BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have convicted two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies James O’Brien and Adam Lunn were found guilty of manslaughter
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The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Bill.com, Workday rise; Peloton Interactive, Ollie’s fall
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After the deadly bombing at the Kabul airport on Thursday, many have asked: who is ISIS-K and why are they attacking American troops?
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks rallied to more record highs Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far from pulling interest rates off the record low that has helped the market soar, even if it does begin dialing back its support for the economy later this year. In a highly anticipated speech,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City man has admitted shooting a zTrip driver 26 times during a robbery. Derron Nevels pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Prosecutors said the driver picked Nevels up on Dec. 4, 2018 and when they arrived at
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City man has admitted shooting a zTrip driver 26 times during a robbery. Derron Nevels pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Prosecutors said the driver picked Nevels up on Dec. 4, 2018 and when they arrived at
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of evictions but others predict will be a gradual trickle after a late-night U.S. Supreme Court action that allows the lockouts to resume. The high court’s conservative majority late Thursday
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of evictions but others predict will be a gradual trickle after a late-night U.S. Supreme Court action that allows the lockouts to resume. The high court’s conservative majority late Thursday
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Missouri Task Force 1 received deployment orders ahead of Hurricane Ida’s possible landfall in Louisiana Sunday afternoon.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press For fantasy players, stats geeks and analytics gurus, the Football Outsiders Almanac is a godsend, packed with all sorts of categories that break down the game the way teams compile game plans. In tracking every play of every game, Football Outsiders came up with the DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average), which
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are still divided on the origins of the coronavirus, but believe China’s leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic. That’s according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden. An unclassified summary indicates
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Continue Reading BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — The last steel beam has been set in the new Interstate 74 bridge being constructed to connect Bettendorf and Moline, Illinois, over the Mississippi River. The beam’s placement marks a milestone in the yearslong construction and signals that the bridge will soon be open to motorists. The Quad-City Times reports that
Continue Reading PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 33-year-old Kansas City woman has admitted drowning her 8-year-old son and trying to smother her 6-year-old son. Platte County officials say Aushena Warren pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and first-degree assault. She admitted that she tried to smother her younger son at their home on June 17, 2017,
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINSWORTH The Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — More than half of Kansas students are now required to wear masks in school as the delta variant rages, leading to widespread quarantines and forcing one district to call off classes because of a COVID-19 outbreak. An Associated Press analysis found that 30 of the
Continue Reading WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — One of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan was a Marine who grew up in the St. Louis area. KMOX Radio reports that 20-year-old Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz of Wentzville was among those killed Thursday. His father, Mark Schmitz, says Marines
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former state government official who says she is a sexual assault survivor says New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli should take down campaign video that uses her story to bash his opponent, incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy. Katie Brennan spoke Friday in a phone interview. Brennan said
Continue Reading By CALVIN WOODWARD, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and DAVID RISING Associated Press The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought profound change in America and the world.  The death and devastation stirred grief, rage and war. It also sparked solidarity, not only in the United States but among its allies — even some
Continue Reading DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Officials in Bangladesh say at least 22 people died when a passenger boat sank with more than 100 aboard after a collision. An emergency service official said Saturday that no passengers were believed missing after nearly 24 hours of search efforts. He said no one came to the area where the accident
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By Keith Allen and David Williams, CNN Health officials in Houston have confirmed the city’s first pediatric Covid-19 death of a youth who did not have underlying heath conditions. The Houston Health Department (HHD) announced Thursday that a male between 10 and 19 died in late July at a hospital. The victim was not vaccinated,
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