COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News crews saw a large police presence at a home in Central Columbia on Tuesday Morning. Police were called to Randy Ln. at the corner of Bluff Blvd. a little before 12:30 a.m. Columbia Police told ABC 17 News crews on the scene the call was originally labeled as a
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A woman in Massachusetts who had been missing for a week was found Monday stuck in the mud at a state park, police said. Emma Tetewsky, 31, went missing sometime around noon on June 26 and was known to visit Pinewood Pond in Stoughton and Lake
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry. Of those newly instituted guidelines, protocols involving technological advancements in machine learning sparked headlines: “Only human creators” could win the music industry’s highest honor
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government has declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and says people no longer have to wear masks in health and care centers as well as pharmacies. Spain has gradually ended the madantory mask wearing, first in public and then on public transport over the
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Russian people are “united as never before,” seeking to project confidence in the wake of a short-lived revolt while participating in a meeting of an international organization that offered him a sympathetic audience. The Shanghai Cooperation
Continue Reading By MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — A Hamas militant drove his car into a crowded bus stop in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and began stabbing people, wounding eight in an attack praised by Palestinian militant groups as a response to Israel’s ongoing military operation in the occupied West Bank. Police chief
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Swedish authorities’ failure to prevent Quran-burning protests in the country is raising security concerns and questions about Sweden’s credentials for possible NATO membership. But Hakan Fidan said Turkey would approve Sweden’s membership in the military alliance if Stockholm “completes its homework” and
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Tuesday held the door open for contacts with the U.S. regarding a possible prisoner exchange that could potentially involve jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, but reaffirmed that such talks must be held out of the public eye. Asked whether Monday’s consular visits to Gershkovich, who has been
Continue Reading By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A heavily armed gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire on the streets of Philadelphia on Monday night, seemingly at a random, killing five people and wounding two boys before surrendering, police said. The shootings took place over several city blocks in the southwestern neighborhood of Kingsessing.
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are seeking 90 million euros ($98 million) in damages from a Swedish mining company for a major toxic spill near the famed Doñana National Park in 1998. The civil trial in the case opened on Tuesday. The Boliden company ran the Aznalcóllar mine, where the
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By Christopher Hickey, CNN From behind the wheel, cars and trucks today are safer than ever before. But for people on the street, vehicles haven’t been this dangerous in over a generation. A study of State Highway Safety Offices data released by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association in June assessed American drivers killed at least
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Officials on the Orkney Islands, a corner of Scotland with Viking roots and an independent spirit, seized a moment in the global spotlight on Tuesday and voted to explore ways of seeking more autonomy — or even independence — from neglectful U.K. governments. Journalists from across Britain
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Salute to America in Jefferson City kicked off Tuesday morning. Salute to America is Mid-Missouri’s largest Independence Day celebration. The 14-hour event included several activities. Two major highlights of the event are the 5k run and the Independence Day Parade. Temperatures reached 96 degrees in the afternoon but that didn’t stop hundreds of
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A group of armed plainclothes officers assigned to protect South Africa’s deputy president were caught on video dragging a man out of a car and then stomping on his head until he lies motionless, sparking outrage and drawing more attention to the country’s problems
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. A listing for the app, called Threads, appeared on Apple’s App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday. It is billed as a “text-based
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Greece’s newly-appointed foreign minister says his country is ready to start talks with Turkey to resolve a long-standing dispute over maritime borders that has repeatedly brought the two neighbors to the brink of armed conflict. Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said Tuesday that the Greek government wants
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Masked assailants in the Russian province of Chechnya have attacked and beaten a prominent journalist and a lawyer. The assault on Tuesday underlined human rights abuses in the region. Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov had just arrived in Chechnya to attend the trial of Zarema Musayeva. Musayeva is
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has extended the mandate of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg for another year. The former Norwegian prime minister has been NATO’s top civilian official since 2014. His term was due to expire last year but was prolonged to keep a steady hand at the helm after Russia’s full-scale
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The lofty ideals to which France has long aspired are embossed on coins and carved above school doors across the land. Yet they are the polar opposite of what some French people who are Black or brown saw in a shocking video of a
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By Michelle Watson, Christine Sever and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Gunfire erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, leaving at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release from the Fort Worth Police Department’s homicide unit.
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