BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a water rescue Tuesday morning on Route Z. According to the Fire & Rescue Dispatch log, first responders were called to 11288 N Route Z at 4:46 a.m. Tuesday. An ABC 17 News report arrived at the scene just before 5:30 a.m. and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken”: performing for imprisoned women and recording the concert for a live album. The singer-songwriter had a film crew document her 2023 live show at the Topeka Correctional Facility for Women. Etheridge meets and corresponds
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after suffering
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One firefighter was shot after a loaded gun discharged during a house fire in Macks Creek on Monday night. According to a Facebook post, Southwest Camden County Fire Protection District responded to a house fire after an explosion occurred in the basement at 9:24 p.m. on Monday. The post states crews
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Pennsylvania man accused of killing and dismembering a transgender teenager he met through a dating app has been charged with murder and related counts. DaShawn Watkins was arraigned earlier this month and is being held without bail at the Mercer County Jail. The 29-year-old Sharon man is charged in the death of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring. The April 26 birth of a female American red wolf pup named Otter was followed by a litter of three other pups — Molly and her brothers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring. The April 26 birth of a female American red wolf pup named Otter was followed by a litter of three other pups — Molly and her brothers
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching its formal outreach campaign to Asian American voters and putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the forefront of the effort with events in Nevada and Pennsylvania this week. The effort for Biden-Harris will kick off with an event in Las Vegas on Tuesday with former
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — A court in Moscow has ordered Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, to be arrested in absentia, her spokesperson said Tuesday. The Basmanny District Court in Moscow accused Navalnaya, who now lives outside Russia, of “participation in an extremist organization,” her spokesperson Kira Yarmysh
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Police in Peru say they have found the body of an American mountaineer who was buried by an avalanche 22 years ago as he tried to climb one of the highest peaks in the Andes. The body of Bill Stampfl was found Friday near a camp 17,060 feet above
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals panel is keeping a 21-month prison sentence in place for a former Tennessee state senator who tried to withdraw his guilty plea on campaign finance law violations. The ruling Monday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals focuses on the August 2023 sentencing of former
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves. A report released Tuesday by the American Statistical Association also warns that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Sen. Bob Menendez at the Democrat’s bribery trial has urged jurors to acquit him of every charge, saying prosecutors had failed to prove a single count beyond a reasonable doubt. The defense attorney began his summation Tuesday afternoon before a New York City federal court jury.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar agreed to a decade-long ban from managing money for New York not-for-profits after a jury found him liable in a scheme to have the influential gun rights organization bankroll a longtime chief executive’s extravagant lifestyle. Wilson “Woody” Phillips reached the settlement in
Continue ReadingBy Ross Levitt, Pete Muntean and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines plane lost a wheel while taking off Monday from Los Angeles International Airport, officials said, marking the latest issue this year for the airline, which was already the focus of a safety review by federal aviation officials. The Boeing 757-200 that
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner felt ill. He was dizzy. Hadn’t slept well the night before. Wimbledon’s top-seeded man, who recently attained the No. 1 ranking, definitely did not want to quit playing against Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals, but things were not looking good. Sinner was treated by a trainer and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday that they intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein as they anticipate a November retrial for the disgraced media mogul. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said in court that prosecutors are actively pursuing claims of rape that occurred in Manhattan within the
Continue ReadingTABERNACLE, N.J. (AP) — Firefighting crews have managed to contain 90% of a forest fire that burned 6.7 square miles in the New Jersey Pinelands. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service on Monday night said that the blaze in Wharton State Forest was not threatening any structures, and no one had been injured by it.
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — San Diego’s newest giant pandas are acclimating well to their new state-side home, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said Tuesday. The zoo shared first-look photos of the pair, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, who are the first giant pandas to enter the United States in 21 years, according to the
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Elephants have trampled a Spanish tourist to death at a wildlife reserve in South Africa after he got out of his vehicle and approached a herd to take photographs. Local authorities say the 43-year-old man was killed on Sunday at Pilanesberg National Park in the North West province. The
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