COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Columbia police officers blocked off a road in the central part of the city while they investigated on New Year’s Eve. An ABC 17 News reporter on the scene counted about ten Columbia Police Department cars around the 500 block of Woodlawn Avenue near Worley Street just after 11 p.m. Police
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has pledged to strengthen the island’s defenses in the face of escalating Chinese threats. Lai said in a New Year’s address on Wednesday that Taiwan was a crucial part of the “line of defense of democracy” globally. China claims Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy, is part
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By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Boise State will rue all their missed chances in Tuesday’s Fiesta Bowl, and their inability to keep Penn State from converting time after time in the Nittany Lions’ 31-14 victory on New Year’s Eve. The Fiesta Bowl victors become the first of four teams to earn a spot in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Colorado becomes the second state to legalize psychedelic therapy this week, a clash is playing out in Colorado Springs, where conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city’s 90,000 veterans, who’ve become flagbearers for psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America Hundreds of people who say they suffered physical or sexual abuse at two state-run reform schools in Florida are in line to receive tens of thousands of dollars in restitution from the state, after Florida lawmakers formally apologized for the horrors they endured as children more than 50 years ago. At
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Before reaching the 1978 peace deal between Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter managed months of intense preparation, high-stakes negotiations at Camp David and a field trip to the Gettysburg battlefield to demonstrate the consequences of war. But looking back on his most celebrated foreign policy
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks had a blockbuster 2023 and 2024. Will 2025 be a three-peat? After two years of substantial gains, Wall Street expects the good times for markets to keep going this year — just not on the massive scale investors have been spoiled with lately. Wall Street forecasts
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Penn State defenders clogged every hole, stretched out every outside run, closed with ferocity. Everywhere that Ashton Jeanty turned, he ran into Nittany Lions. The Heisman Trophy runner-up still went over 100 yards, but he sure had to work for it. Drew Allar threw three touchdown passes and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand police officer died in hospital on Wednesday and another was seriously hurt after a driver ran them down as they patrolled on foot in the early hours of New Year’s Day, the country’s police chief said. The attack jolted a country where the killing of
Continue Reading By David Close, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago Blackhawks would likely prefer to play indoors, thank you very much. The storied franchise is winless in all five of the NHL’s showcase Winter Classic events they have played in. On the other hand, the St. Louis Blues and superfan, famed Hollywood actor Jon Hamm, would be
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer Actor Blake Lively sued “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni and several others tied to the romantic drama on Tuesday, alleging harassment and a coordinated campaign to attack her reputation for coming forward about her treatment on the set. The federal lawsuit was filed in New York just hours after Baldoni
Continue ReadingPor Kristen Rogers, CNN Al acercarse el final de cada año, la perspectiva de emerger del ajetreo, el alboroto y las fiestas navideñas para reflexionar sobre cómo hacer las cosas mejor el año que viene es bien recibida por muchos, ignorada por algunos y resentida por otros. La práctica de hacer propósitos de Año Nuevo
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Justin Baldoni is firing back after being accused of sexual harassment by his co-star Blake Lively, filing a libel suit against The New York Times on Tuesday, claiming that the newspaper published an article “rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions” that relied on Lively’s “self-serving narrative.” Lively filed a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I’ll be there.” Pressed on whether he’d spoken to members of
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By Reuters Dhaka, Bangladesh (Reuters) — Thousands of Bangladeshis rallied at a ‘March for Unity’ in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the student-led uprising five months ago that led to the ouster of longstanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and remember the more than 1,000 killed in the violence. The Students Against Discrimination (SAD)
Continue ReadingPor Tami Luhby, CNN Los beneficiarios de Medicare en Estados Unidos que toman muchos medicamentos costosos recibirán un gran alivio en 2025. Es cuando entra en vigor el límite anual de US $2.000 sobre los gastos en medicamentos comprados en la farmacia o por correo que los asegurados pagan de su propio bolsillo. El límite
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base, has died. He was 103. Chandler died Monday at a senior living center in Tequesta, Florida, according to Ron Mahaffee, the husband of his
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AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Cam Fowler scored twice in his 1,000th NHL game, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 in the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. Justin Faulk had a goal and two assists as St. Louis won for the third time in four games. Jordan Kyrou, Dylan Holloway
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — West Ham forward Michail Antonio has sent a message to the Premier League club’s fans after being discharged from the hospital as he continues his recovery following a car crash in early December. “Happy New Year – and I’ll be back on that pitch soon,” Antonio wrote in a message posted by
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man has been shoved onto New York City subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train and is critically injured. The Tuesday afternoon assault adds to a series of violent encounters in the nation’s busiest subway system this holiday season. The 45-year-old man was taken to a hospital in
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