WTVF, CNN By Rebekah Riess, Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Lauren Mascarenhas and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The body of a University of Missouri student who went missing after leaving a downtown Nashville bar two weeks ago was found Friday in the Cumberland River, police said. There were no signs of foul play. Riley Strain,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 15 Mizzou softball team took a one game advantage over No. 2 LSU on Friday in a high-scoring affair. The hometown Tigers toppled the Baton Rouge Tigers 10-9 at the Mizzou Softball Stadium. Centerfielder Alex Honnold led the charge at the plate for MU. She went 2-for-4 and registered a
Continue ReadingJosé Álvarez (CNN Español) — La vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, Kamala Harris, realizó este viernes una gira de trabajo en Puerto Rico, donde supervisó la reconstrucción de viviendas y otros proyectos tras el paso del huracán María, que en 2022 afectó a miles de personas. En un comunicado, la Casa Blanca indicó que su administración ha
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden’s family is growing. The couple announced on Friday that they’ve welcomed a baby boy, their second child, writing, “We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our Son, Cardinal Madden.” The photo that accompanied their post includes text that reads, “A little
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead, including a child, after a concrete truck struck a school bus full of pre-K children returning from a field trip head-on in Bastrop County, Texas, according to officials. The bus, traveling westbound on State Highway 21, was hit by the concrete truck traveling in the
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities say an inmate was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash soon after his escape from a Hawaii jail. Correctional officers found the inmate on a highway outside Kauai Community Correctional Center early Friday. Police say he was running north on the highway when a
Continue ReadingOpinion by Lawrence Downes (CNN) — It’s been a week of whiplash for people wondering whether Texas is going to be getting its own foreign policy. That is, whether it will be able to enforce SB 4, the extreme anti-immigration law that Gov. Greg Abbott signed last December. It empowers the state’s police and judges to arrest, lock up and punish
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Lawrence Downes (CNN) — It’s been a week of whiplash for people wondering whether Texas is going to be getting its own foreign policy. That is, whether it will be able to enforce SB 4, the extreme anti-immigration law that Gov. Greg Abbott signed last December. It empowers the state’s police and judges to arrest, lock up and
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico Public Safety Department learned that five guns were stolen after it and other law enforcement agencies chased a stolen white Toyota Camry on Friday morning. According to a press release from the Mexico Public Safety Department, police were alerted of suspicious activity in the south-central part of Mexico. Officers tried
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By Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and John Mees, CNN Taichung, Taiwan (CNN) — Until just a few years ago, the world’s largest chipmaker had a simple answer to training new recruits — a buddy system that paired them up with senior engineers tasked with showing them the ropes. All that changed three years ago, when
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. But at a time when immigration is increasingly a concern for voters, the numbers were still among the lowest of Joe Biden’s presidency. According to government figures,
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — No. 13 Yale won its second men’s NCAA tournament game in program history on Friday with an upset 78-76 win over No. 4 Auburn. The Ivy League champion Bulldogs overcame a seven-point deficit at halftime behind junior guard John Poulakidas’ 28 points. “We stuck together today,” Poulakidas told the
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. Boudreaux will face state legislator Vince Fong in the May 21 special election in the 20th District.
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick will be the only names on ballots for the office in Pennsylvania’s April primary after a ruling by the state’s highest court. Friday’s ruling completed the third of three successful court challenges to the paperwork of three
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Former staff from the Cooper County Jail who were charged in the death of Brooke Bailey appeared in court on Friday, according to court records. Robyn Pfeiffer and Rachel Atherton, both of Pilot Grove, are charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter. Court records indicate that both appeared in court on Friday and pleaded
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos announced Friday that he was leaving the Republican Party and would continue his congressional comeback bid as an independent. Santos, who faces a slew of federal charges and was expelled from the House last year, attacked the GOP in a social media post and
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace and Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration will take a closer look at safety at United Airlines after a string of nearly a dozen incidents this month, the airline said in a memo Friday. “Over the next several weeks, we will begin to see more of an FAA presence
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says a four-star general has been suspended from his job for allegedly trying to use his power to influence the selection of a lower-ranking officer for a command job. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth reviewed allegations that Gen. Charles Hamilton interfered with the command assessment
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago voters have rejected a real estate tax on properties over $1 million to pay for services for homeless people. It’s a loss for first-term Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. The so-called “mansion tax” would have incrementally raised Chicago’s real estate transfer tax on properties valued at more than $1 million. Supporters estimated
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