COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Citizens Police Review Board held a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the Police Department’s hiring process for a new Police Chief according to the agenda. The search for a new chief comes after former Chief Geoff Jones retired. Stephens began serving as the Interim Chief of Police at the end
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Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — When Rihanna was pregnant with her first child in 2022, she subverted many of the conservative social and sartorial boundaries of maternity style — regularly photographed attending events and red carpets in minidresses, heels and baby bump-baring garments with cutouts. Now, as the singer and businesswoman and her partner, rapper
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By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump argued in court filings Wednesday that he should not be required to go to a so-called SCIF – a sensitive compartmented information facility – to discuss with his lawyers the classified evidence in the documents case that special counsel Jack Smith brought against him in Florida.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Groups opposed to Maine’s new law expanding access to abortions won’t attempt to nullify the new statute through a so-called People’s Veto referendum. Republican Rep. Laurel Libby, leader of the Speak Up for LIFE group, said Wednesday that allies decided to focus their resources on electing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Solid Waste hosted a meeting on Wednesday night about a possible new recycling drop-off center on Oakland Gravel Road. More than a dozen residents showed up to voice their opinions. The proposed recycling drop-off center would be placed on City-owned property on Oakland Gravel Road, north of the intersection
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TONIGHT: A few spotty showers remain possible areawide, as rain comes to an end. A few strong storms will be possible near and south of I-44, but most of the activity will remain south of mid-Missouri. Temperatures will fall into the mid-60s by Thursday morning. TOMORROW: Expect sunshine, and highs in the low-to-mid 80s on
Continue ReadingBEIRUT Lebanese security officials and the militant Hezbollah group say a truck belonging to Hezbollah overturned on a mountain road near Beirut and was followed by a shooting that left two people dead. Lebanese troops cordoned off the truck filled with large boxes in the Christian town of Kahaleh on the highway that links Beirut
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press The U.S. government will settle a lawsuit with conservation groups and commit to releasing more endangered red wolves into North Carolina. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had mostly stopped releasing captive-bred wolves in 2015. Eastern North Carolina is the only place in the world where they roam wild. The
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died Wednesday at 80. Robertson died surrounded by family in Los Angeles “after a long illness,” publicist Ray Costa
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Luke Valentine has been kicked off of “Big Brother 25” after using the n-word on Tuesday night’s live feed. “Luke violated the BIG BROTHER code of conduct and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur. He has been removed from the house,” CBS
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The landmark Broadway musical “Hamilton” has landed on Roblox, turning the innovative stage show into an immersive online environment for a new generation. In the Hamilton Simulator, players use their own avatars as they rub shoulders with the musical’s characters and negotiate through 10 levels
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By Marianne Garvey (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney is aware of the rumors about her and sometimes, she admits, it all gets to her. “Sometimes I feel beat up by it,” the “Euphoria” actress, who also has a “Barbarella” reboot in development, told Variety in a cover story published on Wednesday. “It’s hard to sit back
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A lawmaker in the Bahamas has been charged with sexual assault and issuing death threats in a case involving a 35-year-old woman. Kirk Cornish said in a statement that the allegations are “totally false” and that he would prove his innocence. He was arrested on Wednesday and released on
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections. In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, a variety of civil rights groups and voters say the redistricting tactic has violated the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — News organizations are seeking regulations to govern the fast-moving artificial intelligence technology that threatens upheavals for their businesses. Several sent an open letter on Wednesday calling for standards to protect intellectual property rights and the guard against misinformation. As AI systems perfect their ability to create content, they need to make
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By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The FBI’s Detroit Field Office said it is joining the effort to find two Black teen sisters missing from their adoptive parents’ home since June. The Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office said Tamara Perez, 15, and her sister Iris Perez, 14, were last seen June 28 near their home in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri River Regional Library said in a Wednesday press release it will be determining its next move after Cole County voters rejected a tax increase on Tuesday. “While these are not the results we were hoping for, this process has only made the library better,” Library Assistant Director Natalie Newville said
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Orange juice futures are hitting record highs because of bad weather and a nasty citrus disease. That could mean higher prices at the grocery store. In recent weeks, prices in the OJ futures market have topped $3 per pound. Around this time last year, prices were hovering
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un hombre de Utah, que supuestamente amenazó al presidente Joe Biden y a otros funcionarios, murió luego de que agentes especiales del FBI le dispararan en medio de un intento por cumplir órdenes de arresto y registro. Las amenazas supuestamente se hicieron antes de un viaje del mandatario a Utah. Según la denuncia
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Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak, Olha Konovalova, Florence Davey-Attlee and Brice Laine, CNN Orikhiv, Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — Rammed back into the bushes, out past destroyed Bradleys and ageing Humvees, the Soviet-era T72 lowers its turret to fire. Its targets are Russian positions, imperiled by Ukraine’s push south, just past the building over
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