ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a story published July 11, 2023, about a plane crash that killed Alaska bush pilot Jim Tweto, The Associated Press quoted Clint Johnson with the National Transportation Safety Board as saying the plane struck a tree, rendering its vertical stabilizer inoperative. The strike damaged the plane’s left horizontal stabilizer.
Continue Reading TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges police in Washington state had no plan other than to use deadly force against a fugitive who was on the run days after shooting a member of a far-right group when supporters of then-President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in Portland, Oregon, streets in
Continue Reading WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are seeking information about a drone that may have been operating near a northwestern Pennsylvania jail before the escape of a homicide suspect last week, and they say they have increasing concerns that the escaped prisoner may be armed. Michael Burham fled the Warren County Prison late Thursday by climbing
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Domino’s Pizza said Wednesday it’s partnering with Uber Eats to make deliveries in the U.S. and 27 international markets. It’s a major reversal for the world’s largest pizza company, which has long said that working with third-party apps in the U.S. didn’t make economic sense because it employs its
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth. NASA unveiled the latest snapshot Wednesday, revealing 50 baby stars in a cloud complex 390
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang has been extradited to the U.S. to face a fraud and corruption trial over a $2 billion scandal involving fraudulent government loans. That’s according to the South African government on Wednesday. Chang has been held in a South Africa prison since
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UPDATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT UPDATE Confidence is increasing this morning in a severe round of storms after 9 p.m. Storms will generally redevelop after 7 p.m. along a boundary in the atmosphere left by activity from earlier in the day. This boundary will roughly trace I-70, but understand chances for development will fall on both sides
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are working to identify three bodies found decomposing in a remote Colorado campsite, Gunnison County Undersheriff Josh Ashe told CNN. A hiker found the first body Sunday in a remote area of the Gunnison National Forest, near Gold Creek Campground, Ashe said. The forest is roughly 100 miles
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person suffered moderate injuries in a crash Wednesday on westbound Highway 50/63 in Jefferson City, west of Shamrock Road, according to a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department. The crash occurred as a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado – driven by Jayne Williams, 63, of Belle – slowed down while
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A motorcyclist and a pedestrian were taken to a hospital for treatment after a crash shut down southbound Highway 63 in Columbia on Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tropical Liqueurs shared on its Facebook page that one of its locations was burglarized early Wednesday morning. The business, which is a popular bar with two locations in Columbia, stated that one person smashed a window at its location at 3805 South Providence Road. There is another location in Downtown Columbia. Trops
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By The Associated Press HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) — A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway rest area exit early Wednesday in southern Illinois, killing three people and injuring 14 others, some seriously, state police said. The St. Louis-bound bus was traveling westbound along Interstate 70 in Madison County when it
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter began deliberating Wednesday about whether he is eligible for the death penalty. If the jury finds he is eligible, they will move to a final phase of the trial, called sentencing selection, to consider whether to recommend the
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new federal rules to reduce the level of harmful lead dust in millions of homes, schools and child-care facilities. Even though lead has been phased out of paints for decades, the harmful substance is still found in many older buildings. The Environmental Protection
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Mercenaries of the Wagner Group are completing the handover of their weapons to the Russian military, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a move that follows the private army’s brief rebellion last month that challenged the Kremlin’s authority. The disarming of Wagner reflects efforts by authorities to defuse the threat it posed and
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Ask ChatGPT about comedian Sarah Silverman’s memoir “The Bedwetter” and the artificial intelligence chatbot can come up with a detailed synopsis of every part of the book. Does that mean it effectively “read” and memorized a pirated copy? Or it scraped so many customer reviews and online chatter about
Continue Reading By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say five heavily armed militants have attacked a security post in southwest Pakistan, triggering an intense shootout that left nine soldiers, five attackers and a female passerby dead. The newly formed militant group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement,
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to reduce children’s exposure to lead, proposing stricter limits on dust from lead-based paints in older homes and child-care facilities. Declaring that “there is no safe level of lead, the administration estimates the proposed rule would reduce lead exposure for approximately 250,000 to 500,000 children under the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, a person familiar with the matter
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray defended the “real FBI” during a contentious congressional hearing Wednesday, rejecting a litany of grievances from angry Republicans who are harshly critical of the bureau, threatening to defund some operations and claiming the Justice Department is unfair to
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