By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story April 29, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — As the Houston Style Magazine community comes together to commemorate the distinguished life and contributions of the Honorable Donald M. Payne Jr., we gather in unity and remembrance for a pillar of public service and a beacon
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story April 29, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The Houston Area Urban League is gearing up for their prominent 2024 Advancing Equity Luncheon under the banner “IS HOUSTON READY?”. This notable event will unfold on Friday, June 21, 2024, and is slated to run from
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — José “Pepe” Mujica, expresidente de Uruguay entre 2010 y 2015, dio a conocer este lunes que le fue detectado un tumor en el esófago, en el más reciente episodio de su historial de salud. La médica que trata a Mujica, Raquel Pannone, indicó a CNN que “por las características de la
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By Amy Gunia and Sania Farooqui, CNN Hong Kong/New Delhi (CNN) — Indian weddings are notoriously elaborate affairs, requiring a multitude of outfit changes for multiple days of festivities. It used to be normal for a family visiting Brij Kishore Agarwal’s sari shop, near the narrow lanes of Chandni Chowk market in India’s Old Delhi, to depart
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has dismissed an ethics complaint against Missouri’s powerful House speaker. The House Ethics Committee voted 7-2 on Monday to dismiss the complaint against Republican Speaker Dean Plocher. One Democrat voted present. Plocher was accused of misusing taxpayer dollars, using his influence
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has dismissed an ethics complaint against Missouri’s powerful House speaker. The House Ethics Committee voted 7-2 on Monday to dismiss the complaint against Republican Speaker Dean Plocher. One Democrat voted present. Plocher was accused of misusing taxpayer dollars, using his influence
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FLORENCE, Mo. (KMIZ) A tornado was confirmed to have touched down Saturday in Morgan County, according to the National Weather Service in Springfield. A tweet from the National Weather Service Springfield office stats that an EF-0 tornado touchdown down in southwest Florence, Missouri, between 10:29-10:36 p.m. The length of the path was 1.99 miles, and
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — An autopsy conducted on the remains of a Colorado mother who disappeared while on a bike ride in 2020 and was found dead three years later determined she died by homicide and had a drug cocktail in her system that is used to immobilize animals. Suzanne
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday. The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation in a press release announced a pair of open house meetings will occur this week in regards to the Improve I-70 Project. The project will add a third lane to Interstate 70 from Highway 63 in Columbia to the Kingdom City exit. According to the release, there
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Nota del editor: Advertencia: Esta historia tiene contenido explícito. (CNN) — Al menos 22 personas, entre ellas al menos un bebé y un niño, murieron en un ataque aéreo israelí sobre Rafah, Gaza, durante la madrugada de este lunes, según fuentes de un hospital. Tras el ataque, los fallecidos fueron trasladados al hospital
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup on Monday and said they will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament. The decision left a proposal from Brazil and a joint Germany-Netherlands-Belgium plan
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Board of Trustees at William Woods University approved a contract extension for President Jeremy Moreland through 2030, according to a Monday press release from the university. Moreland began at WWU in 2021. “I am honored to earn the continued confidence of our esteemed board of trustees, and am thrilled to continue
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators have narrowly failed again to enact a broad package of tax cuts over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto. A vote Monday in the state Senate against overriding Kelly’s veto of tax cuts worth $1.5 billion over the next three years made it likely
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El vapeo es conocido por su relación con las enfermedades respiratorias y la adicción a la nicotina. Ahora, un nuevo estudio, sobre la base de pruebas anteriores, encontró que el vapeo puede aumentar el riesgo de exposición al plomo y uranio y potencialmente dañar el cerebro y el desarrollo de órganos
Continue ReadingBy ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Nine members of Colombia’s military lost their lives when their helicopter crashed in a rural area of northern Colombia. The armed forces said in a statement that the crash was an accident and said the helicopter was taking supplies to troops stationed in the municipality of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Assistant City Manager Matt Unrein was promoted to deputy city manager on Monday, according to a press release from the city. The deputy city manager position helps provide strategic leadership to several departments, including Public Works, Parks and Recreation and Utilities, the release states. Unrein had been making $150,000 per year as assistant city manager and will
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, the penalty requested by government prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore said Monday that he could
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials say a man who kicked a bison in the leg was then hurt by one of the animals. Park officials said in a release Monday they got a call about the man harassing a bison herd and kicking one of them April 21. Rangers stopped
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is imploring all countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to halt arms sales, warning that history in the vast western Darfur region where there was a genocide 20 years ago “is repeating itself.” U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters after an
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