JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety on Monday approved more than $9.9 million in grants to 43 sheriff’s offices across the state for security and other improvements to local jails, according to a press release from the governor’s office. A number of sheriff’s offices in Mid-Missouri are benefitting from it, with
Continue Readingmacamilarincon Nueva York (CNN) — Algunos usuarios VIP de Twitter se despertaron este sábado esperando haber perdido sus codiciadas marcas azules de verificación, en una purga que Elon Musk había anunciado previamente. Sin embargo, en lugar de ello, Twitter pareció apuntar contra una sola cuenta de una importante publicación que le disgusta a Musk y
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Evan Perez, CNN Special counsel prosecutors have secured evidence including daily notes, texts, emails and photographs and are focused on cataloging how Donald Trump handled classified records around the Mar-a-Lago resort and those who may have witnessed the former president with them, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation. The
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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Environmentalists lost the first round of their legal battle over a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope on Monday as a judge rejected their requests to halt immediate construction work related to the Willow project, but they vowed not to give up. The court’s
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A prosecutor says a Colorado woman knew what she was doing when she stabbed her young stepson 18 times, shot him and drove across the country to dump a suitcase with his remains inside. The statement came Monday at the start of the murder trial of Letecia
Continue Reading BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa in Sunday’s national championship game was the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game on record, with 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2 according to fast national numbers by Nielsen. The total audience is a 103% jump over last year, when South Carolina defeated UConn and averaged
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa in Sunday’s national championship game was the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game on record, with 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2 according to fast national numbers by Nielsen. The total audience is a 103% jump over last year, when South Carolina defeated UConn and averaged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For April 4, Election Day, the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team has issued a weather alert day for potential severe weather. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said there are plans in place to keep employees and voters safe. “One of the safety measures that we have as a county is that we
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A storm Friday left many homes and cars with hail damage in Columbia. Contractors both local and from out of town often come to areas hit by severe weather to try and sell their services to homeowners whose property is damaged. These are one of the many times scammers are prone to
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Elam and Rachel Ramirez, CNN After a remarkable series of winter storms, California water officials reported Monday in their April snow survey the Sierra snowpack is among the largest on record, dating back to the 1950s. The state’s Department of Water Resources surveys mountain snowpack once a month through the winter, and the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon New York (CNN) — El 3 de abril de 1973, Martin Cooper salió a una acera de la Sexta Avenida de Manhattan con un dispositivo del tamaño de un ladrillo e hizo la primera llamada pública desde un teléfono celular a uno de los hombres con los que había estado compitiendo para desarrollar el
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Columbia police have warned at least one apartment complex to be on the lookout for people stealing from unlocked cars.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden said Monday that she wants the defeated Iowa women’s basketball team to be invited to the White House in addition to the national title winner Louisiana State University. She watched LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa from the stands on Sunday night. Biden, speaking at the Colorado state capital
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Democrats want the leader of the state’s Human Rights Commission removed after he argued against a bill for LGBTQ+ rights. Democratic senators on Monday called for Timothy Faber’s removal from the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, which handles discrimination cases. Faber is the chairman,
Continue Reading PARADISE, Mont. (AP) — Crews could face a difficult task cleaning up a 25-car train derailment in western Montana that spilled numerous cases of beer as well as powdered clay beside a scenic river. Authorities say the derailment happened Sunday in a hard-to-reach spot beside the Clark Fork River. Some of the cars derailed in
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood and ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a new Utah law that would ban abortion clinics in the deeply conservative state. The law signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox last month would take effect May 3, at which time abortion clinics
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices through Wednesday and told its corporate staff to work remotely as it prepares to announce a round of layoffs. In a memo to workers posted on the website TheLayoff.com, the Chicago-based burger giant said it wanted to “ensure the comfort and confidentiality of
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A lawsuit says Union Pacific routinely hires private investigators to check out employees’ medical leave claims and then fires anyone who happens to leave their house while they are off. The lawyer who filed the Texas lawsuit says this practice is another example of how
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio testified Monday at the trial of former Fugee rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, who is accused of conspiring to funnel money from a Malaysian state fund to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Here is a look at the main characters in the international scandal, and the
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN A federal judge in Alaska has declined to block progress on the controversial Willow oil drilling project while lawsuits against the project proceed. The Biden administration approved ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope last month. The project galvanized a groundswell of online opposition in the weeks leading
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