Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely ignored. All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of customers in sectors where the former box-store chain was once a major player: Marshalls, Hobby Lobby,
Continue Reading AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion of her political base unless she changes her campaign’s closing message — and its messengers — immediately. Specifically, several progressive leaders believe that the Democratic nominee has been too focused on winning
Continue Reading AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As news outlets get ready for election night, they’re not only focusing on what happens. They’re keeping watch over what doesn’t. Several plans to combat misinformation are in place across newsrooms that will follow the climax of a hard-fought campaign on Nov. 5. The Associated Press and others
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody in the death of a sergeant stationed at Fort Leonard Wood. The base’s Facebook page posted an update Thursday afternoon saying a “person of interest” had been taken into custody in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. Her death is being investigated as a homicide. U.S. Army
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) William Woods University in Fulton on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new residence hall. This will be the first time in 20 years the school has added a new residence hall to campus, a Thursday press release says. The hall will be located just inside the university’s north entrance, next
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council has rejected plans to turn a historic home connected with the life of civil rights movement leader Oretha Castle Haley into a museum. The decision Thursday follows fierce opposition from many of Haley’s descendants. They accuse the property’s owner, Candice Henderson-Chandler, of
Continue Reading Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some voters living in areas that have seen rainy or humid weather have reported receiving ballot return envelopes that are already sealed shut. Elections officials in several states say that moisture can dampen mail and cause the envelopes to seal. The issue has been reported in parts of North
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is facing murder charges in the shooting deaths of five family members at his home east of Seattle. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said Thursday that the teen was charged with five counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with Monday’s shooting. Another
Continue Reading Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — King Charles III told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The British monarch told leaders in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation said in a Thursday press release that it is closing the Capitol View Access in Callaway County “due to boat ramp development issues and improper use of the area.” The access will close immediately. MDC wrote several factors were considered, including increased vandalism since the boat
Continue Reading CNN By Cindy VonQuednow and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — More than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the brothers now see a path to their potential release. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón on Thursday filed
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Jordan Binnington made 40 saves, Dylan Holloway scored twice and St. Louis beat Toronto 5-1 on Thursday night, spoiling Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube’s first game against the Blues since they fired him in December. Berube led St. Louis to the franchise’s only Stanley Cup in 2019. Philip Broberg, Alexandre Texier and
Continue Reading RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song, has died. He was 86. Jones died Wednesday night at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, after battling leukemia for more than two years, according to a statement from his manager, Milt Suchin. Jones began his
Continue Reading Associated Press The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it left thousands of them without citizenship, through a bureaucratic loophole that the government has been aware of for decades, and hasn’t fixed. Some of these adoptees live in hiding, fearing
Continue Reading Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his country is “plagued by systemic racism and hate crimes” after an Australian diplomat led a group of Western nations in renewing concerns about human rights violations in China. “When it comes to China, we’ve said we’ll
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in Hong Kong for the first time, on a remote island in the financial center’s countryside. The fossils were found on Port Island, an uninhabitable expanse of rocks in the northeastern waters of the city, by Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
Continue Reading Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The 50-year-old newspaper was turning yellow and its edges fraying, so she had it laminated, not as a memento but as proof — America made a promise to her, and did not keep it. She pointed to the picture in the corner of her as a little girl in
Continue Reading APIA, Samoa (AP) — Australia and the United Kingdom have deepened ties by agreeing to collaborate on climate change and energy initiatives, aiming to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, while also reaffirming their mutual commitment to develop nuclear submarines for both nations under the AUKUS treaty. The Climate and Energy Partnership was announced after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A report from the Columbia Police Department indicates alcohol could have played a role in a northeast Columbia fatal crash. According to previous reporting, Tristen Crawford, 24, of Columbia was hit around 8 p.m. Aug. 8 in the 4600 block of Paris Road by a vehicle that was traveling south. He died
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani sat behind a small table and waited. Across the center field plaza at Dodger Stadium, a horde of media listened for the signal. Once it came, the stampede was on. Reporters and photographers ran, ignoring security’s commands to walk, in a beeline to reach Ohtani first.
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