LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mamadou Fall scored twice to help Los Angeles FC beat Sporting Kansas City 4-0. Los Angeles ended a club-record, eight-game winless streak. LAFC had never gone more than five straight games without a win before this season. Kansas City has lost twice in its last 13 matches — with six victories.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor and legislative leaders are seeking $16.7 million in state money to help resettle Afghan refugees in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he and the leaders of the state Assembly and Senate want to use general fund money to help those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The request is
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BOONE/COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning next Thursday night, drivers on Interstate 70 will see work-taking place near the Rocheport Bridge as contractors for the Missouri Department of Transportation prepare for the construction of the new bridge. MoDOT contractors will be working to strengthen the shoulders and median primarily during the week. MoDOT contractors could require intermittent eastbound
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Some cities in Brazil are providing booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, even though most people have yet to receive their second jabs, in a sign of the concern in the country over the highly contagious delta variant. Rio de Janeiro, currently Brazil’s
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jason Bean connected with Lawrence Arnold for the second time in the game with 1:12 remaining Friday night, allowing Kansas to escape with a 17-14 victory over South Dakota in coach Lance Leipold’s debut with the Jayhawks. The Coyoteshad pulled ahead when Kansas native Travis
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By Andy Rose, CNN Jacqueline Jackson, the wife of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, was released from a Chicago hospital Friday as she recovers from Covid-19. Her husband remains hospitalized at a rehab facility, the family said in a statement. “Our mother is leaving the Northwestern Memorial Hospital and coming home,” Jackson’s son Jonathan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou plays Central Michigan Saturday, and Faurot Field will be at full capacity for the first time since 2019. The university moved to a new digital ticket service. All tickets are digital this year; no more paper tickets. Now the only way to get into Faurot Field is with a mobile ticket.
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nolan Arenado homered twice in the first three innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals trounce the Milwaukee Brewers 15-4 in a milestone performance for Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina. St. Louis hit a season-high six homers. Arenado drove a two-run shot in the first inning
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka says she is thinking of taking another break from tennis after her title defense at the U.S. Open has ended with a third-round loss to Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez. Osaka served for the victory late in the second set but got broken there
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By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Dustin Garneau hit a two-run homer and a solo shot, Robbie Grossman had a three-run blast, and the Detroit Tigers routed the struggling Cincinnati Reds 15-5. Jonathan India and Eugenio Suárez homered for the Reds, who have lost five of six. Cincinnati’s lead over St. Louis
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has won votes of confidence in Parliament, helping to steady his government after it had come under intense criticism for bungling its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Prayuth still faces pressure from street protests that have been demanding he step down, with
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By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Most of the homes where residents were found dead in New York City after the remnants of Ida battered the region were illegally converted basement or cellar apartments, city officials said Friday. An analysis that was done by the city’s buildings department in the aftermath of Wednesday’s massive
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Drew Kann, CNN When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen New York City’s infrastructure to adapt to what was then a looming threat of the climate crisis. Nearly a decade later, the city is picking up the pieces after
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A state judge has shielded, for now, Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion group under a new state abortion law. The law, which took effect Wednesday, allows anyone anywhere to sue anyone connected to an abortion in which cardiac activity was detected in the embryo. However, state District Judge
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors say the founders and managers of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com knew that the overwhelming majority of their revenue came from prostitution ads but tried to conceal it. Opening arguments began Friday in Phoenix in the case charging six former Backpage owners and executives with
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Court documents have identified 32-year-old Ahamed Samsudeen as the extremist who was shot and killed by police after he attacked people in an Auckland supermarket with a knife, injuring seven. New Zealand authorities have said he was inspired by the Islamic State group. He was
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A bond hearing is set for 2 p.m. on Friday for a woman accused of killing a 4 year-old boy from Jefferson City.
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By Kevin Dotson and Steve Almasy, CNN Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya has been hospitalized with Covid-19, according to social media posts from the fighter. De La Hoya, who says he is fully vaccinated, also announced that his planned return to the ring after nearly 13 years away will be put on
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big 12 is moving quickly on an expansion plan that could have the conference at 12 schools after Texas and Oklahoma leave, with BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston as the “most intriguing” candidates. Three people familiar with the Big 12′s talks say the eight schools
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big 12 is moving quickly on an expansion plan that could have the conference at 12 schools after Texas and Oklahoma leave, with BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston as the “most intriguing” candidates. Three people familiar with the Big 12′s talks say the eight schools
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