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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is calling for an immediate cease-fire in Sudan to be followed by a permanent halt to hostilities and new efforts to reach a lasting democratic political settlement in the conflict-wracked country. The U.N.’s most powerful body on Friday strongly condemned all
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed challenging an Arkansas law that would subject librarians and booksellers to criminal charges if they provide harmful materials to minors. A coalition of libraries, booksellers and other groups filed the lawsuit Friday over the measure, which is set to take
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Milwaukee teen to more than two decades in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old girl last year. Prosecutors say either Benjamin Garrett or Cornell Henard opened fire on Olivia Schultz and her mother, Celeste Wilson, as the family was unloading groceries outside
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rushed higher after a strong report on the U.S. job market eased Wall Street’s worries about a possible recession. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% Friday, while the Dow soared 701 points. The rally brought the S&P 500 nearly 20% above a low hit in
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rushed higher after a strong report on the U.S. job market eased Wall Street’s worries about a possible recession. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% Friday, while the Dow soared 701 points. The rally brought the S&P 500 nearly 20% above a low hit in
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland, Oregon, will take steps to remove tents blocking sidewalks under a tentative settlement announced Thursday in a lawsuit brought by people with disabilities. The federal class action lawsuit alleged that the city violated the American with Disabilities Act by allowing
Continue ReadingBy Bob Jones , Ian Cross Click here for updates on this story AKRON, Ohio (WEWS) — A 16-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were arrested after they entered the home of a 74-year-old man Thursday afternoon with masks and a handgun, Akron Police said. At about 3:20 p.m., officers responded to a robbery at
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims with 41 states and the District of Columbia. Attorneys general sued Indivior and claimed the company schemed to keep generic competitors off the market. The deal was announced Friday. It averts a trial
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los tsunamis se forman por un desplazamiento de agua causado por un deslizamiento de tierra, un terremoto, una erupción volcánica o un deslizamiento del límite entre dos de las placas tectónicas de la tierra (que son placas de roca de 15 a 200 metros de espesor que apoyan los continentes
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A 19-year-old man who allegedly gunned down a young motorist as the victim drove past Banning High School, where a graduation ceremony had ended, was charged today with first-degree murder and other offenses. Daveyon Dickee Lee Woodley of Banning was arrested Wednesday, minutes after the alleged attack. Daveyon Dickee Lee Woodley Along with murder, Woodley
Continue ReadingBy Leah Rainwater Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KOMU) — The Missouri River Regional Library (MRRL) announced that it will require parents to sign a consent form in order for minors to checkout items without their parent or guardian present. This form goes hand-in-hand with the state’s new library rule,
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Southey Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (KOMU) — A recent MU graduate says she has lost all of her belongings after her apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, partially collapsed over the weekend. Elizabeth Pruitt, who graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism three weeks ago, moved into the apartment
Continue Reading By The Associated Press YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches,” the platform announced Friday. The change is a reversal for the Google-owned video service, which said a month after the 2020 election that it would start
Continue ReadingCNN By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US labor market picked up momentum in May, once again defying expectations of a slowdown. But Federal Reserve officials are still likely to suspend rate hikes in their upcoming policy meeting because of broader trends pointing to a weakened economy later in the year. The
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow surged over 700 points mid-afternoon Friday as investors applauded Congress’s passage of the debt ceiling deal and celebrated a cheerful jobs report. The blue-chip index soared 734 points, or 2.2%, putting it on track for the best daily gain since November 2022. The S&P 500
Continue Reading By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Three chemical companies said Friday they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co. and Corteva Inc. said they would establish a
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Más de 280 personas murieron y más de 1.000 resultaron heridas después de que varios trenes chocaran en India en la noche de este viernes, según un funcionario local, en lo que se ha descrito como un accidente “violento”. Dos trenes de pasajeros y un tren de mercancías chocaron en la
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee announced Friday that the first presidential primary debate will take place on August 23 in Milwaukee and also laid out the polling and donor thresholds candidates must meet to make the stage. For the polling requirement, candidates will need to register at least 1% in
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