Two 16-year-old Pacific boys have been charged in the shooting death of a Eureka High School student. Authorities announced Friday the juveniles were charged with second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Kiley Kennedy. Her body was found early Wednesday near Pacific. The suspects’ names are not being released because they are juveniles. Lt. Tom…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is vowing to make it “very, very difficult” for Russian President Vladimir Putin to take military action in Ukraine, saying his administration is putting together a comprehensive set of initiatives to curb Russian aggression. The president offered the measured warning to Putin amid growing concern about a Russian buildup…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Earlier in the day, congressional leaders announced they…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just before Missouri Gov. Mike Parson condemned a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter for exposing a state database flaw, records show the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was preparing to thank him for finding the glitch. The reporter discovered a flaw on a DESE website that left more than…