ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian authorities say they have detained 36 people in the mob killing and burning of a man in a town in the country’s Kabyle region that the crowd wrongly suspected of starting dozens of wildfires. The head of the judicial police said Sunday that the victim had gone to the town
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man was shot and killed in St. Louis neighborhood just south of downtown late Saturday. Police said the shooting was reported around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the city’s Peabody Darst Webbe neighborhood. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound in his upper chest near a car with bullet damage
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — For third time in less than a month, there has been a disturbance at the City Justice Center (CJC) in downtown St. Louis. The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Authorities tell News 4 that about two dozen detainees were on recreation
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are searching for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in St. Louis early Saturday. The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday along Natural Bridge Road. Police said they are looking for a black Mercedes sedan that investigators believe struck the pedestrian. The woman who died was identified as
Continue Reading ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s capital city gave honors this weekend to the late author Alex Haley and his extended family on the centennial of his birth. The family of the writer of “Roots” received keys to the city of Annapolis on Saturday. Haley completed genealogical research that led him to discover he was a
Continue Reading By KATHY GANNON Associated Press President Ashraf Ghani has quietly slipped out of Afghanistan, a lonely figure after seven years as president. The isolated Ghani abandoned the presidential palace Sunday with only a coterie of confidants. His style of rule was often characterized as cantankerous and arrogant, rarely heeding the advice of his government and
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By Sahar Akbarzai and Alaa Elassar, CNN Police are investigating after human remains were found in a large plastic container last week in a New Jersey neighborhood near New York City. Police were called around 10:30 a.m. to Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, Friday to investigate reports of a suspicious container in the street when they
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka attorney who was convicted in a fatal hit-and-run crash has been disbarred. The Kansas Supreme Court revoked Roy Artman’s law license because of his role in the fatal 2016 crash that killed 29-year-old Anthony Espinoza. He was found guilty in 2019 of leaving the scene of a fatal crash.
Continue Reading By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Institutes of Health is warning of tough days ahead amid surging COVID-19 infections. Dr. Francis Collins says the U.S. could decide in the next few weeks whether to offer coronavirus booster shots to more Americans this fall. Among the first to receive
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man who drew worldwide sympathy and support after his wife was killed in the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart has died. An El Paso funeral home says Antonio Basco died Saturday. A representative of Perches Funeral Home said no other details are immediately available. Basco and Margie
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield man who was shot outside a convenience store on Friday has died. Springfield Police said Saturday that 49-year-old Jason Masters died at the hospital after he was shot outside a Conoco Village Mart around 2 p.m. Friday. The Springfield News-Leader reports that police have not announced any arrests in
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Free Guy,” an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as a background character in a videogame, opened better than expected over the weekend. It collected an estimated $28.4 million in ticket sales despite a marketplace challenged by a few weeks of declining audiences and underwhelming debuts
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Free Guy,” an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as a background character in a videogame, opened better than expected over the weekend. It collected an estimated $28.4 million in ticket sales despite a marketplace challenged by a few weeks of declining audiences and underwhelming debuts
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARINA VILLENEUVE New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering two New York City Democrats for the lieutenant spot when she assumes the governor’s role later this month. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter tells The Associated Press who could not publicly discuss the internal deliberations and spoke
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting at a park in Kansas City, Kansas. Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Capt. Kyle Harvey said the shooting was reported in Matney Park shortly before 5:30 a.m. Sunday. First responders who went to the park found a man inside a car who had been shot several
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By Gul Tuysuz, CNN Flash floods across Turkey’s Black Sea coast have killed 58 people, officials said Sunday. The country’s Natural Disasters and Emergency Directorate (AFAD) said in a statement that 48 people died in the Kastamonu province, nine people died in Sinop and one person died in Bartin. Eight people are also receiving treatment
Continue Reading By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Veteran Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema appears on the verge of clinching the country’s presidency, with a commanding lead in votes. The 59-year old businessman, contesting the presidency for the sixth time, has more than 2.3 million votes to President Edgar Lungu’s 1.4 million votes, according
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By Kelly Murray, CNN An argument between two people at a bar in San Antonio, Texas, ended in a mass shooting early Sunday, with three people killed and two others gravely wounded, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said. The suspect is still at large, McManus said at a briefing. Police were called around 3:35
Continue Reading CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 3 cents over the past three weeks, to $3.25 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that gas prices could stop climbing now that crude oil costs have started to fall. The price at the pump is a
Continue Reading CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 3 cents over the past three weeks, to $3.25 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that gas prices could stop climbing now that crude oil costs have started to fall. The price at the pump is a
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