Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas official who is an informal adviser to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on immigration issues doesn’t expect mass deportations to prompt arrests of migrants at sensitive locations such as schools and churches. But Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach does expect Trump to take action that will spark
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Whitney Wild, Amanda Jackson, Jillian Sykes, Dalia Faheid and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Rubi Patricia Vergara was an “avid reader” and full of artistic promise at age 14, according to her obituary. She sang and played keyboard in a family band and “shared a special bond with her beloved pets,” Ginger
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Balloons, lit candles, songs and tears were the sight Wednesday night in Fulton, as community members of all ages packed into a church parking lot to honor Dominique Ford. Ford, 27, of Fulton died after an October shooting. According to an October social media post from the Fulton Police Department, police found
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) During a Wednesday night Board of Education meeting, Hallsville residents demanded the district to reinstate a coach who was put on leave. Varsity boys basketball head coach Brandon Crites was placed on administrative leave on Dec. 2. District spokesperson Kari Yeagy wrote in an email to ABC 17 News on Dec. 10
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — China and India agreed on Wednesday to work on easing their long-running border dispute, as the two Asian giants resumed a formal high-level dialogue for the first time in five years. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met in Beijing on Wednesday, the
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader has vetoed a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition party, deepening political strife in the wake of parliament’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Four of the six bills vetoed by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo are meant to introduce greater state
Continue Reading Associated Press MACAO (AP) — When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a different world. Since then his sleepy hometown has transformed into a bustling gaming hub lined with glittering casinos. Its once quiet streets are now jammed with tourist buses.
Continue Reading By Irene Nasser and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel. Nine people were killed and three others injured in Israeli airstrikes on a port and oil facility near the capital Sanaa, said Nasruddin
Continue Reading SAINT LOUIS (AP) — Corey Tripp scored 24 points as Wofford beat Saint Louis 74-71 on Wednesday night. Tripp added five assists for the Terriers (5-7). Kyler Filewich added 15 points while finishing 7 of 11 from the floor while he also had 11 rebounds. Jeremy Lorenz shot 5 of 7 from the field and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a Phelps County baby who died of a fentanyl overdose last year are in custody. Caleb Deon Gorman, 25, of Salem, and Corissa Dessie Botkin, 24, of Rolla, are charged with child abuse resulting in death. Gorman was arrested Tuesday morning and Botkin was arrested that evening, the Phelps
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Michael Osei-Bonsu’s 15 points helped Missouri State defeat Lincoln (MO) 61-49 on Wednesday night. Osei-Bonsu also contributed 11 rebounds for the Bears (6-5). Vincent Brady II scored 10 points while shooting 3 of 5 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line. Chase Martin had 10 points and shot
Continue Reading By Eugenia Yosef, Andrew Raine and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the country’s military to remain in the area of Syria’s Mount Hermon until at least the end of 2025, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN on Wednesday. Israel captured the strategically important mountain, Syria’s
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel. Thursday’s strikes risk further escalating conflict with the Iranian-backed Houthis, whose attacks on the Red
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury awarded a former Lincoln University employee with $1,271,000 in damages in a discrimination case. Sheila Gassner had sued the school in 2019, claiming that her compensation was lower than her African-American counterparts, according to previous reporting. Gassner is white and worked for the university for nearly 30 years until
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students of Columbia Public Schools will still have to work to do on snow days after the school district announced its implementation of Alternate Methods of Instruction. According to a presentation on AMI for a Board of Education meeting Thursday, the district is adding remote learning days following the Department of Elementary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri raised more than $78,000 at its 18th annual One for One Holiday Food and Fund Drive Wednesday. Executive director Lindsay Lopez said preliminary totals show that the nonprofit collected $78,751 through the drive. The Food Bank collected donations from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man is calling on state agencies to make changes along Route B to lower the number of crashes and create a safe road for drivers. In an email to ABC 17 News, Tom Payne expressed his concern for the state road that takes drivers to and from Columbia to
Continue Reading Associated Press The Justice Department has unsealed a civil complaint alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries filled unlawful prescriptions in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act. Wednesday’s complaint also alleges CVS sought reimbursement from federal health care programs for unlawful prescriptions in violation of the False Claims Act. CVS is the largest pharmacy
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has temporarily put on hold his recent ruling that restored collective bargaining rights teachers and most other public workers lost under a controversial 2011 state law. The law sparked weeks of protests that year over union rights and effectively ended the ability of most public employees
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump fights to overturn his hush money criminal conviction, the one New York Democrat with authority to grant him a pardon signaled that she would need to see some remorse from the president-elect first. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked Wednesday if she would consider pardoning Trump, after
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