By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A woman who filed a lawsuit against former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, accusing him of sexual assault and battery, is now facing criminal fraud charges. Darcy Adanna Esemonu is accused of engaging in “fraudulent schemes and artifices” against Bauer and a second person. In the indictment handed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia advocates are frustrated with the lack of change after nearly one year since the city hired its first diversity, equity and inclusion officer. D’Andre Thompson was hired in the role by Columbia’s City Manager De’Carlon Seewood in April 2023. After officially beginning his role on May 1, Thompson said his initial
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The University of Missouri is seeing its largest number of enrollment applications in nearly 10 years.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Después de 10 días de juicio, un jurado declaró culpable al excontralor de Ecuador Carlos Pólit de todos los cargos que pesaban en su contra, aseguró a CNN la Fiscalía. Una vez terminó el juicio, Pólit se entregó a los agentes en la Corte del Distrito Sur de Florida
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar. The human rights organization’s annual report, released Wednesday, said the most
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Early tests of pasteurized milk – purchased at grocery stores in areas with cows that have tested positive for H5N1 influenza or bird flu – suggest that it is not infectious and wouldn’t be able to make people sick, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — In a frequently tense relationship often defined by a shared border, the United States sent two officials with a different perspective to Mexico this week for a bit of space diplomacy. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy – both former astronauts — spent two hours chatting with President
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A 29-year-old suspect in a break-in at the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been charged with burglary and vandalism. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón says Ephraim Matthew Hunter, a Los Angeles resident, is charged with a felony count of first-degree residential burglary and a felony count
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works Department held a second transit study open house on Tuesday at Wabash Bus Station. The department is conducting a study to improve the Go COMO, the city’s transit provider. The meeting allowed the public to speak with representatives from Olsson, an engineering firm that the city
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man accused of several child sex crimes has an arraignment scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 6 at the Callaway County Courthouse. Freeman Myron Larnerd, 53, was charged with child porn possession, unlawful use of a weapon, statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 14 years old, first-degree statutory
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. health officials say samples of pasteurized milk have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. The Food and Drug Administration stressed Tuesday that the material is inactivated and that the findings “do not represent actual virus that may be a risk
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By Amy Gunia, CNN (CNN) — India is one of the world’s top spacefaring nations. It is the first Asian country to reach Mars orbit, and the fourth on the planet to take a spacecraft to the moon, landing closer to the south pole, known for its cratered terrain, than anyone else had at the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La diseñadora Nancy González de Barberi fue sentenciada este lunes a 18 meses de prisión en Estados Unidos tras declararse culpable en noviembre del año pasado de importar ilegalmente desde Colombia artículos elaborados en cuero y pieles de especies protegidas, informó el Departamento de Justicia en su página web. En
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By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine is tightening pressure on men of call-up age living abroad by temporarily suspending consular services, amid a wider overhaul of the country’s mobilization rules aimed at beefing up its defenses against Russia’s invasion. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced the suspension in a post on social media Tuesday, saying that it
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los sobrevuelos cercanos de Io, una de las lunas de Júpiter y el mundo con mayor actividad volcánica de nuestro sistema solar, revelaron un lago de lava y un elemento imponente llamado “montaña Steeple” en la superficie de la luna extraterrestre. La nave espacial Juno de la NASA, que comenzó a
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Tesla informó que sus ganancias del primer trimestre cayeron un 48%, por debajo de los pronósticos de Wall Street, pero les aseguró a los inversores que planea seguir adelante con un modelo más barato que saldrá el próximo año. La compañía informó una caída del 9% en los ingresos totales, que
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A top court in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica has struck down colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex. It’s the latest nation to repeal such laws in the socially conservative region, joining Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua and Barbuda. Monday’s ruling comes nearly five years after
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new exhibit inside the federal agency that’s responsible for enforcing the nation’s gun laws features photos of the faces of more than 100 victims of gun violence. It’s meant to serve as a powerful reminder to law enforcement of the human toll of gun violence
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Rev. Cecil Williams, who with his late wife turned Glide Church in San Francisco into a world-renowned haven for poor, homeless, and marginalized people, has died. He was 94. Williams advocated for civil rights and social justice and his work drew the attention of
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A photographer who worked for Megan Thee Stallion said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was forced to watch her have sex, was unfairly fired soon after and was abused as her employee. In the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Emilio Garcia
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