By Brad Parks and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Tou Thao, the former Minneapolis police officer who held back a crowd of bystanders during George Floyd’s fatal arrest in May 2020, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison Monday for aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Thao gave a short comment on his
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS’ latest game show, “Superfan,” premiering Wednesday, gathers one musical act and their fans each week into a studio and gradually whittles the contestants down to two, giving online voters the final say on who will be crowned the ultimate superfan. “Superfan” has lured some
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The first asylum-seekers boarded a controversial barge moored in southern England Monday as public health experts warned of the possible risk of infection in living conditions that campaigners branded as inhumane. Fifteen migrants boarded the boat, named Bibby Stockholm, which is docked in Portland, on
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Devastating floods and other adverse weather conditions in Slovenia have killed at least six people and caused $500 million worth of property damage, a government spokesperson told CNN on Monday. Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Saturday the flooding which began on Friday has become the “worst natural
Continue ReadingCNN By Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Devastating floods and other adverse weather conditions in Slovenia have killed at least six people and caused $500 million worth of property damage, a government spokesperson told CNN on Monday. Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Saturday the flooding which began on Friday has become the “worst
Continue ReadingBy Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — At least one factory worker was injured in an explosion and fire at a Sherwin-Williams paint manufacturing and processing plant in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas, fire officials said. Firefighters received a call at 1:21 a.m. Monday, according to a Garland Fire Department public information officer. When the
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A man was charged with first-degree murder Monday after witnesses said a 9-year-old Chicago girl riding a scooter was fatally shot by someone upset over noise. The charge was filed against Michael Goodman, 43, in the death of Serabi Medina, Chicago police announced. “It just didn’t make sense. None of it made
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has removed Soviet-era signage from a hilltop monument in Kyiv, amid a conflict that has seen the country fight to reassert its cultural identity in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer
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Watch a live stream of the City Council meeting in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council held the first of its three budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024 at its meeting Monday night. In July, Columbia City Manager De’Carlon Seewood delivered the annual budget address. According to the proposed budget,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Fueled by election gains, Democrats in Minnesota and Michigan this year enacted far-reaching policy changes that party leaders in other states are looking to as a potential roadmap for what they could swiftly achieve with similar control. Gun safety packages, expanded voting
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A small group of asylum-seekers was moved Monday onto a barge moored in southern England as the U.K. government tries to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking protection in the country. Fifteen people were transferred to the Bibby Stockholm, a floating hostel that will ultimately house
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN New York (CNN) — Barbara Lakin sits on a bus in New York City, her fingers busy sewing blue thread into a tiny dress. On the seat beside her, six disheveled Barbie dolls stick out of her backpack. “People must think I’m insane, sitting on a bus sewing clothes for dolls,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Picking the right outfit to keep you cool as temperatures soar isn’t as easy as it seems. Lighter-colored clothes with breathable fabrics are usually better choices for hot weather than dark clothing — with one exception. Darker clothes with a dense, tight construction do a better job of protecting
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Picking the right outfit to keep you cool as temperatures soar isn’t as easy as it seems. Lighter-colored clothes with breathable fabrics are usually better choices for hot weather than dark clothing — with one exception. Darker clothes with a dense, tight construction do a better job of
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bus carrying up to 50 people traveling from New York to Ohio crashed and hit another vehicle on a Pennsylvania interstate, killing three passengers, state police said. The wreck happened during heavy rain around 11:50 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 81 just north of Harrisburg, state police said. The bus drove
Continue ReadingBy Omar Saley, Martin Goillandeau and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Niamey, Niger (CNN) — Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential military intervention, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running the country refused to abide by an influential regional bloc’s deadline to
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of killing Naomi Irion, the 18-year-old who vanished in March 2022 from a Walmart parking lot in Nevada, has died by suicide, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Troy Driver, 43, “was in custody on murder charges and awaiting trial, for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of murder in a deadly shooting on Aug. 25 at Douglass Park is set to face a judge Monday morning for a pre-trial conference. Rickey Murry, 51, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after he’s accused of killing Corey Jordan in 2020. A Boone County assistant
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A tour bus crash in Pennsylvania killed at least three people and left numerous others injured, state police said. The disaster happened around 11:49 p.m. Sunday in the Lower Paxton Township area of Dauphin County – about 10 miles east of Harrisburg. A 2005 Van Hool
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s federal government says it has lost control of some districts and towns to militia fighters in the country’s Amhara region. Residents report heavy gunfire and military aircraft overhead in some areas on Monday. Ethiopia’s cabinet declared a six-month state of emergency last week. The federal
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