Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community. Shawn “Mickey” Stines was indicted on one count of murder of a public official by a Letcher County grand jury,
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Truist Financial Corporation has announced that it is making hundreds of millions of dollars in loans available to residents, businesses and local governments affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The Charlotte-based bank said in a news release Wednesday that it will lend more than $650 million and offer more in
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer chasing perfection. But last week’s 30-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills hasn’t diminished the Chiefs’ quest to win a third straight Super Bowl. In fact, it may have only emboldened them. The Chiefs (9-1) are expected to be plenty motivated when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Tensions continued to rise as teacher strikes in three Massachusetts communities slogged through another week. Officials in at least one community are warning that even if there are no snow days this winter, schools will be forced to hold classes during vacations, weekends or other non-school times to reach the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases since his failed reelection bid in 2022 has left him in ever-deeper legal jeopardy. In the latest development Thursday, he was formally accused of attempting a coup
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was charged with several counts of having child pornography on Wednesday. Corey Laughlin, 27, was charged with three counts of having more than 20 files of child pornography and an additional count of child porn possession. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a colonel and nine officers accused of stealing weapons and ammunition from the police department’s armory and illegally selling them to people including criminals in neighboring Haiti, where violence has surged. The crackdown that began Sunday is ongoing as officials
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items and send checks to millions of Canadians who are dealing with rising costs as a federal election looms. The measures come as an inflation-driven affordability crunch has left voters unhappy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A new lawsuit takes aim at Hawaii’s ban on gun ownership for those 18 to 20 years old. Second Amendment advocates say it’s an unconstitutional restriction on the right to bear arms. The lawsuit says 19-year-old Elijah Pinales and soon-to-be 18-year-old Juda Roache want to own guns for self-defense. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are rallying around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick. Their support Thursday came even as new details surfaced about allegations that Hegseth had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The swift GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another controversial Trump nominee, Matt Gaetz, withdrew
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The chief operating officer for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency is no longer working in the position. An office spokesperson confirmed Laura Hogshead is out of the role and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s legislative lobbyist Pryor Gibson will serve in the interim. Hogshead’s departure comes after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Thursday condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it has done so in just five months. The International Atomic Energy Agency also called on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running investigation into uranium particles found at two
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City building superintendent has been charged with stealing more than $350,000 from a 100-year-old resident of the building where she worked. Prosecutors say Rosalind Hernandez persuaded the victim to grant her power of attorney and then used his checkbook and debit and credit cards to make
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and a top Hamas official puts them in a small group of leaders to be accused of crimes against humanity. The court issued warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — When Deborah Gonzalez ran to be elected District Attorney of Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit in 2020, she made no bones about her position on capital punishment. “I do not support the death penalty,” Gonzalez wrote on Twitter, now X, in September 2020. “It is cruel & inhumane. As DA
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman convicted of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. Leilani Simon was spared the maximum punishment of life without a chance of parole Thursday when she was sentenced by Chatham County Superior Court
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his election victory is likely to embolden those who think they can get his ear. There’s the prospect that his second administration could face many of the same perils as his first, when there were influence-peddling scandals. That will test
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oil company Phillips 66 has been federally indicted in connection with alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in California. The Texas-based company is accused of discharging hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater containing excessive amounts of oil and grease. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Scientists say an unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals’ food. Cape Cod has a long history of marine mammal strandings. That is partially because of dramatic changes in the tide that sometimes trap wayward dolphins if they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police arrested an 18-year-old Columbia man on suspicion of firing shots in the area of McKee Street Park. Alex Keitt, 18, was arrested Wednesday after police served warrants in the 1900 block of North Waterfront Drive and the 1400 block of Grindstone Plaza Drive, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.
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