JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Dicoese of Jefferson City announced a new principal and a new president for Helias Catholic High School. According to a news release, leaders appointed John Knight as president and Spencer Allen as principal, effective July 1. Knight has more than 30 years of experience in Catholic education, according to the
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Seven medical professionals in Argentina have been charged with homicide over the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona. The Argentine great died from heart failure in November 2020, the same month he underwent successful surgery for a subdural hematoma, more commonly known as a blood clot on the brain. A damning investigation into his death
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Here is a look at Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader in Gaza. Personal Birth date: 1962 Birth place: Shati refugee camp, near Gaza City Father: Father was a fisherman Marriage: Amal Haniyeh Children: 13 Education: Islamic University of Gaza, 1987 Religion: Muslim Timeline 1987-1988 – Joins Hamas, during the first intifada. 1988 – Imprisoned for six
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The court declined to change the bond for Jeffrey McWilliams, 28, during a hearing Friday morning, according to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Chris Shelton.
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Federal student loan payments are set to resume on October 1, after an unprecedented 19-month suspension that was put in place to provide financial relief to borrowers during the pandemic. Borrower balances have effectively been frozen for more than a year, with no payments required on federal loans since March 2020, when Congress first authorized
Continue Reading More than 70 rank-and-file United States Capitol Police officers have resigned or retired since the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol building, their police union says. “What keeps me awake at night is not the challenge of hiring and training more police officers, but keeping the officers we have right now,” said USCP Labor Committee
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — During the pandemic, a Southern California man lost his job but found his artistic passion in a higher place. Eric Buss was able to find purpose building a fun-filled palace of sorts on a tree. One of the most beautiful parts of childhood is
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Click here for updates on this story RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California (KABC) — From sleeping in his truck to becoming class speaker at his college graduation, a Chaffey College graduate is hoping his story can inspire others to overcome the odds and chase their dreams. Even during his darkest days in the cold – thirsty and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s not every day you see a set of triplets getting ready to graduate high school, but at Memorial High School in Spring Branch, there are three! “We’ve seen each other in classes before and it’s kind of special,” said Luke Bethancourt. His brother,
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Mariska Hargitay is speaking out about being part of the real-life story of an 11-year-old girl who fought off an alleged kidnapper. The actress, who has played the role of police investigator Olivia Benson for more than 20 years on the hit police drama “Law & Order: SVU,” posted about the young girl, whose alleged
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) and the world’s largest boat club, recently announced their continued expansion in the Midwest with the establishment of Freedom Boat Club of Greater Milwaukee, the company’s first Club in the state of Wisconsin. This brings
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Europe has had an utterly miserable 14 months, thanks in large part to *gestures broadly at everything*. But fear not; the task of cheering up the continent’s 750 million inhabitants could not have fallen to a more qualified group. A trumpet-playing German dancer dressed as a middle finger! A singer accused of advocating Satan-worship! A
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President Joe Biden is set to meet with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on Friday, the second in-person meeting with a world leader of his presidency as he seeks to turn his foreign policy focus back to East Asia. The meeting comes as the Biden administration has faced a foreign policy test amid
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“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” has been virtual — until now. Colbert welcomed his first-in studio guest on Thursday night’s episode. John Krasinski joined him in Colbert’s makeshift office studio in the Ed Sullivan Theater office building. “The Office” star is promoting his film “A Quiet Place Part II,” starring his wife, Emily Blunt,
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An elderly man had the wrong leg amputated during surgery, a hospital in Austria has admitted. The 82-year-old was due to have his left leg removed on Tuesday, but due to “human error” the right leg was amputated above the knee instead, the Freistadt Clinic said Friday. The error occurred after a hospital worker mistakenly
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More than 20 years ago, it was no surprise that women did the vast majority of child-rearing, as well as all other work around the house. I found that to be true in my dissertation research back in 1999 on gender roles of parents in households, regardless of whether mothers worked outside the home. Two
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Former DEA Country Attaché Supervisory Special Agent Sam Houston said cocaine trafficking in the northern Gulf is more common than one might think. “It’s throughout the Gulf Coast all the way from Texas, through Mississippi, Alabama and Florida,” said Houston. In Gulf Shores and
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Amazon will shut down its Prime Now free two-hour grocery delivery app and website and fold the service into its main platform by the end of the year, the company said Friday. Amazon said it was making the move to simplify the shopping experience for Prime Now customers by allowing them to buy groceries and
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Supreme Court justices have long criticized each other’s legal reasoning, but they are increasingly impugning their colleagues’ motives and sincerity, in a way that matches the current political climate. The Roberts Court, with three appointees of former President Donald Trump now in place, appears to be entering a new era of personal accusation and finger-pointing.
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As the status of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains uncertain, families in the region continue to reel. In just the first week of fighting, more than 200 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. The ministry says more than 1,500 have been injured. At the same time, Israeli officials
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