JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University has cut ties with its national alumni association. A letter from the school’s Board of Curators states the board has had “concerns about the finances, management, and options of the Lincoln University of Missouri National Alumni Association.” The letter states that the decision doesn’t impact individual alumni chapters and
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By Gawon Bae, Hanako Montgomery and Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — What happens within North Korea’s soccer team has been kept a closely guarded secret since its creation at the end of World War II. Millions around the world caught a glimpse of the North Korean men’s team in two World Cups. The Cheollima –
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Animal rights activists pasted a cartoon image over a portrait of King Charles III at a London art gallery in the latest in a series of incidents at U.K. museums as campaigners use vandalism to publicize their causes. A group called Animal Rising shared a video of campaigners pasting a picture of
Continue ReadingBy WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Connor Joe and Oneil Cruz drove in ninth-inning runs, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Colin Holderman (2-0) gave up two hits but no runs in the eighth and David Bednar earned his 14th save by pitching the ninth
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — La región ecuatorial de Marte alberga los volcanes más altos del sistema solar que, además de alcanzar la altura de tres montes Everest en algunos casos, probablemente ocultan un fenómeno helado inesperado, según descubrió un nuevo estudio. El más grande, Olympus Mons, tiene 26 kilómetros (16 millas) de altura y la
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Shota Fujio converted a penalty kick in the sixth minute, Mao Hosoya added a goal in the 69th and Japan beat the United States 2-0 in an under-23 game, the Americans’ last warmup ahead of the Olympics. Japan was awarded the penalty kick when Koki Saito flicked the ball off
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Party Bus, a 3-year-old bull bred for bucking, has performed in his first and last rodeo. Party Bus — named after his father, Short Bus — made national headlines last weekend at his first rodeo when he jumped the fence of a crowded arena in central
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace’s Republican primary victory in South Carolina on Tuesday was powered by a strong performance in vote-rich Charleston County, as well as in two key counties she lost in her 2022 primary bid, according to an Associated Press analysis of initial vote results. Mace’s
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Former Australian rugby league international Jarryd Hayne has had his rape conviction overturned on appeal. The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal on Wednesday ruled that a judge erred in not allowing the complainant to be further cross-examined during Hayne’s trial. Hayne was released on bail several hours later. The appeal
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Las autoridades en Chile decretaron este martes zona de catástrofe en la región chilena del Biobío por un sistema frontal de intensas lluvias que hasta ahora ha dejado al menos 680 viviendas afectadas. Manuel Monsalve, ministro del Interior, dijo que la atención está focalizada particularmente en la comuna de Arauco
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has asked the state Supreme Court to authorize another execution using nitrogen gas. The request comes months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method. The attorney general’s office asked the court to authorize an execution date for Carey Dale Grayson,
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican Michael Rulli won the special election for Ohio’s 6th Congressional District, helping his party expand its narrow House majority. Rulli, a Youngstown-area state senator and an executive for his family’s grocery store chain, defeated Democratic Air Force veteran Michael Kripchak in the race for the sprawling district along the Ohio River in
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota’s Republican primary for governor, while longtime public utilities regulator Julie Fedorchak has finished first in a rambunctious GOP race for the House seat he will vacate. Each will be in a commanding position for the November general election
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas’ bid for a no-hitter was broken up when Bryan Reynolds tripled for the Pittsburgh Pirates leading off the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals. Reynolds drove a 1-1 pitch from Mikolas off the center-field wall. The right-hander had struck out five and walked one. He threw 71 pitches
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli has won a special election in eastern Ohio for a U.S. House seat that has sat vacant for months, expanding the GOP’s narrow majority in the congressional chamber. Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak to fill the remainder of Republican Bill
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By Kate Hussey Click here for updates on this story FORT PIERCE, Florida (WPTV) — There is a continued push for solutions in Fort Pierce after yet another shooting. Saturday, police said a 16-year-old girl was shot and taken to the hospital after an “altercation” near the Lincoln Park Community Center. A community leader told
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El veredicto que declaró a la empresa bananera estadounidense Chiquita Brands International responsable de financiar al grupo paramilitar colombiano Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) —designado como organización terrorista por EE.UU.— es un paso hacia “la responsabilidad corporativa y los derechos humanos”, anunció este martes un comunicado de prensa de Searcy Law.
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By Matt Papaycik Click here for updates on this story PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — A School District of Palm Beach County employee taking part in a training exercise was injured in an accidental shooting at a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office gun range on Monday, authorities said. The sheriff’s office said the incident
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A panel of federal judges have spent two hours wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to prison after a meteoric rise to Silicon Valley stardom. The hearing held Tuesday
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Russell Sing will be Fulton’s next fire chief. The City of Fulton wrote in a Saturday social media post that Sing was promoted to chief after serving in the assistant chief role since 2022. He has been with the department since 2018. Sing was promoted after former Fire Chief Kevin Coffelt retired
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