By Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court on Wednesday delved into the complexities of federal trademark law in a case concerning a poop-themed dog toy that resembles a Jack Daniel’s bottle, at times erupting into laughter as the justices explored how much protection should be given to parodists that rip off trademarks they don’t own.
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The Jefferson City Animal Shelter is back to being open by appointment only.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. A Jefferson City man was charged with assault after allegedly knocking out a bouncer while being escorted from a bar and continuing to hit them once they were unconscious, according to the Jefferson City Police Department. Jacob Logan Johnson, 27, is charged with second-degree assault. An arraignment was held Monday. He was
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By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Missouri’s attorney general says he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth. The planned rule comes as legislators in that state and many others seek bans or other restrictions on the treatment. Doctors and advocates for the transgender
Continue ReadingBy Treasure Welle and Michelle Watson, CNN The University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky has reached a settlement of more than $14 million with the family of a student wrestler who died of heat stroke in 2020, the university and family’s attorney have said. Grant Brace died after a “punishment practice” during which university wrestling
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN New York Knicks hero Willis Reed has died, the National Basketball Retired Players Association said Tuesday. He was 80 years old. Reed led the Knicks to two championship titles in the 1970s, which included one of the most iconic moments in basketball history. Although suffering from a torn thigh muscle, Reed
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved some of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws, making some crimes punishable by death and imposing up to 20 years in prison for people identifying as LGBTQ+. The new legislation constitutes a further crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in a country where same-sex relations were
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Geoffrey Sills was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon,
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government says it’s ordering Credit Suisse to temporarily suspend bonuses for employees after orchestrating a plan for the No. 2 Swiss bank to be taken over by rival UBS. The Swiss Department of Finance said Tuesday that federal law allows the government to set “remuneration-related measures”
Continue Reading By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped by 22%, and the number of trees lost in their favored wintering ground more than tripled compared to last year. Humberto Peña, the director of Mexico’s nature reserves, says frosts and “extreme temperatures”
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man dubbed the “Package Killer” for his method of disposing bodies received two life sentences Tuesday after admitting to killing two women in the St. Louis area more than 30 years ago. Gary Muehlberg has now pleaded guilty to killing three women and faces
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man dubbed the “Package Killer” for his method of disposing bodies received two life sentences Tuesday after admitting to killing two women in the St. Louis area more than 30 years ago. Gary Muehlberg has now pleaded guilty to killing three women and faces
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports’ most enduring examples of playing through pain, died Tuesday. He was 80.
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied on Wall Street, including the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis. The S&P 500 rose 1.3% Tuesday, its first back-to-back gain in two weeks, after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government could offer the banking industry more assistance if needed.
Continue ReadingBy Bertha Ramos, Elizabeth Plaz, Jorge Engels and Jack Guy, CNN Ecuador’s public prosecutor has opened a terrorism investigation after at least five journalists received envelopes containing explosive devices. Three of the envelopes reached the newsrooms of Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas and TC Televisión television channels, while two further envelopes addressed to radio station EXA FM and
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A California man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill a journalist who was trying to report on his organization, the Justice Department said. Nicholas Welker, who also goes by “King ov Wrath” and “ilovehate5150,” was the leader of the Feuerkrieg Division — a White supremacist group that prosecutors said
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Organic molecules have been detected in samples collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. “When researchers analyzed the samples, collected from two different locations on the asteroid, they found uracil, one of the building blocks of RNA, as well as vitamin B3, or niacin (a key cofactor for
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story FOUNTAIN INN, South Carolina (WHNS) — A group of Upstate coworkers who have been playing Powerball together for years almost hit the $754 million jackpot. The four colleagues buy tickets for one drawing a week and a ticket purchased at Exxon on North Woods Drive
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Pierce Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Milwaukee firefighter Jeff Rothmeier and his daughter are recovering together in a Minnesota hospital room. Rothmeier was injured in the line of duty Saturday while working near 80th Street and Oklahoma Avenue. After falling about two stories, he now has a concussion,
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Monday press release that it arrested four teenagers Saturday after about 50 rounds of ammunition were fired into Clearview Church. Four teenagers were arrested throughout the day. Two of the teenagers were younger than 18 – ages 14 and 17 – and were
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