GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — An elderly woman is recovering from severe injuries after she was attacked by a cow moose outside a home in western Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say the woman was taking a dog out on a leash when she was attacked outside a home south of Glenwood Springs on
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s district attorney says he’s suing three California companies that make and distribute “ghost guns,” the untraceable, build-it-yourself weaponry that accounted for nearly half the firearms recovered in San Francisco gun killings last year. The suit alleges the companies violated state laws that require them to apply for serial numbers
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A school superintendent in Texas is speaking out after a teacher was physically assaulted and another harassed in incidents involving masks. The incidents happened Monday at a “meet-the-teacher” event ahead of the first day of school on Wednesday, Tom Leonard, the superintendent of the Eanes Independent School District in Austin,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was found guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action Wednesday for a December 2019 shooting at the Welcome Inn in Columbia. Kevin J. Lambert shot and killed Marceino Carlous Moore after shooting him in the head. Moore’s body was later discovered in a car in the Welcome Inn
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The warnings were clear: The Afghan government would likely fall once U.S. troops pulled out. But intelligence agencies and ultimately President Joe Biden missed how quickly it would happen, losing weeks for evacuation and spurring the biggest foreign policy crisis of the young administration.
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The FBI has joined a criminal investigation into an alleged security breach of a rural Colorado county’s voting equipment. The federal probe comes after Colorado’s Secretary of State Jena Griswold alerted federal cyber security officials of the suspected breach. Griswold accused Mesa County Clerk and
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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Iowa would welcome refugees from Afghanistan who want to resettle in Iowa saying their situation is much different from the immigrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border Reynolds refused to accept in April. Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst discussed the
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has disclosed that her husband worked as consultant for a energy firm during her run for Congress last year. Boebert made the disclosure in her personal financial filing this week with the House of Representatives. She listed that Jayson Boebert earned $478,000 from
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal jury convicted a Columbia man Wednesday for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. According to a release, Darren Wade Lasley, 32, responded by email to an online classified advertisement on Craigslist that was placed as part of an undercover operation by a detective in
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old activist has been found not guilty of assaulting an Iowa State trooper during a protest at the State Capitol. Josie Mulvihill, of Des Moines, was arrested after a confrontation with the trooper at a “Kill the Racist Bills’ protest on April 8. Mulvihill said trooper Dylan Hernandez handcuffed
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civilian Pentagon official has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental assessment of a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex planned in Louisiana. The Army’s acting assistant secretary for civil works ordered the review Wednesday after a virtual meeting with people who
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civilian Pentagon official has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental assessment of a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex planned in Louisiana. The Army’s acting assistant secretary for civil works ordered the review Wednesday after a virtual meeting with people who
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats who fled the state a month ago to block a new voting bill still haven’t returned to the state Capitol. The holdout by Democrats stretched into a 38th consecutive day Wednesday, and Republicans are confronting how far they’ll go to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Engineers at the University of Missouri have partnered with MoDOT to test mixing plastic waste into the asphalt pavement mixtures on Stadium Blvd. in efforts to make the pavement overlay last longer. Professor of civil and environmental engineering at Mizzou, Bill Buttlar, says normal pavement mixtures are created from asphalt and other
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Wrter TOKYO (AP) — The opening next week of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo is being used as a stage to launch a human-rights movement aimed at the world’s 1.2 billion people with disabilities. The campaign is called “WeThe15″and gets its name from estimates that persons with disabilities represent 15
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By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams struggled during their first joint practice of the week with the Las Vegas Raiders. Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford threw three interceptions, the offensive line was often overwhelmed and the run game was mostly ineffective during the workout in Southern California. It
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s largest county is demanding the state Senate pay $2.8 million to cover the costs of replacing vote-counting machines that the state’s top election official says can’t be used again because of their handling during the Senate Republicans’ 2020 election review. Maricopa County’s GOP-controlled Board of
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s largest county is demanding the state Senate pay $2.8 million to cover the costs of replacing vote-counting machines that the state’s top election official says can’t be used again because of their handling during the Senate Republicans’ 2020 election review. Maricopa County’s GOP-controlled Board of
Continue Reading SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — A former ice cream shop owner accused of calling police on peaceful Black Lives Matters protesters was ordered by a judge to pay nine people he harassed $500 each. Attorney General Letitia James’ complaint against the former owner of Bumpy’s Polar Freeze in Schenectady alleges that David Elmendorf wielded a baton
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