WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has tapped an official with the federal government’s water management bureau to serve as a deputy assistant secretary for water and science. The Interior Department announced the appointment of Michael Brain on Wednesday. He replaces Tanya Trujillo, who recently resigned after playing a key role in negotiations over
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By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a three-run homer and had four RBIs to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Mami Marlins 6-4 for just their second series sweep this season. Nolan Arenado’s RBI single and Gorman’s 19th homer built a 4-0 lead in the first off NL
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Inspections were performed in April for this year’s fair amusement operator, Sonshine Amusements, and all rides were approved with satisfactory remarks.
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Right tackle JC Latham knows only too well that Bryce Young and Will Anderson are in the NFL now, along with eight other players that were with Alabama last year. Yet Crimson Tide tradition remains. So does coach Nick Saban, whose roster is always
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. on a day when floods deluged communities in Kentucky and scorching heat smothered Phoenix and Miami. Pharmaceutical
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iberia man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash Tuesday in Miller County on Route U, just north of Route JJ, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred as Robert Boback, 38, was heading northbound on his 2013 Honda 250 and failed to negotiate a turn, according
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By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — Elder members of the Ho-Chunk Nation gathered Tuesday in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, to record the tribe’s language to preserve the history for the next generation. Ho-Chunk Nation public relations officer Casey Brown says it’s critical to capture the voices and dialects of speakers because many of the elders
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JAMESTOWN, Mo. (KMIZ) A boil water order in Jamestown was lifted at noon Wednesday, Mayor Jamie Russell told ABC 17 News in an email. The order was issued Monday evening after storms knocked out power to parts of Moniteau County. About 260 Ameren customers in Moniteau County lost power. The storm also caused 690 customers
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has denied a motion to move the trial of a man charged in last year’s attack against former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband out of San Francisco. David DePape’s defense attorneys asked the judge to move the trial to Eureka, a
Continue Reading GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Election observers from the Organization of American States say some Guatemalan political parties and other actors unnecessarily dragged the country’s June 25 elections into the courts in an attempt to ignore the will of the people. The electoral mission released its preliminary report Wednesday. The observers wrote, “The mission considers that
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court. He ruled that the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction. U.S. District Judge
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The head of the Cyprus veterinarians association says that claims that a local mutation of a feline virus has killed as many as 300,000 cats on the island are a big exaggeration. The director of the Pancyprian Veterinary Association, Nektaria Ioannou Arsenoglou, said the group’s survey of 35 veterinary clinics indicate
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of Stanford University said Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found “serious flaws” in five scientific papers on subjects such as brain development in which he was the principal author. Marc Tessier-Lavigne said in a
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told state television that the organization is actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine to Belarus. Both Ukraine and the Belarusian opposition have decried the transfer as unlawful deportations. A state
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland official on a powerful state board says there’s “too much foot-dragging” between the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Baltimore Orioles to renew the team’s lease at Camden Yards. Treasurer Dereck Davis, who is one of three members of the Maryland Board of Public Works,
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans raised unsubstantiated allegations Wednesday against President Joe Biden over his family’s finances as they summoned IRS whistleblowers to testify publicly for the first time about claims the Justice Department improperly interfered with a tax investigation into Biden’s son Hunter. Lawmakers were hearing from the two
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in South Africa say at least nine people were injured when a suspected underground gas explosion during evening rush hour ripped open roads and flipped more than 20 cars in Johannesburg. The nine were sent to the hospital with what authorities said were not life-threatening injuries.
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in 2024, an unexpected move for the popular Republican that gives Democrats real hope of reclaiming the battleground state’s top elected office during a presidential election
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The onslaught of searing temperatures and rising floodwaters struck parts of the United States again on Wednesday with Phoenix breaking an all-time temperature record and rescuers pulling people from deluged homes and vehicles in Kentucky. Forecasters said there was little relief in sight from days of extreme weather for some areas of
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Mass shootings in major metropolitan areas in the United States disproportionately affect Black people, and structural racism may play a role, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Surgery. Researchers at Tulane University analyzed data relating to the 51 largest metropolitan areas, including demographic and
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