By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two jailers in an ill-fated effort to free someone else from a county jail. Michael Tisius, 42, would be the third person in Missouri, and the 12th person nationally, to be executed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson confirmed in a Monday press release that the state will carry out Michael Tisius’ death sentence Tuesday after a request for stay for declined by the state Supreme Court of Missouri. Tisius, 42, is scheduled to die by lethal injection. It was initially delayed last week after
Continue ReadingBy Laura Ly, Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who brought a gun to school and shot his first-grade teacher in January in Newport News, Virginia, will plead guilty to new federal felony charges as part of a deal with prosecutors, her attorney said Monday. Deja Taylor,
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern has become the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide sick time to all of its workers. But other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers securing the basic benefit. All of the major freight railroads
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Leonardo Taveras was suspended for 80 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Clomiphene. Los Angeles Angels right-hander Darlin Francia was suspended for 56 games after a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol. The 24-year-old Taveras was 1-1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s new baseball coach Kerrick Jackson signed a five-year contract worth $3.625 million with the Tigers, according to a copy of that contract obtained by ABC 17. The 49-year-old will make a guaranteed $675,000 in his first season. Each year after, his salary will increase by $25,000. The salary maxes out in
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said the Kansas City Chiefs are “building a dynasty” as he hosted the team at the White House Monday to mark their Super Bowl victory in February. Speaking on the South Lawn, Biden praised the team for playing with “the real joy of the game and love for each
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state’s attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to approve the
Continue Reading By SARAH BRUMFIELD and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed into a remote part of Virginia on Sunday appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, fighter jet pilots reported, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the matter. Federal investigators trudged through
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom. The U.S. military had dispatched six fighter jets on Sunday to intercept an unresponsive business plane that was flying over restricted airspace. The Air Force gave the F-16s permission
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE and BEN FINLEY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An aviation expert is citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before crashing in rural Virginia. Investigators are just beginning to look for answers. The Cessna Citation took off
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations says carbon dioxide levels in the air are jumping at one of the fastest rates
Continue Reading BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s only been seen one other time in California over the last 100 years, state wildlife officials said. While wolverines are native to California, they’ve been essentially extinct from the state since
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison Monday. Hanssen, 79, was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Shay, an heiress, philanthropist and breakout star of the Netflix reality series “Bling Empire,” has died at 62. Shay died from a stroke, according to a family statement provided to The Associated Press on Monday. It was not immediately clear when she died. “It saddens our hearts to announce that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Summer temperatures are in full swing and the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services sent the locations of cooling centers in Columbia as a reminder for residents. Cooling centers are available to the general public during the building’s normal business hours. Residents can access public areas, such as lobbies, restrooms, drinking
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Pujols has been hired by Major League Baseball as a special assistant to Commissioner Rob Manfred. The retired slugger will consult on issues related to his native Dominican Republic, among other areas. He also will start work Tuesday as an MLB Network analyst. Pujols hit 703 home runs, fourth behind
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The Peach State lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a late-season freeze, Dario Chavez, an associate professor of Horticulture at the University of Georgia, told CNN. Georgia normally produces more than 130 million pounds of peaches annually, according to
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A contractor discovered skeletal remains while working on a new home in Fishersville, Virginia, late last month. Forensic anthropology revealed they belong to a child who died over 100 years ago, local officials say. Found on May 23, the remains were excavated and sent to the
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal experts have called on the government to instill calm after days of the country’s deadliest violence in years and concerns it could have lasting consequences. Days of clashes between security forces and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko killed at least 16
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