COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Bernard Groner and P&G Development Company have notified the state they do not intend to rebuild, according to Chris Moreland, public information officer for the Office of Administration. According to the cause of fire report, the fire did at least $2.5 million in damage. After the building caught fire in Nov., Groner has
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By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Monsanto says in court papers that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing pesticides in Hawaii and will pay $12 million in fines. The company in a court filing Thursday agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes after allowing workers to go
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By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Monsanto says in court papers that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing pesticides in Hawaii and will pay $12 million in fines. The company in a court filing Thursday agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes after allowing workers to go
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina attorney who wife and son were gunned down six months ago in unsolved killings has been indicted on 21 more charges that he stole settlement and other money from clients. The latest state grand jury indictments against Alex Murdaugh include seven more
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By Shaquille Lord Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The FBI is now launching a civil rights investigation into the death of an inmate at Metro Corrections. There were three deaths in less than one week at Metro Corrections. Director Dwayne Clark told Metro Council members Wednesday one of those
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GALENA, Mo. (AP) — A judge says he will decide next year whether three men charged after a tourist boat sank in Missouri in 2018 will go to trial. The three men, Kenneth McKee, Curtis Lanham and Charles Baltzell, were charged after a vessel known as a duck boat sank on Table Rock Lake near
Continue Reading GALENA, Mo. (AP) — A judge says he will decide next year whether three men charged after a tourist boat sank in Missouri in 2018 will go to trial. The three men, Kenneth McKee, Curtis Lanham and Charles Baltzell, were charged after a vessel known as a duck boat sank on Table Rock Lake near
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By Julia Jones, CNN Members of the cast and crew of “Rust” released a letter on Thursday saying the descriptions of the film set as a “chaotic, dangerous, and exploitative workplace are false” and distract from the tragic death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, and the need to reform “outdated industry firearm and
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — A controversial socialist City Councilmember in Seattle appears to have survived a recall vote by a narrow margin. She had faced calls for her ouster due to her aggressive tactics while calling for higher taxes on hometown tech giant Amazon and pushing to cut the police budget. The latest ballot count Thursday
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The legal saga surrounding Jussie Smollett’s claim in 2019 that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago has culminated in a trial, which concluded with a jury convicting him on five counts of disorderly conduct. Smollett was acquitted Thursday of
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More people became eligible to get booster shots after the FDA authorized Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine booster for 16- and 17-year-olds Thursday.
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since U.S. forces left in late August, and the country’s new Taliban leaders are divided over whether to fulfill their 2020 pledge to break ties with the group, the top U.S. commander in the
Continue Reading NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who died when her car went into the icy rapids above Niagara Falls likely drove into the river on purpose. The New York State Park Police said Thursday “entry into the water appears to be an intentional act,” and an investigation was ongoing. The driver was
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By Jade Gordon and Alta Spells, CNN The Board of Education for Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is taking steps to promote gun safety in homes. Less than a week after four students were shot and killed and seven additional people were injured in a high school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, the Atlanta Board of Education
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hoy en día, muchos estudiantes de Negocios probablemente pagarían mucho dinero por la opinión de Elon Musk sobre su trabajo escolar. Sin embargo, en 1995, mucho antes de que tomara el control de Tesla y, más tarde, fundara SpaceX, Musk era un asistente de profesor que ayudaba a calificar exámenes y
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By Eric Bradner, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Wisconsin’s partisan review of the 2020 election results has turned into an Arizona-style circus, with the Republicans behind it targeting local officials and casting doubt on the election’s outcome — without offering any evidence of wrongdoing. Those leading the Republican review in Wisconsin have consulted with
Continue Reading By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say at least 49 people are dead and dozens more injured after a cargo truck carrying people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed in southern Mexico. The head of the Chiapas state
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors says the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it stepped in to boost emergency production of ventilators to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients. Mary Barra said the company was able to help a small West Coast ventilator maker start large-scale
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A Cooper County prosecutor has charged two people with involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance after a man dies from a drug overdose in May 2021.
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills quarterback Josh Allen is struggling in attempting to assess the inconsistencies which have plagued Buffalo’s offense over the past two months. The fourth-year starter was defiant in saying, “We still got it,” before later conceding the offense is in a rut. The Bills
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