By JIM SALTER Associated Press A federal appeals court panel has halted next month’s planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl, though the state is appealing. The three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday voted 2-1 to stop the execution of Johnny Johnson, who
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CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across reefs in the the Florida Keys. Multiple reefs around the Florida Keys are now completely bleached or dead in a grim escalation
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The newly appointed interim police chief of the Ashland Police Department, Scott Young, is set to start Wednesday morning. In a special meeting Tuesday evening, the Ashland Board of Aldermen appointed the former CPD Lieutenant. This comes after Ashland Police Chief Gabe Edwards was put on administrative leave a little over a
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By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s president says that elements of the presidential guard tried to move against him and that the army will attack if they don’t back down. President Mohamed Bazoum’s official account tweeted that some in the presidential guard engaged in an “anti-Republican demonstration” and tried in vain
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A tall construction crane caught fire in Manhattan on Wednesday morning, and its arm hit a building as it crashed to the street below. Photos and videos posted on social media show flames bursting from the car of a crane hundreds of feet above 10th Avenue at 41st Street. The crane’s
Continue Reading By KIM COOK Associated Press Wallpaper is back in fashion in decor, and often tells a story. The latest designs are statement makers, ranging from the fun and fantastical to the contemplative and scientific. Many combine art and narrative, going way beyond your nice stripe or simple floral. One example is Christian Lacroix’s baroque “Novafrica
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has made a complaint against Germany to the European Commission over tons of German waste, some of it allegedly toxic, brought and stored in unauthorized landfills across Poland. Poland’s minister for climate and environment, Anna Moskwa, says the waste is being brought illegally and the complaint is a step toward
Continue Reading NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in one of the most violent stretches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. Israeli forces entered the al-Ein refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday arrested
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia, residents say they are already experiencing challenges getting and sharing information. In March, The Welch News, a weekly in McDowell County, became another one of the thousands of U.S. newspapers that have
Continue Reading By Brynn Gingras and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Twelve people, including nine civilians and three firefighters, all suffered non-life threatening injuries after a crane collapse in New York City Wednesday, the Fire Department of New York confirmed to CNN. All the injured were transported to local hospitals, according to the FDNY. One of the
Continue Reading By CORA LEWIS and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s expected move Wednesday to raise interest rates for the 11th time could once again send ripple effects across the economy. Perhaps no one has felt the pain more than car buyers. It’s not just that sticker prices are way
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Police are looking for one “dangerous” man who remains on the loose after four inmates escaped from a Colorado jail, the Bent County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities are searching for 46-year-old Mark Fox, who escaped from the Bent County jail with three others. The sheriff’s office
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — Police in Billings, Montana, are investigating after a musician who performs with Lyle Lovett and His Large Band said he found a noose hanging from a light pole near the group’s tour bus. Band member Charles Rose, who is White, said he found the noose Sunday
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Three families with transgender children have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block a new Missouri law that would ban gender-affirming care for most minors in the state starting next month. The law, dubbed the “Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act,” is scheduled to go into effect August
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Marla Gibbs has waited a long time to tell her life story. The Emmy-nominated actor known for her roles on “The Jeffersons” and “227” among others has a deal with Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers dedicated to Black stories, for a memoir coming out in fall 2024. Gibbs, 92, is
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The horrors of war arrive through the night at a hospital in eastern Ukraine, a procession of stretchers bearing limp bodies whisked from the front line. The soldiers come with bandaged limbs soaked in blood, faces blackened with shrapnel fragments and stunned eyes fixed on the
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution. Clean-up efforts are underway to make use of the river during the 2024 Olympic Games, which will subsequently “pave the way for aquatic leisure,” city officials said. Here’s
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution. Clean-up efforts are underway to make use of the river during the 2024 Olympic Games, which will subsequently “pave the way for aquatic leisure,” city officials said. Here’s what
Continue Reading By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press RHODES, Greece (AP) — Major fires raging in parts of Greece and in other Mediterranean countries advanced Wednesday, causing additional deaths, destroying homes and threatening nature reserves during a third successive wave of extreme temperatures. The summer wildfires have struck countries across the region, prompting the European
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Even after inflation has steadily eased this year, the Federal Reserve’s policymakers still think prices are rising too fast and are almost certain to lift their key interest rate by a quarter-point on Wednesday. The Fed’s increase would be its 11th hike in 17 months. As
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