DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A fifth man was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in connection with a shooting at Sweet 16 birthday party that killed four young people in Alabama, authorities announced. Willie George Brown Jr., 19, of Auburn, is charged with four counts of reckless murder, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. A
Continue Reading GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A South African teenage farm worker who suffocated to death after falling into a grain storage bin would still be alive had a Mississippi soybean farm followed federal workplace safety standards, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined. Bare Bones Farms, located in the Mississippi
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras, Linh Tran and Emma Tucker, CNN Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip on Thursday was denied another appeal to vacate his murder conviction in the death of his boss in 1997 and still faces execution in May. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals decision comes two weeks after a special counsel report
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District announced in a Thursday press release that it has hired principals for two of its elementary schools. Both hires begin next school year. James Groves – who is currently the assistant principal at Pioneer Trail Elementary in Jefferson City — will be the new principal for
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace Roadway deaths leveled off last year after spiking during the pandemic, according to federal estimates released Thursday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated 42,795 people were killed on US roads in 2022. It’s a dip of fewer than 150 deaths from highs reached in 2021, when the agency recorded the largest
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Andi Babineau, CNN The woman who found the bodies of four people who were murdered at a home in Maine told police she saw “several firearms laying out” and “bullet holes everywhere,” according to a probable cause affidavit for the case. Lisa Shea, who was visiting Maine for the Easter holiday
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will still be reveling in their Super Bowl triumph when they are on the clock in the NFL draft. They are due to pick 31st overall, last in the first round, after beating the Philadelphia Eagles to hoist their third
Continue Reading By The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday set an execution date for a man who sexually assaulted and killed a 6-year-old St. Louis County girl in 2002. Johnny Johnson is scheduled to be put to death Aug. 1. Johnson was staying with friends in Valley Park, Missouri,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Billy Joel. Personal Birth date: May 9, 1949 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: William Martin Joel Father: Howard Joel, engineer and pianist Mother: Rosalind (Nyman) Joel, homemaker Marriages: Alexis Roderick (2015-present); Katie Lee (2004-2009, divorced); Christie Brinkley (1985-1994,
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information about what the agent alleges is mishandling of an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, according to a letter sent to members of Congress. Mark Lytle, the attorney for the IRS whistleblower, wrote to
Continue Reading ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has opened the country’s permanent embassy in Turkmenistan and says the move will strengthen Israel’s position in Central Asia. Cohen, in the first visit by an Israeli top diplomat since 1994, met Thursday with Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov. Opening the permanent diplomatic mission in the capital
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has gone through House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plan to trim the deficit and its conclusion is that “the math is simple, but unforgiving.” It estimates a deep 22% cut to non-defense spending that would leave children poorer, veterans sicker, families hungrier and housing more
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer An old NASA satellite that studied the sun has plunged back to Earth. The space agency said Thursday the spacecraft reentered the atmosphere over the Sahara Desert. Officials say they’ve received no reports of damage or injury from the return, which occurred in early morning in Sudan. Experts expected
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — F. Murray Abraham is apologizing after allegations of sexual misconduct led to his departure from the Apple TV+ show “Mythic Quest.” He says it was never his intention to offend anyone and said he had grown in his “understanding from this experience.” The apology comes after a
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is being asked to testify to Congress as scrutiny mounts around Justice Clarence Thomas. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman on Thursday requested that Roberts testify next month at a hearing on ethical standards at the court. The hearing is likely to focus
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Presss JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S., according to a new federal indictment. The indictment of former wrestler Ted
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The birth of an endangered seal at one of Hawaii’s most popular tourism hubs is highlighting the tension between protecting the islands’ fragile ecosystems and maintaining access to the pristine white-sand beaches that attract millions of visitors each year. Hawaii officials this week fenced off a large
Continue Reading By The Associated Press In six days, seven people were shot for making the common mistake of showing up at the wrong place. In North Carolina Tuesday, neighbors say a man shot a girl and her parents after children ran after a basketball rolling into his yard. Earlier that day in Texas, a man shot
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A teenager wanted for allegedly shooting and killing another man Wednesday in a Kansas City-area road rage shooting was arrested Thursday in Saline County.
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Pulitzer Prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division cuts another 15% of its staff across the company, adding to layoffs made earlier this year. BuzzFeed has approximately 1,200 total employees, according to a recent regulatory filing. In a memo sent to staff, co-founder and
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