HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A magistrate judge in Pennsylvania accused of shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend in the head as he slept was convicted Wednesday of attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges. Sonya McKnight was taken away in handcuffs after the trial judge rejected a defense request that she be released. She faces up to
Continue Reading
By DIDI TANG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies spiraled into greater peril Wednesday as President Donald Trump tried to narrow his global trade war into a direct — and risky — faceoff with Beijing. As Trump reversed his larger “reciprocal” tariffs on most
Continue Reading By DIDI TANG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies spiraled into greater peril Wednesday as President Donald Trump tried to narrow his global trade war into a direct — and risky — faceoff with Beijing. As Trump reversed his larger “reciprocal” tariffs on most
Continue Reading
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel has been removed as the acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and has been replaced with the Army secretary, three people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear why
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri foster mother has been charged with child abuse and endangerment as authorities investigate whether she traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas for a monkey and mistreated other children in her care. The 70-year-old woman from Winfield has been jailed on $250,000 bond since her arrest over
Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a rate increase this summer that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents. The request was made Wednesday to the Postal Regulatory Commission, which must OK the proposal. If approved, the 5-cent increase for a “forever” stamp and similar
Continue Reading
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced the seizure of roughly $510 million worth of illegal narcotics on vessels headed for the United States, seeking to highlight the government’s efforts to take down sophisticated cartel drug networks. Bondi traveled to Florida to tout
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced the seizure of roughly $510 million worth of illegal narcotics on vessels headed for the United States, seeking to highlight the government’s efforts to take down sophisticated cartel drug networks. Bondi traveled to Florida to tout
Continue Reading
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film. Would it be possible, he wondered, to take 90 minutes of a real incident involving combat and recreate it as faithfully as possible? He posed that question to former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, who served in Iraq
Continue Reading
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have blocked a bill to make oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes from natural disasters caused by climate change, warning it could raise gas prices. The bill would have allowed victims of natural disasters, including fires, floods and hurricanes,
Continue Reading
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, accusing the social media company of undermining national security and briefing China on U.S. artificial intelligence efforts in order to grow its business there. “We are engaged in a high-stakes AI arms race against China. And during
Continue Reading
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Missourians could see a wide-ranging tax cut plan passed by the state legislature this year, the latest push toward eliminating the state income tax. Among the provisions in a $1.3 billion tax cut plan passed by the House in March is a gradual reduction in the state income tax
Continue Reading
By Christa Swanson Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — A Denver deputy was injured Tuesday when he was attacked in a pod of the Denver Detention Center, a spokeswoman for the Denver Sheriff Department said. The deputy was completing rounds around 11 a.m. when a suspect attacked him, according to the
Continue Reading
A warm and breezy Wednesday afternoon will give way to cooler and calmer conditions overnight, with a 20% chance of stray showers after sunset. Lows tonight will fall into the mid to upper 40s with light northwest breezes at 5 to 10 mph. Mostly sunny and windy conditions will prevail on Thursday, with highs warming
Continue Reading
By Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova, Lauren Kent and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had identified 155 Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces, a day after Ukraine said two Chinese nationals were captured in the country. The Chinese nationals had been recruited through advertisements, including on social
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Julio Burdman, profesor de Geopolítica de la UBA, analizó este miércoles en Regreso CNN con Mariana Arias y Pepe Gil Vidal las nuevas políticas arancelarias impulsadas por el presidente Donald Trump y su impacto en la escena global. Según el especialista, detrás de las decisiones del líder republicano
Continue Reading
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California youth soccer coach charged with killing a 13-year-old boy last month has also been accused of assaulting at least two other teens in recent years, prosecutors said. Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino is charged with killing Oscar Omar Hernandez and then dumping his body along
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Personal: Birth date: April 27, 1955 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Eric Emerson Schmidt Father: Wilson Schmidt, a professor Mother: Ellie Schmidt Marriage: Wendy Boyle (1980-present) Children: Sophie and
Continue Reading
By Sarah Ferris and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson punted Wednesday night on a key budget vote essential to advancing Donald Trump’s agenda, as a group of House GOP conservatives demanded party leaders agree to steep spending cuts. Johnson said he had personally spoken with the president about the need to postpone
Continue Reading
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily remove two board members at independent labor agencies while the justices consider whether the president may permanently fire them. The emergency case follows a decision from an appeals court in Washington that temporarily reinstated Gwynne Wilcox, a
Continue ReadingPor John Towfighi, David Goldman y Anna Cooban, CNN Las acciones en EE.UU. se dispararon este miércoles después de que el presidente Donald Trump publicara en las redes sociales que autorizaba una pausa de 90 días en los aranceles “recíprocos” que habían entrado en vigor a la medianoche, con la excepción de los aplicados a
Continue ReadingPor Elisabeth Buchwald y Kevin Liptak, CNN El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, anunció una pausa completa de tres meses en todos los aranceles “recíprocos” que entraron en vigor a medianoche, con la excepción de China, un giro sorprendente de un presidente que había insistido en que los aranceles históricamente altos habían llegado para quedarse.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old woman says she’s stuck in Puerto Rico after Frontier Airlines wouldn’t let her fly back home to New York with her “emotional support” parrot. Maria Fraterrigo told CNN affiliate WCBS she was warned “if you want to get on the flight, get rid of the bird,” while
Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.47 +.08 Altria 56.36 +.80 AmerenCp 96.35 +2.12 AmExpress 262.36+30.97 ArchDanM 44.38 +2.59 AutoZone 3575.12+76.04 BPPLC 27.90 +1.79 Boeing 160.82+21.43 BristMySq 53.74 +.67 Brunswick 48.06 +6.13 Chevron 146.03 +9.10 Citigroup 64.15 +5.38 CocaCola 69.95 +1.53 ConAgraBr 25.69 +.70 ConocoPhil 91.51 +8.85 Corning 43.26 +4.08 CurtissWright 322.59+29.85 DTEEnergy 130.51 +3.12 DeereCo
Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.47 +.08 Altria 56.36 +.80 AmerenCp 96.35 +2.12 AmExpress 262.36+30.97 ArchDanM 44.38 +2.59 AutoZone 3575.12+76.04 BPPLC 27.90 +1.79 Boeing 160.82+21.43 BristMySq 53.74 +.67 Brunswick 48.06 +6.13 Chevron 146.03 +9.10 Citigroup 64.15 +5.38 CocaCola 69.95 +1.53 ConAgraBr 25.69 +.70 ConocoPhil 91.51 +8.85 Corning 43.26 +4.08 CurtissWright 322.59+29.85 DTEEnergy 130.51 +3.12 DeereCo
Continue Reading
By Andy Rose and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Kseniia Petrova’s path from a Harvard laboratory to an immigration cell began with frogs. The Russian national who has been working as a researcher at Harvard Medical School failed to declare “non-hazardous” frog embryos she was carrying with her on her return to the US from
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY, DANICA KIRKA and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Wednesday at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary, the Vatican announced. It was the first known
Continue Reading
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Advance orders are being taken for a native plant sale at Missouri Western State University. The college’s student chapter of the Wildlife Society is hosting the fundraiser from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 2, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 on the second
Continue ReadingPor Haley Britzky, CNN Mientras que el secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Pete Hegseth, dejó la puerta abierta a una mayor presencia militar en Panamá con comentarios vagos este miércoles, Frank Abrego, ministro de Seguridad de Panamá, dijo que el país no aceptaría una base militar permanente de EE.UU. y reafirmó que Hegseth ya
Continue Reading
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Families are invited to a special Easter event next weekend at the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion. The St. Joseph Museums is hosting its annual Easter at the Mansion celebration from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 19, at the mansion, 1100 Charles St. The free event will include an Easter
Continue Reading