AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz is hoping his No. 21 Tigers can make people forget about their embarrassing loss to Texas A&M. And that’s bad news for a struggling UMass team. Missouri heads to Amherst, Massachusetts, on Saturday for the first time with a chance to rebound from last week’s 41-10 blowout
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A chemical leak at a PEMEX oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas, on Thursday killed two workers and injured several others, prompting temporary shelter-in-place orders for residents across the city, officials said. The leak happened around 4:20 p.m., sending hydrogen sulfide – a colorless and potentially toxic gas –
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A chilling, thriller-like account of how a nuclear war might unfold and books by two award-winning novelists are among finalists for Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War: A Scenario” is one of six books shortlisted Thursday for the 50,000 pound, or $66,000, Baillie Gifford Prize. Booker Prize-winning Australian novelist
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A high school student and his family are spearheading a relief effort in Jefferson City to help those affected by Hurricane Helene. Xander Gunn, a senior at the Jefferson City Academic Center, first got the idea to start accepting donations for hurricane victims from his family. His parents Joespeh and Lindsey
Continue ReadingPERTH, Australia (AP) — A British YouTuber and rapper known as Yung Filly has been charged with raping and choking a woman in a hotel room following an Australian music performance. The performer whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos appeared in court Thursday in Perth, the west coast city where police allege his
Continue ReadingKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have urged evacuations in a neighborhood of a Tennessee city after employees at a recycling business discovered a container that apparently contains dynamite, though foul play was not suspected. The Knoxville Police Department said in a news release that it urged residents within 3,000 feet of CMC Recycling to relocate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The Republican and Democratic candidates vying for Mitt Romney’s open U.S. Senate seat are aiming to convince Utah voters that they have the better blueprint to tackle climate change and protect the state’s vast natural resources. Republican U.S. Rep. John Curtis squared off on the debate stage Thursday night
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has given a blistering critique of his White House successor Donald Trump and urged Black men to show up for Kamala Harris as he campaigned in Pittsburgh at the start of a swing-state tour for the Democratic ticket. At a campaign field office to thank volunteers
Continue ReadingKRDO, CNN By Jeff Winter, Sarah Moon and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and 23 people have been rescued after they were trapped hundreds of feet underground at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, officials said Thursday. Eleven people were rescued earlier Thursday and a
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was asked to name three virtues that her opponent in next month’s election, Donald Trump, possesses — but was unable to come up with even one. At the end of her town hall for Spanish-language network Univision in Las Vegas on Thursday, an audience member asked, “Please
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Winter, Sarah Moon and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and 23 people have been rescued after an elevator malfunction trapped them hundreds of feet underground at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, officials said Thursday. At around noon Thursday, the mine experienced a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas deputy has been sentenced to a year in prison for a civil rights violation related to a violent 2022 arrest caught on video. Former Crawford County sheriff’s deputy Zackary King on Thursday was the second officer sentenced in the arrest of Randal Worcester outside a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks is asking a federal judge to take away the power of granting clemency from the governor and place it with a parole board. Attorneys for 59-year-old Richard Moore say Republican Gov. Henry McMaster can’t fairly decide
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Defense Minister Judith Collins has decried what she called misogynistic online comments about the woman commander of a navy ship which ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa on Sunday. Collins told reporters in Auckland on Thursday that women in New Zealand’s
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An NCAA study on social media abuse of athletes, coaches and other officials during championship events found nearly one in five posts that were flagged by an AI-based algorithm and determined to be abusive involved sexual harassment and 12% were related to sports betting. The college athletics governing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi law enforcement officer allegedly used excessive force against a man he arrested earlier this year by striking him with the handgrip of a Taser and kicking him in the head while the man was handcuffed to a bench, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday. Simpson County
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — A new mayor has been sworn in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office. Gustavo Alarcón, a doctor, had been elected as an alternate on the same ticket as Alejandro Arcos in elections in June. Arcos took
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A day after Gov. Mike Parson ordered 100 Missouri National Guard members to assist in relief efforts in Florida for Hurricane Milton, the state of Florida informed the governor that Missouri’s assistance is “no longer required.” A Thursday press release from Parson’s office says that the Florida Division of Emergency Management said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press In the days before Hurricane Milton hit Florida, forecasters worried it could send as much as 15 feet of water rushing onto the heavily populated shores of Tampa Bay. Instead, several feet of water temporarily drained away. The phenomenon is sometimes called “reverse storm surge.” It’s a function of how hurricane winds move
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — One person was killed and 12 people were rescued after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site, authorities said. The elevator was descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple
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