(AP) — A Missouri man suspected of killing his missing Chinese wife will not be given bond. Attorneys for Joseph Elledge asked a Boone County judge Monday to set his client’s bond at $750,000. Elledge is charged with first-degree murder in the di...
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‘Route out’ of pandemic: UK gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
(AP) — A retired British shop clerk has received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million. The U.K. is the ...
Read More »Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
(AP) World War II flying ace Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, has died at 97. His wife, Victoria Yeager, said on his Twitter account that Yeager died Monday. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called the death “a tremendous los...
Read More »Columbia College building dedicated to Tuskegee Airman
One of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen is honored at Columbia College. The school on Monday dedicated the Brigadier General Charles E. McGee House. The facility on N. Eighth St. is the new home for the Ousley Family veterans Service C...
Read More »AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense
(AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That’s according to four people familiar with the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection hadn...
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