By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury awarded $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Friday in a stinging and expensive rebuke to former President Donald Trump for his continued social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist over her claims that he sexually assaulted her
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El incidente de Alaska Airlines del 5 de enero, que dejó un agujero en el fuselaje de un Boeing 737 Max 9 poco después de despegar de Portland, Oregon, planteó importantes cuestiones de seguridad, dio lugar a investigaciones y dejó en vilo a algunos pasajeros. Tras el incidente, que no
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL HARRIS-STOWE (47) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (73) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HARRIS-STOWE (39) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (75) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL HICKMAN (41) ROCK BRIDGE (66) FINAL NORTHEAST (CAIRO) (36) HELIAS (67)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – First responders blocked some lanes of traffic on Providence Road Thursday night while investigating. ABC 17 News saw at least six Columbia Police Department cars and a Missouri State Highway Patrol car in the northbound lanes of Providence Road at the intersection of Broadway around 11 p.m. The law enforcement vehicles
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press Snowplows are essential to enduring winter in Minnesota, so maybe it’s not surprising that every year thousands of people vote on names for the giant machines that clear the state’s roads, such as Plowy McPlowFace and Darth Blader. The often-icy state began naming its 800 plows in 2020 and is
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finns will vote Sunday to elect a new president at an unprecedented time: the Nordic nation is now a NATO member following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its eastern border with Russia is closed, both almost unthinkable a few years ago. Unlike in most European countries, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball lost its first matchup of its two-game homestand 69-67 against Texas A&M on Thursday night. The Tigers have now lost two consecutive SEC games and hold a 2-5 record in conference play. A slow start for Robin Pingeton’s crew in the first half made the difference in this contest.
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Ashkelon, Israel (CNN) — It was supposed to be a safe haven – a new life for those seeking refuge from the turbulence of war. But when tens of thousands of Ukrainians fled to Israel in the wake of Russia’s invasion, they had no idea of what the future would hold. With men aged 18 to
Continue ReadingBy JACQUELINE MUNIS and ELLA McCARTHY When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her. Suddenly, the rest of her high school experience was threatened: being student council president, her role as debate team captain and walking at graduation. Even her college scholarships
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is moving to assert total dominance over the Republican Party in a harbinger of the strongman rule he envisages for his possible second term, following his twin triumphs in Iowa and New Hampshire. The ex-president is trying to intimidate Nikki Haley into abandoning the GOP presidential
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on the holiday some call “Invasion Day.” Friday’s holiday marks the arrival of British convict ships in 1788. Thousands of people, many of whom
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 63-year-old Slater man suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in Moniteau County, on Highway 50 about 500 feet north of Koerkenmeier Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, the crash occurred when a 2014 Ford Fusion – driven by
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — China accused the United States military of “abusing international law” and continuing a pattern of “dangerous provocations” in East Asia Thursday, after a US Navy destroyer made the service’s first transit of the Taiwan Strait of 2024. The movement on Wednesday of the USS John Finn
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press MARTIN, Tenn. — Led by Jordan Sears’ 20 points, the UT Martin Skyhawks defeated the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 84-58. The Skyhawks are now 11-9 on the season, while the Redhawks fell to 7-13.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. trade body sounded an alarm Thursday that global trade is being disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea, the war in Ukraine, and low water levels in the Panama Canal. Jan Hoffmann, a trade expert at the body known as UNCTAD, warned Thursday
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By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Despite there being no money left for Ukraine aid, the Defense Department is keeping the training pipeline going, with nearly 1,600 Ukrainian troops currently in US training programs in Europe and the US. At Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany — the US military’s largest training base
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, Sania Farooqui, Michael Rios and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A top Pakistan official on Thursday accused India of killing two Pakistani nationals on its soil, citing what he called “a pattern” of alleged Indian assassination plots overseas and raising tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals. In a news conference, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Voting has started in the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, in a national election that could reverberate from China to Australia. Tuvalu is one of the smallest nations in the world, but the election for the 16-seat parliament was being closely watched. Prime Minister Kausea Natano is running again, but even
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Reuters A health warning from South Korea’s food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts. Video clips showing people consuming the deep-fried starch toothpicks with seasoning such as powdered cheese have racked up thousands of likes and shares on
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of people have joined growing protests across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the penal code and eliminate a special prosecutors’ office. Earlier Thursday, the ruling coalition voted to fast-track approval of the changes. Final approval could come by the end of next week.
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