By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says families of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration should be compensated. He was responding to a question Saturday about settlement talks underway between his Department of Justice and the affected families. Raising his
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By Jason Hoffman and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday strongly endorsed the idea of the US government compensating immigrant families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy,” saying the previous administration’s “outrageous behavior” warrants cash payments — but he didn’t go into detail about specific amounts. “If in fact,
Continue Reading By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 98 people are dead and 30 others critically wounded after an oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital. Large crowds had gathered to collect fuel that was leaking from the tanker after a collision with another vehicle.
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By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 98 people are dead and 30 others critically wounded after an oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital. Large crowds had gathered to collect fuel that was leaking from the tanker after a collision with another vehicle.
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MORGAN Co. (KMIZ) One man was killed in a single car crash in Morgan County on Saturday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash report, 31-year-old Austin Rasa was driving along Old Route 50 near US 50, when his car went off the right side of the road. The Volkswagen Jetta then went
Continue Reading PALMA, Balearic Islands (AP) — Spanish authorities are investigating the unauthorized disembarkment of 21 people from a plane that made an emergency medical landing on the island of Mallorca. The incident occurred late on Friday night when an Air Arabia flight from Casablanca to Istanbul made an emergency landing to attend a passenger. On landing,
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By Donald Judd and Devan Cole, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Saturday his newly adopted son is doing well “after a terrifying few days” in the hospital. Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten, first announced that Gus had come home on Friday. “After 3 weeks in and out of hospitals, 125 miles in an ambulance, and a
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN I’ve always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element found in our teeth was detected for the first time in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away. That means during the early chaotic days of the universe, stars
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts, but often came up short in their bids to shape policy for school districts over the newest culture war issue., The
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — A humanitarian rescue boat stuck in the Mediterranean Sea carrying 800 migrants has received a delivery of food and blankets while it awaits permission to come to shore. The German rescue boat Sea-Eye 4 set a course for the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday after picking up 400 migrants
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Police helicopters were buzzing above Glasgow, Scotland, for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit. Saturday’s march drew tens of thousands of people despite frequent bursts of rain. Activists are demanding that governments move faster to cut pollution from coal
Continue Reading MACON, Ga. (AP) — An autopsy finds that a 15-year-old Georgia high school football player died from an “abnormal heart rhythm” and not heat-related illness. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says an autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found Joshua Ivory Jr. died July 26 of cardiac dysrhythmia which triggered “sudden cardiac arrest.” The
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Six people have been arrested after a brawl outside of South High School in Wichita — the second big fight there in nine days. KAKE-TV reports that four juveniles and two adults were arrested Friday. Nine days earlier, three students were arrested after a fight. In the latest incident, a school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In a press release sent out on Saturday morning, the Columbia Police Department says one woman was shot along the area of North Blvd. and North 8th St. around midnight. CPD confirmed to ABC 17 News crews that one woman was injured in the incident and there was property damage from the
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is ordering non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Ethiopia and urging other U.S. citizens they should “depart now” as the country’s war escalates and fighters approach the capital. Its statement says that “incidents of civil unrest and ethnic violence are occurring without warning,” and it warns
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s health ministry has reported a one-day record of 793 deaths from COVID-19. Ukraine has been inundated by coronavirus infections in recent weeks, putting the country’s underfunded medical system under severe strain. The ministry said Saturday that 25,063 new infections had been tallied over the past day; a record 27,377 were
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Business operators in Kansas City, Missouri, are hopeful that the end of the city’s mask mandate will mean a return of more customers. The Kansas City Council voted Thursday to rescind the mask order, though it kept the mandate for children and adults in school. Businesses may still ask patrons
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Police helicopters were buzzing above Glasgow, Scotland, for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit. Saturday’s march drew tens of thousands of people despite frequent bursts of rain. Activists are demanding that governments move faster to cut pollution from coal
Continue Reading WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri girl is hospitalized and three households have been evacuated after a rare mercury spill. Jen Niswonger of Wentzville first took her four children to the doctor this summer when they all broke out in rashes. Her 11-year-old daughter didn’t get better. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that it
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The first major election day following a year of relentless attacks on voting rights and election officials went off largely without a hitch. Unlike the 2020 presidential election, there were few claims of fraud, ballots emerging mysteriously in the dark of night or compromised voting machines
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