By Tierney Sneed, CNN A pair of conflicting federal court rulings on Friday created arguably the most contentious and chaotic legal flashpoint over abortion access since the Supreme Court’s ruling last summer that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the right to an abortion nationwide. Within less than an hour, two major rulings came down
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — After two months of hard work assembling and painting devil-like cardboard figures popularly known as “Judas,” Mexican artisan Marcela Villarreal is eager to watch her creations burn. Villarreal and dozens of fellow crafters created the figures ahead of the annual “Burning of Judas,” a celebration
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NASA says the next total solar eclipse will happen in one year.
Continue Reading NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Police are investigating a report of shots being fired at the University of Oklahoma Friday night and people campus are being told to shelter in place. Campus police got the report at around 9:30 p.m. Friday and told people to avoid the South Oval area. The university at first tweeted there
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was accused of shaking a baby has been charged with murder. Kristopher J. Ruiz, 28, is charged with second-degree murder, abuse or neglect of a child, first-degree domestic assault, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree domestic assault. A warrant was issued Friday. No
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Salisbury man suffered serious injuries in a Thursday afternoon crash. The crash occurred on Missouri 3 at Route W. A 2018 Freightliner garbage truck – driven by Timothy Kempton, 44 – was traveling, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. It crashed after Kempton attempted to make a
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El campus de la Universidad de Oklahoma en la ciudad de Norman es seguro y no hay amenazas para la comunidad, dijeron las autoridades casi 90 minutos después de que la escuela alertara de la presencia de un atacante armado este viernes. El agente de la Patrulla de Caminos del Estado de
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a bloody Good Friday tradition, including a carpenter, who was crucified for the 34th time with a prayer for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to end because it has made poor people like
Continue Reading By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas lawyer accused of orchestrating a $460 million Ponzi scheme across the U.S. West has been granted release from federal custody. A federal judge in Las Vegas says he was persuaded by Matthew Beasley’s strong family support to give the personal injury lawyer a
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By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 for their sixth straight win. Willy Adames hit a solo homer for Milwaukee, and rookie Garrett Mitchell collected two more hits. Christian Yelich had a run-scoring groundout. Woodruff
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Award-winning Bolivian journalist Harold Olmos, who led Associated Press operations in Venezuela and Brazil, has died at age 78. Olmos fled his coup-convulsed homeland more than four decades ago. His gentlemanly manner belied a remarkable tenacity and he was a role model for AP journalists in South America. He had
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Three towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, though nobody was hurt, and the second round of the Masters was suspended for the day amid heavy wind and rain. The course was cleared once for 21 minutes by
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The University of Oklahoma’s campus in the city of Norman is secure and there is no threat to the community, officials said nearly 90 minutes after the school alerted that an active shooter was present on Friday. Oklahoma State Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Foster confirmed to CNN the
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang, Sophie Jeong, Heather Chen, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN China has started three days of military exercises around Taiwan after the island’s president met the US House Speaker in defiance of repeated threats by Beijing. The exercises, dubbed “United Sharp Sword,” have been denounced by Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as its
Continue Reading By The Associated Press From dressing as Roman soldiers in Antigua, Guatemala, to carrying palm fronds on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Christians around the world are celebrating Holy Week. For millions of Christians, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy Week, is the most sacred week of the year. It’s the
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq and Heather Chen, CNN North Korea claimed on Saturday to have tested a new type of underwater drone it said was “capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.” The drone — called the “Haeil-2 Unmanned Underwater Nuclear Attack Boat’” — was tested between April 4 and 7, according to a report by the
Continue Reading Marble Canyon, Ariz. (AP) — Three California condors have died from avian flu in northern Arizona and authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock, the National Park Service announced Friday. A sick female condor suspected of having lead poisoning was found dead on March 20 and testing showed it had
Continue Reading EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A legal battle over a dress code for bikini baristas at coffee stands is ending after a city north of Seattle agreed to pay $500,000 to the owner and employees who sued over it six years ago. The Everett City Council voted unanimously this week to authorize Mayor Cassie Franklin to
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana de México informó en un comunicado que se inició la repatriación de los cuerpos de las 40 personas que murieron durante el incendio del pasado 27 de marzo en la estación migratoria de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. La institución detalló que la
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two men who were apparently Mexican tourists have been shot dead and a woman wounded not far from the beach in Mexico’s once-glamorous resort of Acapulco. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said Friday the two men had been visiting a barbershop in the Puerto Marquez neighborhood. A witness
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