COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The SEC league coaches picked the Mizzou softball team to finish fifth in the conference, the league announced on Monday. MU had never been selected better than sixth. Alabama was chosen to win the the conference. You can check out the full rankings below. 1. Alabama2. Florida 3. Arkansas4. Tennessee5. Missouri6. LSUT7.
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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a teenager who was accused of fatally shooting a man at the Galleria shopping mall in 2020. Jaron Lemmitt had been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 21-year-old Jaquan Steed. Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN MATEO, California (KPIX) — A homeless man who was living in his car in a San Mateo residential neighborhood was arrested after police found him to be a wanted felon and in possession of a weapon and drugs, police said Monday. San Mateo police
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By Danya Gainor and Angela Dewan, CNN A new tropical tree species discovered in Cameroon was recently named after actor and climate advocate Leonardo Di Caprio, who had campaigned against rampant deforestation in the African nation. A new study suggests the world may need to come up with a long list of other climate champions
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business China is facing an economic crisis after a real estate boom ended with a bang last year, according to investor George Soros. The billionaire said in a speech at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution Monday that President Xi Jinping may not be able to restore confidence in the troubled industry, which
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Columbia College women’s basketball coach Taylor Possail will step down at the end of the season, according to a release. Athletic Director James Arnold will take over as head coach of the program on April 1. Possail has been the head coach of the Cougars since 2017, but he’s been with the program
Continue ReadingBy KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — A firefighter was shot and killed while responding to a call in Stockton early Monday morning. The Stockton Fire Department firefighter who was killed has been identified as 47-year-old Captain Videl “Max” Fortuna. Around 4:55 a.m. firefighters, including Fortuna’s Engine #2,
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Roberts Click here for updates on this story LIMERICK TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A car drove into an icy pond in Limerick Township, Montgomery County — trapping the driver in more than 10 feet of water for more than six hours on Sunday. Amazingly, he survived. Eyewitness News has been told the driver,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden, incapaz de regresar a su país de origen a un número cada vez mayor de venezolanos detenidos en la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, los está enviando ahora a Colombia si previamente residían allí, según dos funcionarios de Seguridad Nacional. Los funcionarios de la Casa Blanca
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Cybersecurity experts say that ransomware attacks on K-12 schools have increased during the pandemic. Cyberattacks have crippled schools in recent weeks as teachers become more reliant on computers to take attendance and deliver lessons. Before the pandemic, cyber hacks of schools rarely
Continue Reading BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — PlayStation-maker Sony is escalating its competition with Xbox-maker Microsoft by buying the video game studio behind one of Xbox’s hit games. Sony Interactive Entertainment said Monday it would spend $3.6 billion to buy Bungie Inc., an independent game publisher based in Bellevue, Washington. Bungie makes the popular game franchise Destiny and
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Winter is still nearly two months away from ending but Lawrence already is gearing up for swim season as it tries to prevent the kind of lifeguard shortage that delayed pool openings last year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Aquatics Supervisor Lori Madaus said the city was only able to fill
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the nation’s largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons. Officials intend to turn what is now death row into a “positive, healing environment.” The plan comes nearly three years after Newsom, a Democrat, imposed
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff will miss the next two games following the death of his father in western Canada. Leeson Ruff died on Friday at a hospital in Warburg, Alberta. He was 88 and had been ill. Ruff will miss a home-and-home series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild and left wing Jordan Greenway have agreed to a three-year, $9 million contract extension. It runs through the 2024-25 season. The 24-year-old Greenway has four goals, nine assists and a career-high plus-17 rating in 33 games this season. He is third on the team with 82 hits.
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By Gregory Lemos and Caroline Kucera, CNN More than 200 cities and towns were affected by a “notable” 4.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Midwest, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said Monday. The early afternoon tremor was centered about 4.3 miles northwest of Medford, Oklahoma. The USGS gave the quake a “V” rating on its
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer One of the most difficult things to do in sports is originate, to create a new jump, trick or stunt nobody has ever seen. It’s a brutal balancing act faced by elite athletes, particularly those in Olympic sports, where medals are awarded on the whims of judges. It involves
Continue ReadingBy KCAL Staff Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, California (KCAL) — An off-duty Pasadena firefighter and Los Angeles Rams fan rescued a woman from a burning home as he was headed out to SoFi Stadium Sunday to watch his team take on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Title game. Pasadena
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The family of a Kansas woman charged with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion has told prosecutors they want nothing to do with her. Allison Ekren made an initial appearance Monday in federal court in Alexandria. She was ordered to remain jailed
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