By Dakin Andone, Ryan Young, Amy Simonson and Steve Almasy, CNN In an extraordinary, emotionally charged session marked by tense exchanges and punctuated by boos and chants from onlookers, Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to expel two Black lawmakers — but failed to oust a third representative — a week after the three Democrats
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By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would give judges the authority to order adults with a severe mental illness into mandatory outpatient care, after being released from a health care facility. Massachusetts, along with Connecticut and Maryland, are the only states that don’t give courts that
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The rights to the works of the late Jorge Luis Borges, considered Argentina’s most internationally significant author of the 20th century, have fallen into limbo because his widow died last month without a will. The revelation this week surprised the country’s literary circles, because Borges’
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN A Russian tourist has been deported from Bali after a semi-nude photo he took on top of a sacred mountain went viral and sparked heated public debate about misbehaving tourists on the island. The 24-year-old Russian national, identified by Balinese immigration authorities as Yuri Chilikin, was deported on Tuesday, April 4
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said farewell to politics Wednesday with a rousing speech that assured other nerds, criers, and huggers that they too could one day lead. “You can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve, you can be a mother or not, you
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Jessie Gretener and Jessie Yeung, CNN Afghan men working for the United Nations in Kabul will stay home in solidarity with their female colleagues after the Taliban prohibited Afghan women from working for the global organization, according to a senior UN official. Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN Deputy Special Representative, Resident and Humanitarian
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Police Department has received 10 reports of extortion involving sexual pictures throughout this academic year. The scam — known as “sextortion” — often targets college students according to the Department and often happens over social media apps like Instagram and Snapchat. “Sextortion scammers often begin a conversation flirting
Continue Reading By JOEAL CALUPITAN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press TANAUAN, Leyte, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines, a nation made up of thousands of islands, is home to about 1.6 million people who work in fisheries, and the majority of those fishers are small-scale harvesters who collectively catch almost half of the nation’s fish. Years of market
Continue Reading By ISABEL DeBRE and FARES AKRAM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Violence resumed for a second straight night in Jerusalem on Wednesday when Palestinian worshippers barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa Mosque at the Old City’s sensitive compound and Israeli police used force to remove dozens of worshippers. The unrest was less intense than the previous night.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A sheriff and a local firearms dealer in Frederick County, Maryland, have been indicted on federal charges for their roles in a scheme to illegally acquire machine guns so they could be rented out for profit, federal prosecutors announced. A federal grand jury indicted Frederick County Sheriff Charles Austin Jenkins, 66,
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A sheriff and a local firearms dealer in Frederick County, Maryland, have been indicted on federal charges for their roles in a scheme to illegally acquire machine guns so they could be rented out for profit, federal prosecutors announced. A federal grand jury indicted Frederick County Sheriff Charles Austin Jenkins, 66,
Continue Reading By GRACE EKPU and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In Senegal, the national dish of thieboudienne is entwined in the country’s history and culture. It’s a rich dish of fish, rice and vegetables that literally brings people together – traditionally eaten in communal fashion around a single dish. But the preferred species
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s been a week since the start of the new MLB season. Although both of Missouri’s teams are off to a slow start, a lot of people are talking about baseball. And very specifically, many are talking about the recent rule changes the league has made. Some changes the league made include
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A sheriff and a local firearms dealer in Frederick County, Maryland, have been indicted on federal charges for their roles in a scheme to illegally acquire machine guns so they could be rented out for profit, federal prosecutors announced. A federal grand jury indicted Frederick County Sheriff Charles Austin Jenkins, 66,
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has threatened unspecified “offensive action” over the expansion of U.S. military exercises with rival South Korea as President Joe Biden’s special representative for North Korea flew to Seoul for talks with allies over the North’s growing nuclear threat. The North Korean comments came
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El caso que presentaron los fiscales de Nueva York contra el expresidente Donald Trump por supuestamente falsificar registros empresariales para encubrir pagos por silencio relacionados con la campaña electoral de 2016 presenta cuestiones legales novedosas que hacen que la acusación sea arriesgada, pero no imposible, dicen los expertos legales. La manera
Continue ReadingBy Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Smoke from fires in northern Thailand is making it hard to breathe, and at least one hospital in Chiang Mai says it’s reached “full ward capacity” as people present with respiratory issues from breathing air pollution. Air pollution has been a longstanding problem in Thailand, usually caused by
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN Transgender women and girls in Kansas will no longer be allowed to compete on sports teams from kindergarten through college consistent with their gender, after state lawmakers on Wednesday overrode a veto from their governor to enact the restriction. The law is set to take effect on July 1. Gov. Laura
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes and the firm the franchise hired to develop a new arena project near Sky Harbor International Airport have filed a $2.3 billion notice of claim against the city of Phoenix for alleged breach of contract. The claim, a precursor to a lawsuit,
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Missouri’s governor plans to visit rural southeast Missouri on Wednesday, where tornadoes killed multiple people overnight.
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