Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump paced his rally stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes Friday night in Detroit after his microphone cut out. The Republican nominee and former president was about to wax on about one of his favorite subjects, tariffs, working up to naming it by first teasing “the most beautiful
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with murder in a woman’s overdose death in June. Zachary Muro, 30, was charged on Friday with second-degree felony murder, two counts of first-degree drug trafficking, drug possession and misdemeanor driving while revoked. Court records say he lives in Moberly, while jail records say he is from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The top high school football team in Columbia will be crowned under the lights on Friday night. Rock Bridge (6-1) and Hickman (3-4) will both be seeking to win the city in the Providence Bowl, striving to complete a flawless record in crosstown rivalry games this season. The Kewpies and Bruins are
Continue Reading Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo police say a man was arrested after he threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s governing part. He then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister’s residence on Saturday. There were no reports of injuries. Police identified the man as 49-year-old Atsunobu Usuda. Japanese media
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Missouri Task Force 1 members returned to Boone County on Friday after spending more than three weeks assisting with hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina. The 45-member Type III team was deployed on Sept. 25. after areas of North Carolina were heavily damaged by Hurricane Helene. Members participated in search efforts
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Three large tobacco companies would pay nearly $24 billion to settle a long-running legal battle in Canada. That’s according to a proposed deal. Philip Morris International said Friday that a court-appointed mediator had filed the proposed settlement with its Canadian affiliate, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, over tobacco product-related claims and litigation in
Continue Reading Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former Park Service ranger says U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound that the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan. The claim that Sheehy in fact shot himself on a family trip in Montana was dismissed by Sheehy and his
Continue Reading ASSOCIATED PRESS/REPORT FOR AMERICA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A decision by a Florida jury is paving the way for the surviving members of 2 Live Crew to retake control of much of their iconic discography, following a yearslong copyright dispute. The group’s provocative work — and the court challenges around it — helped redraw the
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Spelman College announces Dr. Helene D. Gayle is taking a personal leave of absence as president of the nation’s top-rated historically Black college. The school did not provide a reason for Gayle’s leave. Roz Brewer has assumed day-to-day duties as interim president. Brewer is a former chair of Spelman’s board of trustees
Continue Reading AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has reached a proposed settlement pact related to three lawsuits filed by shareholders on behalf of the company over the handling of prescription opioids. According to the terms of the settlement that were disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday, insurance carriers would pay Walmart $123
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Govs. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., Tony Evers, D-Wis., and Chris Sununu, R-N.H. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Shapiro; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y.; Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger; Michigan Secretary of
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to expand the arms embargo in Haiti to all types of weapons and ammunition, expressing grave concern at the extremely high levels of gang violence and criminal activities in the impoverished Caribbean nation. The resolution adopted Friday authorizes the 193 U.N. member
Continue Reading SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an off-duty dispatcher for a Long Island police department accidentally shot himself in the hand while he was unloading his gun as he drove a moving car. They say the bullet lodged in the wallet of a passenger in the vehicle. The dispatcher for the Southampton Village Police was
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators who blame the Indian government for a murder-for-hire scheme targeting a Sikh separatist leader living in New York City have protested outside a Manhattan courthouse after a hearing for a defendant charged in the plot. Demonstrators beat an effigy of India’s prime minister during the protest. It came
Continue Reading VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say the death of a man who was restrained by officers in a jail has been ruled a homicide. The deputies who were involved no longer work for the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office. News outlets reported that 34-year-old Rolin Hill died at a hospital after his June
Continue Reading Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Robert Roberson, who had been set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, had his execution delayed after a dramatic few hours of legal wrangling among three different Texas courts. A bipartisan
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — BetMGM Sportsbook will no longer accept NBA proposition under bets on players on two-way or 10-day contracts. The sportsbook is joining several others taking this action. Others, according to ESPN, include FanDuel, DraftKings and ESPN BET. These actions are in light of the lifetime banishment of Toronto Raptors
Continue Reading By Alejandra Oraa, Esteban Campanela and Sebastián Jiménez Valencia, CNN en Español Madrid (CNN) — From exile in Spain, Venezuela’s opposition leader sat down with CNN en Español on Thursday where he spoke about the “nightmare” of his last days in Caracas and his hope to find a solution to Venezuela’s political crisis. In his first television
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after its debut, The Temptations’ “My Girl” has become a hit at Citi Field since New York Mets star Francisco Lindor began using it as his walk-up song in late May. Fans continue singing the lyrics even after Lindor’s plate appearance is underway. The Temptations detoured
Continue Reading AP Media Writer Fox News anchor Bret Baier says he “made a mistake” during his interview with Kamala Harris in not airing video of a controversial Donald Trump comment — but it wasn’t fully clear what the mistake was. During the interview on Wednesday, Harris was talking about Trump’s suggestion that the military might be
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