By Elise Hammond, Nicole Chavez, Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — More than 50 people have been rescued after being stranded on the roof of a Tennessee hospital Friday – some of them for hours – due to rising floodwaters from Hurricane Helene, according to a city official. The dozens of people trapped
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More members of Missouri Task Force 1 are being deployed to assist in Hurricane Helene relief, a Friday press release says. Task Force 1 initially received deployment orders for 45 members on Wednesday, previous reporting indicates. Three more members were activated Thursday, Friday’s release says. Two of those members were assigned to
Continue ReadingTangled piles of nail-spiked lumber and displaced boats littered the streets. A house lay crushed under a fern-covered oak tree toppled by the winds. Residents waded or paddled through ruddy floodwaters, hoping to find their loved ones safe. And rescue crews used fan boats to evacuate stranded people in bathrobes or wrapped in blankets. Authorities
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has pleaded guilty to murder in a November 2021 shooting in the 5900 block of North Kent Drive. Mark Achterberg, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and illegal gun possession, Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson said in a Friday email. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A proposal by Wimbledon organizers to expand the site of the Grand Slam tournament with 39 new tennis courts has been given the green light by local authorities. The All England Club’s plans — which include a new 8,000-seat show court with a retractable roof — were approved Friday by the Greater
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center and the union representing musicians in the National Symphony Orchestra have come to an agreement on a short-term contract after a brief strike that threatened to derail Saturday’s season-opening gala. The DC Federation of Musicians, local 161-710 of the American Federation of Musicians, struck Friday following the Sept. 2
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An owner of a south Columbia Mexican restaurant accused of arson has been arrested. Crystal Umfress, of Columbia, was arrested by investigators and is being held at the Butler County Jail. A failure-to-appear warrant was issued on Tuesday in a felony case where she is charged with second-degree arson. A $100,000 bond
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration headed into the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders with high hopes that he could cement his legacy as an international statesman during escalating conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Yet five days of frantic diplomacy focused mainly on preventing the Israel-Hezbollah
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All the political wrangling over a statewide redistricting issue in Ohio has landed voters in a fix. They are hearing from the campaign behind Issue 1 that it would prevent gerrymandering. But the language they’ll see on ballots says gerrymandering would be required. It’s a war over the word
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s outgoing president has always taken pride in his reputation as a penny-pincher, cutting funds for most government agencies and states. But he has lavished political allies with generous cash giveaways in his final days in office while also punishing his enemies in the business sector. On Friday, Andrés
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Sean Combs has been hit with more sexual assault allegations. A woman filed a lawsuit Friday in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged and became pregnant after one of the encounters with the music mogul known popularly as “Diddy.” It’s the latest of several similar lawsuits by women against Combs.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring public schools to teach about the historical mistreatment of Native Americans during the Spanish colonization and gold rush periods. The Democrat approved the measure on California Native American Day. It comes after Newsom issued a formal apology in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end long-standing federal oversight of the city’s police department. The city and the federal government had agreed to a reform pact for the New Orleans Police Department known
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused an emergency appeal from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign seeking to have his name added to New York’s ballot. The justices did not comment in rejecting the emergency appeal on Friday. Kennedy has been trying to get his name off ballots in key battleground
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Krupa, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Angelina Madut knew driving home from her overnight shift at a suburban Atlanta bakery was a risk. The warnings about Helene’s potential to flood neighborhoods and topple trees had been in play for hours. But like anyone who couldn’t take the financial hit
Continue ReadingAP Auto Racing Writer Michael Andretti has restructured Andretti Global to give co-owner Dan Towriss control of the organization. Andretti will stay on as a strategic advisor of the team he has led since 2002. Andretti in early 2023 confirmed he’d sold part of the company to Towriss, who is the owner of Gainbridge and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Putting grant money into action is routine for Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, but an effort to provide weather alerts to people who are deaf or hard of hearing is tugging at his heart. The grant-backed campaign to distribute 700 specially adapted weather alert radios to the deaf and hard of hearing is named
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A Boone County jury found a Columbia man charged with murder not guilty on Thursday.
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A judge set a bond for a Sunrise Beach man charged with twenty counts of child endangerment on Friday morning.
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit the
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