COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating an assault early Saturday morning on E. Broadway, according to a press release from the department. According to the release, around 1:40 a.m. Saturday officers were called to the 900 block of E. Broadway for an assault. Witnesses said the victim was hit multiple times in
Continue ReadingA Maryland judge has ruled a proposed ballot question in Baltimore that would pay new parents $1,000 when they have a child is unconstitutional. Media outlets report that Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Nugent made the ruling on Friday. Supporters of the proposal secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday by the German Olympic Sports Confederation, though
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Canadian b-boy Phil Wizard (Philip Kim) took gold in the first Olympic men’s breaking tournament Saturday. “I never thought I’d be here in my life,” the 27-year-old said, wiping away tears. He spent the last few sleepless nights “tossing and turning” because he was “stressed out of my mind.” “I
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) — As law enforcement officers hung back outside Khloie Torres’ fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, she begged for help in a series of 911 calls, whispering into the phone that there were “a lot” of bodies and telling the operator: “Please, I don’t want to die. My teacher is dead. Oh,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Police in Ferguson, Missouri, say an officer was critically injured outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement. Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe brain injury Friday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Police in Ferguson, Missouri, say an officer was critically injured outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement. Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe brain injury Friday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — As Paris shines under the global spotlight of the Olympic Games, technological innovations are enabling people with visual impairments to take it in. A standout innovation is the Vision Pad, a tactile tablet designed to add another layer of interaction for those with visual impairments. It features a moving magnetic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The chocolate muffins from the bakery in the Olympic village where athletes stay have gone viral on social media. They’re made alongside bread and a selection of French pastries that athletes from across the world rushed to taste. Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen has been dubbed “muffin man” after he posted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s Olympic fan clubhouse stands out for its somber atmosphere, with moments of silence for war victims and documentaries about the destruction. The goal is to keep Russia’s invasion of Ukraine front of mind for everyday people after more than two years of war. Global attention has shifted elsewhere, to
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark woman suffered serious injuries in a crash Friday evening in Miller County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states the crash happened around 6:20 p.m. at the intersection of MO 42 and Route C. A 2006 Chevrolet Suburban, driven by Shandi Robinett, 27,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Dr. R. Todd Ivey, a practicing OBGYN in Houston, Texas, opened his Sunday paper last weekend to find a letter from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham – directed at him. “It must be distressing that a draconian abortion ban has restricted your right to practice and turned it into
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leonean military court has convicted 24 soldiers of their roles in last year’s attempted coup. The soldiers were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, some for up to 120 years. They faced up to 88 counts on charges of murder, mutiny, communicating with the enemy and willful
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The Olympics will always have Paris. The next Summer Games go to Los Angeles in 2028. The baton will be handed from one third-time Olympic host city to another at the closing ceremony Sunday in Paris. Much will be different in four years’ time. New sports flag football and
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The annual Missouri State Fair is the state’s biggest agricultural showcase in the state, bringing more than 30,000 attendees each day. With that many people expected, traffic impacts can be expected at and around the fairgrounds on Saturday. The main gate entrance is located on W 16th St., two other entrances are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s gold medal-winning boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak gave a military salute to the crowd gathered to celebrate his return to the war-torn country from the Paris Olympics. Stepping out of the special Olympic Express train at Kyiv’s central railway station, Khyzhniak, 29, greeted fans, friends and family. The athlete is
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The one question Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is repeatedly asked about before her city hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics is traffic. Bass has declared it will be the “no-car games” and venues will only be accessible by public transportation. It will take more than 3,000 buses and LA
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Watching climbing at the Paris Olympics makes it seem as if it’s a sport that would be completely out of the question for a weekend athlete. The speed, strength and dexterity with which the competitors scale the walls appear impossible to match. Think again. With over 600 climbing gyms in the United States,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Marc Fischer, a mailroom supervisor at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California, died Friday after he
Continue ReadingCNN By Irene Nasser, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Lex Harvey and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — At least 93 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike on a school and mosque in Gaza sheltering displaced people, according to local officials, sparking international outrage. Gaza Civil Defense said people were performing dawn prayers
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