B R O O K L Y N CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, said she was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department’s officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traffic stop.
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say an investigation is underway after workers at a Nespresso warehouse in western Switzerland found 500 kilograms (over 1,100 pounds) of cocaine, with a street value of $50 million, as they unloaded coffee beans that had arrived by train.
Even though Mom’s been gone for years, there’s always a part of me that feels an empty void when we all get together on Mother’s Day. A long-standing tradition, the day is set aside for just the girls.
When 6-year-old Elliot Paxton was driving with his parents to get his hair cut at GV Chop Shopy, his mother asked him if he was excited to sit in the barber’s chair. “I love going to the Chop Shop,” he said.
Two days after he went undrafted in the NFL Draft, former Clemson standout Justyn Ross signed a rookie free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. As a true freshman wideout standing at 6-foot-3, Ross led the ACC in yards after catch in 2018.
Contributions from the Community of Christ headquarters in Independence are helping organizations on the ground and church members in Ukraine as they deal with the Russia-Ukraine war. To date: Approximately $3,000 has been provided directly to church members from Ukraine.
DEAR ABBY: I have a daughter, “Molly,” who is in her late 30s. Her father and I divorced when she was an infant, and I raised her, with help from my family, until I remarried. Her father had visitation and paid child support, but that’s where it ended. Throughout Molly’s life, I have taken care of all medical expenses, extracurricular activities, etc., and I sacrificed so she could have what she needed.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens urged a state disciplinary board to take stronger action against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, calling her conduct “reprehensible.”
COVID-19 deaths massively under-counted, WHO says LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the first two years of the pandemic, more than double the current official death toll of over 6 million. Most of the deaths occurred in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas, according to a WHO report issued Thursday.
George “GB” Jones, 89, Blue Springs, passed Monday, April 4, 2022, at the Parkway in Blue Springs, MO. A celebration will be held from 5:30-8 pm Friday, May 20 at Lee Andrews Hall & Gardens, 8510 SW State Route 7, Blue Springs, MO.