COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Officers are continuing to investigate after two people were shot in downtown Columbia as many people were out celebrating homecoming Saturday night. The Columbia Police Department was seen investigating the area from Ninth to Tenth Streets and Cherry to Locust Streets last night. In a press release, the Columbia Police Department identified
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By Gregory Lemos and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Boynton Beach City Commission will meet this week to discuss a lawsuit filed on behalf of the city’s first Black female firefighter over a mural where she was inaccurately depicted with a White face. “The City Commission will meet in a closed-door session to discuss the litigation.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana police say a trooper was killed by a man who authorities believe also fatally shot another person and wounded three others across multiple parishes. Louisiana State Police say Master Trooper Adam Gaubert was ambushed in his patrol vehicle Saturday near Prairieville. Suspect Matthew Mire was taken into custody after
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to overcome a “grim situation” facing the country and make stronger efforts to improve the food and living conditions of his people. But state media didn’t mention any specific comments toward Washington and Seoul during his
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to overcome a “grim situation” facing the country and make stronger efforts to improve the food and living conditions of his people. But state media didn’t mention any specific comments toward Washington and Seoul during his
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US State Department said Sunday that this weekend’s talks with representatives of the Taliban in Doha, Qatar — the first such gathering since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of August — were “candid and professional” while emphasizing that the Taliban “will be judged on its actions, not
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By Natasha Chen Connie Young Yu’s grandfather was working in the fields of San Jose, California, on May 4, 1887, when he saw thick smoke rising from the thriving Chinatown of 1,400 people. “He was looking up and he could see smoke. The smoke… just covered the sky,” Young Yu said. The arson fire that
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen Connie Young Yu’s grandfather was working in the fields of San Jose, California, on May 4, 1887, when he saw thick smoke rising from the thriving Chinatown of 1,400 people. “He was looking up and he could see smoke. The smoke… just covered the sky,” Young Yu said. The arson fire that
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM and RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — The United Nations and Bangladesh’s government have agreed to work together to help Rohingya refugees who live on an island in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has moved more than 19,000 people to Bhasan Char island, even though the U.N. and humanitarian groups
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. The driver was involved in a verbal altercation around midnight inside a business in Hawthorne, after which he was asked
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian and Chinese army commanders have discussed steps to disengage troops from key friction areas to ease a 17-month border standoff that has sometimes led to deadly clashes. An Indian army spokesman says the commanders met Sunday at Moldo on the Chinese side in the Ladakh
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney hairdressers, gyms, cafés and bars have reopened to fully vaccinated customers for the first time in more than 100 days after Australia’s largest city achieved a vaccination benchmark. As of Monday, 73.5% of the New South Wales state population aged 16 and older have been
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney hairdressers, gyms, cafés and bars have reopened to fully vaccinated customers for the first time in more than 100 days after Australia’s largest city achieved a vaccination benchmark. As of Monday, 73.5% of the New South Wales state population aged 16 and older have been
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Seis meses después de que Art Acevedo dimitiera como jefe de policía de Houston para ocupar el puesto más alto en el Departamento de Policía de Miami (MPD por sus siglas en inglés), su futuro en la agencia está en la cuerda floja después de que los comisarios de la ciudad pidieran
Continue Reading ALAMO, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of gunning down a Georgia police officer during his first shift with the department ambushed him in retaliation for the officer’s arrest of an associate hours earlier. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 43-year-old Damien Anthony Ferguson has been charged with murder in the shooting death
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Gruden again said he is not a racist after his Las Vegas Raiders lost their first game since the revelation of the head coach’s 2011 remark about players’ union leader DeMaurice Smith. Gruden apologized for his “insensitive remarks” when asked about the decade-old emails
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, blaming the woes on air traffic control issues and weather. The airline canceled more than 1,000 flights, or 29% of its schedule, as of 7 p.m. ET Sunday, according to flight tracker FlightAware. The cancellations mark
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s president is claiming that COVID-19 protocols at soccer matches prevented him from attending a game. Jair Bolsonaro said he had wanted to go to a Brazilian championship match in the city of Santos but did not because he is not vaccinated. Santos said Bolsonaro
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By Sarah Dean England is set to remove an “outdated, unnecessary and actively discriminatory” question from blood donor forms, which campaigners say has predominantly affected Black communities’ ability to give blood. It comes after UK-wide changes in June made it easier for sexually active gay and bisexual men to give blood — overturning a ban
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By Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. The driver was involved in a verbal altercation around midnight inside a business in Hawthorne, after which he was asked
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