By Jessie Yeung and Teele Rebane, CNN A fresh graduate in her first full-time job; a teenager who helped raise her siblings after their father’s death; a foreign exchange student excited for his first trip to Asia. In the seven days since 156 people were killed in a Halloween crush in the South Korean capital,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marked the first day of the Missouri cross country state championships. Over the course of two days, about 1,900 students are registered to run from 340 different schools around the state. The championships take place at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course. In years past, West said coordinators have seen 8,000-9,000
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By COLLEEN BARRY and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s new far-right led government has adopted a measure formalizing the closure of its ports to rescue ships run by humanitarian groups as four vessels with more than 1,000 migrants continue to press for a safe port. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said Friday that
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS Click here for updates on this story OREGON (Advocate Channel) — An appeals court ruled Wednesday that requiring the Miss United States of America pageant to allow transgender women to compete would violate its First Amendment right to communicate “the ideal vision of American womanhood.” A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit
Continue ReadingBy ALEX COOPER Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (Advocate Channel) — A man has been indicted over a series of anti-LGBTQ+ arsons across Manhattan in August 2021. Alex Blodgett has been charged with several counts of felony arson, according to a news release by the Manhattan district attorney. Those charges have
Continue ReadingBy TRUDY RING Click here for updates on this story OREGON (Advocate Channel) — Tina Kotek, one of two lesbian candidates poised to make history in runs for governor this year, exudes confidence on the campaign trail although it’s clear she’s in a tough battle. Kotek is the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in deep-blue Oregon, which
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five women have been found dead in the city of Cuautla, south of Mexico City. The women’s bodies _ some of which were reportedly dismembered _ were found at two different spots. The prosecutor in Morelos state, where Cuautla is located, said the killings appear to have been carried out by
Continue Reading By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now trying to figure out what killed him. Terry Horgan, a 27-year-old who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy, died last month, according to Cure Rare Disease, a Connecticut-based nonprofit founded by
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Education and civil rights groups say they will sue to overturn Georgia’s law banning the teaching of certain racial concepts. They claimed Friday that the ban on so-called divisive concepts violates First Amendment rights to free expression and 14th Amendment rights to equal protection. The Southern Poverty
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials have announced that Nashville voters who cast ballots in the wrong congressional and state races will be able to submit a provisional ballot on Election Day. The agreement was finalized Friday as threats of lawsuits escalated. The decision comes as election officials
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona forward Lauren Ware will miss the 2022-23 season with a right knee injury, leaving the 19th-ranked Wildcats without a key frontcourt reserve. Arizona announced Ware suffered a second patellar dislocation during a workout in August and elected to have it surgically repaired. Ware originally injured her knee during a game
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Una mujer embarazada del condado de Benton, en Arkansas, y la bebé que esperaba fueron encontradas muertas en McDonald, Missouri. Ahora una pareja enfrenta cargos penales en relación con el caso. En una conferencia de prensa este jueves, el sheriff del condado de Benton, Shawn Holloway, informó que los esposos Amber
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies have clashed with China and Russia over North Korea’s escalating ballistic missile launches and American-led military exercises in South Korea, again preventing any action by the divided U.N. Security Council. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield sai that North Korea’s “staggering
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and LISA MASCARO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rallied grassroots organizers on a video call in her first public appearance since the brutal attack on her husband. Pelosi said Friday the midterm race for control of Congress is a fight for democracy and “very winnable.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is inching closer to its season opener on the road against in-state foe Missouri State. Robin Pingeton said Friday that she focused on making the non-conference schedule a bit tougher this season to make sure her team is ready when it comes to SEC play. “As a
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press will get a $145,000 settlement following a pair of lawsuits filed after an FBI agent posed as a reporter for The Associated Press and created a fake story. Attorney Adam Marshall says the long-running Freedom of Information Act cases
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By Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has given employees until Thursday evening to commit to “extremely hardcore” work or else leave the company, according to a copy of a late-night internal email sent by the billionaire and obtained by CNN. “Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0
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UPDATE: This story was updated to correctly state that the Boone County Sheriff’s Office was involved in the arrest. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man faces several charges after allegedly leading a sheriff’s deputy on a chase on Oct. 26. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy found Keaveon Harris, 23, urinating on the street in the
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have signed defenseman Mitchell Miller, who had his draft rights relinquished by Arizona for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school. The Bruins signed Miller to an entry-level contract on Friday after spending several weeks during an evaluation period with the 20-year-old. Miller said he would
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO has pulled the plug on “Westworld,” its Emmy-winning sci-fi drama. The series’ cancellation came less than three months after its fourth season concluded in August. The cast included Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Aaron Paul and Thandiwe Newton. Newton earned a best supporting actress Emmy in 2018, and
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