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Cole County man charged with rape, incest
A Cole County man was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of incest.
Continue ReadingA Cole County man was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of incest.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) — The CrossFit Games have resumed a day after a competitor died after going underwater and not resurfacing during a swimming event in a Texas lake. In a post on the social platform X, officials said they resumed the event Friday after deciding that “the best way to grieve is together.”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling business. Mathew Bowyer entered the plea in federal court in Santa Ana on Friday. He also pleaded guilty to money laundering
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The European Union and the United States have marked the fourth anniversary of massive protest in Belarus by calling for the release of all political prisoners voicing support for the Belarusian people. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell emphasized that “the EU remains united in its support to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey has announced that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her home. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announced his retirement Friday. Massey’s father had repeatedly called for Campbell
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced in a Thursday press release that it is awarding an additional $20 million to help combat veteran homelessness across 43 states. HUD is awarding $197,618 to Missouri from the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program. The funding is broken down between eight areas across
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for attacking a Muslim U.S. Postal Service worker and trying to pull off her hijab. Court records show that 47-year-old Kenneth Pinkney was sentenced Friday in Miami federal court. He pleaded guilty in April to assault
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Emma Tucker and Jennifer Feldman, CNN (CNN) — Less than a month after one of his deputies was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, Jack Campbell, the sheriff of Sangamon County, Illinois, announced he will retire by the end of the month.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 members are coming home. According to previous reporting, 45 members were assisting in relief for Tropical Storm Debby in North Carolina, while another five were in Macon, Georgia. The Boone County Fire Protection District wrote on its social media Friday that Task Force 1 received demobilization orders. They
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif’s fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faces online abuse over misconceptions about her sex. Hours before Khelif battled for a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division Friday night, women arrived at Roland
Continue ReadingReport for America/Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An investigation funded by the state of Alabama says the last known U.S. slave ship is too broken and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Gulf Coast without dismembering it. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission says the ship had
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man pleaded guilty to a federal child porn charge, according to a Thursday court filing. Scott Alan Barker, 32, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. He faces a 15-to-30-year sentence. He is being held at the Cole County Jail. According to previous reporting, Barker allegedly created a video that
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin fixed the commander in chief of Russia’s military, General Valery Gerasimov, with a cold stare and a look of exasperation. The video, released Wednesday by the Kremlin, showed the Russian president was not happy with news from the southern region of Kursk. At that moment, hundreds of Ukrainian
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The union that represents train engineers says Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make their schedules more predictable. These quality of life concerns nearly caused a nationwide rail strike two years ago. The nation’s largest railroad is telling the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 4, 1957 – The Soviets launch Sputnik 1,
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Betty Prashker, a pioneering editor of the 20th century who as one of the first women with the power to acquire books published such classics as Kate Millett’s “Sexual Politics” and Susan Faludi’s “Backlash,” died July 30 at age 99. Her daughter, Lucy Prashker, says Prashker died at
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh is accused of driving under the influence. Authorities say he ran into a bicyclist who was riding in the bike lane of an Atlanta street Thursday night. Court records show he faces seven charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, and driving under the influence of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land in 2024 than in any other year since reliable records began in 1992. According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, more than 1.4 million acres, or 2,200 square miles, have burned in the state so far. Center spokesperson Carol Connolly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A makeshift aquarium established by two longtime Brooklyn residents in a sidewalk tree pit often flooded by a leaky fire hydrant has stirred controversy. The project has drawn concern from city officials and backlash from animal rights advocates. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, two neighborhood residents carried
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a murder conviction in the killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed the botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious.” The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes didn’t get a fair trial. Osorio-Arellanes was sentenced to
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