Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking on Twitter whether he should sell 10% of his stock in the electric-vehicle company amid pressure in Washington to increase taxes on billionaires like him. Some Democrats have been pushing for billionaires to pay taxes when the price of the stocks they hold
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking on Twitter whether he should sell 10% of his stock in the electric-vehicle company amid pressure in Washington to increase taxes on billionaires like him. Some Democrats have been pushing for billionaires to pay taxes when the price of the stocks they hold
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking on Twitter whether he should sell 10% of his stock in the electric-vehicle company amid pressure in Washington to increase taxes on billionaires like him. Some Democrats have been pushing for billionaires to pay taxes when the price of the stocks they hold
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking on Twitter whether he should sell 10% of his stock in the electric-vehicle company amid pressure in Washington to increase taxes on billionaires like him. Some Democrats have been pushing for billionaires to pay taxes when the price of the stocks they hold
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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Jason Shelley passed for a touchdown and rushed for two more scores as Missouri State beat FCS ninth-ranked Southern Illinois 38-28. The game featured three made field goals of 50-plus yards. Jose Pizano gave Missouri State a 10-7 lead on a 51-yarder and Southern Illinois kicker Nico Gualdoni tied it at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol criminalist said soil found on Joseph Elledge’s boots closely matched soil found at the site where his wife was buried. Prosecutors led the sixth day of the Joseph Elledge murder trial with testimony from Will Randle, the patrol’s lead trace evidence analyst. Randle said he inspected a
Continue Reading NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Jackson Waring fired a 27-yard touchdown pass to Austin Nagel in overtime to give Illinois State a 17-10 win over No. 13-ranked Northern Iowa, the Redbirds first overtime win since 2015. The Redbirds got their only touchdown during regulation when Clayton Isbell picked off a Theo Day pass and returned it
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN TK Tellez knows that festivals can get crazy. But nothing, he says, could have prepared him for the tragedy that unfolded Friday night at the Astroworld Festival in Houston. It began an hour before Travis Scott was set to perform, as Tellez and his girlfriend stood near the stage in hopes
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Houston’s sold-out Astroworld Festival was packed Friday night with about 50,000 people in another sign of a nation anxious to escape the pandemic gloom and let loose. Then, just after 9 p.m., with rapper and event organizer Travis Scott performing, the densely packed crowd began pushing toward the illuminated stage, officials
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Houston’s sold-out Astroworld Festival was packed Friday night with about 50,000 people in another sign of a nation anxious to escape the pandemic gloom and let loose. Then, just after 9 p.m., with rapper and event organizer Travis Scott performing, the densely packed crowd began pushing toward the illuminated stage, officials
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin health care company has ended a nine-year partnership with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. A statement posted on Twitter by Prevea Health said the company and Rodgers mutually agreed to end their partnership. The move comes a day after Rodgers told “The Pat McAfee Show” he had
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana appeal court has thrown out the 90-year prison sentence for a drunken driver who struck nine bicycle riders near a Mardi Gras parade route in 2019, killing two of them. The state 4th Circuit Court of Appeal said the judge who sentenced Tashonty Toney
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s ruling presidential council says it has suspended the county’s chief diplomat, accusing her of not coordinating foreign policy with the council. The three-member council acts as Libya’s president and its decree Saturday says it also has barred Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush from traveling abroad pending an investigation into what it describes
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — As this year’s U.N. climate talks go into their second week, negotiations on key topics are inching forward. Officials are upbeat about the prospects for tangible progress in the fight against global warming. But it remains to be seen whether officials can agree on a series
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — As this year’s U.N. climate talks go into their second week, negotiations on key topics are inching forward. Officials are upbeat about the prospects for tangible progress in the fight against global warming. But it remains to be seen whether officials can agree on a series
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire at 818 Vine Street Friday evening just before 8 p.m. Upon arrival of the first engine company, heavy smoke and flames were showing from the rear of a single-story residential structure, and all occupants were reported out of the structure upon arrival.
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By Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — A football coach at Olathe North got a special tribute Friday night, at the playoff game against Olathe Northwest, one day after he died. The game between rivals Olathe North and Northwest began with a moment of silence. North’s players wore
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By Ariane de Vogue and Rachel Janfaza, CNN A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new vaccine rules that could apply to larger employers, certain health care workers and federal contractors. In the brief order, a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that the petitioners in the case —
Continue Reading By Kendall Keys, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A local daycare for special needs children is under pressure to leave by the church where they operate. They’re fighting for time to stay, until they find a new facility. It is an answered prayer for parents that have
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman is dead and a man is left with minor injuries after a vehicle crash on the 2100 block of Route C early Saturday morning. Kristinia Pont, 30 of Jefferson City, was killed after hitting a semi-truck and trailer just after 1 a.m. Pont was driving eastbound on Route C
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