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Orlando residents asked to limit water usage to help Covid-19 patients
By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is asking residents to conserve water because liquid oxygen, used to treat the community’s water supply, is needed to treat the surge of Covid-19 patients in the community. “Nationally, the demand for liquid oxygen is extremely high as the priority for its use is
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Official Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages have gone abruptly offline, indicating an effort to try to squelch them. It was not immediately clear, though, why the sites in the Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, English
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Official Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages have gone abruptly offline, indicating an effort to try to squelch them. It was not immediately clear, though, why the sites in the Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, English
Continue Reading Country singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85. His son, Dean Hall, confirmed the musician’s death on Friday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee.
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Iowa woman who struck 2 children with her car sentenced to 25 years in prison for hate crimes
By Christina Carrega and Douglas S. Wood, CNN An Iowa woman was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Thursday for trying to kill two children by running them over with her car because she believed they were Mexican or of Middle Eastern or African descent. Nicole Poole Franklin was sentenced Thursday to 304 months by a federal judge.
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As Taliban fighters swarmed Kabul, two friends looked for the fastest route out
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Zahra shelters in her Kabul apartment, anxiously peering through the window at Taliban fighters in the parking lot below. She hasn’t dared to leave her house for days. Only two weeks ago, she and her friend Sara were drinking and laughing at a party in Kabul. The Taliban were approaching —
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New Bloomfield man dies after a wreck on Highway 54 Friday morning
NEW BLOOMFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F is reporting a 40-year-old man is dead after a Friday morning wreck on Highway 54 in Callaway County. According to the crash report, Gabriel Lloyd was driving a 2019 Ford F250 when it traveled off the side of the road. Officials say Lloyd overcorrected
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Football fans will have to follow COVID precautions this fall
Helmets, pads, jerseys and masks: football is back in Columbia, but COVID-19 never went away.
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Former reporter subpoenaed in Joseph Elledge murder trial
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge approved an out-of-state subpoena in court earlier Friday for the Joseph Elledge murder trial. An order for Gladys Bautista to appear in court was approved by Judge Jacobs in court. She is a former local reporter who interviewed Elledge before he was arrested. Prosecuting attorney Dan Knight says she is
Continue Reading Ex-officer sentenced to 25 years for killing suicidal man
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police officer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2018 shooting death of a suicidal man who was holding a gun to his own head. The sentence was handed down Friday for former Huntsville police officer William “Ben” Darby. Darby was convicted in May of
Continue Reading Ex-Miami congressman countersues over work with Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who was once roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio has countersued a U.S. affiliate of Venezuela’s state oil company in a politically charged dispute over a $50 million consulting contract he had with Nicolas Maduro’s government. David Rivera’s Interamerican Consulting filed the counterclaim
Continue Reading Ex-Miami congressman countersues over work with Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who was once roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio has countersued a U.S. affiliate of Venezuela’s state oil company in a politically charged dispute over a $50 million consulting contract he had with Nicolas Maduro’s government. David Rivera’s Interamerican Consulting filed the counterclaim
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Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled with only the clothes on his back, senior adviser says
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A former senior official of Afghanistan’s ousted President Ashraf Ghani has detailed a vivid picture of the last weeks of Ghani’s government, including how the President and his advisers were stunned by the speed of the Taliban’s advance on the capital of Kabul. Ghani was far from prepared for the
Continue Reading Claims against Elder: Will they harm him in Calif. recall?
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day after facing allegations that he emotionally mistreated a former fiancee, Republican Larry Elder scheduled two weekend rallies and showed no outward signs of altering the course of his campaign in the California recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin
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It’s the first day of San Francisco’s vaccine mandate. But some businesses had a requirement weeks ago
By Dan Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood has been asking customers to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination for the last month. “For the most part, people have literally gone out of their way to thank us for enacting the policy,” bartender Zak Pavitt told CNN. Businesses across
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Richard Sackler says his family and Purdue Pharma are not to blame for US opioid crisis
Lauren del Valle, CNN During hours-long testimony in a Purdue Pharma federal bankruptcy proceeding on Wednesday, former company president Richard Sackler said he believes his family and the OxyContin manufacturer bear no responsibility for the opioid crisis in the United States. An attorney for Washington state asked him repeatedly whether he, his family or the
Continue Reading Senators question DOJ funding for AI-powered policing tech
By MARTHA MENDOZA and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Some Capitol Hill Democrats and civil rights advocates are concerned about how police and prosecutors increasingly use algorithm-powered technologies that may amplify racial bias. In response to an Associated Press investigation into the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says
Continue Reading Governor tours flood area as Arizona sees 4 deaths in a week
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey toured a small community southwest of Phoenix where flooding inundated homes and led to two deaths last weekend. The governor praised the resiliency of the people of Gila Bend on Friday and residents of other areas of the state who have endured flooding
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
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