By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot has soared to a whopping estimated $1.73 billion after no big winner was drawn Monday night, marking the second largest prize in the lottery’s history. It is also the first time in Powerball’s history that consecutive jackpot cycles have reached billion-dollar prizes, Powerball announced. If a
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new defense minister says he would push to suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea on reducing tensions between the rivals, insisting that it hampers the South’s surveillance activities along their heavily armed border when the North’s nuclear threats are increasing. South
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says the city will seek to strengthen its economic and trade ties with Thailand after a meeting with the country’s prime minister. Chief Executive John Lee said at a weekly press briefing on Tuesday that he and Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin agreed
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation moved forward Tuesday with a first round of negotiations to help guide the administration to a new plan. The Biden administration vowed to try again after the Supreme Court rejected an earlier plan in June. In opening
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of unions representing thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers warned they will walk off the job again next month if a deal is not reached with their employer. Facilities across California, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and Washington DC have threatened to strike for a second time if
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake launched a U.S. Senate campaign with a splashy rally outside Phoenix, having never conceded she lost last year’s race for Arizona governor. Lake is trying out new messages and courting the support of national Republicans she’s insulted in the past. But the former television
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and ADAM GELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In the hours after Hamas blew through Israel’s heavily fortified separation fence and crossed into the country from Gaza, Ahal Besorai tried desperately to reach his sister. There was no answer. Soon after, he learned from witnesses that militants had seized her, her husband
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By Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — Russia is campaigning for a return to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council – after being suspended just last year for invading Ukraine. Will the rest of the world vote on Tuesday to reinstate it? Russia’s war in Ukraine war is still grinding on, and several UN human rights
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse which was later listed as far larger on financial statements, according to evidence Tuesday at the former president’s civil business fraud trial. The evidence
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors seeking a conviction of two Colorado police officers in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have implored a jury during closing arguments to remember that he was just trying to walk home on the night of the fatal encounter. McClain was put in
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than three weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat beside President Joe Biden and marveled that a “historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia” seemed within reach — a diplomatic advance that he predicted could lead to lasting peace between the Israelis
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arizona-based nonprofit that rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has raised roughly a quarter-billion dollars but has struggled to help Republicans win general elections. Much of the money raised by Turning Point has been spent cultivating conservative influencers and hosting glitzy
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arizona-based nonprofit that rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has raised roughly a quarter-billion dollars but has struggled to help Republicans win general elections. Much of the money raised by Turning Point has been spent cultivating conservative influencers and hosting glitzy
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Ronald Brownstein (CNN) — When House Republicans elect a new speaker this week, the only question is not whether, but how far, they will move the party to the right. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, the two announced candidates, represent different strains of modern conservatism, with Jordan
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Cataclysmic events like the Hamas onslaught on Israel trigger profound political shocks and strategic transformations that no one could predict at the time. The rocket attacks, hostage takings and mass killings inside Israel came as the global order was already at a pivot point, with the post-Cold War
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Tolton (22) Hickman (7) FINAL Fatima (1) Rock Bridge (2) FINAL Union (0) Capital City (10) FINAL Eldon (1) Battle (12) FINAL Jamestown (4) Jamestown (7) FINAL HS SOCCER Clinton
Continue ReadingBy Christal Hayes and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A person who crashed a vehicle into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Monday was shot and killed after being confronted by police in the lobby, authorities said. The person was driving around 3:09 p.m. PT and crashed into the lobby area of the Consulate General
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Hughes “Uncle Redd” Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died, according a family statement. He was 102. Ellis died Monday night in Denver, Colorado, according to a family statement shared by Oklahoma Rep. Regina Goodwin. “He
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El portavoz del Gobierno de República Dominicana, Homero Figueroa, informó este lunes las nuevas medidas adoptadas por el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad, que incluyen habilitar Corredores Comerciales Provisionales (CCP) en la frontera dominicano-haitiana tras el cierre total desde el 15 de septiembre. Según indicó Figueroa, estos CCP se abrirán bajo
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum ahead of an expected decision by the Biden administration to declare his overthrow a coup d’etat. The State Department says Blinken called Bazoum to stress that restoration of a democratically elected government remains the
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