COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pavement repairs that were supposed to start last week on Providence Road in Columbia will now begin on Monday, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Roadwork was originally supposed to start on April 25, but were delayed to this week before getting pushed back again to
Continue ReadingBy Adam Thompson, Cristina Mendez Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Baltimore Police and city leaders are not in a rush to shut down a pro-Palestinian protest at Johns Hopkins University unless it gets out of control. Police said in a statement that the “City of Baltimore strongly stands with
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By Noah Cierzan Click here for updates on this story WILLISTON, Vermont (WPTZ) — Boxing has a long legacy of building star athletes. From Floyd Mayweather to Muhammad Ali, some of the greatest stars of all time come from the combat sports world. But now, boxing is helping battle a disease the latter of the
Continue ReadingBy TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that’s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Libertarian National Convention later this month as he tries to woo voters beyond the Republican base. The group announced Trump’s invitation on Wednesday. Trump, in a statement, said, “If Libertarians join me and the Republican Party, where we
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By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — As protests and attempts to quell them spread from New York to Los Angeles and many states in between, President Joe Biden finds himself caught in a series of political and diplomatic crosscurrents without an easy solution. He is opposed to lawlessness and the takeover of
Continue ReadingBy Chris Essex Click here for updates on this story WEST TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (WTHI) — A West Terre Haute police officer shot and killed an aggressive dog. It happened on Tuesday near the West Vigo Community Center. West Terre Haute police say they received numerous complaints about two aggressive dogs in the area. Some
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jailers in Georgia must now check the immigration status of inmates and apply to help enforce federal immigration law. That’s after Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law that gained traction after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of
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By Madison Zaleski Click here for updates on this story GREENE COUNTY, Indiana (WTHI) — Families in southern Indiana are finally getting answers. That’s as they collect headstones for their loved ones which many ordered several months ago. You may recall the dozens of small claims filed against Austin Memorial Arts and its owner Richard
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between both countries over the Israel-Hamas war. Petro made the announcement Wednesday during an International Workers’ Day march in Colombia’s capital. In his speech, he again described Israel’s siege of Gaza
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’re carrying a lot of high-interest debt, the fact that the Federal Reserve once again did not cut interest rates at its Wednesday meeting may be disappointing, if not surprising. But the Fed’s unwillingness to lower rates until it sees more consistent progress in inflation data
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a Monday night fire in Fulton has been listed as “undetermined” after an investigation by fire marshals, according to a Wednesday email from Fulton Fire Chief Kevin Coffelt. “After completing a thorough investigation, the fire cause has been listed as undetermined. They were not able to rule out electrical
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators say Union Pacific managers undermined their efforts to assess safety at the railroad by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they might be disciplined. The Federal Railroad Administration’s Karl Alexy said in a letter to the railroad’s executives that the problems
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, Kristen Clarke, said in an extraordinary personal statement shared with CNN that she was a victim of years-long domestic abuse and chose not to disclose an expunged arrest record from that period during the Senate confirmation process. Clarke’s now-expunged arrest,
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Cuba anunció este martes la suspensión de los vuelos de la aerolínea Cubana de Aviación entre la isla y Argentina debido a que la petrolera Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF), controlada por el gobierno argentino, notificó su “negativa a continuar suministrando combustible a sus aeronaves” en lo que calificó
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Ongoing testing of milk and dairy products by the US Food and Drug Administration has not found any active H5N1 bird flu virus in 297 samples of products purchased in grocery stores, the agency said Wednesday. The FDA has tested samples of fluid milk and other kinds of products
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TALLAHASSEE, Florida (WFOR) — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials hope they are seeing decreased incidents of what are described as “erratically spinning fish” and smalltooth sawfish deaths in the Florida Keys. Gil McRae, director of the commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, said
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would ban discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture, marking the latest attempt in Congress to pass a federal CROWN Act. New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced HR 8191, also known as the CROWN Act of 2024, in the US House
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Do social media users have the right to control what they see — or don’t see — on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Moore, Derick Waller Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — City College of New York is holding remote classes Wednesday after pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police Tuesday night. At a news conference Wednesday morning, authorities said 173 people were arrested at City College. Another 109 were arrested at
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