COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested on Saturday after she was found living in a shed that was located in the backyard of a Columbia residence. Kimberly Campise, 45, was charged on Monday with second-degree burglary and is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. An initial court appearance was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was accused of several felonies for a fatal crash in August is now charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter after a Friday grand jury indictment. Elizabeth Lopez, of Columbia, is now charged with leaving the scene of a crash that caused a death, two counts of leaving the scene of
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Across sweeping desert vistas, spectacular star dunes stand out. The distinctive mounds are among the tallest sand dunes on Earth, and their pyramid shapes are sculpted by a crossfire of winds gusting from multiple directions, creating spiraling sand ridges that pinwheel outward from a central peak. While star dunes
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Missouri Girl Scout leaders threatened legal action against a troop that made bracelets to raise funds for starving children in Gaza, provoking outrage and ridicule from the girls’ supporters and advocates for people trapped in the Palestinian territory by the latest humanitarian crisis. Girl Scouts of the USA said its
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing has been scheduled for former employees at the Cooper County Jail who were charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the October death of an inmate. Robyn Pfeiffer, 29, and Rachel Atherton, 34, were charged last week in the death of Brooke Bailey. They both have a hearing set for 10 a.m. Friday,
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CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 3-year-old boy died after he was hit by a truck on Sunday on private property on Route C in Chariton County, about 10 miles southwest of Marceline, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The name of the boy was not released in the report. The report states the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A former school bus driver in Utah faces both federal and state arson charges for allegedly lighting his school bus on fire in two separate incidents, including at least once with students onboard. Michael Austin Ford, 58, of West Valley City, was indicted by a federal grand jury last
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged with first-degree rape on Friday for alleged sexual assaults that occurred between 2008-09, according to court documents. A warrant was issued for Roger Allen Curtis, 64, on Friday and no court date was set. No bond was set for the warrant. Court documents say the Mexico
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iran has recorded the lowest electoral turnout since the Islamic Republic’s founding in 1979, with officials portraying the participation of those who did vote as a victory against the country’s “obstinate opponents.” Out of Iran’s 61 million eligible voters, some 25 million cast their ballots in parliamentary and Assembly
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A woman whose home near Canadian, Texas, was destroyed in the record-breaking and deadly Smokehouse Creek Fire is suing a power company, alleging a fallen utility pole near Stinnett started the devastating fire. Melanie McQuiddy filed the lawsuit late Friday against Xcel Energy; its subsidiary Southwestern Public Service Company;
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, CNN United Nations (CNN) — A United Nations team has found “clear and convincing” information that hostages in Gaza were sexually abused, Pramila Patten, the UN special envoy on sexual violence in conflict told reporters on Monday. There are “reasonable grounds” to believe the sexual violence is ongoing, she added. According to Patten, the team
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press The husband and wife owners of a Missouri boarding school for boys are jailed and facing felony charges after a lengthy investigation by a county sheriff. Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says in a news release that Larry Musgraves Jr. was arrested Friday evening on the ABM Ministries campus in
Continue ReadingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cy Young runner-up Sonny Gray left his spring training start for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Washington Nationals with tightness in his right hamstring after getting two outs in the second inning. The three-time All-Star had struck out two in two scoreless innings in his second spring training
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — France became the world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Monday, the culmination of an effort that began in direct response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Lawmakers from both houses of the French Parliament voted
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Taylor Swift’s boyfriend has taken shaking it off to another level. Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who began dating the pop music superstar during this past season, will be honored Tuesday night with a bobblehead giveaway when the Cleveland Cavaliers host the Boston
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Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of highly classified intelligence reports and other documents on social media pleaded guilty on Monday to willfully retaining and disseminating national defense information. Jack Teixeira, 22, pleaded guilty to all six counts he faced under the Espionage Act during a
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Monday accused Israel of detaining and torturing some of its staffers, coercing them into making false confessions about the agency’s ties to Hamas. “Some of our staff have conveyed to UNRWA teams that they were forced to (make) confessions
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, Devan Cole and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate over whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination violated the “insurrectionist clause” included in the 14th Amendment. The opinion
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The former chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company has pleaded guilty in New York to lying under oath during his testimony in the ex-president’s civil fraud case. Allen Weisselberg will not have to testify at Trump’s hush-money criminal trial as part
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