COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team fell to 3-12 overall, after South Carolina swept the group it their first home SEC matchup of the season. The Tigers managed to find some momentum in the second set, however, the Gamecocks’ Kyla Manning proved to be too much. She had a match high 11 kills and
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists, politicians and business figures has raised questions for a fact-finding committee of the European Union’s legislature. The head of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs said Friday that her
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists, politicians and business figures has raised questions for a fact-finding committee of the European Union’s legislature. The head of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs said Friday that her
Continue Reading By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is settling with two former tech workers who accused the company of illegally firing them last year for speaking out against the company. The former employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, publicly criticized the Seattle-based company and pushed Amazon to better protect warehouse workers
Continue ReadingBy John Oakes Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport woman named Aisha Tillman was getting ready for bed close to midnight when she heard shots right outside her door. She grabbed her kids and ducked onto the ground. To her, the shots sounded like they were headed straight
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has informed Ethiopia that it has no legal right to expel seven U.N. officials whom it accused of “meddling” in the country’s affairs. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that severe restrictions on desperately needed aid to the conflict-wracked Tigray region have created
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has launched his run for another term. Beshear filed paperwork Friday allowing him to raise and spend money on his 2023 reelection bid. It comes days after he landed a record-shattering economic development deal putting Kentucky at the forefront of the
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By Tierney Sneed A federal judge Friday questioned the controversial enforcement mechanism of Texas’ six-week abortion ban and asked whether the law made private citizens “a proxy for the state to insulate the state from the sort of judicial oversight that would exist.” US District Judge Robert Pitman is holding a hearing Friday to consider
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent 38 fighter jets toward self-ruled Taiwan in a large display on China’s National Day. The People’s Liberation Army flew 25 fighter jets Friday in the first maneuver, then sent an additional 13 planes that night. Taiwan says it deployed air patrol forces in response and tracked the Chinese
Continue Reading The Associated Press Most stocks on Wall Street are rising Friday, but trading is once again choppy as the market closes out a tumultuous week. The benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.6%, and Big Tech stocks had some of the biggest gains. Merck jumped 9% after the drugmaker released a study that showed its
Continue Reading The Associated Press Most stocks on Wall Street are rising Friday, but trading is once again choppy as the market closes out a tumultuous week. The benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.6%, and Big Tech stocks had some of the biggest gains. Merck jumped 9% after the drugmaker released a study that showed its
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN A former member of Malawi’s parliament killed himself inside the parliament building in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday, a police spokesman has confirmed to CNN. Clement Chiwaya, an ex-deputy speaker, shot himself in the head after sneaking a firearm into the office of the parliament’s clerk, a spokesman for the Malawi
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By The Associated Press The NFL is launching its “Crucial Catch” initiative this month, and it is concentrating on getting screened to catch cancer early when it may be easier to treat. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on screening, with some cancer screenings declining by 90%. So the league and the American
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) –¿Te imaginas a una manada de mamuts lanudos caminando por el hielo en la actualidad? Un grupo de científicos sí. Y no solo es un pensamiento: planean hacerlo realidad y consiguieron US$ 15 millones para lograrlo. A través de Colossal, Ben Lamm, cofundador y CEO y el Dr. George Church, cofundador,
Continue Reading By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested after he had returned to the country. The announcement Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came about 18 hours after Saakashvili posted on Facebook that he was back in Georgia ahead of of
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By Matt Egan Fitch Ratings warned Friday that the fight in Washington over raising the debt ceiling could force the firm to downgrade America’s AAA credit rating. “The failure of the latest efforts to suspend the U.S. federal government’s debt limit indicates that the current stand-off could be among the most protracted since 2013,” Fitch
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By Matt Egan Fitch Ratings warned Friday that the fight in Washington over raising the debt ceiling could force the firm to downgrade America’s AAA credit rating. “The failure of the latest efforts to suspend the U.S. federal government’s debt limit indicates that the current stand-off could be among the most protracted since 2013,” Fitch
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The housing market has recently cooled from white hot to merely red hot. But it’s still a great time to get top dollar on a home, even one that needs a little work. Or one that is a charred shell of a house. That’s the case with a home outside
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The housing market has recently cooled from white hot to merely red hot. But it’s still a great time to get top dollar on a home, even one that needs a little work. Or one that is a charred shell of a house. That’s the case with a home outside
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows their confidence in the economy over the next six month plummeted to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. The overall index for September of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions released Friday dropped
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