COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has begun its national search for its next police chief. Police Chief Geoff Jones announced his retirement on June 5. His last day is Tuesday, Aug. 1. The city manager said in June that the City planned to hire an outside search firm to help find candidates. The
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By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old boy was attacked by a shark Monday afternoon as he was surfing off the coast of New York’s Fire Island, police said. The teenager was bitten on his toes and left heel but was able to swim to shore, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The
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By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine bishop named by Pope Francis to lead a powerful Vatican office that ensures doctrinal orthodoxy is rejecting accusations that he refused to believe victims of sexual abuse by a priest in the South American country. He said he took some actions after the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were no injuries reported in a Monday morning fire at a Columbia Church, but fire marshals estimate about $200,000 worth of damage was reported, according to a Monday afternoon press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The fire department was called to a fire alarm Monday morning at Missouri United Methodist
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Multiple people were shot in Philadelphia on Monday night, according to police. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department told The Associated Press there were “multiple gunshot victims” but said no other information on their conditions was immediately available. Police spokesperson Miguel Torres told CNN a suspect was in custody and a
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is in Japan to meet with government leaders Tuesday and to see final preparations for the release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, on a visit Japan hopes will give credibility to the
Continue Reading BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Partying never gets old in the Florida Keys — especially for a milestone birthday like No. 200. The Florida Keys celebrated its bicentennial Monday along the Gulf of Mexico with a Key lime pie more than 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter — which organizers intend to certify as
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Michelle Watson and Jennifer Feldman, CNN (CNN) — A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire along several blocks in southwestern Philadelphia before police apprehended him on Monday evening – a shooting that’s left four people dead and two children injured, authorities said. A second person who investigators believe picked up a
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By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Nick Fortes hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning and the Miami Marlins rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4. In front of a home crowd of 19,638, Marlins pinch hitter Yuli Gurriel tied it in the seventh with a two-run double against
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was found guilty in relation to Nov. 2 shooting on Clark Lane was sentenced Monday at the Boone County Courthouse. Noah Solbrekken, 23, was found guilty of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. He was found guilty on May 23 by a Boone County jury. He
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The European Union’s climate chief has expressed concern over the expansion of China’s coal industry, with the building of new coal-fired plants. At a conference in Beijing on Monday, Frans Timmermans said that while China plans to expand its use of renewable resources such as wind and solar energy, the country has
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An off-duty police officer participated in a raid where two Black men say deputies beat and sexually assaulted them before shooting one of them in the mouth, a Mississippi police chief said Monday. The announcement comes less than a week after Rankin County Sheriff
Continue Reading By NASSER NASSER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israel on Monday launched its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops on an open-ended mission into a militant stronghold. At least eight Palestinians
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of arrests have been by the Missouri State Highway Patrol this holiday weekend, and most of the arrests in Mid-Missouri are for drunk driving accusations. The MSHP counting period for Independence Day weekend started 6 p.m. Friday and will run through July 4. The counting period is designed to help MSHP track
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Firefighters were battling a residential fire in central Fulton on Monday afternoon.
Continue Reading MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a father died over the weekend when he fell roughly 200 feet (61 meters) while hiking with his wife and five children in Oregon. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the man as 41-year-old Gerardo Hernandez-Rodriguez of Beaverton, Oregon. Hernandez-Rodriguez was hiking with his family on
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s old ruling party fractured Monday, with four leading senators resigning amid internal disputes and the loss of the last major state the party governed. The Institutional Revolutionary Parties held the presidency and almost all statehouses in Mexico without interruption for 70 years. But the PRI, as the party is known,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Extreme drought continues to impact Mid-Missouri forcing cities and counties to put burn bans in place. Mid-Missouri saw rain over the weekend, but not enough for burn bans to be lifted. The burn bans in place discourage any type of fire including bonfires, camp fired, fireworks and controlled burns. The City of
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Damin Davis’s criminal history dates back to 2006 when he was charged with tampering with a motor vehicle in Boone County.
Continue Reading By Meron Moges-Gerbi, Athena Jones and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Three minority advocacy groups are suing Harvard University’s governing body, accusing the school of discrimination by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and alumni, and are citing the recent US Supreme Court ruling that gutted affirmative action to bolster their lawsuit. The
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