By SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rookies Croix Bethune and Hal Hershfelt powered the Washington Spirit’s 2-1 comeback win against expansion team Bay FC on Saturday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Bay FC (1-1-0) opened scoring in the 11th minute in Washington. Asisat Oshoala got the ball on the right wing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No-excuse absentee voting for the April municipal election began this week on March 19 and the Boone County Clerks office wants to give people the opportunity to exercise their constitutional right to vote. People will have another opportunity to cast their vote on Sunday at Douglas High School from 11 a.m. to
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — João Klauss scored on a penalty kick in the 70th minute to help St. Louis City earn a 2-2 draw with D.C. United.
Continue Reading By Raja Razek and Jessica Flynn, CNN (CNN) — One man died and another was injured in the first fatal mountain lion attack in California in 20 years, according to authorities. An 18-year-old called authorities around 1:13 p.m. local time Saturday to report he and his 21-year-old brother were attacked by a mountain lion while
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The only thing slowing down Carter Starocci’s pursuit of wrestling glory was an ailing knee and some blood on his opponent’s face, and he left Aaron Brooks no choice but to follow his Penn State teammate into the history books. Starocci won his fourth NCAA title on Saturday night with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Democratic Party announced President Joe Biden is the projected winner of the state’s presidential primary Saturday night. Local voters who consider themselves Democrats, can exercise their democratic right at The Arc, Saturday. The voting doors will open at 8 a.m. and remain accessible until noon. According to Missouri Democrats, the
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger challenged his players at halftime of their NCAA Tournament game against Washington State on Saturday night to remember who they are, along with what had gotten them to the brink of the Sweet 16. It was a simple speech. And
Continue Reading By Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that “the train is coming,” referring to her team’s preparation for the case against former President Donald Trump and his 14 co-defendants and whether she was slowed down by attempts to remove her from the case. Willis, who avoided being disqualified from the election subversion case after more than two
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Russia has been left reeling in the wake of the nation’s worst terrorist attack in decades. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which saw armed assailants storm a popular concert venue complex on the outskirts of Moscow, killing more than 130 people. Nearly a dozen people have been detained
Continue Reading CNN Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — If ISIS was indeed responsible for the attack Friday at a Moscow-area concert venue that killed at least 133 people, it would suggest that, unfortunately, the terror group is making something of a comeback. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack; a US official told CNN the US has no reason
Continue Reading By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored a hat trick and Brandon Saad tallied 2:05 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Jake Neighbours also scored for the Blues, who are 6-1 in their last seven games. Pavel Buchnevich
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah has released several videos and documents related to the child abuse case involving popular parent blogger Ruby Franke. The documents released late last month include Franke’s diary, and detail why prosecutors believe “religious extremism” motivated Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in schools and government meetings. Supporters said continuing to block guns from schools and meetings infringes on their Second Amendment rights. The legislation vetoed Friday night would not
Continue Reading By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, a 102-year-old survivor of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died Tuesday at his home in Bend, Oregon. “My grandfather was a very kind and humble man,” said Angela Norton. His granddaughter said he would always tell jokes or make funny comments around the
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Khader Al-Za’anoun and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — At least 19 people have been killed and 23 injured from Israeli fire on Gaza residents who were waiting for humanitarian aid at the Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City on Saturday, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza. “The occupation army and tanks
Continue Reading By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Caroline Meister was an avid hiker familiar with the trails around the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center where she lived and worked, about 45 miles southeast of Monterey, California. She told friends she was heading out for a hike Monday morning, dressed for a day trip and carrying only snacks,
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Every ancient object has a story to tell. When researchers dust off an item during an excavation, a new window opens into the past. Each recovered piece is a little clue that often leads to a bigger enigma that begs to be solved. For example, construction workers recently unearthed
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Russia has been left reeling in the wake of the nation’s worst terrorist attack in decades. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which saw armed assailants storm a popular concert venue complex on the outskirts of Moscow, killing more than 130 people. Nearly a dozen people have been detained in
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN Rankin County, Mississippi (CNN) — On the eve of the final two federal sentencing hearings last month in the case of a pair of Black men tortured by six White law enforcement officers, a cousin of Emmett Till’s mother thought of her own son. “I haven’t talked to him today, and
Continue Reading CNN By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The Senate passed a government funding package early Saturday morning, averting a partial shutdown and ending a lengthy fight that has loomed over both sides of Capitol Hill for months. The legislation will next be sent to President Joe Biden to
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