JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Local government and nonprofits in 33 Missouri counties will receive federal aid after President Joe Biden approved Gov. Mike Parson’s request for a “major disaster declaration,” according to a Thursday press release from the governor’s office. Federal aid will go to several counties, including Benton, Camden and Maries counties. Parson announced
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two teenagers have made initial appearances in adult court in Las Vegas where prosecutors say they’ll face murder and other charges in the video-recording crash of an allegedly stolen car into a bicyclist — killing the man. A judge on Thursday scheduled the teens — ages
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Angus Cloud, recordado por su papel de Fezco en “Euphoria”, murió de una sobredosis accidental, informó la oficina forense del condado de Alameda en California. “Angus Cloud murió por una combinación letal de fentanilo, cocaína, metanfetamina y en lo que se determinó fue una sobredosis accidental”, dijo un portavoz del forense a
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By David Wright, Gregory Krieg and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Republican Dave McCormick officially kicked off his 2024 US Senate campaign at a rally in Pittsburgh Thursday evening, castigating incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey as President Joe Biden’s “rubber stamp” and saying that “both parties need to be shaken up.” “Today, I’m announcing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A records request obtained by ABC 17 News found that the University of Missouri has investigated two sextortion cases so far this semester. The University of Missouri Police Department previously announced in April that there were 10 cases during the 2022-23 school year. MUPD spokeswoman Sarah Deidrich said sextortion can begin, “when
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India’s parliament passed a landmark bill Thursday that will reserve a third of its seats in the lower house and state assemblies for women, in a major win for rights groups that have for decades campaigned for better gender representation in politics. The bill received cross-party support and was
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday struck down part of a state law that would have authorized some circuit court judges to be appointed rather than elected in the capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county, which are both majority-Black. Critics said the law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Quarterback Brady Cook is questionable to play in Saturday’s game against Memphis, according to this week’s injury report. Cook suffered a knee injury during Mizzou’s win over Kansas State, who was ranked 15th in the AP Poll heading into the contest. He was considered out for practice on Tuesday, but photos posted
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Al alcalde de Nueva York, Eric Adams, le preocupa que la mayoría de los solicitantes de asilo bajo el cuidado la ciudad no podrán beneficiarse de la extensión del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés), que anunció el gobierno de Biden este miércoles y que busca agilizar
Continue ReadingFORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old was rescued after a filming stunt went wrong and left him dangling by a rope from California’s tallest bridge. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responding Monday to the Foresthill Bridge determined the teen and his 17-year-old friend had been filming him swinging from the steel
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Lachlan Murdoch, el hijo mayor de Rupert Murdoch, fue elegido para tomar las riendas del vasto imperio mediático de su padre, poniendo fin a años de especulaciones desenfrenadas y de enemistades fraternales apenas disimuladas. La decisión, anunciada este jueves, convierte a Lachlan, de 52 años, en el único presidente
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of stealing guns from a Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle was charged on Thursday with two counts of first-degree burglary. Jamarie Johnson, 19, was charged on Sept. 1 with first-degree burglary, four counts of stealing a gun, three counts of first-degree property damage and misdemeanor stealing. He is
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — The family of a Black man who died after being pinned to the ground in handcuffs and leg irons for 12 minutes at a Virginia mental health facility has agreed to a $8.5 million settlement in their lawsuit against the state, county and sheriff, according to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El cuerpo sumergido de un hombre se recuperó en el río Grande, cerca de Eagle Pass, Texas, en la mañana de este jueves, informaron el Departamento de Seguridad Pública del estado (DPS, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Maverick. Alrededor de las 8:40 a.m.,
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s interim police superintendent says a White Sox game last month where two women were wounded by gunfire should have been stopped or delayed. Interim Supt. Fred Waller tells the Chicago Sun-Times that the Aug. 25 game against the Oakland A’s was allowed to continue without interruption because of “miscommunication” on the
Continue ReadingBY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the nation’s most influential Black leaders say many of the threats to democratic institutions in the U.S. appear to be aimed squarely at their community, including efforts to make voting more difficult, censor lessons around race and weaken social safeguards such as affirmative action. They
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona next week to deliver a democracy-focused address that will also pay tribute to the late John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate who represented the state in the U.S. Senate for more than three decades. Biden’s speech, which is
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Al menos cuatro miembros del Ejército de Argentina murieron y otros 18 sufrieron heridas de diversa gravedad luego de un accidente ocurrido cerca de San Martín de los Andes, en el occidente del país, informó a CNN Sebastián Torcivia, director municipal de Protección Civil de la localidad. Al parecer un
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan from California’s insurance commissioner aims to keep the nation’s top insurers from leaving the wildfire-prone state. California tightly restricts how insurance companies can price policies. Insurers can only look to the past when deciding how to set rates. They can’t consider current or
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China is telling assembled world leaders at the United Nations that it considers itself part of the Global South. It says it identifies with the goals and challenges of less-developed nations. The message came from a second-tier official after the country’s powerful president, Xi Jinping,
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