TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — In a story published April 5, 2023, about Kansas’ bill that could subject doctors to lawsuits or criminal charges if they’re accused of not providing enough care to infants born during certain kinds of abortion procedures, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a similar bill in 2019.
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Sara Smart, CNN Three New Mexico officers opened fire on a man after mistakenly responding to the wrong address earlier this month — an incident that left the man dead, police said Friday as they released body camera footage from the shooting. The Farmington Police Department released videos from body cameras
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders on Friday were dispatched to Grindstone Parkway and Grindstone Plaza Drive just before 1:15 p.m. for a crash. An ABC 17 reporter saw three vehicles in the crash. All three were towed. At least one of the vehicles was pulled from the wooded area just past the intersection. At least
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is saying goodbye to its mayor, Carrie Tergin as she finishes the end of her term. Tergin was unable to run in the April 4 election because of term limits. She was elected in 2015 and served two consecutive terms. The mayor is elected for four years, with an eight-year
Continue Reading NOMAAN MERCHANT and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press DIGHTON, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified documents had set his sights on joining the military from an early age. But more recently he had expressed disillusionment about having enlisted. Jack Teixeira, 21, was charged Friday in U.S. District Court
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she’ll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making “life worth living.” A first-of-its-kind emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she’ll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making “life worth living.” A first-of-its-kind emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced in a Friday press release that it will host a free active-assailant response training session.The session will take place from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 22 at the CPD Regional Training Center, 5001 Meyer Industrial Drive. The training will introduce attendees to the process of planning for and
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The last day for people to file their taxes is next Tuesday, April 18.
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN Three people were killed and one other was wounded Friday in shootings along Interstate 45 in two counties in Southeast Texas — incidents believed to have involved outlaw motorcycle gangs, authorities said. The incidents took place in Montgomery and Walker counties, north of Houston. At 12:18 p.m. local time, Texas Department
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state have charged former NBA star Shawn Kemp with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cell phone. Kemp was arrested after the shooting outside the Tacoma Mall on March 8. No one was injured, and Kemp’s lawyers have
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures. In a statement on her website, Kelly, a Democrat, called the legislation “misleading and unnecessary.” The legislation could have subjected doctors
Continue Reading By DEBORÁ REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the buttons they use as markers on their cards. Small containers hold their betting money, coins and crumpled low-denomination bills that every day seem able to buy less. The twice-weekly game brings
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office announced on its Facebook page that deputies responded on Thursday to a call about explosives being found at a boat ramp at Helds Island Conservation Area. Deputies confirmed the items found were “commercial explosive sticks.” Missouri State Highway Patrol Bomb Squad Unit was called to remove the
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media network but estimates it is worth between $5 million and $25 million, according to his personal financial disclosure form filed Friday. He owns about 90% of his social media company, Trump
Continue Reading ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — A contract worker at a northern Michigan paper mill has died from a fungal infection that has forced the business to temporarily close for deep cleaning. Public health officials in Delta and Menominee counties announced Friday that the worker died as a result of blastomycosis infection. The person’s name and a
Continue Reading By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A trio of health care bills enshrining access to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications have become law in Colorado as the Democrat-led state tries to make itself a safe haven for people from states where Republican leaders have restricted care. The
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. In an order signed Friday by Justice Samuel Alito, the court put a
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Outgoing Columbia City Council members said goodbye Friday and new members were sworn in and introduced to the public.
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A CSX train apparently caused sparks as it traveled through its Rockland County, New York, route, creating “dozens of brush fires,” according to the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office. In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said, “A CSX train traveling through the Town of Clarkstown, Stony Point, Haverstraw, Village of Haverstraw,
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