CNN in
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. A lawsuit filed by 33 states in
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Two Mid-Missouri not-for-profits will get grants for more than $100,000 to help them serve local communities.
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN London (CNN) — Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil company, said Tuesday its chairman had died suddenly, at the age of 66. “It is with deep regret that we announce the sudden passing of Vladimir Ivanovich Nekrasov,” the company said in a statement posted to its website. “According to the preliminary conclusion of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In a press release, the Columbia Public Schools Foundation announced a $37,956 grant for esports gaming rooms at Battle and Rock Bridge high schools. The Foundation board of directors announced the grant where the Rock Bridge and Battle E-Sports teams came together for a 3 vs. 3 scrimmage competition playing Rocket League.
Continue ReadingCNN, WDSU By Mary Gilbert and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — An eighth person has died after a slew of crashes Monday along Interstate 55 in Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish that involved at least 168 vehicles, state police said. At least 63 people were injured in the crashes, the Louisiana State Police said
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Nigeria’s government is celebrating a “landmark victory” after a UK court ruled it was not liable for a multibillion-dollar payout earlier awarded to a private firm over a failed gas project. The West African nation was previously ordered by an arbitration tribunal in 2017 to pay $6.6 billion, plus
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Court documents state that Delanty allegedly “recklessly caused serious physical injury” to Santulli by giving him alcohol and encouraging him to drink it.
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Georgia election subversion case and will cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors – the third guilty plea in the past week. At an unscheduled hearing in Atlanta, Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — Mohammad Al Shanti is forced to travel nearly four miles to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza to fill up plastic bottles with water. It’s only enough for his family’s most basic needs. “We don’t wash our clothes, we save every little drop,” he told CNN, describing
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected a lower court ruling that the state’s restrictive abortion law was invalid, leaving limited access to abortions unchanged for now. The justices on Tuesday rejected a lower court ruling that the ban was invalid because it was enacted in 2019, when
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Bobi, the world’s oldest dog ever, has died after reaching the almost inconceivable age of 31 years and 165 days, said Guinness World Records (GWR) on Monday. His death at an animal hospital on Friday was initially announced by veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker. She wrote on Facebook that “despite
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — T’Yonna Major was a 9-year-old girl with an oversized heart – a ravenous reader, a generous friend, a loving daughter — and she was a fearless vaulter. Vaulting requires athletes to run full speed directly at a solid object that is often taller than they are and attempt
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official explanation. Li was also removed from his state positions as a member of the Central
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea. That area is where Kyiv’s troops are looking to squeeze the Kremlin’s occupying forces out of the Crimean
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The CDC recommends that everyone age 6 months and older get a seasonal flu vaccine each year, but fewer than half of Americans get vaccinated. To boost the nation’s uptake, the agency is reviewing a nasal spray flu vaccine that can be self-administered. If approved, you may be able
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The CDC recommends that everyone age 6 months and older get a seasonal flu vaccine each year, but fewer than half of Americans get vaccinated. To boost the nation’s uptake, the agency is reviewing a nasal spray flu vaccine that can be self-administered. If approved, you may be
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