AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just you. The word “demure” is being used to describe just about everything online these days. It all started earlier this month, when TikTok creator Jools Lebron posted a video that would soon take social media by storm. The hair and makeup she’s wearing to work?
Continue ReadingPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to exclude more than 100 absentee ballots that a recount board included in the June election count after a precinct board initially rejected the ballots. The leader of a conservative election group and an unsuccessful Republican legislative candidate asked the court last
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian pop star Anitta will perform at halftime of the first NFL game in the South American country on Sept. 6. The NFL announced Tuesday that the 31-year-old will perform when the Green Bay Packers play the Philadelphia Eagles in Sao Paulo. A fan favorite in Brazil for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Ukraine’s parliament has banned the activities of religious groups tied to the Russian Orthodox Church or any other faith group supporting Russia’s invasion — a measure widely seen as targeting a Ukrainian religious body, despite its claim to independence from Moscow. The bill creates the legal tools for the government to ban the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tens of thousands of customers are still without power across Puerto Rico, a week after Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm. Officials pledged on Tuesday to restore electricity to everyone by the weekend. The ongoing outages persist as the National Weather Service issued yet
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Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz and select players were scheduled to take questions from reporters after Tuesday’s practice.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A witness says a man who died at a Detroit-area mall during a struggle with security guards repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe. Hoy Monk II testified Tuesday, the second day of trial for three guards charged with involuntary manslaughter. McKenzie Cochran died in 2014. Monk says guards didn’t let
Continue ReadingSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State will wear QR codes on its helmets this season that link to the general team fund. The rollout will be in the season opener at home against defending FCS champion South Dakota State on August 31. The school believes it is the first time that a college football team
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The Columbia Police Department has more than $420,000 in its coffers from sales of seized items.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — Ex-Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari has won the Democratic primary for Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District, beating former state lawmaker Raquel Terán in a recount. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge announced the results Tuesday. Ansari defeated Terán by 39 votes after ballots were tallied again. Her initial
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Marc Smith was relaxing in his basement when he got an alert on his phone. An athlete at his alma mater, Grambling State, had posted on social media about not having enough food and needing help. That incident led Smith to form the Icon 1901 Collective in April 2022 to help Grambling
Continue ReadingNORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Half of a collapsed rail bridge connecting South Dakota and Iowa was blasted in a controlled demolition, part of the process to remove the bridge months after it fell into the river, swollen from severe flooding. The steel bridge over the Big Sioux River connected North Sioux City, South
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former New York police commissioner, Bernard Kerik, who served time in prison for tax fraud and lying to officials. Personal Birth date: September 4, 1955 Birth place: Newark, New Jersey Birth name: Bernard Bailey Kerik Father: Donald Kerik, a machinist Mother: Patricia Bailey
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of actor Charlie Sheen. Personal Birth date: September 3, 1965 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Carlos Irwin Estevez Father: Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez), actor Mother: Janet (Templeton) Estevez Marriages: Brooke Mueller (May 30, 2008-May 2, 2011, divorced); Denise Richards (June 15,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan has formally applied to join the BRICS group of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes. Tuesday’s announcement from the foreign ministry in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, comes as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall redistricting measure that “may be the most biased, inaccurate, deceptive, and unconstitutional” the state has ever seen, argues a lawsuit filed late Monday. Citizens Not Politicians, the campaign
Continue ReadingINDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused of fatally shooting a pregnant woman after she went to a suburban Kansas City mall to shop for baby clothes. A spokesperson for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Monday that not enough evidence had been obtained to prove the charges filed against
Continue ReadingINDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused of fatally shooting a pregnant woman after she went to a suburban Kansas City mall to shop for baby clothes. A spokesperson for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Monday that not enough evidence had been obtained to prove the charges filed against
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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to bring a casino to the Missouri tourist destination of the Lake of the Ozarks is suing to bring the proposal before voters. The secretary of state’s office last week said the campaign did not collect enough voter signatures for the constitutional amendment to go on
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign and defense ministers of India and Japan have held security talks in New Delhi to bolster their strategic partnership in the Indo-Pacific as they seek to counter an increasingly assertive China. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar headed the Indian delegation, while the Japanese side
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