CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for a Missouri woman who has spent more than four decades in prison for a murder her supporters believe she did not commit are arguing that the evidence points to a police officer who was investigated for burglaries and later went to prison. They said at a hearing this week
Continue Reading Matthew Hilk, CNN (CNN) — A special grand jury was chosen in Uvalde, Texas, Friday to investigate the response to the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School, according to area newspapers. A grand jury investigation would represent the first publicly known development within the criminal justice system amid all the investigations into the botched police
Continue Reading MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State center Ayoka Lee will miss roughly four weeks because of an ankle injury. The seventh-ranked Wildcats said Lee had surgery Friday, a day after tests revealed a small fracture in her ankle. The senior from Minnesota is averaging 19.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.7 blocked shots. She ranks second
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach man who suffered moderate injuries in a crash was accused of driving while intoxicated Thursday night on Route A at Midway Road, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash and arrest reports. The crash occurred as a 2008 Chrysler Pacifica – driven by James Thacker, 39 – was
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Divisions within the Israeli government are deepening after war cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot suggested the key war aim of defeating Hamas is unrealistic and called for elections within months. “Those who say that there was a major blow and demolition of the capabilities in the north of the strip
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By Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Actor Alec Baldwin has been indicted by a New Mexico grand jury on charges connected to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” new court documents show. Baldwin is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. The first involuntary manslaughter charge
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A historically Black college in Missouri is in turmoil after the suicide of an administrator who alleged bullying by the school’s president. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey was known for keeping her office door open and greeting everyone at Lincoln University with a smile.
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A small commuter plane, which took off from Dulles Airport near Washington, DC, has landed on a Virginia roadway, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation in a post on social media. In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration said Southern Airways Express Flight 246 made
Continue Reading CNN By Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Aya Elamroussi and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Eagle Pass, Texas (CNN) — As the migrant crisis continues at the US-Mexico border and beyond, tensions between Texas and federal officials remain high. Here are the latest developments: Texas authorities arrested migrants at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, late Wednesday evening
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter is returning to the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing to a one-year contract with his team from 2011-21. Carpenter agreed to a deal for the $740,000 major league minimum, which will be offset against his guaranteed $5.5 million salary as part of a $12 million, two-year contract he signed with
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A cold weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, which make loud booming or popping sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors, was felt around Chicago during this week’s bout of below-zero temperatures. Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford said there was no formal reporting system for frost quakes, which occur after
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Buffalo receiver Gabe Davis and cornerback Christian Benford are starters who will be out with knee injuries when the Bills host Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff game. Bills coach Sean McDermott also said backup safety Taylor Rapp (calf) and backup linebacker Baylon Spector (back) won’t play against the Chiefs.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City has agreed to part ways with sporting director Gavin Wilkinson only eight days after hiring him to its front office. Principal owner Michael Illig cited an “impassioned response from our fans” in announcing the move. Wilkinson, the former president and general manager of the NWSL’s Portland Thorns,
Continue Reading DEFIANCE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a house exploded in a rural area of eastern Missouri, killing two young children. Emergency responders were called just before 7:45 a.m. Friday to a home in Defiance, about 40 miles west of St. Louis. Two children, ages 4 and 6, were trapped in the house, but the intense
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of fatally shooting three adults and a toddler. The court’s 6-1 majority ruled Friday that Kyle Trevor Flack did not clearly invoke his right to remain silent by saying he wanted to be
Continue Reading CNN By Pete Muntean, LJ Spaet, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — An Atlas Air cargo flight en route from Miami to Puerto Rico made an emergency landing late Thursday after a reported engine failure, the Federal Aviation Administration said. According to FlightAware, the plane was in the air for 14 minutes.
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Callaway County will stop paying its suspended sheriff, Clay Chism, next month.
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Italy’s high court has ruled that fascist salutes are legal at rallies unless they threaten public order or risk reviving the country’s outlawed fascist party. Several members of Italy’s opposition parties and Jewish community leaders have criticized the ruling and plan to rally against it, according to local
Continue Reading By Caitlin Danaher and Rose Roobeek, CNN (CNN) — The group suspected of murdering a crime reporter in the Netherlands in 2021 also wanted to kidnap Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, according to a witness in the case. The protected witness, known to Dutch prosecutors only as “5089,” was told by a lead suspect that the group was so
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 62-year-old man who died after an Atlanta police officer tased him during a dispute about a traffic citation has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the former officer, the police chief and the city. The 63-page complaint alleges Johnny Hollman Sr.’s First, Fourth and 14th amendment
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