Associated Press MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he was elected the first time. Matt Gaetz’s decision to pull his name Thursday from consideration for attorney general — amid continued fallout over a federal sex trafficking investigation
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for the appointment among the state’s ruling Republicans. GOP Gov. Mike DeWine is tasked with filling the vacancy, giving the pragmatic center-right
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man allegedly involved in a Boone County shooting was arrested Wednesday evening following a high-speed chase. Javion Lawhorn, 35, was charged on Thursday with aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to court documents, Lawhorn was
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — With snow falling, Nick Chubb plowed forward. On a play that looked eerily similar to the one in Pittsburgh last year that threatened to end his career, Chubb kept his legs moving and pushed his way into the end zone for a touchdown he and his teammates won’t forget.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted its fifth straight gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched another record high. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The benchmark index’s 1.7% gain for the week erased most of its loss from last week. The Dow rose 1% as it nudged
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Neighbours scored the lone shootout goal, Jordan Binnington denied all three San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues snapped a four-game home losing streak with a 3-2 victory. Binnington bounced back after allowing Alexander Wennberg’s tying goal with 8.8 seconds left to notch his 151st career victory
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is going to save the newspaper industry in Japan — singlehandedly. The Japanese and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar won his third Most Valuable Player award, this time picking up his first MVP in the National League. He’d already won two in the American League playing with the
Continue ReadingVALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Cooper Schwieger’s 22 points helped Valparaiso defeat Lindenwood 77-64 on Thursday night. Schwieger also contributed 11 rebounds for the Beacons (2-2). Devon Ellis added 13 points and five rebounds. Isaiah Shaw had 12 points. Markeith Browning II led the Lions (2-4) with 20 points and two steals. Jadis Jones added 17
Continue ReadingCONWAY, Ark. — Led by Tedrick Washington Jr. and BJ Ward with 19 points each, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks defeated the Central Arkansas Bears 77-73 in overtime on Thursday night. The Redhawks are now 2-3 on the season, while the Bears dropped to 1-4.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City School Board Member Anne Bloemke-Warren announced her intent to run for reelection Wednesday on her Facebook page. Candidates can officially begin filing to run next month. In the post, she wrote that her campaign plans to focus on teacher and staff retention, expanding mental health services for students and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, is Donald Trump’s new pick to serve as U.S. attorney general. The 59-year-old has long been in Trump’s orbit and her name had been floated during his first term as a potential candidate for the nation’s highest law enforcement role. If confirmed
Continue ReadingMARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Half a dozen state and county agencies are investigating a burned Georgia funeral home. A photographer from England said he found urns, bags of human ashes, and even human remains in what is left of the building. Norman Medford Peden Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta caught fire earlier this year.
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was pulled from a two-vehicle crash Thursday on Interstate 70 in Callaway County, Callaway County EMS wrote on its social media. The crash occurred in the eastbound driving lane at mile marker 152, posts from Callaway County EMS and the Missouri State Highway Patrol say. MSHP posted about the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anyone who is worried their privacy might have been violated in the tanning area of a Columbia Planet Fitness should contact authorities, Boone County’s top prosecutor said Thursday. Kenneth G. Steele, a former trainer at the gym, was charged Wednesday with invasion of privacy and third-degree domestic assault. He was not listed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says past negotiations with the United States only confirmed Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward his country and described his nuclear buildup as the only way to counter external threats. The comments were reported in state media on Friday after Kim spoke at a
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has acknowledged that Canada is concerned about reports of a Chinese company’s auto plant in Mexico, but she says it does not exist. President Claudia Sheinbaum said she talked to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and he assured her he did not support excluding Mexico from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Engineer David Bange will serve as the interim public works director beginning on Dec. 6, a Thursday press release from the city says. Bange will be filling the position after the retirement of Matt Morasch, who announced his retirement in September. The release says that Bange began working for
Continue ReadingA Georgia official disbanded the state’s maternal mortality committee that investigates deaths of pregnant women. The decision came about after ProPublica obtained internal reports that showed two deaths were preventable, but doctors were hesitant to perform a procedure that could have saved them because of the state’s strict abortion law. In a letter first reported
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was tinted green on Thursday, when President Joe Biden — Secret Service code name: Celtic — welcomed “Coach Joe” Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics to the South Lawn to celebrate the franchise’s unprecedented 18th NBA championship. In a tradition believed to have begun when Bill Russell’s
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — One person has been killed and three others were injured in a shooting in the French Quarter, New Orleans’ historic tourist district. Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick tells reporters officers responded about Thursday afternoon and had a least one of three suspects in custody. Kirkpatrick said at least three masked suspects were
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