A petition to reinstate a fired officer to the Centralia Police Department has gained more than 300 signatures amid fallout from the resignation of two other members of the small department.
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Some SSM Health workers will soon see a pay increase after the health system raised it’s minimum wage to $15 an hour in its four-state system.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN When Kyrsten Sinema won her US Senate seat in 2018, she was the first Democrat from Arizona elected to the chamber in three decades. It was a triumphant gain for her party — bolstered further when Democrats took over the White House and the Senate two years later,
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By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN When Kyrsten Sinema won her US Senate seat in 2018, she was the first Democrat from Arizona elected to the chamber in three decades. It was a triumphant gain for her party — bolstered further when Democrats took over the White House and the Senate two years later,
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s choice to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, despite Republican objections that she is an “eco-terrorist.” Tracy Stone-Manning, Biden’s choice to lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, was approved, 50-45. Republicans sharply criticized her over
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The mayor of Alaska’s largest city has apologized for his comments supporting some residents’ use of Holocaust imagery to liken a proposed citywide mask mandate to the oppression of Jewish people in Nazi Germany. Hearings on the Anchorage proposal are happening this week. Opponents of the mandate have been wearing yellow
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MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Investigators searching for an Iowa boy who vanished in May days before his 11th birthday say they have found human remains matching his description in a nearby cornfield. The remains were discovered by a farmer working in a field a few miles outside of Montezuma, where then 10-year-old Xavior Harrelson was
Continue Reading MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Investigators searching for an Iowa boy who vanished in May days before his 11th birthday say they have found human remains matching his description in a nearby cornfield. The remains were discovered by a farmer working in a field a few miles outside of Montezuma, where then 10-year-old Xavior Harrelson was
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that allows ownership of a prime beachfront property to be transferred to heirs of a couple who built a resort for Black people in the early 1900s. The property was purchased in 1912 by Willa and Charles Bruce,
Continue Reading MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say remains found in cornfield match description of Iowa boy who vanished days before 11th birthday in May.
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined not to let his government overhaul collapse, President Joe Biden has cleared his schedule and Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pushed the House into a late-night session. The Democratic leaders are working to negotiate a scaled-back $3.5 trillion plan that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La pandemia de coronavirus ha centrado la atención en el papel de la ciencia en la sociedad como nunca antes, y el ritmo de los descubrimientos cientÃficos ha sido vertiginoso. Las mentes más brillantes de la fÃsica, la quÃmica y la medicina serán condecoradas cuando se anuncien la semana que viene
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears and her attorney have successfully driven her father from the conservatorship that runs her life and controls her money. But they say they are not nearly done investigating him and his actions during the 13 years he was the main power behind the
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El ministro de Trabajo de Perú, Iber MaravÃ, negó este jueves ante el Congreso que tenga vÃnculo alguno con el terrorismo. Maravà fue interpelado por los legisladores y tras su presentación se inició un debate. PodrÃa ser censurado y obligado a abandonar el cargo si las respuestas del funcionario no
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has sued New York City’s police department, saying it is illegally keeping the vast majority of officer disciplinary records out of public view. The New York Civil Liberties Union said in the lawsuit in state court in Manhattan that the NYPD
Continue Reading By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Foxconn Technology Group has struck a deal to buy a massive auto assembly plant in Ohio from a startup electric truck maker. The agreement announced Thursday gives the world’s largest electronics maker an entry into the growing electric vehicle market. Foxconn is best known for making Apple iPhones but has
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By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Foxconn Technology Group has struck a deal to buy a massive auto assembly plant in Ohio from a startup electric truck maker. The agreement announced Thursday gives the world’s largest electronics maker an entry into the growing electric vehicle market. Foxconn is best known for making Apple iPhones but has
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By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday night signed Congress’ stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown and extend government funding through December 3, according to the White House. Government funding had been set to expire at midnight, but Democratic congressional leaders, who control both chambers of Congress, had projected
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a Creighton University baseball administrator was found dead Thursday in the yard of an Omaha home that he had just sold to a realty company. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 37-year-old Christopher Gradoville died from multiple gunshot wounds. Police say they have arrested a tenant in the home, 43-year-old
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that Jackson County judges cannot preside over an evidentiary hearing to determine if a Kansas City man should be exonerated in a triple murder case from 1979. The court ruled Thursday that judges in the 16th Judicial Circuit, which includes
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