By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Stanford University’s Tara VanDerveer, the all-time winningest coach in women’s college basketball, tied the NCAA record for career wins Friday with the Cardinal’s 88-63 victory over Oregon at the Stanford Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, California. The victory gives VanDerveer 1,202 career wins during her 45-year coaching career, tying her with former Duke
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By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Belarus on Friday adopted a new military doctrine that – if approved – would be the first step toward deploying nuclear weapons across the country. “The deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the Republic of Belarus is considered an important measure of the
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin once again is staring down a felony involuntary manslaughter charge after a grand jury indicted the actor in connection with the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie in New Mexico. The lead actor and a co-producer
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press When Nikki Haley was a South Carolina legislator, she backed budgets boosted by federal aid. Running for governor, she criticized a “bailout culture” and dependence on Washington. She once called the Confederate battle flag a heritage symbol and sidestepped calls to remove it from statehouse grounds. After a racist massacre
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. Senators are closing in on the
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. Ashton Colby, 31, fears the clinic where he gets the testosterone he has taken
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, Muhammad Darwish, Abeer Salman, Benjamin Brown and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The Israeli military has desecrated at least 16 cemeteries in its ground offensive in Gaza, a CNN investigation has found, leaving gravestones ruined, soil upturned, and, in some cases, bodies unearthed. In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, where
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Practice makes perfect, and over the next few days, Jefferson City residents may see the city’s fire department practice ice rescues. The training is taking place at McKay Lake and the department stated Thursday on its social media that it would be testing out a thermal imaging camera that can take
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La fiscalía del estado mexicano de Jalisco informó este viernes del arresto del presunto responsable en el caso del homicidio del rapero Lefty SM. El artista, de 31 años, murió en un hospital en septiembre de 2023, tras ser agredido en su casa de Zapopan, en el área metropolitana de Guadalajara, donde según las autoridades
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Helias Catholic (63) Capital City (51) FINAL Fort Zumwalt South (45) Battle (69) FINAL Tolton (60) Huntington Express Prep (64) FINAL Rock Bridge (63) Lee’s Summit (54) FINAL
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province, and 13 students died in the blaze, Chinese state media reported Saturday. All of the dead were third grade students, a teacher told Zonglan news, a state-backed media outlet from
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A criminal investigation is underway for a fire that killed two people on Tuesday at Potawatomi Campgrounds, just outside of Fulton. Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell confirmed to ABC 17 News in an email on Friday that the fire is listed as a criminal investigation being led by the
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — An experienced hiker died in New Hampshire’s White Mountains after making a distress call in which he said he was “very cold,” and his body was recovered by a helicopter amid severe winter conditions, officials said. Christopher Roma, 37, made the distress call to acquaintances Tuesday night, the New
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El jueves, los tres candidatos a la presidencia de México cerraron sus precampañas de cara a la elección general del 2 de junio. En sus actos públicos, Claudia Sheinbaum, del oficialista partido Morena, Xóchitl Gálvez, de la alianza opositora que integran los partidos Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Acción Nacional (PAN) y
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Joe Bamisile scored 29 points off of the bench to lead the VCU Rams over the Saint Louis Billikens 85-61
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health Chief Operating Officer Monica Smith will be stepping down, according to a Friday press release from Boone Health. Smith’s last day will be March 1, the release states. She has been with Boone Health for more than 17 years. Smith will be taking an executive position with another health care
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Congreso de Guatemala, en la sesión ordinaria que se realizó este viernes, realizó la votación para elegir a la nueva junta directiva del parlamento para el período legislativo 2024-2025, siguiendo el fallo de la Corte de Constitucionalidad. Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala suspende integración de la Junta Directiva del Congreso
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A New York man pleaded not guilty Friday to attempted murder and other charges in what police have claimed was a mostly unprovoked series of stabbings across the city this week. Jermain Rigueur, 27, was arraigned Friday afternoon in connection to what the Queens District Attorney’s Office said were five random
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, informó este viernes que convocó a la fiscal general, Consuelo Porras, a una reunión para rendir un informe sobre temas que calificó como “de preocupación”. “La espero el próximo miércoles 24 de enero a las 10:00 a.m. en mi despacho presidencial para que me presente
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Malia Obama sigue los pasos de sus padres, pero no de la forma que imaginas. La ex primera hija estrenó su cortometraje “The Heart” en el Festival de Cine de Sundance 2024 en Park City, Utah, el jueves, y apareció en la alfombra roja del festival para anunciar el proyecto.
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