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Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Parts of Greece, including its capital Athens, are being blanketed by an orange-colored haze as dust from the Sahara Desert drifts north. Some European broadcasters are also reporting “freak” weather in Finland, where cities are being inundated by unusual amounts of snow. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue ReadingHALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville School District is meeting Wednesday to approve the purchase of security camera expansion. Hallsville was one of 169 school districts across Missouri to be awarded the school safety grant from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education last year. It includes $20 million to provide school districts with school safety
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh and Mick Krever, CNN. Video editing by Mark Baron, CNN. (CNN) — New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The incident
Continue ReadingProtests against Israel’s war in Gaza have swept through some of the country’s most elite college campuses as Passover begins.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Gretener and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov appeared in a Moscow court Wednesday after he was detained for allegedly taking a bribe, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. Ivanov is suspected of accepting a bribe of 1 million rubles (at least $10,800), Russian state media TASS reported, and faces
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — US President Joe Biden’s apparent suggestion his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals during World War II has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its leader. In contentious remarks made last week
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia advocates are frustrated with the lack of change after nearly one year since the city hired its first diversity, equity and inclusion officer. D’Andre Thompson was hired in the role by Columbia’s City Manager De’Carlon Seewood in April 2023. After officially beginning his role on May 1, Thompson said his initial
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press A conservative quest to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college governing boards, with officials in about one-third of the states now taking some sort of action against it. Tennessee became the latest when the Republican governor this week signed legislation that
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works Department held a second transit study open house on Tuesday at Wabash Bus Station. The department is conducting a study to improve the Go COMO, the city’s transit provider. The meeting allowed the public to speak with representatives from Olsson, an engineering firm that the city
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics confirmed the news that began to make its rounds on Monday afternoon. Former Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch will take the reigns at MU. The UM Board of Curators is planning to meet on Wednesday to approve his contract, before an introductory press conference is held later in the week.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pavin Smith hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs to help the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 14-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Christian Walker and Kevin Newman also homered for Arizona, which leads the majors with 148 runs.
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In her primary victory Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Summer Lee not only far outperformed her lone challenger across the District, but she was also on track to far surpass her own win in the primary two years ago. The Associated Press
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A man who was arrested earlier this year in connection with the stabbing of a Palestinian-American was indicted by a Texas grand jury Tuesday on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, despite calls from Muslim civil rights advocates to have him charged with a hate crime. Austin police arrested
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the go-ahead double in the fifth inning for Kansas City after a costly error by Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and the Royals’ bullpen shut down Toronto the rest of the way in a 3-2 victory Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A court case was dismissed on Monday after former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism submitted a formal letter of resignation. Chism was brought to court in Callaway County in June to determine if he should have been removed from office after his peace officer’s license was revoked. His license was permanently revoked
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A resurfacing project will cause a lane of Providence Road in Columbia to close on Thursday, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. At their December 2023 meeting, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded Capital Paving & Construction, LLC (Capital) a $5,506,594.12 contract to resurface 5.33
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is seeing its largest amount of enrollment applications in nearly 10 years. MU Chancellor Mun Choi said in last week’s Board of Curators meeting that the university is seeing its highest amount of enrollment applications since 2015, with a noticeable increase in enrollment deposits. “The excitement at the
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man accused of several child sex crimes has an arraignment scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 6 at the Callaway County Courthouse. Freeman Myron Larnerd, 53, was charged with child porn possession, unlawful use of a weapon, statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 14 years old, first-degree statutory
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