Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and denounced American opponents of the war in Gaza as “idiots,” taking a combative stance in a visit the Biden administration has hoped will yield progress in negotiations to end
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Nobody can quite bring the energy to Chiefs training camp like running back Isiah Pacheco, otherwise known as ‘Pop.’ The 25-year-old is a fan favorite and will enter his third season in the league in 2024. Pop has plenty of goals in mind for the upcoming season. In fact, every year,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Nearly a third of the children and vulnerable adults in state, foster and faith-based care in New Zealand between 1950 and 1999 were physically, sexually, verbally or psychologically harmed. That’s according to a sweeping report from a six-year inquiry into abuse, neglect and exploitation. Many of the 200,000
Continue ReadingBy Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Alex Marquardt, CNN Washington (CNN) — Palestinian-American doctor Jiab Suleiman arrived in Jordan last month ahead of an emergency medical mission into Gaza, which he was due to oversee. The Ohio-born orthopedic surgeon had already led two trips into the besieged strip since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An advocacy group is calling on the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to change its rules surrounding a substance found in marijuana products that they are calling “very toxic.” Missouri’s National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, wrote in a Thursday release that it is concerned that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teachers labor union filed a lawsuit against the Higher Education Loan of Authority of the State of Missouri, also known as MOHELA, over claims the business misled borrowers. The American Federation of Teachers — a teachers union based out of Washington D.C. — represents 1.8 million public school teachers, health care
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered the state to initially count signatures that were collected by volunteers in favor of putting an abortion rights measure on the ballot. Justices on Tuesday night issued a one-page order that stopped short of ruling on whether a lawsuit over the proposal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jordan Montgomery allowed one run over five innings to win in his return from a layoff of nearly one month caused by a knee injury, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2. Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer and scored three runs. Montgomery (7-5) allowed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes lost for the first time as a professional. Alec Burleson hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 and sent the 22-year-old rookie to his first defeat since college. Taking the mound for the first time since
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A typhoon killed has three people in Taiwan as it approaches the island where air travelers have rushed to board remaining overseas flights. People trapped by the storm’s floodwaters in the Philippines are calling for help in the Southeast Asian nation where at least 13 died. Taiwan’s Central News
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — An interim deal to smooth deliveries to Philippine marines marooned on a ship at a hotly disputed reef in the South China Sea appears to be in doubt after Manila and Beijing gave opposing accounts over what they had agreed to. Fears of a conflict with global implications
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America Authorities are investigating the death a Virginia woman who appeared on the MTV reality show “16 and Pregnant.” Police said they responded to a medical emergency shortly after 3:00 p.m. Saturday in Sandston, about 9 miles east of Richmond. Autumn Oxley was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Lawyers for the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022 are urging a judge to move his murder trial out of the county. They say intense media coverage and public interest make it impossible for him to get a fair trial, so it should
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Paul Skenes lost for the first time in 12 career major league starts, giving up Alec Burleson’s tiebreaking single in the ninth inning that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1. Pitching for the first time since starting for the National League in last week’s All-Star
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A necropsy has shown that a polar bear who died after rough play with a fellow bear in a zoo in western Canada drowned after his throat was crushed. The male bears Baffin and Siku were roughhousing in a pond in front of visitors to the Calgary Zoo on Friday morning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump’s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day. At a closed-door meeting of House
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys for the state say an initiative aimed at repealing Alaska’s ranked choice voting system still has sufficient signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Last week, a state court judge found instances in which the signature-gathering process was not properly carried out and disqualified those booklets. The judge
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that New Mexico can continue to enforce a new, seven-day waiting period on gun sales while a court challenge backed by the National Rifle Association moves forward. Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday applauded the ruling. Albuquerque-based U.S. District Court
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) There have been 80 residents in Fulton to register cameras in the city’s community camera program so far, according to the Fulton Police Department. The program was announced in December and was implemented earlier this year. It allows local businesses and residents who own security camera systems to register their cameras with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of southeast Louisiana’s rapidly vanishing coastline released a study Tuesday touting the expected economic benefits of the construction, even as the project faces fierce pushback and litigation from local communities who fear their livelihoods will be severely affected. The
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