By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial numbers arrived at the meeting shackled. Every single one told the visitor — for many the first independent person they had talked to in 20 years — “You came too
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to South Carolina on Thursday to make the case that economic measures he pushed through Congress despite stiff Republican opposition are helping to keep the deep red state — and others that voted for Donald Trump in 2020 —
Continue Reading LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple people were killed or wounded Thursday in the largest attack on Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, destroying entire floors of a residential building that was struck and leaving the streets below covered in rubble. Four were killed and nine others injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported
Continue Reading By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A human rights advocacy group says it found allegations of dozens of labor and environmental abuses by Chinese-invested companies involved in mining or processing minerals used in renewable energy. The report released Thursday by the Business and Human Rights Resource Center found cases of alleged abuses
Continue Reading TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in the Mexican city of Toluca, just west of Mexico City. Before Wednesday was over, parts of at least two bodies had turned up around the city. At the bridge, the trunk of
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Bidarian and Travis Caldwell, CNN (CNN) — Police in Southern California are investigating a theft at a high-end wine shop where, according to the store, a burglar drilled a hole into its roof, descended via rope and stole around 600 bottles of wine and liquor worth over $500,000. After descending into the wine
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A valet for Donald Trump accused of helping the former president hide classified documents from federal authorities is due back in a Florida court on Thursday after an earlier appearance was postponed because of a canceled flight. Walt Nauta, who was charged alongside
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A brother who traveled more than 1,000 miles to confront his sister’s killer. An uncle of an orphaned 4-year-old whose parents died while shielding the boy from the spray of bullets. A wife whose husband was gunned down at her side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department said in a Wednesday press release that it is searching for four people accused in a June 26 homicide. CPD is searching for: Alqueze Jones, 19 Deljuan Turner, 19Ja’shaun Barney, 18Deazes Turner, 21 All four Columbia men are charged with second-degree murder, armed-criminal action and unlawful use of
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Police say five people have been injured in a shooting at a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex. Police Chief Patrick Lynn says gunfire broke out shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the complex on northwest 19th Street. Lynn says a group of people gathered in the courtyard of the complex were
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Police say a woman found dead in eastern Ontario 48 years ago has been identified as a Tennessee spa owner who disappeared on a trip to Montreal. The woman had been known for decades only as the “Nation River Lady” after the remains were found floating in the river near a highway
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong-born singer and songwriter Coco Lee has died at age 48. Her sisters said Lee suffered from depression for years and died Wednesday by suicide. They credited her for working “tirelessly to open up a new world for Chinese singers in the international music scene.”
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Nic F. Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Shark patrols are ramping up off Long Island beaches after five people were bitten in two days by marine animals that are likely sharks, authorities say. Officials in Long Island’s eastern Suffolk County, where three of the attacks occurred, have increased beach patrols
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pablo López’s first career shutout was a four-hitter with a career-high 12 strikeouts in the Minnesota Twins’ 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. López retired 15 straight from the third to the eighth inning including a stretch with six consecutive strikeouts. The 27-year-old López came
Continue Reading By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Yuli Gurriel scored from first base on a throwing error by Cardinals reliever Jordan Hicks with one out in the ninth inning, and the Miami Marlins rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9. With Gurriel on first after a single and pinch-runner Garrett Hampson on
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces multiple charges after allegedly stealing a car from the Missouri Department of Transportation parking lot in Jefferson City. William Brooke, 50, is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. He is being held in the Cole County Jail without bond. A court
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — California Highway Patrol officers are on the hunt for a green military vehicle stolen from a National Guard armory north of San Francisco on Monday. Santa Rosa Police initially responded to a call about debris and discovered a trail leading back to the armory where they discovered damaged gates.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of impregnating an Ohio child – a girl who then went to Indiana for an abortion in a case that became a flashpoint in debates about post-Roe v. Wade abortion rights – was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has disclosed some of the previously blacked-out portions of a warrant application it submitted last year to gain authorization to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida property for classified documents. Key portions of the document had already been made public, but media organizations including
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A father who was preparing to walk his eldest daughter down the aisle. An aspiring actor who appeared as an extra in the “Creed” movie franchise. A teenager who tried to help a wounded friend. These are the stories of those killed in the
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