COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education voted unanimously to continue the mask mandate and COVID-19 plan. Watch the meeting replay in the player below. In the updated plan, the district has added remediation strategies for students and staff. The Superintendent will be able to decide if mask requirements are needed after consultation with
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State police have officially opened an investigation into missing money that a law firm says was taken by an attorney from a prominent South Carolina legal family whose wife and son were killed three months ago. Monday’s announcement means that, along with the investigation into the
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Sergio Canales has scored an 89th-minute winner with a beautiful run from near the midfield to help Real Betis defeat Granada 2-1 and end its winless streak in the Spanish league. Canales left three defenders behind him after picking up the ball near the midfield line
Continue Reading EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon freshman linebacker Justin Flowe is out indefinitely with a right foot injury. Flowe’s injury kept him out of the Ducks’ stunning 35-28 victory over Ohio State, which pushed Oregon up to No. 4 in the AP Top 25. Coach Mario Cristobal says Flowe’s injury was “pretty significant.” Flowe had 14
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is putting the stakes of the recall election that could remove California Gov. Gavin Newsom from office in stark terms. Biden said Monday that the results of the recall will reverberate across the nation, and he is casting
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ (AP) — The NHL’s Nashville Predators’ home arena will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test at least through Nov. 15. That makes the Predators the 14th NHL team using similar requirements. The Bridgestone Arena policy announced Monday applies to all events being held inside the facility. The Country Music
Continue Reading By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Britain’s Prince Andrew went on the offensive Monday against a new lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was coerced into having sex with the royal at age 17. Attorney Andrew Brettler told a U.S. judge in New York that the prince
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have activated right guard Zack Martin off the COVID-19 reserve list Monday, but they are starting the week without defensive end Randy Gregory because of the health and safety protocols. Gregory went on the COVID-19 list four days after playing in the opener, a 31-29 loss to Tampa
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Sánchez lined a winning single in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5. Aaron Judge hit a tying three-run homer off Alex Colomé with two outs in the eighth inning. New York won
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — JT Daniels has certainly done nothing to lose his job as Georgia’s starting quarterback. He led the second-ranked Bulldogs to five straight wins after taking over as the No. 1 signal-caller. Surely, he’ll be taking snaps again as soon as he’s healthy. Then again, when your
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Personal Birth date: September 21, 1954 Death date: July 8, 2022 Birth place: Nagato, Japan (some sources say Tokyo) Father: Shintaro Abe, former Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Mother: Yoko Kishi Marriage: Akie (Matsuzaki) Abe (1987-2022,
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Greene County prosecutor has filed charges against a second suspect in a shooting death at a Springfield convenience store. Twenty-four-year-old Cody Westmoreland is charged with second-degree murder and three other counts. Prosecutors allege he was involved in the death of 49-year-old Jason Masters on Aug. 13. Police found Masters suffering
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter. Personal Birth date: September 24, 1954 Death date: October 24, 2022 Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Birth name: Ashton Baldwin Carter Father: William Stanley Carter, a psychiatrist and neurologist Mother: Anne (Baldwin) Carter Marriages: Stephanie (DeLeeuw) Carter (until
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Island destinations from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean joined a handful of Eastern European countries among the latest places deemed “very high” risk for travel by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Mauritius, Albania and Serbia on Monday moved to the “Level
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington hospital officials say the state is facing its own COVID-19 crisis and has little capacity to help Idaho deal with a surge of cases driven by unvaccinated people. Taya Briley, of the Washington State Hospital Association, said Monday that Washington is facing its worst COVID wave
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California has fired football coach Clay Helton two games into his seventh season in charge. Athletic director Mike Bohn made the move two days after an embarrassing 42-28 home loss to Stanford. Helton went 46-24 during his improbable tenure in charge of the longtime
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Vallejo Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, FL (WFOR) — Tenants of a Miami Beach apartment building are upset and frustrated after their leases were terminated and they were given 45 days to leave. “All of the sudden it’s like you have been doing your part but we have failed to
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Pacific Gas & Electric troubleshooter spent nearly two hours in federal court Monday fielding questions about whether the utility could have turned off the electricity sooner on a power line suspected of sparking the monstrous Dixie Fire two months ago. The grilling came before
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Pacific Gas & Electric troubleshooter spent nearly two hours in federal court Monday fielding questions about whether the utility could have turned off the electricity sooner on a power line suspected of sparking the monstrous Dixie Fire two months ago. The grilling came before
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The president of Southwest is retiring three months after being passed over for the CEO’s job. Southwest said Monday that 60-year-old Tom Nealon will remain an adviser on environmental issues. He’s being replaced in the No. 2 job by Chief Operating Officer Mike Van de Ven. Both men were considered candidates to
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