By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A slow-moving environmental catastrophe is unfolding in a marine ecosystem home to some of the world’s rarest species, including the critically endangered hawksbill turtle, as well as whale sharks, giant manta rays and dugongs. It has been more than a month since the MT Princess Empress, carrying 800,000 liters (211,340 gallons)
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By JIM SALTER and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland. Forecasters are keeping a wary eye
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with five counts of first-degree making a terroristic threat after allegedly making threats on Facebook to the Columbia Police Department, a couple of area businesses and a celebrity. Clinton Lauby – whose address is listed as Columbia on Casenet, but is originally from Connecticut and has Connecticut
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulip lovers have a new variety to choose from and it’s named for Jill Biden. The first lady accepted her “Jill Biden” tulip from André Haspels, ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States, during a ceremony at his official residence on Wednesday. The
Continue Reading By SIBI ARASU Associated Press The burning of coal for electricity, cement, steel and other uses went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found. The coal fleet grew by 19.5 gigawatts last year, enough to light up
Continue Reading By ISABEL DeBRE and FARES AKRAM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Violence resumed for a second straight night in Jerusalem on Wednesday when Palestinian worshippers barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa Mosque at the Old City’s sensitive compound and Israeli police used force to remove dozens of worshippers. The unrest was less intense than the previous night.
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to reschedule an execution that had been set for Thursday. It had looked unlikely to be carried out after the governor said the state wasn’t prepared. The court declined to set a May 1 execution date for prisoner Aaron Gunches. He
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to “engage China toward a shared responsibility for peace” in Ukraine when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. French officials say Macron plans to urge Xi in talks Thursday to use Beijing’s influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin but didn’t expect a big
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have given final passage to a 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 Kansas House passed the bill 86-36 on Tuesday. The
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have given final passage to a 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 Kansas House passed the bill 86-36 on Tuesday. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police took a juvenile into custody for a shooting outside a north side business. The department said in a news release that it took the young person into custody around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of Rangeline Street. The juvenile is accused of taking part in the shooting in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La comparecencia de este martes del expresidente Donald Trump fue un torbellino de primicias históricas, pues Trump fue arrestado y se enfrentó a los primeros cargos penales de la historia contra un expresidente de Estados Unidos. Ahora comienza la espera mientras se desarrolla el largo trabajo del sistema judicial, con las
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas children would need their parents’ OK to access social media sites under a bill Arkansas lawmakers advanced Wednesday, moving the state closer toward becoming the second to enact restrictions that critics say raise privacy and enforcement concerns. The majority-Republican House approved by an 82-10
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Students for Change, a student-run group that hopes to prevent gun violence in Columbia Public Schools is planning a school walk-out to protest gun violence Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, Holmes Lybrand and Haley Britzky, CNN Members of the FBI and the US Army Special Operations Command who were conducting a training exercise in downtown Boston raided the wrong hotel room and detained the person inside before realizing their mistake, the FBI said in a statement to CNN. The FBI said its
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say multiple officers and suspects have been wounded in a shootout during an undercover fentanyl trafficking investigation. Authorities says three officers were shot Wednesday along with three alleged targets of the sting. All are expected to survive. Police Chief Karl Oakman says undercover officers were
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say multiple officers and suspects have been wounded in a shootout during an undercover fentanyl trafficking investigation. Authorities says three officers were shot Wednesday along with three alleged targets of the sting. All are expected to survive. Police Chief Karl Oakman says undercover officers were
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland. Forecasters are keeping a wary eye
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland. Forecasters are keeping a wary eye
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland. Forecasters are keeping a wary eye
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