COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) On Monday, the Columbia City Council is set to meet with plans to discuss putting more money towards utility assistance. So far, the city appropriated a total of $600,000 to the new utility assistance program but council leaders say it’s already run out of all the money it had set aside for the year.
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By Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s expected court appearance in New York on Tuesday has led to a modest outburst of online threats featuring calls for violence but US officials say the chatter has been disorganized, sporadic and lacks the coherent planning that defined the lead-up to the
Continue Reading By WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — First responders from multiple marine agencies sped to the scene in Mobile Bay Sunday afternoon when a fire erupted aboard a 28-foot sailboat. Officials tell FOX10 News a good Samaritan vessel picked up three crew members who had abandoned the burning
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is poised to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday — a historic event that comes amid warnings from China. McCarthy’s office shared details of the meeting in a release Monday morning, stating that the California Republican will host a bipartisan meeting with Tsai at the
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia said they’re cutting supplies of crude — again. This time, the decision was a surprise and is underlining worries about where the global economy might be headed. Russia is joining in by extending its own cuts for the
Continue Reading By Madison Smith Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Multiple veterans affairs groups organized a town hall Saturday, April 1, at the A-B Tech Conference Center to help veterans right here in the mountains. Western North Carolina VA Health Care System partnered with Vietnam Veterans of America and the
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Tedorian Gallano would like to buy a house for his wife and three youngest children in Hawaii, but real estate prices soared so high eight years ago he moved his family back to his childhood home outside Honolulu — and last year, his older brother followed
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing. The three liberal justices dissented in that decision. The court on Monday turned away David Brown, who was convicted of killing a prison guard, Capt. David Knapps, during a 1999 escape attempt
Continue Reading By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Human rights groups have called on the Peruvian government to investigate claims of excessive force by police and soldiers during recent anti-government protests that have left 49 civilians dead. Forensic reports obtained by The Associated Press show that at least 30 of these victims died from
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms. The move brings possible reprieves to more than 1,300 prisoners on death row, including over 500 foreigners. The bill is expected to be approved by the
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jim Nantz could fill an evening weaving tales of the great games and buzzer-beaters he’s had the privilege to call over a storytelling career that made his the voice of March Madness for nearly four decades. But when asked about his favorite moments as he prepared
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN In a sea of Israeli flags, Yiftach Golov holds one that looks a little different. Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who took to the streets for the 13th week in a row on Saturday, Golov hoists a brown flag that represents a group called “Brother and Sisters in Arms.”
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN LSU star Angel Reese defended the gesture she aimed at Iowa Hawkeyes’ Caitlin Clark near the end of the Tigers’ first NCAA women’s basketball national championship victory on Sunday, saying “I don’t take disrespect lightly.” Reese could be seen approaching Clark before moving her open hand in front of her face
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court will let stand the conviction of a Louisiana inmate who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death for his role in an attempted prison escape involving five other inmates. The justices declined on Monday to take up the appeal filed by the inmate,
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Tim Lister, CNN Detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has filed an appeal against his arrest in Russia, the Russian state news agency TASS reported Monday. The agency cited the press service of the Lefortovo Court of Moscow, which took the American journalist into custody last week. Gershkovich is currently
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN It has taken Neil Diamond some time to process having Parkinson’s. The legendary singer, who went public with his diagnosis in 2018, talked to “CBS Sunday Morning” in an episode this weekend about learning to live with the disorder, which affects the central nervous system. “This is what I have
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Chinese spy balloon that transited the US earlier this year was able to capture imagery and collect some signals intelligence from US military sites, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The balloon was able to transmit information back to Beijing in real time, the source said, and the
Continue Reading Aditi Sangal, CNN The escalating climate crisis is shifting many people’s purchasing patterns and this extends to the $500 billion dollar global beauty industry which is grappling with a range of sustainability challenges across product manufacturing, packaging and disposal. Strategy and consulting firm Simon Kucher’s Global Sustainability Study 2021 found 60% of consumers around the
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist The weather pattern has been relentless in recent weeks. There have been more than 160 tornado reports since Friday, March 24, when 26 people were killed in severe storms and the town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi was hit the hardest. In the past week alone, more than 30 people have
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — El presunto globo espía chino que sobrevoló Estados Unidos en febrero era capaz de captar imágenes y recoger algunas señales de inteligencia de emplazamientos militares estadounidenses, según informa a CNN una fuente familiarizada con el asunto. El globo pudo transmitir información a Beijing en tiempo real, dijo la fuente, y el gobierno
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