Full capacity and tailgates return to Faurot Field for the season opener
For the first time since 2019, the stadium allowed for full capacity and tailgating.
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Virus pushes some California hospitals near ICU capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hospitals in the heart of California’s Central Valley are running out of beds in their intensive care units because of an influx of coronavirus patients. State officials announced Friday that hospitals in the 8-county San Joaquin Valley region have had fewer than 10% of staffed adult ICU beds for three consecutive
Continue Reading Corrective: Virus Outbreak California story
In a story published September 3, 2021, about the coronavirus outbreak in California, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the San Joaquin Valley is made up of 12 counties. It is made up of eight counties.
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Five Rock Bridge baseball players involved in ATV crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Around 1 a.m. Saturday, police responded to an accident on 4900 block of Scott Boulevard where five teens were ejected from an ATV. Rock Bridge high school baseball later revealed on Twitter the people involved in the crash are five freshman team members. The team asked for prayers for Davis Taylor, who
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Badie helps Missouri run past Central Michigan, 34-24
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Badie ran for 185 yards and accounted for two touchdowns, and Connor Bazelak threw for 257 yards and two scores, as Missouri beat Central Michigan 34-24 on Saturday. Elijah Young also had a touchdown run for the Tigers, who didn’t put the game away
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As China woos the Taliban, Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear for their lives
By Ivan Watson and CNN staff Tuhan’s family crossed the border from China’s western Xinjiang region to Afghanistan 45 years ago to escape persecution. Now, as the Taliban exerts control over the country, she fears she and other ethnic Uyghurs could be sent back to China by members of the militant group keen to curry
Continue Reading Companies: $26B settlement of opioid lawsuits to move ahead
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Four companies say they’ll move ahead with a $26 billion settlement of lawsuits over the opioid crisis. An announcement from drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson came Saturday. That was the deadline for the companies to decide whether to move ahead with the proposed deal. Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson
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Companies: $26B settlement of opioid lawsuits to move ahead
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Four companies say they’ll move ahead with a $26 billion settlement of lawsuits over the opioid crisis. An announcement from drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson came Saturday. That was the deadline for the companies to decide whether to move ahead with the proposed deal. Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson
Continue Reading No. 18 Iowa’s defense silences No. 17 Indiana, 34-6
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Riley Moss returned two first-half interceptions for touchdowns and No. 18 Iowa beat No. 17 Indiana 34-6 on Saturday. Iowa intercepted three of Michael Penix Jr.’s passes and had a fourth wiped out by a roughing-the-passer call. Tyler Goodson rushed for 99 yards and a
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SATURDAY UPDATES: 2,000 Missourians hospitalized with Covid-19
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 11.6% on Saturday, The change in positivity comes along with 1,832 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 638,209 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 689 new probable cases with a total number of 130,812 antigen test results being positive. Four new
Continue Reading Newsom, Warren see national consequences in recall fight
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom to urge voters to turn in mail ballots in the recall election that could remove the Democratic incumbent from office. The pair headlined a rally in the heavily Democratic Los Angeles suburbs, where they
Continue Reading Prominent lawyer shot and hurt months after wife, son slain
ESTILL, S.C. (AP) — A family attorney says a lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to death at their home three months ago has been shot in the head and wounded. Attorney Jim Griffin told The State newspaper that Alex Murdaugh was shot Saturday in Hampton
Continue Reading Facebook sorry for ‘primates’ label on video of Black men
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times reports Facebook has apologized for putting a “primates” label on a video of Black men. The newspaper says the video was posted by a tabloid in June and showed Black men in altercations with white civilians and police officers. The Times reports that after the video ended,
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Witnesses say R. Kelly directed them to write false and damaging letters
By Sonia Moghe, CNN People who were once in R. Kelly’s orbit — including former romantic partners and employees — testified during the first few weeks of the singer’s trial about his repeated demands that they write letters to give to him. The letters, witnesses say, ranged from apologies to letters that made false claims
Continue Reading Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz cannot be called an ‘animal’ or any other derogatory names during trial, judge rules
By Dakin Andone, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Raja Razek, CNN Prosecutors and witnesses in the future trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will not be allowed to use derogatory words to refer to the defendant, according to a ruling by a Florida judge. It would not be feasible, Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said,
Continue Reading Facebook sorry for ‘primates’ label on video of Black men
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times reports Facebook has apologized for putting a “primates” label on a video of Black men. The newspaper says the video was posted by a tabloid in June and showed Black men in altercations with white civilians and police officers. The Times reports that after the video ended,
Continue Reading Kentucky governor calls special session on handling COVID-19
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s calling the Republican-led legislature into a special session to shape pandemic policies in Kentucky. The session comes as the state struggles with a prolonged surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Lawmakers will start the session on Tuesday. It will mark
Continue Reading Harris to California on Wednesday to campaign with Newsom
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit California’s Bay Area on Wednesday to campaign with Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces removal from office in a Sept. 14 recall election. The vice president had planned to campaign with Newsom in late August on her way back to the U.S. after
Continue Reading Willard Scott, weatherman on NBC’s ‘Today’ show, dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Willard Scott, the beloved weatherman who charmed viewers of NBC’s “Today” show with his self-deprecating humor and cheerful personality, has died. He was 87. Al Roker, his successor on the morning news show, announced that Scott died peacefully Saturday morning, surrounded by family. No further details were released. Roker called Scott
Continue Reading Man charged after bicycle crash kills northwest Iowa woman
HULL, Iowa (AP) — A 27-year-old man has been arrested after a woman died in a bicycle collision with a truck in northwest Iowa. The Sioux County Sheriff’s office says Seth De Jong, of Doon, is suspected of homicide by vehicle while intoxicated and homicide by vehicle caused by reckless driving. The sheriff says 69-year-old
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