Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has repealed a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse. The misdemeanor once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Friday repealing the statute. The law dates back to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who suffered serious injuries after an altercation last week has died, a press release from the Columbia Police Department says. Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia, died Friday, police wrote. The release says that after Davis’ death, officials are looking to charge Felicia L. Hay, 33, and Alexander A. Aklan, 28,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase. The result is a mixed bag of success for Gov. Jeff Landry, whose original tax revision plans faced resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists amid hard
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Fox Corp. are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold current and former company officials personally liable for the financial fallout from Fox News reports regarding alleged vote rigging in the 2020 election. Six public employee pension funds that hold shares in
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Josh Campbell and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — At least three professional sports leagues warned their teams this week that organized and skilled groups are targeting the homes of athletes for break-ins, including while the players are away at games. The warnings came after recent reports of burglaries at the homes of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The North Callaway R-1 School District has accepted a bid to build a new elementary school and additions to the early childhood Thunderbird Learning Center, according to a Friday press release from the school district. The school district accepted the bid from Coil Construction. The project is being funded with the increased
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The defense has rested its case in the trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine who held Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway last year, after four days of witness testimony. Neely’s cause of death became the focal point
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Texas Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in a whistleblower lawsuit at the heart of impeachment charges brought against him in 2023. The court on Friday said Paxton’s office does not dispute any issue in the lawsuit by four former Paxton employees and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina’s lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark Robinson filed the suit against the network for its report saying he once made explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board. The September report nearly led to the collapse of the Republican’s campaign
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power. The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that struck
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Former Colorado wide receiver and Olympic freestyle skier Jeremy Bloom has made it his mission to fulfill as many wishes as possible for older adults through his foundation. The list of granted wishes range from taking veterans back to Normandy to helping wannabe authors publish a book. He’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An elevator at a Downtown Columbia parking garage will be out of service next week for repairs. According to a Friday press release from the city, the elevator at the parking garage at Tenth and Cherry streets will be out of service on from 8 a.m. Tuesday-6 p.m. Wednesday. The release says
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a pro-Palestinian protester arrested under a local face mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly’s office says charges against Xavier Roa were dismissed in court Friday. Prosecutors say they determined the allegations could not be proven beyond a reasonable
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a soccer game featuring a transgender player defended their decision at a hearing on whether they can take similar action while they are being sued. Kyle Fellers and Anthony Foote sued the Bow school district
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An elected official for an Arizona border county has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $38 million in public funds over a decade. The money helped renovate her luxurious Southwestern ranch home, maintain the family cattle business and buy at least 20 vehicles, including an Airstream touring coach. Elizabeth Gutfahr was
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general has announced an investigation into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an unmarked police vehicle in Brooklyn. Police say the woman was lying in the middle of a street in the East New York neighborhood when she was hit by a Toyota
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in announcing the test results. No details about the child have been
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer MALAGA, Spain (AP) — The last man to face — and beat — Rafael Nadal in an official tennis match has led the Netherlands into the Davis Cup final for the first time by eliminating Germany. Botic van de Zandschulp put the Dutch in front by hanging on to defeat Daniel Altmaier
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A jury is deliberating on whether a New Hampshire man held down a teenage boy while he was raped at a youth detention center in 1998. Bradley Asbury, now 70, served as a house leader at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester. He’s accused of restraining 14-year-old Michael
Continue ReadingBy Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — Human error led to the death of a young gorilla in Alberta, Canada, according to officials at the Calgary Zoo. Eyare, a 2-year-old western lowland gorilla, died last week after being struck in the head by a hydraulic door a staff member accidentally activated, the zoo said in
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