By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard this week traveled nearly 660 miles (1,062 kilometers) to rescue a pregnant woman on a small island 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Russia, reflecting the challenges patients face in the nation’s largest state where the most remote areas have no roads
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden se vio “severamente limitado” por las condiciones que creó su antecesor, Donald Trump, cuando decidió avanzar con la retirada total de las tropas estadounidenses de Afganistán en el verano de 2021, según las conclusiones de una revisión posterior a dicha acción, que se hizo a nivel de
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Un carabinero falleció en la madrugada de este jueves en Chile, tras recibir al menos dos disparos en su rostro durante un procedimiento policial en la comuna capitalina de Santiago Centro, según informó la institución. Se trata del cabo primero Daniel Palma Yáñez, quien fue atacado desde el interior de
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House declined to expel the second of three Democratic members for her role in a demonstration in favor of gun control following the Nashville school shooting. The 65-30 vote fell just one vote shy of the number needed to oust Rep.
Continue Reading By RICH PEDRONCELLI and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A spokesperson for a Northern California hospital says least three people have been hospitalized with unknown injuries following a possible shooting. It was not immediately clear whether they had gunshot wounds or other injuries, or if there were other victims. An officer with
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ski resort confirmed that nobody was hurt or killed from an avalanche that gushed from the backcountry into its boundaries on Thursday. The Snowbird ski resort said on Thursday that it had completed a search of an area caught in the path of an avalanche that began on
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A lawsuit over a salad has been tossed. Sweetgreen said Thursday it will change the name of one of its salads in response to a lawsuit filed earlier this week by Chipotle. Los Angeles-based Sweetgreen added the Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl to its menu last week. On Tuesday, Chipotle
Continue Reading WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York suburban police officer turned drug dealer has been convicted in the strangulation death of one man and the execution-style murders of three others. Nicholas Tartaglione was convicted Thursday in federal court after a three-week trial. The bodies were recovered from a mass grave in December 2016.
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coolio, the rapper best known for hits in the 1990s including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died last year because of fentanyl. Coolio’s former longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press Thursday that Coolio’s cause of death was fentanyl and that he also had traces of heroin and methamphetamine in
Continue Reading OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A lawyer for two Canadian women who just returned from Syria says they were arrested by Canada’s federal police force. The two are among four Canadian women and 10 children who arrived in Montreal after being freed from prison camps in northeastern Syria. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says the women have not
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Pres DENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado are digging out a body encased in concrete that was found in a condo crawl space they believe is of a man allegedly killed by a friend and alleged partner in crime during a fight last year. The mounded concrete grave, with apparent human
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, Marshall Cohen and Liam Reilly, CNN Fox asked a judge in court filings made public Thursday to prohibit references to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, as well as threats directed at employees of Dominion Voting Systems, when the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit it faces from the election technology company
Continue ReadingBy Eva McKend, CNN Over two dozen members of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus are calling on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to address concerns about the safety of Black motorists. “On our nation’s roads and highways, Black motorists have experienced disproportionate scrutiny and excessive force under the guise of traffic enforcement,” a letter sent Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN I was briefly transfixed by April’s full moon as it peeped out of London’s clouds on Wednesday night — a reminder of how the silvery orb shapes the course of life on Earth. Medieval moon watchers were similarly captivated by our celestial neighbor, making detailed descriptions of lunar phases and phenomena
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Stormy Daniels está “absolutamente” dispuesta a testificar en el juicio penal contra Donald Trump en Nueva York, según dijo en una entrevista con Piers Morgan. Estos fueron los primeros comentarios de la actriz de cine para adultos desde que el expresidente se declaró inocente de los cargos relacionados con un esquema
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU’s national champion women’s basketball team will accept an invitation from President Joe Biden to visit the White House. University spokesman Michael Bonnette confirmed LSU’s intentions on the matter on Thursday, a day after Tigers star forward Angel Reese suggested during a podcast interview that her team should celebrate their
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that two employees who sued the Springfield school district over mandatory racial equity training must pay the district more than $300,000 in legal fees. Jennifer Lumley and Brooke Henderson argued in their lawsuit that the district violated employees’ rights by forcing them to take racial equity
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Electric Cooperative is opening its new headquarters at 8 a.m. Monday, according to a press release. The building is located at at 1413 Rangeline St. Boone Electric’s temporary office at 1905 W. Ash St. will be closed on Friday, according to the press release. On Sept. 18, 2019, the Boone Electric
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have approved a bill aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials. The Republican-controlled Kansas House voted 76-46 on Thursday to approve a “parental rights” measure that would allow a parent to place their child in
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have approved a bill aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials. The Republican-controlled Kansas House voted 76-46 on Thursday to approve a “parental rights” measure that would allow a parent to place their child in
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