By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer The special teams footballs used in Sunday’s game between Kansas City and New England were reportedly underinflated. But you can’t blame the Patriots this time. MassLive.com reported that the Patriots complained to the officials during the first half of the Chiefs’ 27-17 victory that the balls used by the
Continue ReadingCNN, KING By Sara Smart and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — For nearly 40 years, a set of human remains discovered near Seattle in 1985 were known to investigators only as Bones 17. And it was 17 years later that police confirmed the remains belonged to a victim of the so-called “Green River Killer” –
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A man was pronounced dead at a hospital Thursday after being hit by a vehicle in Columbia the previous day, police say.
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Texas National Guard Thursday denied claims from an immigration activist that it ignored a migrant calling out for help as she struggled to cross the Rio Grande with a child in her arms. Video footage obtained by CNN shows a woman holding a crying baby
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Chance Comanche, a former player with the NBA G League’s Stockton Kings, confessed to kidnapping and killing a Washington state woman with his ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas earlier this month, according to police. Comanche, 27, and Sakari Harnden, 19, were arrested last week and charged
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Police in western Massachusetts apologized Thursday after an officer was sent to a middle school to search for a copy of “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe, following a complaint. On December 8, a plainclothes officer was escorted into a classroom at W.E.B. Dubois Regional Middle School toward the end
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tacchi, CNN (CNN) — Israel has struck at least three locations in Gaza to which it had ordered civilians to evacuate since the breakdown of a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas earlier this month, CNN analysis has found. On December 1, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a map of Gaza –
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An unlicensed daycare operator in Sedalia who was charged in connection with the death of a 5-month-old baby boy in 2022 was sentenced to probation. Ashley Kratzer, 33, of Sedalia, pleaded guilty on Thursday to endangering the welfare of a child. She was sentenced to five years of supervised probation. Kratzer
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The Maries County sheriff still hadn’t heard from Mayor Daryl White on Thursday morning after a search of Belle City Hall the day before.
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Miracle, Eric Levenson and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A jury found Tacoma police officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine not guilty on all charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel “Manny” Ellis, a Black man who died in custody after saying he couldn’t breathe. After a monthslong trial, Burbank
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Estados Unidos está listo para votar una resolución del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas sobre Gaza después de varios retrasos, dijo el jueves por la noche la embajadora del país ante la ONU, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “Solo quiero compartir con ustedes que hemos trabajado duro y diligentemente durante
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The last meteor shower of 2023 is set to send meteors streaking across the sky just in time for the holidays. The Ursids will peak Thursday night through the early morning hours of Friday, according to the American Meteor Society. Night owls braving the cold could see around five
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The Columbia Fire Department will offer a new resource to help combat ongoing recruitment and retention challenges and ensure better service to the public.
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — One of the largest urgent care chains in Missouri will pay $9.1 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims for medical services, including COVID-19 testing. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Thursday announced the settlement with Total Access Urgent Care, which operates more than two dozen
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Three police officers and two paramedics have faced juries on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide stemming from the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado. But the path to court was anything but straightforward. McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, was confronted by police officers on August
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts or POW/MIA in Iraq and Afghanistan Fast Facts. Currently Detained Americans Iran Karan VafadariDecember 2016 – Karan Vafadari’s family announces that Karan and his wife, Afarin Niasari,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Offensive Coordinator Kirby Moore and Defensive Coordinator Blake Baker are staying with the Mizzou football program. The team announced on social media that both Moore and Baker have signed contract extensions. The details about both coordinators’ contract extensions have not been released. Eli Drinkwitz hinted at Wednesday’s press conference that the team
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The Fayette Police Department said Thursday that it is revising its evidence disposal procedures after residents raised concerns about finding evidence in a trash bin.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A study of octopus DNA may have solved an enduring mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet last collapsed, unlocking valuable information about how much future sea levels may rise in a warming climate. The innovative research focused on the genetic history of the Turquet’s octopus
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