By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from tradition, then-President Lyndon Johnson went to Capitol Hill to sign the bill rather than hold a signing ceremony at the White House. His daughter Luci
Continue Reading
By George Ramsay, Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Sprint star Kenny Bednarek told CNN Sports that he has cleared the air with Noah Lyles after a heated conclusion to their 200-meter race at the USA Track and Field Championships. Lyles finished just ahead of Bednarek in Sunday’s event, looking over at his rival as he
Continue Reading
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. The violence that awaited them shocked the nation and galvanized support for the passage
Continue Reading
By Nikiya Carrero Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — A group of Fort Lauderdale firefighters rescued a German shepherd from a canal Tuesday morning, but the first responders say the real credit belongs to the 911 callers who alerted them. “A life’s a life. Whether it’s an animal, whether
Continue Reading WFOR, FT. LAUDERDALE FIRE RESCUE, CNN By Nikiya Carrero Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — A group of Fort Lauderdale firefighters rescued a German shepherd from a canal Tuesday morning, but the first responders say the real credit belongs to the 911 callers who alerted them. “A life’s a
Continue Reading
WBZ By Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The Boston Red Sox celebrated an 11-year-old boy who is bravely fighting cancer. Max Acuto has gone from isolation in the ICU, to roaring applause filling Fenway Park. “There were so many times we were stuck in the house or the
Continue Reading
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE and KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press A prominent Georgian journalist was convicted Wednesday of slapping a police chief during an anti-government protest and sentenced to two years in prison in a case that was condemned by rights groups as curbing press freedom. Mzia Amaghlobeli, who founded two of Georgia’s independent media outlets,
Continue Reading
By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Lately, social media feeds have been crawling with testimonials about “parasite cleanses” and DIY worm detoxes. Many people may be unknowingly infected, influencers on TikTok and Instagram claim, and they say they have just the cure with a mix of herbal supplements and enemas. Kim Rogers, an influencer who
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $586 million. The St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.04 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.52 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate
Continue Reading
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN will continue to broadcast the NFL Draft as well as obtaining new digital rights for its upcoming direct-to-consumer service. The two agreements were announced Wednesday morning, two hours before the Walt Disney Company announced its third-quarter earnings. It also came after the NFL and ESPN announced a nonbinding
Continue Reading
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal employees will no longer have to meet Elon Musk’s demand that they list their weekly accomplishments in an email or risk termination, the Trump administration said Tuesday. “We communicated with agency HR leads that OPM was no longer going to manage the five things process nor utilize
Continue Reading
By John King, CNN Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — Opening a new restaurant is always a risk, but this one even more so: It’s a scorching summer in the Arizona desert, meat prices are up and the economy is unpredictable. “I’m a little nervous,” owner Ray Flores tells a visitor to his new project on Tucson’s
Continue Reading
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Michael Thurmond on Wednesday announced his 2026 bid for Georgia governor, seeking to add the state’s top office to the long list of positions he has held. Thurmond said in an interview Tuesday that he’s “going to fight for the people of Georgia every day,” but
Continue Reading
By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s electoral authorities on Wednesday stripped separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, following an appeals court verdict that sentences him to one year in jail and six years ban on all political activities. The Central
Continue Reading
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — It is the high-octane toy for those who have everything: an underwater jetpack that allows you to zip beneath the surface of the ocean – for as long as you can hold your breath. Described by its makers as an “innovation for those who demand the extraordinary,” the
Continue Reading
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump could meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week as he seeks to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, a White House official said Wednesday. The official cautioned that a meeting has not been scheduled yet and
Continue Reading
By Hanna Park, Jillian Sykes, Jordan D. Brown, Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — Newly released police reports and body camera footage are shedding light on the troubled path that led a shooter on a cross-country drive from his home in Las Vegas to the skyscraper in Manhattan where he killed four people last week before
Continue Reading
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Hardly a day goes by without President Donald Trump boasting about the record tariff revenue the US government has been collecting since he ratcheted up taxes on almost every imported good. “We have a lot of money coming in, much more money than the country’s ever seen,” Trump said
Continue Reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative Karol Nawrocki was inaugurated Wednesday as Poland ’s new president, which could set the country on a more nationalist course and cast doubt on the viability of the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Most day-to-day power in Poland rests with the prime minister, chosen by the parliament. However,
Continue Reading
TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Baltimore 5 Philadelphia 1 Final Cleveland 4 N.Y. Mets 1 Final Toronto 20 Colorado 1 Final Miami 6 Houston 4 Final Washington 2 Athletics 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Minnesota 9 Detroit 4 Final N.Y. Yankees 3 Texas 2 Final Tampa Bay 5 L.A. Angels 4 Final Kansas City
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Wednesday, Aug. 06. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Wednesday, Aug. 06. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Wednesday, Aug. 06. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Wednesday, Aug. 06. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading
CNN, TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, JACKSON POLICE DEPT, WHBQ, WBBJ, ADRIANNA WILLIAMS’ FB, KFVS By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A weeklong manhunt is over in the killings of the parents, grandmother and teenage uncle of a baby found abandoned in Tennessee. Austin Robert Drummond was arrested Tuesday morning in the woods in Jackson after
Continue Reading
By SYLVIE CORBET and HERNAN MUNOZ Associated Press SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France (AP) — France’s biggest wildfire in years was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near Spain after leaving one person dead and several injured, authorities said. The fire burned an area larger than Paris, and the military was called in to help. French Prime
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (56-58, third in the AL Central) vs. Boston Red Sox (64-51, second in the AL East) Boston; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (5-9, 3.38 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 95 strikeouts); Red Sox: Dustin May (6-7, 4.85 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 97 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red
Continue Reading
CNN, WLUK, ALERTCALIFORNIA , UC SAN DIEGO, KABC, KSBY, CATHEDRAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALERTCalifornia / UC San Diego By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Air quality has taken a serious hit across the United States as a twofold blow of wildfires in the West and in Canada have sent smoke pouring across large
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 4, 6, 6 (four, six, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 6, 7, 8, 9 (six, seven, eight, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading