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Court worker serving an eviction notice and a police officer fatally shot in Missouri, police say 03/01/2024 10:12am • INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A court employee trying to serve an eviction notice at a home in Independence, Missouri, was shot and killed Thursday and two police officers who responded to help him also were shot, one fatally. “I’m very tragically sorry to report that we lost one of our own,” Ind An Oscars comeback? How the film academy went global and found its footing again 03/01/2024 10:11am • For a few years, the Oscars looked to be hanging on by a thread. Viewership was plummeting. The pandemic didn't help. And the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind Hollywood’s biggest night, kept finding itself on the wrong side of the conversation, whether it be #Os Texas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle 03/01/2024 10:04am • STINNETT, Texas (AP) — A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state history. The Smokeh Maryland Senate grants preliminary approval to juvenile justice measure, paving way for final approval 03/01/2024 09:57am • One day after the Maryland House of Delegates granted preliminary approval to a juvenile justice reform bill, the Senate did the same on Thursday. Senate Bill 744 contains 12 amendments adopted by the Judicial Proceedings Committee earlier this week, with many matching the House version. One a Bangladeshi leader says a shopping mall that caught fire had no emergency exits. Death toll climbs 03/01/2024 09:34am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country's prime minister said Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 and rescuers searched for more victims. The fire started late Thursday in a restaurant on the first f Private plane carrying Grammy winner Karol G makes emergency landing in Los Angeles 03/01/2024 02:41am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A private airplane carrying singer Karol G made an emergency landing at a Los Angeles airport Thursday evening, a news report said. The aircraft carrying the Grammy winner and others landed at Van Nuys Airport around 9 p.m. with no immediate reports of injuries, KABC-TV reported French president raised the prospect of Western troops in Ukraine. What was he thinking? 03/01/2024 12:04am • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron appeared isolated on the European stage this week after saying the possibility of Western troops being sent to Ukraine could not be ruled out, a comment that prompted an outcry from other leaders. French officials later sought to clarify Macron's rema Georgia sets execution date for man who killed ex-girlfriend 30 years ago 02/29/2024 09:06pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A man who killed his former girlfriend three decades ago is set to be put to death in March in what would be Georgia's first execution in more than four years. A judge on Thursday signed the order for the execution of Willie James Pye, who was convicted of murder and other crimes in The Latest | Gaza death toll tops 30,000 as over 100 killed in aid convoy violence 02/29/2024 08:02pm • More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 70,000 wounded in the Gaza Strip since the Israel's war on Hamas began nearly five months ago, health officials in the territory said. On Thursday, Palestinian witnesses say Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd of people scrambling for aid in On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage 02/29/2024 07:25pm • BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Donald Trump on Thursday surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border and tussled from a distance over who is to blame for the nation's broken immigration system and how to fix it. Immigra Top 3 tight ends at NFL scouting combine bring defensive mentality to draft 02/29/2024 07:15pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cade Stover plays tight end with a linebacker's ferociousness. He's aggressive, relentless and willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. When other NFL draft prospects opted out of bowl games rather than risk injury, Stover defied his agents and bucked the trend by playing in Missouri is suing Planned Parenthood based on a conservative group's sting video 02/29/2024 06:43pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally taking minors into Kansas to obtain abortions without parental consent, basing the allegation on a video from a conservative group that has promoted false claims on other issues. Republic Arizona Republicans are pushing bills to punish migrants with the border a main election year focus 02/29/2024 05:46pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans in swing state Arizona are broadcasting a tough border stance with legislation aimed at punishing migrants who enter the United States illegally. The proponent of one bill has suggested it would lawfully allow property owners to shoot and kill migrants criminally trespas Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food. Israel says scene was deadly stampede 02/29/2024 05:18pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000, according to South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state's abortion laws. They propose a video 02/29/2024 04:34pm • PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene. The bill passed by the state Senate in a 31-3 vote is also intended