By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% lacks access to basic sanitation. The U.N. World Water Development Report 2023 came Tuesday on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom that matches their gender identity, the first of several states expected to enact such bans this year amid a flood of bills nationwide targeting the
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Chenelle Woody, CNN A former Florida lawmaker pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements in connection with Covid-19 relief fraud, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Former Republican state Rep. Joseph Harding acquired more than $150,000 in Small Business Administration loans by
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Now that the Columbia City Council has approved the use of roll carts, an implementation process expected to last a year begins.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Aileen Graef, CNN The Ukrainian soldiers waved and honked their horns as they drove along a dirt road at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, moving their vehicles into position to defend against a hypothetical Russian missile barrage. These were not ordinary trucks, however. The Ukrainians were manning a US Patriot air defense system,
Continue ReadingBy Treasure Welle, CNN The City of Philadelphia has announced a $9.25 million settlement with hundreds of people who sued the city alleging “excessive and unreasonable force” by police during the civil unrest over the killing of George Floyd in 2020. The lawsuit filed on behalf of 343 plaintiffs alleged that the response by police
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Behind the gilded doors of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump and his advisers are preparing for several different potential scenarios related to a possible indictment from the Manhattan grand jury probing a hush money scheme. Already a 2024 candidate for the White House, Trump has both celebrated how an indictment would
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By MUNIR AHMED and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people in remote villages. At least nine people died in Pakistan and two in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday More than 200 people
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, five University of Missouri teachers were awarded with the Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. The peer-nominated award includes a $15,000 stipend for each instructor. Clinical professor Lea Ann Lowery, an MU alumnus, is one of the recipients who was surprised with the award during a meeting Tuesday. Lowery developed the
Continue Reading SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (AP) — Marine animal welfare officials say eight dolphins have died after they became stranded on a beach in New Jersey. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said on Facebook Tuesday morning that a pod of eight dolphins known as “common dolphins” had become stranded in Sea Isle City and that staff
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press FORT SILL, Okla. (AP) — A group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers are wrapping up their training on the Patriot surface-to-air missile system in Oklahoma. The soldiers have been training at the historic Fort Sill Army Post. Army public affairs officer Col. Martin O’Donnell says the Ukrainian troops will depart for
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Tierney Sneed, CNN Communications between adult-film star Stormy Daniels and an attorney who is now representing former President Donald Trump have been turned over to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Daniels’ lawyer told CNN. The exchanges — said to date back to 2018, when Daniels was seeking representation — raise the
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A legal expert investigating Sweden’s international adoption practices says she’s trying to determine if Swedish authorities knew of falsified child origins as they approved the adoptions of thousands of South Korean children. Anna Singer spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on a trip where
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care will open the new 14,000 square-foot Jackson Road Medical Building in Boonville on Monday, according to a press release. The building — located at 516 Jackson Road — will feature an urgent care with extended hours, primary care, imaging to include a CT scanner, lab and therapy services. The
Continue ReadingBy Randi Kaye and Christina Maxouris, CNN The death of Stephen Smith, whose body was found in the middle of a road in 2015, is being investigated as a homicide, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division told CNN on Tuesday. The development comes almost two years after the murders of Margaret “Maggie”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools announced in a Tuesday press release that seven educators have earned Columbia Fund for Academic Excellence honors. Honorees receive a $1,500 cash award and an engraved silver tray. An award banquet will be held next month to celebrate the honorees, the press release stated. Each year, educators are selected from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County received close to an additional $200,000 to house detainees in neighboring county jails to prevent overcrowding. In 2022, the Boone County Jail budgeted $300,000 to house detainees in jails outside of Boone County. The County requested an additional $199,814 from the Boone County Commission. Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A powerful Missouri state lawmaker is trying to strip state funding for libraries over a fight about books. Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith on Tuesday proposed cutting all library funding next year. He’s upset that state and school libraries are suing to overturn a new Missouri law that
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) Morgan County R-2 School District said there was no threat of harm or gun found on campus Monday. According to the district’s Facebook page, a student allegedly claimed to have a gun and ammunition. “We immediately involved our School Resource Officer and did a full investigation,” the district wrote on Tuesday. “There
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District have walked off the job over stalled contract talks. Tuesday marked the start of a planned three-day strike by Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ aides, special
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