By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida mother won $2 million in the lottery, just days after she finished paying off her daughter’s cancer treatment. Geraldine Gimblet, a resident of Lakeland, won $2 million from a $10 scratch-off lottery ticket, according to a news release from the Florida Lottery. She claimed her winnings as a one-time
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By ALFIAN KARTONO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist gunmen have opened fire on a military post in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, killing at least six soldiers and leaving dozens of others missing. Attackers from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, carried out the
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The newest addition to the Oregon Zoo is adorable, and it’s helping boost the population of a once-endangered species. A baby bontebok was born at the Zoo April 1 to Winter, his 8-year-old mother, according to a news release from the Oregon Zoo. The bontebok is a species of grazing antelope
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jared Stroud scored three minutes into the match and St. Louis City never let up in a 5-1 victory over FC Cincinnati after tornado warnings forced a lengthy delay at the start of the match. Stroud used assists from João Klauss and Eduard Löwen to give St. Louis City (6-2-0) the
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations vowed Sunday to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants as they wrapped up two days of talks in the northern Japanese
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Rebekah Riess, CNN At least two people were killed and four others were wounded when shots were fired into a crowd gathered at a park in Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, authorities said. Officers responded to Chickasaw Park around 9 p.m. and found several people had been shot, including two who were pronounced
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Two victims died after five people were shot during an altercation at a late-night chicken fight Friday in Honolulu. KHON-TV reports Honolulu police responded to a call about shots fired just past midnight Friday and were searching Saturday for a suspect believed to be in his 20s who allegedly shot the
Continue Reading CYRUS, Minn. (AP) — Three law enforcement officers in west-central Minnesota were shot while responding to a domestic call. The Pope County Sheriff’s Office says on its Facebook page that the incident happened Saturday night in Cyrus. One officer from Starbuck, Minnesota, and two Pope County sheriff’s deputies were hit by gunfire. Their conditions were
Continue Reading By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) — Top diplomats from Europe and North America were arriving Sunday in this hot spring resort town to discuss the world’s most intractable crises, including ways to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, confront China’s aggression toward Taiwan and lure North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks. They
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it fired warning shots to repel a North Korean patrol vessel that temporarily crossed the countries’ disputed western sea boundary while chasing a Chinese fishing boat. The North Korean patrol boat crossed the so-called Northern Limit Line at around 11 a.m.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A band of gunmen invaded a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire, killing six adults and a 7-year-old, authorities said. Officials in the Cortazar municipality in Guanajuato state said in a statement that an eighth person was seriously wounded in the midafternoon
Continue Reading By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sean Murphy homered among his three hits and drove in four runs, Ozzie Albies also had four RBIs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3. Murphy had RBI doubles in the first and third innings, a solo homer in the fifth and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, April 15, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL BLAIR OAKS (2) ROCK BRIDGE (5) FINAL WILLARD (0) HICKMAN (4) FINAL ROLLA (3) BATTLE (7) FINAL ST. FRANCIS BORGIA (12) SOUTHERN BOONE (1) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (8) CAMDENTON (10)
Continue Reading By PETER ORSI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people ran aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle on Saturday but there were no reports of injuries or contamination, authorities said. The Walla Walla ran aground in Rich Passage around 4:30 p.m. as it was traveling from the city of
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire has swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine. The blaze Saturday in the Al Murar area of Dubai’s historic Deira neighborhood struck an apartment
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations have wrapped up meetings on energy and environmental issues, amid calls from China and other developing countries for more help in phasing out fossil fuels. The G-7 energy and environment ministers gathered in the
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican navy is searching with the assistance of the U.S. Coast Guard for three U.S. men who went missing early this month while sailing in the Pacific near Mazatlan in western Mexico. The Secretariat of the Navy confirmed Saturday that elements of Mexico’s navy are participating in the operation. The
Continue Reading KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force battled fiercely Saturday in the capital and other areas, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict. Doctors’ groups reported at least 27 dead and 180 wounded, with the toll expected to rise. The
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer SHANGHAI (AP) — Global and Chinese automakers plan to unveil more than a dozen new electric SUVs, sedans and muscle cars this week at the Shanghai auto show, their first full-scale sales event in four years in a market that has become a workshop for developing electrics, self-driving cars
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By Claire Colbert and Raja Razek, CNN A plant fire that prompted evacuations after reigniting Saturday afternoon in Brunswick, Georgia, has been extinguished, according to the Glynn County Board of Commissioners. The fire at the Pinova plant, which delivers specialty rosin and polyterpene resins, initially broke out Saturday morning, with the board saying on Facebook
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