BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers says it and the country’s main railway operator have reached a deal in a long dispute over working hours and pay that was marked by a string of strikes. Neither the GDL union nor state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn gave details of their agreement
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — For McCall Mirabella’s 21st birthday party last month, she asked guests to bring only one gift: A PowerPoint presentation. Mirabella, a TikTok and YouTube personality with over 1.3 million followers across both platforms, assembled her closest friends and asked them to present a slideshow on anything they could think
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Former President Donald Trump says he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas but urged the country to “finish up” its offensive and “get this over with,” warning about international support fading. The comments were made during an interview with
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Former NBA guard Ben Gordon could see criminal charges against him in Connecticut erased from his record next year if he completes a probation program. Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges last year after a disturbance at a Stamford juice shop. He appeared in court Monday in Stamford,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Ameren customers in Jefferson City will soon receive upgrades to their gas meters, according to a Monday press release from Ameren. Ameren plans to install upgraded natural gas modules to existing meters later this spring, the release states. A specific date for when upgrades begin was not announced. Ameren says there
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man was charged with multiple sex crimes after he was accused of sexually assaulting children. Richard Arlen Smith, 54, was charged with first-degree child molestation and second-degree sodomy. He is being held in the Callaway County Jail without bond. He was booked into the jail at 10:22 p.m. Thursday,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The newest endangered baby gorilla at the London Zoo is more than six weeks old but doesn’t yet have a name. Zookeepers aren’t even sure if it’s a male or female because they haven’t been able to get close enough to examine it. A photo taken Monday by The Associated Press shows
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, are suing Florida education officials. They are trying to stop enforcement of a new state law which limits research exchanges between state universities and academics from seven prohibited countries.
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TONIGHT: Scattered showers and mostly cloudy. Cold and breezy with lows in the mid-upper 30s. TOMORROW: Spotty showers and mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 40s. Wind chills in the 30s. EXTENDED: Low pressure slowly works to the northeast tonight into tomorrow, keeping stubborn clouds over Mid-Missouri along with a few wrap-around showers into
Continue ReadingFRANKLINVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters in southern New Jersey came to the rescue of a dog who got stuck in a spare tire. The Franklinville Volunteer Fire Company crew found Daisy, an 11-month-old yellow Labrador, when they responded to a Franklin Township home last Thursday. Her neck was deep in the middle of the tire
Continue ReadingBy Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WCBS) — A mother spoke out Sunday after saving her daughter from an attack right outside of their apartment door in Queens. The attacker, who was reportedly hiding in the stairwell, surprised the teenager. Ring camera video shows the moment a man
Continue ReadingWCBS, RING.COM, ALVAREZ FAMILY, CNN By Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WCBS) — A mother spoke out Sunday after saving her daughter from an attack right outside of their apartment door in Queens. The attacker, who was reportedly hiding in the stairwell, surprised the teenager. Ring camera video
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump told a story on Monday in which he claimed that he decided not to list the Trump Media & Technology Group on the New York Stock Exchange, even though the exchange “badly” wanted the company, because businesspeople are “treated too badly in New York” and “don’t
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Food prices have gone a bit bananas — and that includes a famously priced 19-cent fruit at Trader Joe’s. The snack-heavy grocer told CNN on Monday that it recently increased the price of the banana to 23 cents, a more than 20% increase. “We only change our
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a report from ESPN college insider Pete Thamel, former Mizzou men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin is in talks with Missouri State to retake the reigns of the program. It will not be Martin’s first time in Springfield, as he coached the Bears from 2008 to 2011 before leaving for the
Continue ReadingBy ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani security forces have killed four insurgents as they foiled an attack on a naval facility in the volatile southwestern Baluchistan province. No damage was caused to the Siddiqui air station in the attack that was claimed by the outlawed Baluchistan Liberation Army. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in an apartment fire on Monday morning in the 5000 block of Clark Lane, according to a press release from the Columbia Fire Department. Crews were dispatched to The Links – a Columbia apartment complex area – at 8:25 a.m., according to the release. Fire marshals are investigating
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By Heather Law and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s youngest mayor, 27-year-old Brigitte García, was found shot dead Sunday morning, the country’s national police said. In a statement posted on X, police said that García, the mayor of San Vicente, a small coastal city, was in what is believed to be a rental car
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. Joshua Russell of Bucyrus, Ohio, had previously pleaded guilty in Phoenix to a federal charge of making an
Continue ReadingBy Sean Daly Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — If you’re looking for Scott Nelson, there’s a good chance he’s in the pool at the Bob Sierra Family YMCA in Tampa. “It’s my chill time, my therapy,” said the 69-year-old salesman from Carrollwood. Nelson is a humble man, a family
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