COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department responded to a house fire on 1000 block of Crestland Avenue on Friday morning. Capt. Mark Jenkins with the Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 News crews on scene that crews are unsure if anyone was in the home at the time of the fire. CFD responded at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — JD Vance once dismissed conspiracy theories as the product of “fringe lunatics” but he’s come to embrace them as his star rises in Republican politics. Donald Trump’s running mate now agrees with many of Trump’s most fevered beliefs, including the debunked claim that the 2020 election was unfairly decided or
Continue ReadingRIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Three members of a foster family have pleaded guilty to abusing children, including several who previously were tortured by their parents in their Southern California home. The Press-Enterprise reports that Marcelino Olguin pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple counts of lewd acts on a child in addition to false imprisonment and injuring
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Bowman, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — After a quarter-century hosting giant pandas, Zoo Atlanta is saying goodbye to its beloved residents. The zoo announced its four giant pandas: Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun and Xi Lun will head home to China mid-October. Meanwhile, the San Diego Zoo welcomed two new pandas this summer,
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The Missouri Department of Conservation is investigating goose poaching after carcasses were found in Columbia.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have suspended policemen who opened fire and killed a blasphemy suspect earlier this week, only to be applauded and showered with rose petals by local residents after the killing. The death of Shah Nawaz — a doctor in Sindh province who went into hiding after being accused
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Nevada’s Green Party seeking to include presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state. The court’s order Friday allows ballot preparation and printing to proceed in Nevada without Stein and other Green Party candidates included. The outcome is a victory
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and China said Friday they have reached a deal toward resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea and Beijing’s ban on Japanese seafood. China is calling for strict monitoring of the move. Beijing says the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Shares of Trump Media have slumped to new lows on the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform. Shares of Trump Media tumbled almost 8% to close Friday $13.55, putting the value of the
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has expressed its deep displeasure over a Taliban delegate’s failure to stand during the Iranian national anthem at an event in Tehran. The incident involving the Taliban delegate to the Islamic Unity Conference in the Iranian capital Thursday follows an episode in Pakistan in which a Taliban diplomat did not
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czechs are voting in a two-day vote for a third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, and to select their representatives in regional elections. The elections take place as the country recovers from massive floods that hit Central Europe in recent days. The floods claimed at least 24 lives
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Two Russians on Friday set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station, according to Russia’s space agency. Roscosmos said Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub broke the old record of 370 days, 21 hours and 22 minutes, which was set in September 2023 by Russians Sergei Prokopiev and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers. Friday’s announcement by Constellation Energy comes five years after its then-parent company
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer A’ja Wilson had a season like none other in WNBA history. Caitlin Clark set records and made the Indiana Fever the biggest draw in the women’s game. Angel Reese rebounded like nobody the league has ever seen. The WNBA regular season is over. And the stat sheets were filled like never before.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Already an NBA MVP and an Olympic gold medalist, All-Star center Joel Embiid now has until the end of the decade to try to win his first NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers. With another maximum contract secured, Embiid wants to chase that title in Philly — and remain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Peter Cat Recording Co. is in the midst of their 77-concert world tour, “Good Luck Beta 24’” following the release of their 2024 studio album, “BETA.” The New Delhi-based band has quickly risen from being an indie band popular among South Asian audiences to taking over the global
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Joanna Levesque, the singer who rose to fame as “JoJo” when she was 13 years old, has written a memoir recounting her experiences with childhood fame. She spoke with The Associated Press about the song responsible for her meteoric rise, “Leave (Get Out),” her years-long legal battle with her former label that stunted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter has received threats and been advised by the Hungarian secret services not to talk to media. Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono has not appeared publicly since the deadly simultaneous attack that
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro spends most of his days writing the fifth and final volume of his Lyndon Johnson series, more than a decade in the making and still without a scheduled release date. But in recent weeks, he has been looking back 50 years, to the biography which made
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the life-saving drug starting next month, but experts say the addiction treatment changes could fall flat if state governments and methadone clinics fail to act. For decades, strict rules required most methadone patients to line
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