By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges that are still sealed, according to two people familiar with the matter. The charges against Adams, a Democrat, were still sealed late Wednesday, according to
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has faced a parade of sexual assault lawsuits and a federal human trafficking probe in the last year, has been arrested, the producer’s attorney tells CNN. Combs was arrested Monday night at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Within the past month, campaign signs for Missouri State Rep. Aaron McMullen (R-Independence) have appeared in Bethpage, located on New York’s Long Island. McMullen lost the Aug. 6 primary election for the Missouri State Senate to Joe Nicola and appears to have no ties to Long Island. However, residents say it is
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Associated Press MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that knocked out electricity to more than a quarter-million customers and threatened widespread flooding as it sent a potentially deadly storm surge rushing inland along the Gulf Coast. Francine crashed ashore in Terrebonne
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Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to debate on ABC at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday. Francine was about 295 miles from Morgan City, Louisiana, Tuesday evening, according to the National Hurricane
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While laws differ from state-to-state, the Boone County prosecutor said parents can be held responsible for violent acts committed by their children, depending on the circumstance. Fourteen-year-old Colt Gray and his father Colin Gray both appeared in a Georgia courtroom Friday and denied entering any pleas, CNN reported. Colt Gray is accused
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the wake of this week’s shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, the pain families and community members are feeling still lingers. The University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute on Friday hosted a woman who has experienced one of these tragedies firsthand. In 77 minutes, Kimberly Mata-Rubio’s world changed forever. “I could
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WXIA, CNN By Holly Yan, Isabel Rosales, Mark Morales and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting that left four people dead, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Colin Gray, 54, has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter,
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Georgia officials were set to provide a live update on a school shooting that killed at least four people Wednesday in Winder, Georgia.
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By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a superseding indictment in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, slimming down the allegations against the 2024 presidential nominee in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. Prosecutors have not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teachers labor union filed a lawsuit against the Higher Education Loan of Authority of the State of Missouri, also known as MOHELA, over claims the business misled borrowers. The American Federation of Teachers — a teachers union based out of Washington D.C. — represents 1.8 million public school teachers, health care
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following President Joe Biden ending his bid for reelection, many Missouri democratic lawmakers are saying it was the right choice. “I think it’s a good decision. I think that’s what America wants. I think that’s what America needed,” said Missouri State Representative David Tyson Smith. “You know, I trust President Biden and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MLB’s All-Star Game was held on Tuesday. Did you watch the game? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump occurred at a rally on Saturday in Pennsylvania. One rally attendee was killed and two more were injured. The shooter was killed by the Secret Service. A political science professor at the University of Missouri thinks the shooting will likely not have a major
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An assassination attempt at a Saturday rally in Pennsylvania for former President Trump that left Trump injured after a bullet grazed his ear likely won’t have a major change in the November election, a political professor says. The attack left an attendee dead and two more injured. The shooter was killed on-site
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday, two days after an assassination attempt was made against former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump announced his running mate as Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. In an interview with ABC 17 News, Missouri state Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles County) discussed a
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Joe Nist was in attendance when former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet in the ear Saturday evening during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Nist, of Buffalo, New York, said Trump was about 12 minutes into his speech when gunshots rang out. Trump went down to the ground as Secret
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) A report from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission has provided new details into what occurred in the hours leading up to Riley Strain’s death. The University of Missouri student went missing on March 8 after being kicked out of a downtown Nashville bar. He was later discovered floating in the Cumberland River
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, the American Red Cross has dispatched 12 responders from Missouri to Texas. This deployment follows just four days after an emergency response vehicle was sent to aid in the disaster relief efforts. According to Rebecca Gordon, executive director of the Central and Northern Missouri Chapter
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