By Raja Razek, CNN A substitute teacher in north Texas was fired after she “encouraged students to fight each other during class,” the Mesquite Independent School District said. School officials learned Thursday morning of a video showing fights the previous day in a Kimbrough Middle School class, which prompted an “immediate investigation,” the district said
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Without citing a reason, the Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News announced late Sunday that he was delaying the start of the trial until Tuesday. The trial, which has drawn international interest, had been scheduled to start
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals dropped to 4-12 to start the 2023 season with a 5-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon. With the win, Atlanta completed a sweep against KC. The Royals were within striking distance at multiple points in the loss. After getting down by three runs early,
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The bat of Tommy Edman saved the Cardinals from a series loss to the Pirates on Sunday afternoon. Edman hit a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to take down the Pittsburgh Pirates and end the series in a 2-2 tie. Heading into the bottom of the 10th inning, St.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball held a 3-2 lead headed into the final inning of play, but five Ole Miss runs in the seventh led the Rebels to a 7-6 win to even up the series at one game each. Laurin Krings pitched five scoreless innings for the Tigers until giving up a two-run home
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on KTGR’s co-host of ‘The Big Show,’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about both the Mizzou baseball team and softball team on Sunday night. The baseball Tigers avoided a sweep in the series against Texas A&M, but are
Continue Reading LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say two women were wounded by a gunshot during a spring event at a university in southeastern Pennsylvania over the weekend. Lincoln University security officials said the shooting happened at about 10 p.m. Saturday during “Yardfest,” an annual spring event at the Chester County campus. County prosecutors said one
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama law enforcement officers Sunday were imploring people to come forward with information about a shooting that killed four people and injured 28 others during a teenager’s birthday party. Among those killed was a high school senior who planned to play college football
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Indiana lifted a dayslong evacuation order Sunday for an area near a plastics fire after they said it was determined air quality and other environmental concerns were safe. Wayne County Emergency Management lifted the order for people within a half-mile (1 kilometer) radius of the fire scene after
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, a bridal industry pioneer and Holocaust survivor who decided over a half century ago that brides deserved better than cookie-cutter dresses, has died. She was 99. Word of her March 29 death has spread steadily, drawing her praise and reflecting her decades-long impact on an industry that once
Continue Reading NYSSA, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a man they believe shot and killed a reserve police officer in eastern Oregon. Forty-three-year-old Nyssa police officer Joseph Johnson died Saturday night after a man he had pursued in a car shot at him. The Oregonian reports the man fled and Johnson was dead when sheriff’s
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TONIGHT: Clouds decrease gradually with chilly temperatures dropping into the upper 30s to around 40. Gusty winds continue from the northwest up to 35 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower to mid-60s. EXTENDED: Clouds clear out tonight as high pressure tries to work in for the start of the week.
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By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Edman hit an RBI single in the 10th inning, sending the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. With runners on first and second and one out, Nolan Gorman drove in Paul Goldschmidt with a tying double. Lars Nootbaar was walked
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A high school senior who planned to play college football was celebrating at his sister’s 16th birthday party Saturday night in Alabama when gunfire killed him and three other people and wounded several others. Police were gathering evidence Sunday at a dance studio
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A high school senior who planned to play college football was celebrating at his sister’s 16th birthday party Saturday night in Alabama when gunfire killed him and three other people and wounded several others. Police were gathering evidence Sunday at a dance studio
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran’s exiled crown prince is scheduled to come to Israel this week. The visit by Reza Pahlavi reflects the warm ties his father had with Israel and the current state of hostility between the two countries. Pahlavi says he will be delivering a “message of friendship from the Iranian people” when he
Continue Reading BY CODY FRIESEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vaughn Grissom hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning, Ozzie Albies homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4. Albies’ 376-foot solo homer to right field in the fourth was his fifth RBI of the series. Zack Greinke gave up four
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The old saying ‘the best things in life don’t come easy,’ reigns true for Mizzou first baseman Hank Zeisler. In his first season in the Southeastern Conference, he’s packed a punch for MU at the plate, leading his team with 38 RBI along with 10 home runs. However, his journey to becoming
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A high school senior who planned to play college football was celebrating at his sister’s 16th birthday party Saturday night in Alabama when gunfire killed him and three other people and wounded several others. Police were gathering evidence Sunday at a dance studio
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — The president of the International Ice Hockey Federation says Russia and Belarus won’t be allowed to compete in its tournaments as long as the war in Ukraine continues. IIHF President Luc Tardif says he would welcome back both nations only because it would mean the
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