PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The murder conviction of a former police sergeant in the death of his estranged wife has been reversed by the Oregon Court of Appeals. KOIN-TV reports Lynn Benton was found guilty in 2016 of aggravated murder in connection with the 2011 death of Debbie Higbee-Benton. Higbee-Benton was found dead in her
Continue ReadingBy MANU FERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards have removed their facemasks or stuffed them into their pockets for the first time in nearly two months after the country’s outdoor mask mandate was lifted. Italians face a similar treat Friday. Both countries have high vaccination rates, declining infection numbers and lower hospitalization figures than
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Energy stocks powered through the broader market’s January slump and are poised to keep rising as long as oil prices stay high and worries about looming interest rate hikes remain. Oil companies and firms that provide services to the industry have been a safe bet as the economy
Continue ReadingBy KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Several puppy mills have been a big problem in the state of Missouri. For the past nine years,the state has been the worst in the nation for bad mills. The Stray Rescue and the Humane Society have been instrumental in protecting
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Montana Sen. Jon Tester criticized fellow Democrats for not appealing to Middle America more and said Democrats need to “show up” in those places if they want to win elections. “I honestly don’t think the Democratic Party can be a majority party unless we start appealing to Middle America a lot
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee is investigating whether former President Donald Trump violated the Presidential Records Act, after boxes of presidential records were discovered at his Florida estate and a news report surfaced of him destroying documents in office. Oversight committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said Thursday she’s “deeply concerned” the records were not provided
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Liz Ann Sonders, the chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, thinks Wall Street is missing the point on inflation. US inflation accelerated to 7.5% in January, the highest level in nearly 40 years, according to Labor Department data published Thursday. Sonders thinks the news could trigger another round of Wall
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business New year, same old high inflation. A key measure of inflation climbed to a near-40-year high last month. Economists are hopeful that America will reach the peak of the pandemic-era price increases in the early months of 2022. Here’s to hoping. The consumer price index rose 7.5% in the 12
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is proposing changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s previous guidance was issued six years ago. It is credited with accelerating decreases in the kind
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the third straight week. Jobless claims fell by 16,000 to 223,000 last week, from 239,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average for claims, which compensates for weekly volatility, fell slightly after rising for five
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the third straight week. Jobless claims fell by 16,000 to 223,000 last week, from 239,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average for claims, which compensates for weekly volatility, fell slightly after rising for five
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Africa director Matshidiso Moeti says Africa is moving to the “control phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased vaccination rates will be crucial in helping the continent live with the disease. Moeti said although COVID-19 will be with Africans for the long term,
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Irene Schouten of the Netherlands completed a speedskating sweep of the women’s distance events at the Beijing Olympics. She set another Olympic record with a victory in the 5,000 meters. Schouten also won the 3,000 in Olympic-record time. She was even more dominant in the longest
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a school bus driver was expected to survive after being shot in the head in Minneapolis while transporting young children. The driver was wounded Wednesday afternoon while on his or her bus route. City officials say three children younger than 10 were on board and were not physically hurt. The
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has captured images of what appears to be mounds of nuclear fuel that melted and fell to the bottom of the most damaged reactor at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 damaged cooling systems at the power plant,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Kim Kardashian has made a shift. In a recently published interview with Vogue, the reality star and mogul explained that “For so long, I did what made other people happy.” “And I think in the last two years I decided, I’m going to make myself happy,” she said. “And that
Continue ReadingZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — American skiers Ashley Caldwell, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld won gold in the Olympics’ first mixed team aerials event, giving the U.S. its first medals in the freestyle skiing discipline since Jeret “Speedy” Peterson in 2010. Caldwell was a precocious, breakout star when she made her Olympic debut as a 16-year-old
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Shaun White reflects on his historic gold-medal winning run at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He landed a frontside double cork 1440 and cab double cork 1440 combination for the first time during his final run.
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Irene Schouten won the gold medal in the women’s 5000m speed skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
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Jia Zongyang of China botched his landing in Final 2 of the mixed team aerials with an impressive yet faulty punch front-flip, an error that only gave him a 96.02 score and ultimately cost his team gold.
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