ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is due in court to face a pair of misdemeanor charges that stem from a drug test at his home in March in which he was accused of being hostile. A bond hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in an Albuquerque court. Jones has said on social
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The conservative think tank that drew up a nearly 1,000-page guidebook on how the next Republican administration can remake the federal government is highlighting its policies while defending itself from Democratic criticism. President Joe Biden’s campaign has zeroed in on the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 in its race against former
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic for the Boone County Fair could be impacted by road work on a bridge on Highway 63. The Missouri Department of Transportation and City of Columbia sent separate press releases on Monday about possible traffic impacts. Bridge approach work on Highway 63 is ongoing and one lane will be open in
Continue ReadingCNN By John Miller, Casey Tolan and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown. On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The whistleblower who exposed the Tuskegee syphilis study that left hundreds of Black men untreated has died at age 86. Peter Buxtun died in May of Alzheimer’s disease in California. Buxtun was a federal public health employee in the 1960s when he heard about the Tuskegee study. Rebuffed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis said Monday he was “humiliated” after being handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight, then later apologized to by law enforcement, over the weekend. Davis, who previously played for the Denver Broncos, wrote in an Instagram post that he had tapped a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday, two days after an assassination attempt was made against former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump announced his running mate as Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. In an interview with ABC 17 News, Missouri state Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles County) discussed a
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the heart of JD Vance’s swift journey from venture capitalist to vice presidential candidate is a memoir he first thought of in law school, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Vance’s bestseller about his roots in rural Kentucky and blue-collar Ohio made him a national celebrity soon after its publication in
Continue ReadingBy Nia Mclean, CNN (CNN) — The hospitality group at the center of an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel in Detroit called allegations that a Black man received an interview only after he used a “Caucasian name” on his resume “baseless.” In a statement shared with CNN on Wednesday, Daniel del Olmo, president
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city’s main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. The Texas Public Utility Commission, the state’s regulatory agency,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California became the first U.S. state to bar school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change under a law signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law bans school rules requiring teachers and other staff to disclose a student’s gender identity
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Casey Tolan and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown. On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Loved ones of the man killed when a sniper opened fire at a rally for former President Donald Trump describe him as a beloved family man and girl dad who served his community with “quiet resilience.” An obituary released Monday for 50-year-old Corey Comperatore says he had worked as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Joe Nist was in attendance when former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet in the ear Saturday evening during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Nist, of Buffalo, New York, said Trump was about 12 minutes into his speech when gunshots rang out. Trump went down to the ground as Secret
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats are challenging efforts to place Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and three other candidates on the state’s presidential ballots It’s part of a nationwide effort to block candidates who could siphon votes from incumbent President Joe Biden. Besides Kennedy, Democrats are targeting independent Cornel West, Green Party candidate Jill
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Washington Nationals closer Kyle Finnegan has been named as a replacement on the National League All-Star team for St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley. Finnegan on Monday became the fourth replacement that has been named for the NL roster, while there have been five AL replacements. He also became the 39th
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Jefferson City man was arrested and charged on Monday after he was accused of killing a man in a crash. Diego Popp was charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident and misdemeanor reckless driving. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, French government officials said, a little more than a week before the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony is due to take place. “A soldier with Operation Sentinelle
Continue ReadingA judge’s ruling keeps an abortion-rights question on the South Dakota ballot in November. A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group seeking to have it removed. Supporters of the measure gathered enough valid signatures to put it before voters and turned them in earlier this year. South Dakota is slated
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Officials in France say a French soldier has been stabbed outside a big train station in Paris, and the attacker has been arrested. Paris is under a high security alert 11 days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. A French military official says that the soldier is hospitalized but is
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