MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly Police Department announced in a Monday press release that it had arrested a Columbia man on Sunday who is accused of stealing from residences and vehicles, as well as vehicle tampering. Christopher Ryan Johnson, 33, is accused of first-degree burglary — according to the release — and was booked on
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By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is urging European nations to seek more independence on airspace defense. He advocates against relying too much on the U.S., a long-divisive issue that takes on new urgency because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Macron said Monday that Europeans should build their own
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork. Though the eligibility review is required
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By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A dog was stabbed in New York’s Central Park on Saturday following a “verbal dispute” between dog owners, the New York City Police Department said. The dispute started when a couple walking their two dogs encountered a man walking his three dogs in the park, NYPD Officer Antonio Antenucci
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey and is credited with elevating the city’s hip-hop scene, died after collapsing during a show in Texas, a local official said Monday. Tom Gillam III, a justice of the peace in Jefferson County, where Powell was performing when he collapsed
Continue Reading The Associated Press A rescue operation was underway deep in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Monday in search of a submarine that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia said the vessel was reported overdue around 9:13 p.m. Sunday, about 435 miles
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mass shootings and violence killed and wounded people across the U.S. over the weekend, including 60 in the Chicago area alone. The shootings happened in cities and rural areas alike. Bullets flew in Idaho and Washington state as well as Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ROGELIO SOLIS Associated Press/Report for America LOUIN, Miss. (AP) — Multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi overnight, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen, officials said Monday. State emergency workers were still working with counties to assess the damage from storms in which high temperatures and hail in some areas accompanied tornadoes.
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week opened and closed under a beating early summer sun. Zegna wrapped up four days of shows Monday with an outdoor event set among bales of raw linen behind Milan’s City Hall, allowing city workers a view out of their windows. For the sweltering
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Intel and the German government have signed a deal that will see the U.S. company spend more than 30 billion euros ($32.8 billion) to build a chip manufacturing site in the eastern city of Magdeburg, after Germany pledged to cover a third of the investment required. Word of the agreement came as
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin’s spokesman says U.N. aid workers who want to visit areas ravaged by a recent dam collapse in southern Ukraine can’t go there because fighting in the war makes it unsafe. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didn’t explicitly admit that Russia had blocked U.N. access. But
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Music blared from speakers outside the Vegas Golden Knights’ practice facility while kids ran around with hockey sticks, batting a ball into a couple of nets. Pizza was available nearby. A similar scene played out a week later steps from the Florida Panthers’ arena before Stanley Cup Final games,
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Members of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas. The U.N.’s chief, Antonio Guterres, is hailing the historic agreement. He says it gives the ocean “a fighting chance.” Delegates from the 193 member nations burst into
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Mid-Missourians are seeing electric rate increases from three major utility providers this summer.
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — India’s IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European planemaker Airbus. The record-setting order Monday underscores surging demand for air travel fueled by India’s economic growth. The country’s dominant carrier is buying the A320 aircraft in what the companies say is the single biggest purchase agreement in commercial aviation history. Executives
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT Associated Press For now, no one comes close to Donald Trump in his command of the voters who’ll decide the Republican Party’s presidential nominee next year. But Trump’s path beyond the primary is far more perilous as he faces significant and growing questions about his ability to appeal to a broader, more
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — India’s IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European planemaker Airbus. The record-setting order Monday underscores surging demand for air travel fueled by India’s economic growth. The country’s dominant carrier is buying the A320 aircraft in what the companies say is the single biggest purchase agreement in commercial aviation history. Executives
Continue Reading MELEKHOVO, Russia (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged his supporters Monday to begin a broad campaign against Moscow’s actions in Ukraine as he went on trial on new charges of extremism that could keep him behind bars for decades. The trial began inside a maximum security penal colony in Melekhovo, 250 kilometers
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By Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A fishing crew lost out on over $3 million in tournament prize money after the 619.4-pound blue marlin they caught was disqualified due to “mutilation” caused by a shark or other marine animal, according to a statement from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. The crew
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — This has been one of the most turbulent election seasons in Guatemala’s modern history. Some of the most popular aspirants for Guatemala’s presidency have been sidelined and will not appear on the ballot in the June 25 election. Electoral authorities and courts have blocked some
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