By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their millions of social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so. Lohan, Akon, recording artists
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has stylized himself as a political brawler willing to take on all comers, from Disney and the corporate media to high school students wearing masks. But his brewing battle with Donald Trump was for months a one-sided affair. That changed this week when DeSantis for the first
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Tomeu Vadell, one of the so-called “CITGO 6” who was detained in Venezuela for nearly five years, is suing the petroleum company that previously employed him for more than $100 million in damages, according to a lawsuit filed in Harris County, Texas, district court Tuesday. The lawsuit accuses CITGO of using
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. abortion landscape is far from settled nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy. With states now in control, advocates on both sides await a major decision by a Texas judge on the legal status of abortion pills. A judge on
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people had minor injuries reported following a Wednesday morning crash near Highway 50 east of the Missouri Boulevard intersection. Police responded at 8:02 a.m. The crash caused the eastbound lanes to close for about 30 minutes. Police said a black 2013 Hyundai Azera – driven by Herman Hopsin Jr., 33,
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside and Raja Razek, CNN Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was taken to a hospital after being assaulted at an LA Fitness gym in South Florida on Tuesday evening, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of an assault at the gym “learned that an altercation occurred inside the
Continue Reading
Some Missouri nurses are advocating for lawmakers to remove restrictions on their practice so they can stay in rural communities without needing a physician.
Continue Reading ESSEN, Germany (AP) — International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has defended his organization’s efforts to create a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competition in a speech in his home country of Germany which took place amid a pro-Ukraine protest. Bach reiterated the IOC’s position that it would be discriminatory to
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has temporarily blocked Wyoming’s new abortion ban. Wednesday’s decision means abortion is legal again in Wyoming. The new ban took effect Sunday, making abortion illegal in Wyoming despite earlier rulings by Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens that blocked a previous ban. Owens’
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden used a Women’s History Month event at the White House to call on men to step up and fight to protect women’s rights. The first lady spoke ahead of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, and she didn’t mince words as
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said a “great weight” has been lifted from her with the failure of a recall petition drive that began in August. The effort had elements of a uniquely New Orleans experience: Recall petition signatures were gathered during Mardi Gras parades and
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican-controlled House has advanced a previously vetoed proposal to restrict how teachers can discuss certain racial topics that some lawmakers equate to “critical race theory.” The House voted 68-49 along party lines Wednesday for legislation banning public school teachers from compelling students
Continue Reading
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has announced plans to seek the death penalty against a Kansas City man charged with fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop. Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said Tuesday that Joshua Rocha could qualify under Missouri law for the punishment because the July 2022 killing of
Continue ReadingBy Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Tucked into a small art studio at a California university, Sea Krob took their 3-year-old and 7-year-old to graduate school with them because they didn’t have a daycare option this week. They are one of the parents of the half-million students who are out of school for three days because of
Continue ReadingBy Brian Hamrick Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A bill designed to eliminate the death penalty is about to be introduced into the Ohio Senate and has the support of a man with a perspective few have. Derrick Jamison was on death row for 20 years. He was convicted of
Continue ReadingBy Zach Rael Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court said women have the right to abortion if their life is at risk. Under the new ruling, doctors do not have to wait until a woman has a medical emergency to intervene. They can perform the abortion
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN In one of the nation’s most important political battlegrounds, the future of election laws, abortion rights and more could hinge on the outcome of an April race for a seat that will determine control of the state Supreme Court. Power in Wisconsin — the state that was the
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some may consider Florida Atlantic as one of the Cinderellas left in the men’s NCAA Tournament field. But the ninth-seeded Owls aren’t looking for a slipper to wear at the Sweet 16 dance in the East Region. The team from Boca Raton, Florida, that plays
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Michigan Republican Party sparked criticism Wednesday after the organization used imagery from the Holocaust to argue against what it says are Democrats’ restrictive gun proposals. In a social media post published Wednesday morning, the Michigan GOP used a photograph of wedding rings taken from Holocaust victims by Nazi Germany with
Continue ReadingBy Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — There’s a new addition at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo. The zoo announced that a female giraffe calf was born at 12:40 a.m. on March 19. She successfully stood for the first time about an hour later at 1:30 a.m., according to
Continue Reading