ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas is sticking with the St. Louis Cardinals. The 34-year-old veteran right-handed pitcher has signed a new three-year deal with the Cardinals that runs through the 2025 season. The two-time All-Star was about the enter the final year of his current contract with St. Louis. He is scheduled to make
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer The Texas Rangers aren’t wasting any time in seeing what they have in Jacob deGrom. The two-time Cy Young Award winner will start for the Rangers when they open the 2023 season against Aaron Nola and the Philadelphia Phillies. Eight Cy Young award winners in all will start on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works announced in a Friday press release that the installation of steel panels at a Downtown parking garage has been completed. Panels were installed in all window openings on levels five through eight at the parking garage on Fifth and Walnut streets.Full access to all levels of
Continue Reading SHELDON, Iowa (AP) — A suspect in an Iowa killing was arrested Friday outside a marijuana dispensary in South Dakota, authorities said. Nathanial Byron Kessel, 41, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, is now awaiting extradition. He was taken into custody on the first-degree murder warrant after the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe police chief noticed a vehicle
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN If it feels like Kiernan Shipka is everywhere, you’re right. The 23-year-old who rose to fame on the hit series, “Mad Men,” is at the helm of an indie flick that’s getting quite a bit of buzz called, “Wildflower.” Shipka plays Bea Johnson a high school senior who is at a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was recently accused of trying to rob a Break Time on Smiley Lane is facing more charges for allegedly burglarizing the same store. Nakwon Harris, 22, is charged with second-degree burglary and stealing $750 or more. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Four sea otters in California have died from a rare strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite that scientists said could pose a risk to human health. Researchers called the finding a “complete surprise” because this strain of T. gondii had never been reported in any aquatic animal or in coastal California.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police officers involved in two separate fatal shootings in Missouri will not face charges after investigations by prosecutors. Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker says no charges will be filed against Independence officers in the March 2022 death of Tyrea M. Pryor. Meanwhile, Greene County Prosecuting
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business On the eve of a high-profile TikTok hearing this week, the company shared that it now has more than 150 million US monthly active users. But after the heated, hours-long hearing, filled with lawmakers telling TikTok’s CEO the app should be banned, some may now be wondering where all
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN A judge sentenced Aiden Fucci — the Florida teenager convicted of first-degree murder for stabbing a 13-year-old over 100 times in 2021 — to life in prison on Friday. Fucci, 16, entered his guilty plea in February 2023 at a hearing intended to get jury selection for his
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, Andi Babineau and Christina Maxouris, CNN A West Texas A&M student-led LGBT+ organization and its leaders have filed a federal lawsuit after a student drag show was canceled Monday by the university’s president, who called such shows “derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny,” drawing backlash from students and free speech advocates. The lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright, CNN Stephanie Young, a veteran Democratic aide, has been tapped to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ new senior adviser to focus on messaging and outreach. Young’s role is a new position for the vice president’s office, meant to take a birds-eye approach to manage Harris’ overall communications platform and political engagement but
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Part of Horn’s campaign is based on continuity on the board, which can be a challenge to serve on and take time to learn. Board member terms are three years.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida charter school principal has been forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The Tallahassee Democrat reported that the principal, Hope Carrasquilla, of Tallahassee Classical School resigned this week after an ultimatum from
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press United Nations (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water. He was speaking Friday at the end of a three-day conference on global water resources during which developing nations made urgent calls for help with cleaner drinking water and better sanitation. Guterres said:
Continue Reading By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Alberto Ibargüen announced Friday that he was stepping down as the leader of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, ending a run as the grantmaker’s president that began in the George W. Bush administration. With about $3 billion in assets, Knight is
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A late-afternoon turnaround on Wall Street left stocks higher Friday as the market shook off a weak start amid worries about banks on both sides of the Atlantic. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% after slipping for most of the morning. The benchmark index marked its second
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The developer of a planned Nevada geothermal power plant says it intends to sue U.S wildlife officials to try to overturn the endangered species listing of a toad that lives in adjacent wetlands. The move could end up pitting two Biden administration agencies against each other
Continue Reading By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly two years and at least $1.4 million spent, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Friday released an external review of its overseas operations that gave short shrift to recent corruption scandals and offered a series of recommendations that critics dismissed as
Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Federal authorities expect to return a 13-year-old boy’s remains to his Native American tribe in South Dakota this fall. The Friday statement comes days after the tribe wrote to urge a faster return of the child. The boy died at a federal boarding school for Indigenous children in 1879. The
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