By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has represented her country at the Olympics in Tokyo, a king’s coronation in London and a royal wedding in Jordan. She gets another chance to put her ambassadorial skills to work this week when the United States formally rejoins a United Nations agency devoted to
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since — fueled by denials and lobbying from coal and other industries — has
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An overloaded passenger boat capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 15 people and leaving 19 others missing, rescuers said Monday. The vessel was traveling from Lanto village in Buton Central regency in Southeast Sulawesi province to nearby Lagili village when it capsized just after midnight on Monday, local search
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Set aside the polls, the fundraising numbers or Donald Trump’s name recognition as metrics of his early dominance of the Republican presidential contest. He has what could prove to be the most important advantage in the race: a leg up in winning the delegates needed
Continue Reading By JOCELYN NOVECK and R.J. RICO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Kravits gets a lot of this: People recognize him — they’re just not sure how. “I’m that guy who looks like the guy you went to high school with,” says Kravits. “People think they’ve just seen me somewhere.” Actually, they have —
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America’s southern border. For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering
Continue Reading By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Post Malone, a movie starring Zach Galifianakis about the creation of the cute collectable Beanie Babies and a video game for the whole family with Disney Illusion Island. Thandiwe Newton plays a former New Orleans cop-turned-college professor living in a remote
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) All eight people onboard a boat that crashed into a house at the Lake of the Ozarks are alive, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol. Eight people were sent to the hospital after a boat crashed into a home on the Lake of the Ozarks. Missouri State Highway Patrol
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An overloaded ferry capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 15 people and leaving 19 others missing, rescuers said Monday. The boat was traveling from Lanto village in Buton Central regency in Southeast Sulawesi province to nearby Lagili village when it capsized just after midnight on Monday, local search and
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia says it will buy 20 new C-130 Hercules planes from the United States in a $6.6 billion deal that will increase by two-thirds the number of the Australian air force’s second-largest heavy transport aircraft. The announcement Monday follows the U.S. Congress’ approval last year of
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say an overcrowded ferry sank off Sulawesi Island, leaving at least 15 people dead and another 19 missing. Muhammad Arafah, who heads the local search and rescue agency, said Monday the ferry capsized off of the coast. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board.
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A nuclear-propelled U.S. submarine has arrived in South Korea in the second deployment of a major U.S. naval asset to the Korean Peninsula this month, South Korea’s military said Monday, adding to the allies’ show of force to counter North Korean nuclear threats. The USS
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Jefferson City Fire Department continues to work a building fire Sunday evening to put out any remaining hot spots.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — What bills itself as “the world’s longest, largest and oldest recreational bicycle touring event” was more like the world’s biggest traffic jam Sunday as riders, packed together in a sinewy stream of brightly colored jerseys and shorts, churned across the Loess Hills on the
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Five people have died and three are missing after heavy rains caused flooding and a landslide in eastern China. State media reported Sunday the floods swept through part of Hangzhou city and engulfed many houses. The rain led to a partial mountain collapse and mudslide, affecting multiple areas. Every year, seasonal flooding
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ruling party of Cambodia’s longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen claimed a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election, an outcome that was virtually assured after the suppression and intimidation of the opposition in a vote called a farce of democracy. Hun Sen
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By Rob Frehse, Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Officials are continuing the investigation of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann, using ground-penetrating radar and a backhoe to search the yard of his Massapequa Park home, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told reporters Monday. There was also a police dog on
Continue Reading By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Yemen police have arrested 21 suspects in the killing of a local office head of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Taiz, according to Yemen’s Interior Ministry. Moayad Hameidi was shot dead in Turbah in the Taiz governorate. Turbah is a town near the coast of the
Continue Reading CHINO VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — The United States Geological Survey says a 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook a northern Arizona town Sunday afternoon but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage. The small quake struck near Chino Valley, just north of Prescott, around 2 p.m. The Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management says
Continue Reading WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana (AP) — A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said in a statement on Sunday that the woman was found deceased on a trail near West
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