Thousands of mourners came out Monday in Houston for the visitation of a man whose death at the hands of police has sparked protests nationwide. A private funeral service Tuesday will follow the service in Houston, George Floyd’s home town. Floyd died while a Minneapolis police officer had a knee on his neck, prompting protests
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A memorial service was held Thursday for George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers.
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President Donald Trump said at a White House news conference Friday that the United States is cutting ties with the World Health Organization. Trump said the agency’s relationship with China was the reason for the decision to cut off U.S. funding to the organization. Watch the news conference in the player below.
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More than 40 million Americans have filed for first-time unemployment benefits since the coronavirus pandemic forced the US economy to shut down in March. One in four American workers has filed for unemployment insurance.
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SpaceX will be the first commercial organization to send a manned flight into space.
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Officials in Arkansas say a tornado ripped through northeast Arkansas and hurt three people in the college town of Jonesboro.
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The White House advised people not to gather in groups of more than 10 in a set of new guidelines to fight the coronavirus outbreak released Monday,
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US stocks plummeted into bear market territory Thursday after President Donald Trump used a national address on the coronavirus to announce a ban on most travel from Europe.
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The Dow fell more than 1,800 points, or about 7.1%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 7.1%. The steep drop caused a halt in trading for 15 minutes.
Continue Reading At least two tornadoes touched down early Tuesday in central Tennessee, including one that ripped across downtown Nashville.
Continue ReadingThe Iowa Democratic Party says it is experiencing a delay in reporting results from the first-in-the nation caucuses because of unspecified “quality checks.”
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A Missouri Task Force One (MO-TF1) member landed in Puerto Rico last night to assist FEMA in response to the recent earthquakes that struck the area.
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Columbia foreign affairs experts in Columbia weighed in on President Donald Trump’s speech on Wednesday, as well as the current ongoing conflict between the US and Iran. “De-escalating, I think, is probably the best way to go, and I’m glad that Trump announced that this morning in his speech,” said Becky Price, the Post Commander
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was on-board the Carnival Glory cruise ship when it collided with another cruise ship in Mexico. “I remember lying in bed and feeling a lot of scraping and my bed began going back and forth back and forth and hitting against the wall and then the sound
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