By TERRY SPENCER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON MIAMI (AP) — Health officials say the state of Florida has surpassed 50,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied 50,811 deaths after adding more than 1,500 COVID-19 deaths provided by state authorities on Thursday. Gov. Ron DeSantis said
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The Jefferson City Board of Education is set to meet Thursday at 6 p.m. to discuss the district’s back-to-school plan, among other topics.
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge says Prince Andrew can request the unsealing of a 2009 settlement agreement that a lawyer claims protects him from a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a girl two decades ago. The judge in Manhattan federal court said in a written order Thursday that
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 49-year-old Ellis man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for producing child pornography. Acting U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard’s office said Thursday that Clinton Wade McElroy was sentenced after pleading guilty in May to one count of production of child pornography after a prior conviction. Court documents said McElroy
Continue Reading WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A former Texas County sheriff and his chief deputy have been convicted of forgery after several other charges against them were dropped. Judge John Beger on Thursday found former Chief Deputy Jennifer Tomaszewski guilty of two counts of forgery and former Sheriff James Sigman guilty of one forgery count. The judge
Continue Reading By WILSON RING Associated Press SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Some of the residents of a long-closed Vermont orphanage want the Catholic Church to pay for therapy as they continue to recover from what they felt was the abuse most of which occurred more than half a century ago. A handful of the members of
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent cybersecurity lawyer has been charged in the special counsel’s probe of the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference. The lawyer is accused of making a false statement to the FBI. An indictment was handed down Thursday against Michael Sussmann of the Perkins Coie law
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Iowa State finds itself seeking a dominant win, proving an initial ranking at No. 7 in the AP Top 25 was no fluke. The Cyclones managed just 16 points against Northern Iowa in their six-point win in the season-opener before losing to No. 5 Iowa 27-17. If there were ever a
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By Faith Karimi, CNN A powerful family. A deadly boating accident. Two mysterious slayings. Drug addiction, stolen money and a botched shooting in an alleged insurance fraud scheme. It sounds like someone took a list of sordid elements and stuffed them all into a crime thriller so twisty it could only be fiction. But the
Continue Reading The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts is fining MassMutual $4 million after accusing the company of failing to supervise an employee whose online cheerleading of GameStop’s stock helped launch the frenzy that shook Wall Street earlier this year. The settlement announced Thursday by Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin centers on the actions
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Officials in Washington state are upset that the Biden administration is challenging a state law making it easier for workers who become ill at a former nuclear weapons production site to be compensated. The Supreme Court will likely decide in the next few weeks whether
Continue Reading POINT CLEAR, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur trophy stays with Lara Tennant. She won the title for the third straight time with a 2-and-1 victory over seven-time USGA champion Ellen Port. Tennant, who’s from Portland, Oregon, won in 2018 and 2019. The championship was canceled last year by the pandemic. Next year
Continue Reading By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must stop using a Trump-era public health order to quickly expel migrants with children who are apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order Thursday giving the government two weeks to halt a
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By Sarah Dean and Nicolo Ruotolo, CNN The Italian government has approved a decree making it mandatory for all public and private sector workers to show proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza told a news conference on Thursday. The rule was decided at a cabinet
Continue Reading By Sarah Dean and Nicolo Ruotolo, CNN The Italian government has approved a decree making it mandatory for all public and private sector workers to show proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza told a news conference on Thursday. The rule was decided at a cabinet
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Lamon says the United States should not accept Afghan refugees, including translators and others who helped the American military during the 20-year war. Lamon says the U.S. should instead help Afghans flee the Taliban and resettle in the Middle East. He
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The Associated Press Stocks couldn’t hold on to a brief afternoon gain and wound up ending mostly lower Thursday. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each fell. The tech-heavy Nasdaq managed to eke out a small gain. More stocks fell than rose in the S&P 500, and most of the index’s sectors
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Timken, Newmont fall, Gap, Lennar rise.
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Sedgwick County Sheriff’s sergeant has been sentenced to a year of probation after pleading no contest to stalking an ex-girlfriend. Justin Maxfield was sentenced Wednesday for the misdemeanor charge. An affidavit says Maxfield was charged after his ex-girlfriend told police in April that he sent unwanted text messages to
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s new health director says the agency is working on new guidelines to help schools keep kids safe from the coronavirus. Director Don Kauerauf on Thursday told reporters that the state health department is coming up with what he called clearer guidance to keep kids from
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