SportsZone Football Friday 2024: Week 3 highlights and scores
The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.
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Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid
Associated Press From the looks of it, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert hasn’t done too much with the $24 million it received in federal pandemic aid. The site where it plans to spend most of the money for a crime victims center remains an empty plot of dirt. And just one-quarter of its funds are
Continue ReadingClock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid
Associated Press From the looks of it, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert hasn’t done too much with the $24 million it received in federal pandemic aid. The site where it plans to spend most of the money for a crime victims center remains an empty plot of dirt. And just one-quarter of its funds are
Continue ReadingGoing once, going twice: Google’s millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claim
AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software analyze who you are, what you are looking at and buy and sell the advertisements you see on web pages. The company that most likely determines which ads you get, and how much
Continue ReadingEmbattled Democratic senators steer clear of Kamala Harris buzz but hope it helps
Associated Press BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has made protecting reproductive freedom for women central to his campaign to remain the sole remaining Democrat to hold statewide elective office in Big Sky Country. He has campaigned with Planned Parenthood officials, advertised heavily in support of abortion rights, and embraced a ballot
Continue ReadingHawaii wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The wind pushed flames from house to house as a group of neighbors tried to escape their blazing subdivision, abandoning their cars in a blocked road and running to an industrial outbuilding for safety. All six perished just blocks from their homes. The group, including an 11-year-old and his parents,
Continue ReadingFunerals held for teen boy and math teacher killed in Georgia high school shooting
JEFFERSON, Ga. (AP) — Funeral services for a teenage boy remembered for his endearing smile and a math teacher known for her dedication to students were held Saturday, 10 days after both were killed by a gunman who opened fire at a Georgia high school. Family, friends and supporters of 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn and teacher
Continue ReadingResidents of Mexico City suburb are anxious after living over a month in black sewage water
Associated Press CHALCO, Mexico (AP) — As 56-year-old Juana Salazar Segundo walked through her home in Chalco, a low-income suburb southeast of Mexico City, she recalled how black, reeking water had reached up to her belly button after flooding early last month. With the receding liquid now down to her ankles, Salazar waddled into her
Continue ReadingDogs bring loads of joy but also perils on a leash
AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The cuddles. The loyalty. The worshipful eyes. There’s a lot of joy in having a dog, not the least of which is heading out for a brisk walk. And therein lies a peril some dog people should pay more attention to. Over the past 20 years, injuries related
Continue ReadingArizona’s 1864 abortion ban is officially off the books
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions is officially repealed. Saturday marks the day a repeal approved by state lawmakers and signed by the Democratic governor takes effect. The repeal effort followed a decision in April by the state Supreme Court to clear the way for the state to
Continue ReadingAlejandro Kirk’s winning hit in 11th inning pushes Blue Jays past Cardinals 4-3
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. After the Cardinals intentionally walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to begin the 11th, Leo Jiménez advanced both Guerrero and automatic runner Nathan Lukes with a
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63-year-old woman seriously injured in Osage County crash
OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 63-year-old Linn woman was seriously injured Friday in a crash on Highway 50 at County Road 604 in Osage County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 2011 Toyota Avalon – driven by David Dill, 68, of Linn – was heading
Continue ReadingGunman says he heard ‘killing voices’ before Colorado supermarket shooting
Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A psychologist who evaluated a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket says the gunman heard “killing voices” right before opening fire. B. Thomas Gray testified Friday about the comment and others made by Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa as part of a sanity evaluation during
Continue ReadingSalvador Perez hits a 2-run homer, Alec Marsh strikes out 11 and Royals beat Pirates 8-3
Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Salvador Perez and Kyle Isbel hit home runs and drove in two runs each, Alec Marsh struck out 11 in 5 1/3 innings, and the Kansas City Royals snapped Pittsburgh’s four-game winning streak with an 8-3 victory over the Pirates. Perez’s two-run shot to left-center capped a six-run second inning
Continue ReadingNorth Korea releases images of Kim Jong Un visiting a uranium enrichment site, giving rare glimpse inside its nuclear program
CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Lucas Lilieholm and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — New pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touring what state media said is a uranium enrichment facility have given an extremely rare glimpse inside the isolated nation’s closely guarded nuclear weapons program. According to a report from Korean
Continue ReadingHarris says she is different from Biden because ‘I offer a new generation of leadership’
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, who presents herself as the candidate of change as she runs for president against Republican Donald Trump, said Friday that she’s different from President Joe Biden because she offers “a new generation of leadership.” In her first solo television interview since she became the Democratic presidential
Continue ReadingYoung climate activists ask US Supreme Court to revive their lawsuit against the government
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government. The Oregonian reports that the petition filed Thursday asks the high court to reverse a rejection of the lawsuit issued by a federal appeals court panel earlier this year. The petition
Continue ReadingA confrontation at pro-Israeli rally leads to gunfire after a man tackles one of the demonstrators
By Andy Rose, David Williams and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A suspected gunman and the man he allegedly shot both face charges of assault after a clash at a pro-Israeli demonstration in Newton, Massachusetts, authorities said. The fracas began when a man with no connection to the rally “began shouting comments at the demonstrators”
Continue ReadingWalgreens to pay $106M to settle allegations it submitted false payment claims for prescriptions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Walgreens agreed to pay $106 million to settle lawsuits that alleged it submitted false payment claims with government health care programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed. The settlement announced on Friday resolves lawsuits filed in New Mexico, Texas and Florida on behalf of three people who had worked in Walgreens’ pharmacy
Continue Reading911 calls overwhelmed operators after shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School
WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county’s emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School, records released Friday by Barrow County show. Local news organizations report many of the 911 phone calls were not released under public record requests because state law exempts from release
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