Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal authorities say that two Department of Homeland Security agents in Utah illegally sold drugs through an informant in a scheme that brought in up to $300,000. Court documents say that the informant told officials the drugs came from evidence seized in a prior investigation. Homeland Security Investigations
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville boys basketball head coach Brandon Crites has been put on administrative leave, according to an email from a school district spokesperson. District spokesperson Kari Yeagy wrote in a Tuesday email to ABC 17 News that Crites was placed on leave “pending an ongoing investigation conducted by an external agency.” Crites was
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Washington Nationals will have the No. 1 overall pick in the amateur draft next summer for the first time since picking 17-year-old Bryce Harper in 2010. The Nationals won the draft lottery Tuesday through a drawing of ping-pong balls at the winter meetings in Dallas. Unlike last year,
Continue Reading Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A judge has overturned a Black man’s conviction in a 2009 double homicide that was investigated by a discredited white Kansas City, Kansas, police detective. The ruling Monday in the case of 34-year-old Cedric Warren came exactly one week after Roger Golubski died in an apparent suicide just
Continue Reading Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A judge has overturned a Black man’s conviction in a 2009 double homicide that was investigated by a discredited white Kansas City, Kansas, police detective. The ruling Monday in the case of 34-year-old Cedric Warren came exactly one week after Roger Golubski died in an apparent suicide just
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is promising expedited federal permits for energy projects and other construction worth more than $1 billion. But like other Trump plans, the idea is likely to run into regulatory and legislative hurdles, including a landmark law that requires federal agencies to consider the environmental impact before deciding
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump made another flurry of job announcements on Tuesday, selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Ron Johnson was nominated to be ambassador to Mexico, and Kimberly Guilfoyle to be ambassador to Greece. Ferguson, who is already one of the FTC’s five commissioners,
Continue Reading Associated Press A federal safety board says a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate. The National Transportation Safety Board says that the R.M. Palmer Co. failed to have natural gas emergency procedures in place
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation is considering removing some restrictions on walleye and sauger, according to a Tuesday press release from the department. Current regulations state: “Throughout the year, except that from February 20 through April 14 walleye and sauger may be taken and possessed only between one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise
Continue Reading Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Vandals have torched a car and sprayed graffiti with anti-Israel slogans in a Sydney suburb in what officials said was the latest antisemitic attack in Australia. Wednesday’s attack came days after federal police established a task force to investigate increasing incidents of such crimes across the country. Police said
Continue Reading Associated Press Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has filed to run for a seat on the New York City Council, launching a potential political comeback after his once-promising career was destroyed by sexting scandals and a criminal conviction for having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl. New York City campaign finance records list Weiner,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will send out several snow plow crews in anticipation of light snowfall Wednesday morning, according to a social media post from the Department of Public Works. The ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team is expecting a dusting of snow on Wednesday. An eight-person snow crew will report
Continue Reading Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — In coastal Southern California, a university has extensive plans for students to shelter in place in case of a wildfire. That’s what happened as a blaze erupted Monday night and rushed across the hillsides in the picturesque community of Malibu. Some 3,000 students at Pepperdine University remained on campus
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was carrying a “ghost gun” — a type of untraceable, homemade firearm — when he was apprehended Monday, police said. Luigi Mangione had the gun when he was searched by local police at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, New
Continue Reading ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home was broken into during Monday Night Football in the latest home invasion of a pro athlete in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday. No one was injured in the break-in, but the home was ransacked, according to a report provided by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
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Continue Reading Associated Press Police became convinced they were investigating a crime in the disappearance of University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee when they interviewed the man now on trial in his death, a top officer testified Tuesday. Lee had been missing for two weeks when officers arrested Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. on July 22, 2022,
Continue Reading Boeing is resuming production of its bestselling plane, the 737 Max. It’s the first time that Max jets have moved down the assembly line since September, when about 33,000 workers went on strike for higher pay. Boeing said Tuesday that work on the Max has resumed at its factory in Renton, Washington, near Seattle. Both
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that’s the richest in baseball history. It comes almost exactly one year after the Los Angeles Dodgers forked out
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