COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a man who was killed by Columbia police in 2021 has settled its lawsuit with the city. Attorneys for Quillian Jacobs’s family filed stipulations on July 3 that it would dismiss the city from its federal lawsuit. A settlement document obtained by ABC 17 News through an open records
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s most populous county, which has had a history of voting problems and was a focus of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, has approved a plan for an independent monitor to oversee this year’s general election. The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — The family of Taylor Casey, a Chicago woman who has been missing in the Bahamas for nearly a month, gathered Thursday to mark her birthday and to plead with authorities to continue searching for her. “The pain I felt 42 years ago while birthing you doesn’t compare to the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Uruguay striker Luis Suárez defended his teammates’ decision to enter the stands following a 1-0 loss to Colombia in the Copa America semifinals, saying the action was necessary to defend families and supporters. After a physical and emotional game that included seven yellow cards and one red card,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Record flooding and powerful tornadoes ravaged parts of Iowa for weeks this spring, destroying or damaging thousands of homes, closing roads and bridges and costing over $130 million in infrastructure damage, officials said Thursday. The disasters touched two-thirds of Iowa’s 99 counties, starting with devastating tornadoes in late
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with a pair of child sex crimes was arrested on Wednesday. Francisco Rutiaga-Santoyo, 49, was charged in June with statutory sodomy of a child younger than 14 years old and first-degree child molestation. His address was listed as Osage Beach on the Boone County Jail roster, but
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An investigation into Brazil’s federal police alleges that the country’s intelligence agency spied on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists under former President Jair Bolsonaro. Among those targeted were Chamber Speaker Arthur Lira, Supreme Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the former governor of Sao Paulo João Dória as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Nicolas Cage first read the script for “Longlegs” and considered the part of the titular occultist serial killer, he knew exactly from whom he would draw inspiration for the role: his mother. He said witnessing her struggle with mental illness throughout his life was something he needed to
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baltimore shortstop Gunnar Henderson is projected to receive the largest amount from this season’s $50 million pre-arbitration bonus pool based on his regular-season statistics. Henderson is on track to get $1,325,021, according to WAR calculations through July 7 that Major League Baseball sent to teams, players and agents
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, Sugam Pokharel and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — London police have arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with human remains found in two suitcases in the southwestern city of Bristol. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that the man was arrested in south London on Friday and taken into custody –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the weather station at the University of Missouri, since July 1, Columbia has seen more than 7 inches of rain and was under multiple flash flood warnings. This flooding damaged several Columbia-area parks and trails from the high amount of rainfall. The Katy Trail State Park wrote about cleanup efforts
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two organizations that gathered voter signatures to qualify proposed constitutional amendments for the Montana ballot have filed a lawsuit alleging that the secretary of state changed the rules about whose signatures may be accepted after the signatures were gathered and while county election officials were verifying them. District Court
Continue ReadingALGONA, Iowa (AP) — Jurors on Thursday convicted an Iowa man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer who was trying to arrest him. Kyle Ricke, 43, faces life in prison for the murder of 33-year-old Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram, the Des Moines Register reported. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on state ballots this November. Thursday’s ruling from the the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, affirms a lower court ruling from June. Democrats are hoping the ballot question will drive turnout in their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of stabbing a woman on Wednesday morning in the 1100 block of West Broadway in Columbia has been charged with two felonies. Michael James, 55, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. The Columbia Police Department announced his arrest in a Wednesday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A statewide referendum vote is set in South Dakota for the Nov. 5 general election on a so-called “landowner bill of rights” related to a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline project proposed for the Midwest. Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s office validated the referendum petition on Wednesday. The referendum targets the law sponsored by
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Former child actor Benji Gregory has died in central Arizona at age 46. Gregory played the young boy on the 1980s television sitcom “ALF,” about a hairy alien life form. Medical examiner records show he died in metro Phoenix on June 13. Gregory’s legal name was Benjamin Gregory Hertzberg. The cause of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned a Venezuelan gang allegedly behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other violent crimes tied to migrants that have spread across Latin America and the United States. The U.S. also offered a $12 million reward for the arrest of three leaders of Tren de
Continue ReadingOfficials in Athens say a Greek coast guard vessel has been involved in a minor collision with a Turkish fishing boat in Greek waters off a tiny Aegean Sea islet rock. A coast guard statement says nobody was injured in the incident off Greece’s Zourafa in the northeastern Aegean, and neither vessel appeared to have
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say people in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm. The U.N. and the prime ministers of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines pleaded Thursday for at least $9
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