By JACK DURA and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — One police officer died and two others were critically injured in a shooting in Fargo, North Dakota, that also killed the suspect on Friday, police said. The shooting happened before 3 p.m. on a busy street. Multiple witnesses said a man opened fire
Continue Reading By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities on Long Island are vowing to continue investigating a string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after charging an architect in the deaths of three of the 11 victims. Rex Heuermann, 59, is accused of killing Melissa
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and confounded authorities on Long Island’s South Shore after a woman’s 2010 disappearance led investigators to find 10 sets of human remains in addition to hers and launched the hunt for
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state election officials as they dig into preparations for the 2024 election. Misinformation and the emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools to create false and misleading content were cited in interviews with
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions. That’s leaving key positions unfilled and raising concerns at the Pentagon about military readiness. Senators in both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of Mid-Missouri utility customers were experiencing power outages for the second time this week as storms rolled in once again Friday. Boone Electric had 24 outages with 2,485 customers without power at its peak. Those totals drooped to 14 outages for 1474 customers by 11:10 p.m. A number of the outages
Continue Reading By ANNA FURMAN, KRYSTA FAURIA and LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a “Strike Girl Summer.” So read a picket sign as the sidewalks of Hollywood and midtown Manhattan teemed with actors on Day 1 of their strike, protesting alongside the writers who have been at it since May. Together, the two
Continue Reading By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press GUALEGUAYCHÚ, Argentina (AP) — On a recent cross-border shopping trip, four friends from Fray Bentos, Uruguay, visited the nearby Argentine city of Gualeguaychu, where they could afford to live lavishly and snap up eye-popping bargains. Thanks to a huge disparity in the two South American countries’ currencies, Stella Ferreira and
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s been indicted twice. Found liable for sexual abuse. And he’s viewed unfavorably by about a third of his party. But six months before Republicans begin to choose their next presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump remains the race’s dominant front-runner. Early leaders
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A recent change to the ability to use Twitter has limited the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Amber Alert reach. Recently, users have been having issues viewing posts on Twitter’s website without being signed into an account. Amber Alerts were sent with a link that would direct residents to a Twitter page with
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press The Marshfield Village Store, which sits at the junction of two country highways in a tiny Vermont town, has become a little bit of everything in recent days as residents struggle to recover from historic floods that battered the state. First the shop in Marshfield, about 45
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PRAIRIE HOME, Mo. (KMIZ) A Prairie Home man was arrested Thursday and later charged after allegedly hitting another person in the head with a pry bar five times. George Horridge, 35, is charged with second-degree assault and armed-criminal action. He is being held in the Cooper County Jail on a $25,000 bond, according to court
Continue Reading By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The political party that captured first place in Thailand’s general election two months ago — only to see the country’s unelected Senators block it from taking power — is fighting back. It will seek to change the law to take away the Senate’s de facto veto over
Continue Reading By JACK DURA and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Witnesses say a man opened fire on police officers and hit more than one on a busy street in Fargo, North Dakota, before other officers shot him. Fargo police described the shooting Friday afternoon as a “critical incident” and said the situation was very difficult for them.
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By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The game between the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals was suspended in the third inning Friday night due to rain. The series opener will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday. The Cardinals jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Lars
Continue Reading TEXICO, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors say two women in eastern New Mexico have been sentenced to prison in a case in which they were accused of beating children in their care and chaining them to their beds. State child welfare workers received a tip in 2022 about children being locked in cages. Prosecutors say Jayme
Continue Reading MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Southern California are battling three separate brush fires that started Friday afternoon amid the hottest weather of the year so far. The fires are in mostly rural areas of Riverside County, southeast of Los Angeles. Two of the fires have stopped spreading, but the third has grown to
Continue Reading MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Southern California are battling three separate brush fires that started Friday afternoon amid the hottest weather of the year so far. The fires are in mostly rural areas of Riverside County, southeast of Los Angeles. Two of the fires have stopped spreading, but the third has grown to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman was arrested Thursday and charged after allegedly trying to assault a woman, stealing her credit and debit cards and then trying to drive off with her car. Rebecca Matlack, 37, is charged with second-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree attempted assault of a special victim and second-degree
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were hit by blast-furnace air. But most will spend their vacations in a vastly different climate — at casinos where the chilly air conditioning might require a light sweater. Meanwhile,
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