Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital Thursday placed the divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate under house arrest for 30 days, as prosecutors investigate a sprawling new case that involves allegations of human trafficking of minors and sex with a minor. The Bucharest Tribunal’s decision comes a day after prosecutors detained
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUCHEON, South Korea (AP) — A fire that killed seven people in a South Korean hotel was possibly made worse by the lack of sprinklers. That’s according to fire officials Friday who are investigating the cause of the blaze. At least 12 people are being treated for injuries related to the fire that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lane closures will be required on Scott Boulevard and West Broadway in west Columbia as crews begin building a new sidewalk, according to a Thursday press release from the City of Columbia Public Works. Work begins at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 and is expected to be completed by “early winter,” the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A surprise text ended a prosecutor’s questioning Thursday of a former Las Vegas-area politician standing trial in the killing of a veteran investigative reporter, after a long day of sometimes rambling testimony during which the defendant declared that he never killed anyone. In a hushed courtroom, before a rapt
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Survivors and family members of victims of gun violence attested at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday to the ways shootings impacted their lives and spurred them to advocacy. One of the most potent speeches came from Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman who was wounded in a 2011 shooting in her Arizona
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bears cornerback Douglas Coleman III was immobilized on a stretcher and taken from Arrowhead Stadium on a cart Thursday night after making a tackle on the Chiefs’ Cornell Powell on the first play of the second half in the preseason game. Coleman had his head up when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The final night of the Democratic National Convention included a tutorial on pronouncing Kamala Harris’ name — featuring none other than the candidate’s great nieces. The actress Kerry Washington introduced the girls by saying “it’s come to my attention that there are some folks who struggle — or pretend to
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CNN By Kostyantyn Hak, Olga Voitovych, Lauren Kent, Sergey Gudkov and Lizzy Yee, CNN Pokrovsk, Ukraine (CNN) — Parents are hiding their children from local authorities to avoid mandatory evacuation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a strategically important location, amid warnings that Russian forces are advancing rapidly. Communities in and around Pokrovsk are
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations Thursday, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce, coming just days after the government shuttered some 1,500 nongovernmental organizations, many of them religious in nature. The Interior Ministry also cancelled the legal status of the umbrella
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The legislature of Mexico City approved the most ambitious rent control law since the 1940s Thursday, limiting rent increases to the rate of inflation in the previous year. Rents in the vast city of 9 million inhabitants were essentially frozen in the 1940s, and remained so for decades on older buildings.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with second-degree statutory rape and second-degree sodomy on Thursday. Jesus Hernandez, 37, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 1:54 a.m. Thursday and is being held without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, Hernandez identified himself to a
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge in Utah has ruled that a man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid rape charges will stand trial. KTVX-TV reports the judge said Thursday there was enough evidence for the case against 37-year-old Nicholas Rossi to proceed. Rossi is accused of raping
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The former Nevada politician accused of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas investigative reporter testified Thursday that he would have won a reelection in the primary race for Clark County Public Administrator had the victim not published damaging articles about him. Robert Telles, 47, has pleaded not guilty to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris urged Americans to seize a “precious, fleeting opportunity” to move beyond political divisions and the threat of Republican Donald Trump on Thursday as she closed out the Democratic National Convention. Harris is the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to be nominated,
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A physician in Michigan has been arrested on charges relating to filming young children and grown adults in changing rooms at a Rochester swim school, Oakland County authorities announced Tuesday, adding they expect to identify more victims after they say thousands of other videos and images were found on the doctor’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians say they are planning to introduce a U.N. General Assembly resolution in September enshrining the recent sweeping ruling by the U.N.’s top court that declared Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories unlawful — and setting a time frame for it to end. The resolution would not
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of stabbing the mother of his child to death had a motion hearing on Thursday that determined he could still face the possibility of being sentenced to death. Sergio L. Sayles, 36, was charged in April 2023 with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, evidence tampering and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials have cleared a growing homeless encampment at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles. The cleanup operation Thursday was an effort organized by LA City Councilmember Traci Park and the county and comes more than a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom directed state agencies to urgently clear encampments on
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs and Creed Humphrey have agreed to a four-year, $72 million extension that makes him the highest-paid center in NFL history, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the
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A look at some of this week’s major recalls.
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