By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices and are questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu. Tuesday’s development comes as momentum grows to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of
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By Richard Roth, Haley Britzky, Jennifer Hansler and Kathleen Magramo, CNN United Nations (CNN) — The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday approved a resolution calling on Yemen’s Houthi rebel group to “cease its brazen” attacks in the Red Sea, as the United States and Britain hinted at military strikes. The warnings come as the Iran-backed
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. As legislatures begin their work for the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. As legislatures begin their work for the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher energy and housing prices boosted overall U.S. inflation in December, a sign that the Federal Reserve’s drive to slow inflation to its 2% target will likely remain a bumpy one. Overall prices rose 0.3% from November and 3.4% from 12 months earlier. Excluding volatile food
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL HICKMAN (56) TOLTON (66) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (39) BATTLE (76) FINAL MOBERLY (65) HARRISBURG (58) FINAL WARRENSBURG (38) CALIFORNIA (65) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (55) BOONVILLE (52) FINAL EUGENE (79) FULTON
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Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect property damage being reported after police released more information. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say there were no injuries reported Wednesday night after shots were fired near Blue Ridge and Oakland Gravel roads. Columbia Police Sgt. Derek Moore told ABC 17 News that police responded to a shots-fired
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in Saturday’s presidential election has promised to boost the island’s defense capabilities while restarting dialogue with Beijing. Taiwan has never been governed by the People’s Republic of China. But the mainland’s ruling Communist Party insists on unification with Taiwan,
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PALO ALTO, Calif. (KMIZ) No. 2 Mizzou Wrestling posted a dominating 39-0 shutout victory over No. 18 Stanford to win its seventh dual of the season. Brian Smith’s crew remains undefeated after improving its record to 7-0 in duals. Tiger Style won all 10 of its bouts on Wednesday night at Maples Pavilion and recorded
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump’s two main Republican rivals slugged it out Wednesday on an Iowa debate stage, the former president appeared across town on a Fox News Channel town hall in a counterprogramming move where few discouraging words were heard. Trump walked onstage to cheers and
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By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Steve Contorno, Daniel Strauss, Arit John, Elisabeth Buchwald and Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley a “mealy mouthed politician.” Haley said DeSantis’ campaign “is exploding.” The two Republicans vying to become the top alternative to former President Donald Trump in
Continue Reading By CNN Staff (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley participated in CNN’s Republican presidential debate Wednesday as they looked to make their final appeals to Iowa voters just days before the state’s GOP caucuses. While the Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump, skipped the event, DeSantis and Haley took questions from likely
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, Ukraine and six allies are accusing Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles and launchers in recent devastating aerial attacks against Ukraine, in violation of U.N. sanctions. Their joint statement issued Wednesday ahead of a Security Council meeting on Ukraine cited the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Parks and Recreation on Monday will hold its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Candlelight Walk and Memorial Celebration, according to a Wednesday release from the city. The candlelight walk will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Armory Sports Center, 701 East Ash Street. The release states participants should meet in the basement of the facility; the lower level
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora say a local Cucapah Indigenous leader, Aronia Wilson, has been found dead. Known in Mexico as Cucapahs, members of the Cocopah Tribe also live across the border in Arizona, near Yuma. Sonora state prosecutors said Wednesday they are questioning a person of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Jacobi Wood scored 19 points as Murray State beat Missouri State 77-53 on Wednesday night. Wood also added five rebounds and five assists for the Racers (7-9, 4-1 Missouri Valley Conference). Quincy Anderson added 18 points while going 7 of 11 from the floor, including 1 for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Gibson Jimerson scored 27 points to lead the Saint Louis Billikens and Bradley Ezewiro made a dunk with 52 seconds left as the Billikens knocked off the Saint Joseph’s Hawks 88-85 on Wednesday night. The Billikens improved to 8-8 with the victory and the Hawks fell to 10-5.
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A presidential election in 2024 with profound implications for the wider world certainly sounds familiar. But this one is happening a lot sooner than you might think. Taiwan, a small and vibrant Asian democracy on the doorstep of a much larger authoritarian neighbor, holds presidential and parliamentary elections on
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Amazon eliminó este miércoles cientos de puestos de trabajo en dos unidades de negocio: la plataforma de transmisión en línea Twitch y su división de estudios de cine y televisión. La compañía decidió eliminar “varios cientos” de empleos en Prime Video y Amazon MGM Studios, según una nota interna compartida con CNN.
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CNN By Cheri Mossburg, Christina Maxouris and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A 66-year-old skier was killed and another person was injured in an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe-area ski resort in California on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The avalanche occurred at roughly 9:30 a.m. at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort and quickly prompted
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