Skip to Content

News

Ashcroft calls state audit a political attack

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released a report giving the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office a “fair” rating — a downgrade from the office’s “good” rating. The report claims that Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office refused to provide Fitzpatrick’s office with cybersecurity reviews of 116 local election authorities. In addition, the

Continue Reading

Alleged YSL rival rapper YFN Lucci sentenced to prison on gang charge after taking plea deal

By Olivia LaBorde and Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, according to court documents. The rapper, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, was facing a number of charges including murder and racketeering. Bennett was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by

Continue Reading

North Korea appears to demolish ‘reunification arch’ as Kim Jong Un turns against ties with South

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears to have torn down a huge arch in its capital that symbolized reconciliation with South Korea, a week after leader Kim Jong Un dismissed decades of hopes for peaceful reunification with the war-divided peninsula’s south, according to satellite photos analyzed by The

Continue Reading

Years of Missouri Senate Republican infighting comes to a breaking point, and the loss of parking

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri state Senate leaders have demoted several fellow Republicans from committee roles and taken away their parking spots. Sens. Bill Eigel and Rick Brattin on Tuesday said they were downgraded parking spots that are noticeably farther away from the Jefferson City Capitol. Those senators, along

Continue Reading

Trump wins New Hampshire Republican primary

By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, defeating former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and moving him closer to a rematch with President Joe Biden this fall. Trump’s victory, after a big win in the Iowa caucuses, marks the first time in the modern primary era that the

Continue Reading

New York man found guilty of murder after 20-year-old woman was shot and killed when car turned in wrong driveway

By Brynn Gingras, Nicki Brown, Nic F. Anderson and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Monahan was found guilty of second-degree murder Tuesday for shooting and killing a woman who was a passenger in a car that mistakenly drove up his driveway in rural New York last year, according to Katherine Thompson, deputy chief clerk of Washington

Continue Reading