Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state. Rubio, 53, was born in Miami and still calls the city his home. He is the son of Cuban immigrants. He was a longshot candidate against then-Gov. Charlie Crist for the 2010 GOP nomination
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani has won reelection to a U.S. House seat in southeastern Arizona. With his win, Republicans have enough seats to control the U.S. House. Ciscomani defeated Democrat Kirsten Engel in the race for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. The district runs from Tucson east to the New Mexico state line
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Wednesday. The first-term Republican won a rematch against Democrat Kirsten Engel, whom Ciscomani narrowly defeated in the 2022 midterms. President Joe Biden carried this Tucson-based district by less than 1 percentage point in 2020. The Associated Press declared Ciscomani the winner
Continue Reading CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Led by Damarion Walkup’s 23 points, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks defeated the Crowley’s Ridge 93-38 on Wednesday night. The Redhawks are now 1-2 on the season.
Continue Reading Associated Press OME, Japan (AP) — Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing techniques dating back more than 1,000 years. Junichiro Ozawa, the 18th-generation head of Ozawa Brewery, founded
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with child sex crimes after he was accused of sexually assaulting a youth at a residence. Jimmie Payne, 38, was charged on Wednesday with second-degree child molestation and attempted second-degree child molestation. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday and no bond was
Continue Reading By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Two wounded patients were killed after police officers and vigilantes attacked an ambulance in Haiti, humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said on Wednesday. The alleged executions in the capital Port-au-Prince are the latest reported act of heinous violence in the restive Caribbean nation, which has been plagued for years
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Board of Education at its Wednesday night meeting unanimously approved an agreement to get a school resource officer. The officer will be provided by the city’s police department. The agreement for the SRO begins on Jan. 6 and runs through the end of the academic school year, of until June
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Safety concerns have caused the owners of a few buildings around Jefferson City to seek demolition. Built in 1887, 626 Jefferson Street served as a range of businesses, but has been empty since April 2021. Due to the building’s age, the property’s owner Prairie Farms applied for a demolition request on
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Donald Trump’s return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the U.S., but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Experts say a second Trump presidency is likely to play out
Continue Reading Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that’s key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the September presidential election in a rejection of the traditional political parties that have governed
Continue Reading Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is scheduled to stand trial on Jan. 13 in Las Vegas. It’s a major development in his sweeping sexual abuse case after more than a year of stalled court proceedings while he challenged it. Chasing Horse has pleaded not guilty to
Continue Reading Democrat Dave Min won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday, holding a competitive district for House Democrats. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter left this Orange County seat open to run for U.S. Senate, backing Min to take her place. Min, a state senator, defeated Republican Scott Baugh, who came up short in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A building just south of Interstate 70 in Columbia was set on fire by a homeless person in retaliation against the building’s owner, a report from the Columbia Fire Department claims. A building on Nebraska Avenue, just east of Providence Road, caught fire on Oct. 20. An investigation report says $125,000 in
Continue Reading AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national strike two years ago. Both sides are also now keenly
Continue Reading LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has denied an effort to temporarily block enforcement of a constitutional amendment Arkansas voters approved that revokes the state’s license for a planned casino. Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. on Tuesday denied Cherokee Nation Entertainment’s request to block the measure voters approved last week that blocks its
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access. Members of the House Privileges and Elections Committee met on Wednesday to debate
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.C. earlier this month. The Republican congressman said he became “disorientated” after he took Ambien and drank alcohol before a flight to Texas. McCaul was reelected this month to an 11th term
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ed Hassinger has been named the new director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, a Wednesday press release says. He replaces Patrick McKenna, who announced in August that he would be stepping down from the position in September after nine years. Hassiner holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering
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