COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of killing his wife could head to trial this fall. The jury trial for Joseph Elledge is scheduled to start at the Boone County Courthouse on Nov. 1st. Prosecutors have charged him with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Mengqi Ji. He reported her missing back in October
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House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy broke his silence on Wednesday over the uproar caused by freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy theory views, suggesting Republicans would not move to strip her from her committee assignments, effectively forcing Democrats to take action on their own. McCarthy’s move is a sharp break from a growing number of
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California is opening two mass Covid-19 vaccination sites as part of a federal pilot program to quickly boost the number of available doses, as the state continues to see improving numbers in cases, deaths, positivity rate and hospitalizations. “Everything that should be up in relationship to this virus is up. Everything that should be down
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The White House, in the wake of President Joe Biden’s lengthy two-hour meeting with 10 Senate Republicans Monday night, sent two detailed memos to the group the next morning addressing specific concerns raised about school funding and direct payments. Republicans have yet to respond, according to an administration official. The memos, obtained by CNN, provide
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Three skiers are missing after getting caught in a large avalanche between the Colorado towns of Silverton and Ophir, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The three belonged to a larger group of back-country skiers who were traveling Monday and triggered the avalanche in an area locally known as “The
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The Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was sentenced in Moscow on Tuesday to two and a half years of prison. His supposed crime was a probation violation committed while he was in a coma in Berlin after being poisoned by the same state security forces that have locked him up again. It’s pointless to talk
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The Navy’s efforts to improve equality have clearly fallen short of “addressing the societal challenges of today,” a military task force created following the nation’s racial reckoning found. Task Force One Navy issued dozens of recommendations on Wednesday after months of evaluating the military branch’s diversity and inclusion practices. “We have fallen short in the
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Congratulations to our Week 4 SportsZone Basketball Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Jefferson City’s Kara Daly comes up with a huge block against Helias. Nominee No. 2: Fulton’s Walker Gohring lobs it up to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An insurance company headquartered in Columbia is warning of fake checks. Shelter Insurance says it has received several reports about this scam. Here’s a break down of what happens. Scammers are targeting people applying for jobs, not Shelter Insurance customers. A fraudulent check is sent to the victim to buy office supplies.
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(A version of this piece appeared in Wednesday’s The Point newsletter. Sign up for more!) Congress is more popular than anytime since the early spring of 2020 — and its approval rating has jumped by 10 points since December! Good news, right? Well … the thing is that just 25% of the public approves of
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About 70% to 85% of the US population should be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country can begin to return to a sense of normalcy, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Tuesday night. So far, less than 2% of Americans have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from the Centers for
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Two prominent members of the Proud Boys face new conspiracy charges related to the US Capitol riot, as the Justice Department laid out a planning and funding effort within the Trump-supporting extremist group in a major court development on Wednesday afternoon. The Justice Department unveiled the new conspiracy charges in a federal grand jury indictment
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Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — On Monday, Feb. 1, Asheville city officials say a homeless camp of about seven to 10 people was cleared out from underneath the Lexington Bridge below I-240 in downtown Asheville by crews with North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (NCDOT). They say NCDOT had
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Nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best in television and film, were announced Wednesday. This year’s nominees are a mix of old and new, highlighting what we’ve been watching from home while in quarantine. Netflix led in both television and film nominations, including the drama “Mank,” which led with six nods.
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A rocky corner in southern Utah has been the focal point of protests and political battles for years. A recent move by the Biden administration is giving Native tribes hope that a broken promise could be mended. On his first day in office, President Joe Biden ordered federal officials to review the boundaries of Bears
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a staggered pause of operations across the entire US military so commanders can have “needed discussions” with service members about the issue of extremism over the next 60 days, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby announced on Wednesday. Austin hopes the pause, known as a stand down, will accomplish two
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It’s been more than two years since Joe Dimeo could smile. In July 2018, Dimeo, 20 at the time, fell asleep at the wheel of his car on Route 22 in New Jersey. He lost control, and the car hit the curb, flipping over before bursting into flames. A passerby pulled him out of the
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Click here for updates on this story ARDEN, North Carolina (WLOS) — Deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office made two arrests following an investigation into a business alarm notification from November. On Nov. 26, deputies from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office responded to an Arden business alarm notification. The subsequent investigation led to detectives
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After post-“Grey’s Anatomy” dramatic vehicles on NBC and CBS, Katherine Heigl finds a show that should stick with “Firefly Lane,” a soapy concoction about friendship across decades, which cleverly flits among three separate time frames. Sarah Chalke (“Scrubs”) plays Heigl’s bosom pal, in a nicely unpretentious Netflix series that lends itself to a good binge.
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Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — On Wednesday, the Open Door Mission became one of the very first homeless shelters in the country to vaccinate residents and staff against COVID-19. Three days before his birthday — and in between his cancer treatments — Clinton Pope was finally able to get
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