By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A California man who says he rarely plays scratch-off lottery games turned his luck from a previous win into a million-dollar payday. Vang Cha told California Lottery officials he usually prefers playing games with bigger jackpots – like the Powerball and Mega Millions prizes that have recently soared
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Staff at Women’s Health Center of West Virginia know what it’s like to provide controversial health services that government officials have sought to ban or restrict. The Charleston clinic was the state’s only abortion provider for years until the state Legislature passed a near-total ban on
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Landscapers in southeastern Pennsylvania made a startling discovery on the job after coming across a pet alligator that got loose, authorities said. The alligator, identified as Fluffy by the owner who later came to retrieve it, was found in a creek in Berks County, an Exeter Township Police
Continue ReadingBy Michael Schwartz, Abeer Salman, Amir Tal, Kareem El Damanhoury and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli patrolman was shot and killed in Tel Aviv on Saturday night by a Palestinian gunman who was also shot and killed, Israeli authorities said. Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said two Tel Aviv municipal patrol bikers noticed
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Pingyuan county in eastern China’s Shandong province early on Sunday morning, injuring 21 people. The earthquake struck at 2:33 a.m. local time with a 10km depth at the epicenter, according to China Earthquake Networks Center – a subsidiary of China Earthquake Administration. As of
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — All gas stations in Oregon can now allow customers to pump their own gas under a new law signed Friday, lifting a ban on self-service in the state dating back to 1951. The new law, House Bill 2426, signed Friday by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek went into effect immediately,
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Maksym Bunchukov remembers hearing rockets explode in Zaporizhzhia as the war in Ukraine began. “It was terrible,” he said. He and his wife sent their adult daughter west to Lviv for safety and joined her later with their pets. Now, about 18 months after the war
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Saturday evening, Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order to activate the Missouri State Emergency Operations Plan in response to severe weather and flooding.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A University of Kansas paleontologist exploring an area known for its fossils recently uncovered a never-before-discovered ancient sea worm – and showed off her “nerdy” side while naming it. When Rhiannon LaVine found the 500-million-year-old fossil, the research associate with the university’s Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — The leaders of a coup in Niger are digging in their heels as they face a looming deadline from neighbors to give up power or face possible military action. Regional bloc the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given the Nigerien military a Sunday deadline to release
Continue ReadingBy Larry Register, Jennifer Hauser and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours arms factories, inspects artillery plants and even fires a gun in newly released photographs that appear to offer a rare glimpse into the secretive state’s weapons facilities. North Korean state news agency KCNA, which released the photos
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police shared the name of the man who died in a crash that shut down I-70 in Columbia. The eastbound lanes of I-70 near the U.S. 63 interchange are back open after they were shut down for about an hour Saturday evening for a deadly crash. Around 5 p.m. Missouri State
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on Chinese social media. Public interest in sun bears, one of Asia’s most endangered and intriguing animals, has rocketed after video footage emerged showing
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona woman is accused of attempting to kill her husband by poisoning his coffee every day for months. Melody Felicano Johnson of Tucson was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree attempted murder, attempting to commit aggravated assault and poisoning food or drink. Court documents obtained
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man died in a motorcycle crash on Missouri Highway 7 in Camden County Saturday afternoon. According to the crash report, 28-year-old Robert Eaton from Camdenton was driving a motorcycle near Devanna Drive in Camden County when he went off the side of the road. The motorcycle became airborne and
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press An upcoming YMCA summer camp session in Idaho has been canceled so staff can cope with the emotional trauma of a bus crash that injured almost a dozen people. Meanwhile, Idaho State Police investigators are trying to determine the cause of Friday’s crash. Eleven passengers were hospitalized, seven in critical
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Jamie Foxx está tratando de aclarar un malentendido derivado de una publicación en las redes sociales eliminada desde entonces que fue criticada por algunos como antisemita. En una publicación de texto compartida en su Instagram el sábado, el actor ganador del Oscar escribió: “Quiero disculparme con la comunidad judía y todos
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, Rebekah Riess and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old boy in Florida was left severely injured at a theme park after apparently falling from a ride that was nearly two dozen feet above where he was found, authorities said. The incident happened Thursday afternoon at Fun Spot America’s Galaxy Spin
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — An earthquake in eastern China before dawn has knocked down houses and injured at least 21 people, state media report, but no deaths have been reported. The China Earthquake Networks Center says the magnitude 5.5 quake struck near the city of Dezhou, about 300 kilometers south of Beijing, the Chinese capital, at
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — US border officials are increasing personnel and transportation resources at Ajo, Arizona, one of the most isolated and dangerous areas on the Southwest border, to deal with a recent increase in migrants and an ongoing heat wave. “Border Patrol has prioritized the quick transporting of noncitizens
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