Garrett is charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the death of 22-year-old Maya Stillwell and her unborn child. He is also facing DWI charges and armed criminal action.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball teams now know who they’ll be facing in this years inaugural SEC/ACC Challenge. Dennis Gates and company will be taking the trip to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers on Nov. 28 at 6 p.m., while Robin Pingeton’s group will travel to Virginia on Nov. 30
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By Shawn Nottingham and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi has fired multiple deputies after two Black men filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging six White deputies entered their private residence illegally and tortured them for nearly two hours. “Due to recent developments, including findings during our internal
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A southwest Columbia neighborhood is under its fourth boil water advisory in the past two weeks.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Adrian, the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season, is strengthening off Mexico’s western Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday Adrian had sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph). The storm was expected to reach hurricane strength but keep heading out to sea. On Wednesday morning,
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 11 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine. The Tuesday evening attack on Kramatorsk wounded 61 other people, Ukraine’s National Police
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Travelers are getting hit with delays at U.S. airports again Wednesday, an ominous sign heading into the long July 4 holiday weekend, which is shaping up as the biggest test yet for airlines that are struggling to keep up with surging numbers of passengers. As of mid-morning on the
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — No worries about spectators getting a beer at the stadium when Australia hosts the 2032 Olympics. Brisbane organizing committee president Andrew Liveris says “we’ll serve a beer because we can.” Liveris was asked about the alcohol prohibition for ordinary fans at the 2024 Paris Olympics. That’s the law for stadiums in France.
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has countersued the advice columnist who accused him of rape, saying she defamed him by continuing to insist she was raped even after a jury declined to agree. Lawyers for Trump filed papers late Tuesday to say writer E. Jean Carroll should
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government’s climate advisers have slammed officials for their slow pace in meeting their net zero target and backtracking on fossil fuel commitments. The Climate Change Committee, which tracks the U.K. government’s decarbonization efforts, says Britain has “lost its clear global leadership position on climate action.”
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By Taylor Romine and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Two mushroom farms that employed the Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect were cited for “serious” health and safety violations in an investigation stemming from the January workplace attacks, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced in a news release Monday. The two farms
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Seacrest earned a plum gig this week, replacing the retiring Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune.” Producers went with a dependable big name, a reminder that the days of game show hosts primarily being known as game show hosts are over. Sajak,
Continue Reading By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit area woke up Wednesday to some of the worst air quality in the United States as smoke from Canada’s wildfires settled over most of the Great Lakes region and unhealthy haze spread southward, as far as Missouri and Kentucky. Drifting smoke from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team got its first look at the 2023-24 SEC opponents. The Tigers are looking to improve on their 6-10 conference record last season. MU will play a 16-game conference slate hosting Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and Arkansas to Mizzou Arena. On the
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By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran charged in the death of a homeless Black man he put in a chokehold on the New York City subway, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide during a court appearance. Penny, who is White, only spoke to
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By Byron Manley, Curt Merrill, Renée Rigdon and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people in the US have been under air quality alerts this year, particularly after smoke from wildfires in Canada wafted across the border. This map, which updates every 30 minutes, shows the air quality in your area. The-CNN-Wire™ & ©
Continue Reading By DEEPA BHARATH of The Associated Press and ALEJANDRA MOLINA of Religion News Service OAK FLAT, Ariz. (AP) — Azee Romero climbed barefoot on the wrinkled trunk of the massive Emory oak tree at the center of the Oak Flat Campground. The 5-year-old in his black dinosaur t-shirt with hair tied under a backwards baseball
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By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A judge has granted a motion to delay the trial date in the case against Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch national accused in the alleged extortion of the mother of Natalee Holloway, the American teenager who disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. Van
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian opposition figure says that he has provided the International Criminal Court with materials that allegedly detail President Alexander Lukashenko’s involvement in the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Belarus. Moscow has used the territory of its dependent ally for invading Ukraine, maintained its troops
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he’s called a meeting of senior officials on July 6 to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military alliance. The meeting is a last-ditch effort to have the Nordic country join NATO’s ranks at a major summit July 11-12.
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