By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has been placed on unpaid leave and had his security clearance suspended pending a review of allegations he may have mishandled classified information. The envoy is Rob Malley, who has led administration efforts to revive the
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas high school student has been sentenced to 16-plus years in Nevada state prison for attacking a female teacher after classes ended for the day more than a year ago. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the defendant apologized at sentencing Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in April to attempted
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras and Linh Tran, CNN (CNN) — If Megan Talkington’s daughter told her mother she wanted to be in law enforcement, the veteran police officer in West Virginia says she knows exactly her response. “I would tell her, ‘No.’ I would not want my daughter to walk through the halls of the West
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and JIM SALTER Associated Press As dangerous heat and humidity smothered parts of the South and Midwest on Thursday, local governments and charities worked to protect poor and elderly residents by opening cooling stations and delivering donated air conditioners. In Florida, where heat index levels of up to 112 degrees
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Columbia Police Department leadership will host a meeting with the public Thursday night to talk about crime trends in CPD’s south district.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties after a jury found it submitted 337 false asbestos claims to the U.S. government. The false claims made patients eligible for Medicare and other
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard a rocket-powered plane piloted by Virgin Galactic as the space tourism company prepares for monthly commercial flights. The flight launched from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, with two Italian Air Force officers and an engineer
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE The Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A death penalty case will continue against a Missouri man who is citing new DNA evidence in his innocence claim for the stabbing death of a former newspaper reporter. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday ended a stay on the execution of condemned inmate Marcellus
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech (CNN) — A Virginia sheriff is facing federal fraud and conspiracy charges as the US Justice Department claims he handed out deputy sheriff badges in exchange for money to help fund his reelection campaign, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday. Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Howard Jenkins, 51, and three other Virginia men
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri System issued a statement in regards to the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to omit the use of affirmative action in college admissions. In the statement, the school said it will stop allowing a number of scholarships, following the decision and a letter issued by the state’s attorney
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and JIM SALTER Associated Press As dangerous heat and humidity smothered parts of the South and Midwest on Thursday, local governments and charities worked to protect poor and elderly residents by opening cooling stations and delivering donated air conditioners. In Florida, where heat index levels of up to 112 degrees
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a chess grandmaster who alleged his career was ruined by allegations that he cheated. Nineteen-year-old Hans Niemann had sought $100 million in damages against former world champion Magnus Carlsen and the online chess organization Chess.com. He also alleged Carlsen and the website
Continue Reading By RIO YAMAT The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery from the Pacific Northwest to the South. And the official end of summer is still months away. Experts say drinking plenty of water, limiting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly broke into a home and tried to stab a man with a knife. Mark Autenrieth, 52, is charged with first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and armed-criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial arraignment was held
Continue Reading By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — José Ramirez daringly stole home for the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, but the Kansas City Royals rebounded to beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on pinch-hitter Freddy Fermin’s two-run double in the bottom half. Even win, the Royals reached the season’s midpoint at 23-58,
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A prosecution expert says a former Roman Catholic cardinal is not competent to stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago. The opinion raises doubts about the future of the criminal case against 92-year-old Theodore McCarrick. Prosecutors this week
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have approved a gene therapy for the most common form of hemophilia. The treatment, Roctavian, is an infusion that’s been shown to reduce dangerous bleeding problems caused by the inherited condition. The Food and Drug Administration approved it Thursday for adult patients with
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his role in the largest corruption scandal in state history and taken immediately into custody, a judge declaring that “the court and the community’s patience with Larry Householder has expired.” The
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, Stephanie Elam and Anna-Maja-Rappard, CNN (CNN) — A task force examining reparations for Black residents in California released its final report Thursday with more than 115 recommendations for how the state should compensate those harmed by slavery and “historical atrocities.” Recommendations in the landmark report, comprised of more than 1,000 pages, include
Continue Reading By SOPHIE AUSTIN and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force met for a final time in a crowded hearing room in Sacramento Thursday. A boisterous audience chanted for reparations as the task force submitted its final report to lawmakers. The findings document the state’s role in
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