By Mallika Kallingal and Amy Simonson, CNN Police in Florida arrested a student attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for allegedly “plotting to shoot up the campus” on Thursday, which was the final day before winter break, officials said. John Hagins, 19, threatened an attack similar to the 1999 mass shooting at the Columbine High School in
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA CARDENAS Click here for updates on this story CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — An 11-year-old boy sprang into action and rescued all four of his siblings from their burning home on Sunday. Taken four days after their house caught fire, a Thursday afternoon snapshot of Kimberly Sims’ family is now the only picture of
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been arrested on suspicion of rear-ending a school bus and then plowing his Cadillac into a group of children walking home, killing a 9-year-old girl and injuring three other youngsters. Officials say Robert Hanson of Desert Hot Springs was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter
Continue ReadingBy AYAH GALAL Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — Horses are helping out with patrols in Waterbury. The Waterbury Police Department has the only mounted police unit in the State of Connecticut. Downtown Waterbury is one of the many areas people could run into Sherlock and Robert. The two horses
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University police have arrested a 38-year-old homeless man they say is responsible for damaging Islamic literature and a copy of the Quran at the campus library. Police are investigating a motive for damage at the Hayden Library’s interfaith room on Wednesday. Before the
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By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Duke is turning to Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko to turn around its football program after a two-year slide and a winless Atlantic Coast Conference record. The school announced Elko’s hiring late Friday. That ended a nearly two-week process to hire the replacement for David Cutcliffe. The school
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While several health departments across the state are changing orders due to the attorney general’s threat, Mid-Missouri health departments are either avoiding the question or experiencing no effect.
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dale Coyne Racing and Vasser Sullivan Racing have decided to end their IndyCar team partnership after four seasons. Coyne says the Vasser Sullivan team has opted to focus on sports car entries, though Vasser Sullivan says it still hopes to compete in the IndyCar Series. The move comes one day after Coyne’s
Continue ReadingBy DAESHEN SMITH Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — Hundreds of drivers were headed down I-10 last night in Pensacola when their late-night trip turned dangerous “Out of nowhere a loud boom, and glass explosion happened in the middle of my face,” said Jessica Bailey. That glass explosion left a
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By Lauren Dezenski, CNN Here are the must-read lines from a top story each day this week. Monday Trump allies are seeking election jobs up and down the ballot: “As former President Donald Trump prepares for a potential comeback bid in 2024, his allies are flocking to election jobs all the way down to the
Continue ReadingBy Winnie Dortch Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A death investigation is underway near 26th Street and 23rd Avenue in Kenosha Friday, Dec. 10. “We heard a boom, boom, boom,” Donna Bianchi-Schultz said. The woman’s home is just feet away from the shooting scene. “I heard like several repetitive
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is subpoenaing six more people who the panel says were involved in the organization and planning of rallies that aimed to overturn Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election. The committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, says
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By Carma Hassan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A former supervisor testified Friday in Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial that the then-officer had the right to use deadly force to prevent Daunte Wright from driving away and harming him in the process. Mychal Johnson, a former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police sergeant, testified that he arrived at the
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Before the pandemic, Hong Kong was an aviation hub attracting pilots from around the world. Two years on, pilots at flagship airline Cathay Pacific are so exhausted and depressed from working under one of the world’s strictest quarantine regimes that some are reaching a breaking point. Once known as a
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, Laura Ly and Kelly Murray, CNN New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a new temporary indoor mask mandate, but at least one county leader says he won’t be enforcing it. On Friday, Hochul announced the rule, in place from Monday, December 13, until at least January 15, 2022. It requires New
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Day 2 of the Norm Stewart Classic on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. HS GIRLS HOOPS Battle 72 | Tolton 27 FINAL HS BOYS HOOPS Capital City 69 | St. Elizabeth 39 FINAL Crane 61 | North Shelby 62 FINAL South Callaway 52 | New Bloomfield 37
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat is warning that “free democratic nations” must wean themselves off Russian gas and Russian money to preserve their independence. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is hosting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other Group of Seven counterparts for weekend talks in the northwest
Continue Reading PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A father and son charged with starting a massive California wildfire earlier this year pleaded not guilty in court Friday. The 32-year-old son, Travis Shane Smith, also pleaded not guilty to a charge of illegal conversion or manufacture of a machine gun. He and 66-year-old David Scott Smith both pleaded not
Continue Reading ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Canadian citizen who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State group nearly a decade ago has pleaded guilty to serving as one of the group’s more prominent English-language propagandists. Mohammed Khalifa pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death.
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The South Callaway R-II Board of Education has hired elementary school principal Corey Pontius to replace outgoing Superintendent Kevin Hillman.
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