COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First-year Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates announced that Kobe Brown, Tre Gomillion, Nick Honor, and Ben Sternberg will all be the team captains for MU through the 2022-23 season. Northern Iowa transfer Noah Carter was listed as a “captain in training,” as well. Kobe Brown is the lone returning senior on
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By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned that his Republican opponent is a far-right politician who would take the state backward while state Sen. Darren Bailey asked voters to consider whether the Democratic incumbent’s first term has improved their lives as the two candidates met for an online
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its allies hit back at Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday, slapping sanctions on more than 1,000 people and companies including arms supply networks as President Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin he can’t “get away with” seizing Ukrainian
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin says winger Jean-Paul Boëtius had a testicle with a malignant tumor removed and won’t need chemotherapy. The club says “follow-up treatment is not necessary because the intervention by Dr. Sebastian Hofbauer … took place at a very early stage.” The club says the Dutch
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law aims to stop other states from punishing children who come to California for gender-affirming care. Newsom signed the law on Thursday but it won’t take effect until January. It is designed to stop Texas and other conservative states from removing children from parents
Continue ReadingBy Ross Adams Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Capitol Police officers involved in a shooting that killed a 25-year-old man are on administrative leave, according to officials with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. According to a spokesperson for the department, which oversees Capitol Police, Jaylen Lewis died after
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Several states are sending taxpayers money to help them cope with inflation, but some economists warn that the payments will do little to alleviate the pain of rising costs and could further fuel inflation. In California, for example, about 23 million qualifying taxpayers are expected to receive up to $1,500, with
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Mollenbeck Click here for updates on this story FORT DODGE, Iowa (KCCI) — Fort Dodge Middle School went into lockdown Wednesday in response to a student’s threat, and though the immediate danger turned out not to be real, the subsequent frustration about communication was for some parents. The school reported the threat at
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Less than two weeks after Hurricane Fiona barreled through Puerto Rico, the island’s health department says at least 25 deaths may be linked to the storm. Fiona hit the US territory as a Category 1 storm on September 18, dropping record rainfall, unleashing mudslides, flooding neighborhoods and leaving most of the
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN The former warden of a Texas prison and his brother were arrested and now face manslaughter charges in the fatal roadside shooting of a migrant this week, according to information CNN obtained Friday. A migrant woman also suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach in the Tuesday incident,
Continue ReadingBy Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Rob Cohen had been waiting for the perfect moment to propose — and that moment dawned on him as Hurricane Ian approached Florida. Cohen had a feeling that the site of his first date with Mary Fixl — along Lake Eola in Orlando — would soon be flooded by the monster
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman was arrested Friday on a charge of child endangerment leading to death in the June drowning of her 9-month-old son. Twyla Schiebel, 31, was arrested on the charge, filed Monday, and taken to Polk County Jail, television station WHO 13 reported. Police investigators have said Schiebel
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots quarterback Mac Jones made a surprise return to the practice field on Friday. What that means for his status for this weekend’s game at Green Bay is unclear. Jones was in uniform with his injured left ankle wrapped tightly as he moved gingerly during
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Alaa Elassar, Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, was moving farther inland Friday night after pummeling South Carolina with fierce winds and a destructive storm surge, less than two days after killing at least 45 people in Florida and leaving behind an apocalyptic path of destruction. The
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The NBA makes its latest brief return to Seattle on Monday night when the Los Angeles Clippers face the Portland Trail Blazers. The matchup will be the first NBA contest in Seattle since 2018, when the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings played a preseason game
Continue Reading WARE, England (AP) — Vikings outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith is listed as questionable for Minnesota’s game against the New Orleans Saints in London because of a knee injury. First-year coach Kevin O’Connell says Smith will be a game-time decision. Smith was limited in practice at the team’s temporary training facility. He had missed the prior
Continue ReadingBy WMTW Staff Click here for updates on this story LOVELL, Maine (WMTW) — A bus driver is facing an assault charge after a mother captured her driving off while she was still in the doorway of her bus. Officials say 74-year-old Shirley Danforth of Stoneham is facing an assault charge, as well as driving
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Myles Garrett knows he’s lucky. His life could be very different or even over. Speaking to reporters for the first time since losing control and flipping his Porsche, the Cleveland Browns defensive end promised to change his behavior after surviving a crash he caused by
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Roberts Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — An emotional vigil was held on the campus of University of Cincinnati for 18-year-old Cayden Turner. She was killed Wednesday in a hit-and-run. Hundreds gathered, including some who did not know her. But for those who did, they shared their memories of
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Federal officials are offering state and local election officials training to “safely de-escalate” confrontations with voters that could turn violent ahead of November’s midterm elections, according to an email to election workers obtained by CNN. The move underlines the level of concern ahead of the upcoming elections and comes in response
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