By Grace Smith Click here for updates on this story GARDNER, Kansas (KCTV) — A family is mourning the sudden death of a beloved husband and father, who died of a heart attack while rocking his baby to sleep. Michael Snyder died unexpectedly on Dec. 2. His wife, Alicia, and daughter, Merie, are trying to
Continue ReadingCNN, WCCO By Cheri Mossburg, Brad Parks, Rachel Webb and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Marvin Haynes has spent most of his life behind bars for a crime he never committed. Even the current local prosecutor said what happened to Haynes, who was 16 when he was charged with murder in 2004 and convicted the following
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Brock Click here for updates on this story WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (CTV Network) — A missionary couple, previously living in Manitoba, have been convicted of sexual crimes against children in the Dominican Republic. Adam and Tracee Pepper, a couple who once lived in the Steinbach area, have been found guilty of sexually assaulting and
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Zara has pulled an advertising campaign that provoked a backlash from people decrying what they said was a resemblance to scenes of death and destruction in Gaza. The advertising images for a line of jackets, posted earlier this month to Zara’s official social media channels, featured rubble, ripped
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani’s defamation damages trial in Washington, DC, rebuked the former Donald Trump lawyer Tuesday over “quite defamatory” comments he made a day earlier to reporters about the two Georgia election workers at the center of the case. US District Judge Beryl Howell said Giuliani’s
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday. The plaintiff’s attorneys signaled their intent to continue the challenge to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other Donald Trump allies falsely accused her of fraud, former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss told jurors Tuesday she seldom leaves her home, suffers from panic attacks and battles nightmares brought on by a
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that they have confiscated 11 tons of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two different operations against the smuggling of the illegal drugs inside shipping containers. Police said Tuesday that the 7,500 kilograms of cocaine grabbed by agents in the northwestern city of Vigo were hidden between pieces of
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Estepa, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed the final piece of the state’s Reproductive Health Act into law, which repealed a requirement for a separate insurance rider for abortion coverage. The move comes after voters enshrined abortion rights to the battleground state’s constitution in last year’s midterm elections, and ahead
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US government plans to vastly expand its reliance on artificial intelligence, but it is years behind on policies to responsibly acquire and use the technology from the private sector, according to a new federal oversight report. The lack of a government-wide standard on AI
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have filed terrorism charges against 27 people, including a self-styled prince and a former far-right lawmaker, in connection with an alleged plot to topple the government that came to light with a slew of arrests a year ago. An indictment against 10 suspects,
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Bloody diarrhea, jaundice, acute hepatitis and respiratory infections. These are just some of the diseases spreading in the Gaza Strip, where the World Health Organization (WHO) says the health system is “on its knees and collapsing.” As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its third month, medics and
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s government says it will reopen two out of eight border crossing points with Russia later this week following a sudden influx of migrants in November. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Cabinet temporarily closed the entire border two weeks ago over concerns that Moscow was using migrants to
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — The World Bank says Myanmar’s economy is forecast to grow only 1% in the fiscal year that ends in March. Conditions have deteriorated recently with an escalation in fighting between the military and its opponents newly displacing more than 500,000 people. A report released Tuesday said that intensified fighting near Myanmar’s border
Continue ReadingBy Jon Kipper Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — While St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers continue to try and get a grip on crime, they are facing a shortage of over 300 officers. The city budgets for 1,224 officers and according to police rosters provided by the state, they
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm is the latest player to go back on his word by joining LIV Golf. He was among the early proponents of the history and legacy the PGA Tour provided. But consider all the words he said. Rahm suggested more than a year ago that his views didn’t
Continue ReadingBy Atlanta News First Staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A man accused of holding an Atlanta News First crew against their will has been arrested in Clayton County. Atlanta News First Reporter Asia Wilson and Photojournalist Lauren Swaim were preparing to give a live report from the parking
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Harvard University President Claudine Gay has drawn national attention over her contentious comments on Capitol Hill a week ago about antisemitism on campus. Many donors, politicians and business leaders demanded her resignation, but Harvard’s board, faculty and alumni have come to her defense. Gay was inaugurated as
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Some employees at a store on Broad Street hit the ground Saturday when multiple shots were fired through the front windows. The owner of Urban-R-Us said it was a disgruntled employee demanding better pay who pulled the trigger. The manager also
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A drive-by shooting that claimed the life of a 9-year-old girl involved at least two shooters and guns, Mobile County’s top prosecutor said Monday. Three people have been charged with felony murder. Tyrone Deairous Williams, 19, Ariel Rapheal Curry, 22, and
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