By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasized the need to strengthen the country’s air defenses amid NATO’s military activities near Russia’s borders. Speaking Monday during a meeting with military officials and arms makers in the southern Russian city of Sochi, Putin specificially noted the deployment of NATO’s U.S.-led
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined on Monday to consider a request from the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups concerning whether a special court that reviews government requests for electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes must disclose significant opinions that came after 9/11. The request marked the
Continue ReadingBy KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Volunteers helped set up flags for fallen Pontoon Beach Police Officer Tyler Timmins Sunday. Along the funeral route for Timmins, you’ll see a sea of flags all thanks to volunteers. On Sunday, the Flagman’s Mission Continues asked volunteers to meet at
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s President says his U.S. counterpart has told him that he would do “his best” to ensure that the U.S. Congress and Senate would approve a Turkish request to purchase American-made F-16 fighter jets. Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said that U.S. President Joe Biden warned him
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi tested positive for COVID-19 just before he was set to perform a concert in Miami Beach. An announcer took to the stage to give the crowd the bad news just before Saturday night’s concert at Loews South Beach. WSVN in Miami reported that the fully vaccinated singer and his
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A movement to divest from fossil fuels is gaining momentum among foundations as activists push the $1 trillion sector to shift its money away from coal, oil and natural gas. The call from activists to the charitable world and other sectors has been simple: Ditch fossil fuels and direct
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Coca-Cola has completed its acquisition of sports drink brand BodyArmor. Coke said Monday it paid $5.6 billion for the remaining 85% of the sports beverage company. Coke originally bought a 15% stake in the BodyArmor in 2018. BodyArmor was founded a decade ago by the entrepreneurs who also developed
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal over whether the public should have access to opinions of the secretive court that reviews bulk email collection, warrantless internet searches and other government surveillance programs. The justices turned away Monday the appeal filed by civil liberties and media rights groups arguing that
Continue ReadingBy Carley Gordon Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Tennessee Senator Kerry Roberts rode for the Humphreys County flood victims on Sunday. State lawmakers wear a lot of different hats. On Sunday, for Roberts it was a bicycle helmet. His path is a long and challenging one, chosen for a very
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has authorized some 1,300 Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank days after advancing plans to build more than 3,000 housing units for Jewish settlers. The Israeli government says it is adopting a moderate approach with the aim of minimizing friction with the U.S. — which
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an apparent protest over the requirement. Mayor
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an apparent protest over the requirement. Mayor
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Hilaria Baldwin reportedly relocated her husband Alec Baldwin and their kids temporarily to Vermont to support his mental health. “I brought [Alec] up here because we have to mourn Halyna’s death,” she told the New York Post in an exclusive interview. “Alec had a really traumatic thing happen, and I
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Alec Baldwin thinks police officers could be best suited to help film and television productions monitor the safe use of weapons on sets. “Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons safety,” Baldwin tweeted
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN “Vax” is the Word of the Year for 2021, according to the annual report from Oxford Languages. Defined as “a colloquialism meaning either vaccine or vaccination as a noun and vaccinate as a verb,” vax was relatively rare until this year, the company, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary, said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Iyani Hughes Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A young boy was struck and killed in southeast Atlanta while trick-or-treating Sunday night. Around 8:21 p.m., officers responded to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle call on Memorial Drive SE. When they arrived, officers located a boy who was hit by
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge who oversees elections in an Alabama county was removed from office after being accused of racist, sexually inappropriate behavior that included demeaning comments about women. Talladega County Probate Judge Randy Jinks was ousted in a unanimous order filed Friday by the nine-member Alabama Court
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was both cheered and jeered as he arrived in a small northern Italian town to receive an honorary citizenship and to visit one of his ancestors’ homes. Protesters in Anguillara Veneta, a town of 4,200 near Padua, on Monday chanted “No Bolsonaro!” and held signs saying “Bolsonaro Out,”
Continue ReadingBy Ayah Galal, Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man and woman were charged in a deadly case of child abuse. Samarial Dubose, 30, is in custody in Connecticut following the death of a 12-year-old Noah Godleski. As of Monday morning, Dubose was held at the York
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Tribal protesters have lifted their weekslong blockade on Sudan’s main seaport and oil pipelines, and reopened roads linking the port to the rest of the country. An official of the Baja tribal council says they have reached a deal with the military to lift the blockade on
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