It’s day one of Winter Weather Preparedness Week for Missouri. The topic to start out the week is winter weather terminology. Knowing the difference between a winter storm watch, advisory, and warning is very important for the community to understand. Each terms have different time periods and meanings which can lead to some confusion putting
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was convicted Monday of criminal negligence in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. Jerry Boylan, 69, was found guilty of one count of misconduct or
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press The insurer for the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, has agreed to pay a total of nearly $5 million to three of the four Indigenous men who argued they were illegally imprisoned for almost two decades on a murder conviction. The convictions of the so-called Fairbanks Four in a teenager’s 1997
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for the Horn of Africa is warning that the conflict between Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary force now in its seventh month is getting closer to South Sudan and the disputed Abyei region. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh pointed to the paramilitary Rapid
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — La familia de Kourtney Kardashian y Travis Barker acaba de agrandarse un poco. Una fuente con conocimiento del asunto le confirmó este lunes a CNN que la pareja le dio la bienvenida a un bebé. CNN se comunicó con representantes de Kardashian y Barker para obtener comentarios. Aunque todavía no se
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — SAG-AFTRA said it has responded to Hollywood studios’ “last, best & final offer” on Monday as pressure ramps up to reach a deal ending the industry-freezing strike. The actors’ union said in a message to its members that there are several “essential items” that the two sides have yet to reach agreement on, such as the use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fraternity member accused in the Danny Santulli hazing case pleaded not guilty to an assault charge on Monday. Ryan Delanty, 22, of Ballwin, was charged with felony hazing, second-degree assault and supplying alcohol to a minor. The assault charge was added last month after a superseding indictment was filed on Oct.
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota is suing the state of South Dakota over a law that restricts content on vanity plates. The ACLU said Monday that it filed the lawsuit on behalf of a man whose application for a personalized license plate was initially
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The University of Pennsylvania police and the FBI are jointly investigating a series of threatening antisemitic emails sent to university staff, Penn President Liz Magill said on Monday. In an email to the university community, Magill said she learned that some Penn staff members received “vile, disturbing antisemitic emails
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CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Abeer Salman, Hassan Eslayeh, Celine Alkhaldi, Nada Bashir and Kareem Khadder, CNN. Video by William Bonnett. Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Palestinian workers who were expelled back to Gaza from Israel last week have accused Israeli authorities of “torture,” alleging they were stripped naked, held in cages, viciously beaten and, according to one worker’s account, subjected
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Billing itself as the world’s largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, the Billie Jean King Cup is akin to the World Cup of tennis, pitting countries from around the world against one another. Tennis great Billie Jean King lent her name to the tournament – which celebrates
Continue Reading CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Billing itself as the world’s largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, the Billie Jean King Cup is akin to the World Cup of tennis, pitting countries from around the world against one another. Tennis great Billie Jean King lent her name to the tournament – which
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A casino in Northern California has been linked to 11 tuberculosis cases over the past five years, prompting health officials to encourage both workers and visitors to get tested for what the World Health Organization calls “one of the world’s top infectious killers.” Of the confirmed cases of the infectious bacterial disease, 10 have
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville mayor’s office has called on the city’s legal team to investigate the possible unauthorized release of the writings of the shooter who indiscriminately opened fire at the private Nashville school in March. Mayor Freddie O’Connell issued the statement on Monday shortly after conservative radio
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By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s office urged the judge overseeing the federal election interference case against Donald Trump to reject the former president’s attempts to dismiss the charges against him on constitutional grounds, saying his arguments rely on “distortions and misrepresentations.” While Trump has repeatedly
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Columbia City Council members are expected to vote Monday on a request for bids for the McBaine Water Treatment Plant Project.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Swanson Click here for updates on this story BECKER COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man is recovering after he was accidentally shot while hunting Sunday in northwestern Minnesota. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the victim, 40, was hunting in Forest Township, located in the southeast corner of the White Earth Reservation.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Wulff Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — One Stockton pastor is on a mission to help build a better life for veterans. It may not look like much now, but a small army is digging into a project to bring affordable permanent housing to some of their own
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — American troops were attacked an additional eight times since Friday morning by one-way attack drones and rocket barrages in Iraq and Syria as US forces face ramped up attacks by Iranian-backed groups. The new incidents – one on Friday afternoon, another on Saturday, five more on Sunday and one
Continue ReadingBANGOR, Maine (AP) — A 19-year-old from Maine accused of producing homemade explosive devices and making plans to attack a mosque has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Xavier Pelkey of Waterville was sentenced Monday. He entered an agreement with prosecutors in April in which he pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists
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