Television journalist Roger Mudd, who was once Walter Cronkite’s primary substitute at CBS, died Tuesday at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, his family said. Mudd’s son Jonathan told CNN his father died of complications related to kidney failure. He was 93 years old. Mudd began his television career in the 1950s in Richmond, Virginia,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A large group of Columbia police are investigating a situation on the 400 block of Ripley. An ABC 17 News crew reports crime scene tape has gone up at a location on Ripley. ABC 17 News crew reports seeing someone being taken off by EMS on a stretcher. ABC 17 News will
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China and Russia have agreed to jointly construct a lunar space station that will be “open to all countries,” the China National Space Administration said in a statement on Tuesday. The leaders of the two countries’ respective space agencies signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of their national governments. “China and Russia will use
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Facing a recall effort that has threatened his political future, California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged Tuesday night the fatigue and frustration that many Californians are feeling after a year of sacrifices. But the Democratic governor insisted in his State of the State address that California is on a path to recovery as Covid-19 cases decline,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City School District has filed an eminent domain lawsuit for parts of lots 112 and 113 of the Woodcrest Subdivision. It is at 419 Union Street in Jefferson City. The district is looking to acquire the land for public school purposes including but not limited to parking facilities and/or athletic
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, March 9, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. BOYS STATE SECTIONALS HOOPS Tolton 67 | Montgomery County 36 FINAL https://youtu.be/na3aGmljvIk Jefferson City 55 | Waynesville 59 FINAL Mexico 55 | Kearney 49 FINAL Buffalo 46 | Blair Oaks 69 FINAL GIRLS STATE WRESTLING
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive coordinator Steve Wilks is adjusting well to his new role this spring. We got the chance to speak with him on Tuesday night after practice. You can watch the full interview in the video player below. https://youtu.be/nQToWOR6rrg Also on Tuesday – Zxaequan Reeves earned his No. 30. The freshman cornerback
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The Chinese government’s alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, according to an independent report by more than 50 global experts in international law, genocide and the China region. The report, released Tuesday by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy think tank in Washington DC, claimed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Verbal altercation leads to a man waving a hatchet and threatening bodily harm on Sunday morning in Jefferson City. According to court documents, Nekoma Hendrix allegedly followed a victim and confronted him with a hatchet in front of a Jefferson City business. Hendrix told police that he felt disrespected and told
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Jeff Wasserstrom is a self-proclaimed China specialist who is seriously considering never returning to China — at least, he says, not while President Xi Jinping is in power. The American professor, who for decades made multiple trips a year to China and was last there in 2018, hasn’t focused his career on Tibet or Taiwan
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The mayor of Maui has asked some residents to evacuate and others to shelter in place due to flooding that threatened to cause a dam failure earlier Monday and has already damaged or destroyed at least half a dozen homes. The Maui Fire Department reported it received more than a dozen calls for help from
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NBA player Meyers Leonard issued an apology Tuesday after a video appeared to show him using an anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game. Leonard, a forward for the Miami Heat, was playing “Call of Duty: Warzone” on Monday when he said: “F**king cowards. Don’t f**king snipe at me. You k*** b*tch.” The video was
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While Donald Trump has long championed himself as a master real estate tycoon, talk to anyone familiar with how he built his fortune and they will tell you that the key to his success wasn’t buying buildings. It was in agreeing to license his name — literally — to a variety of buildings, reality TV
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Kia is issuing a recall for nearly 380,000 Sportage SUVs and Cadenza sedans due to a problem that could cause them to catch fire. Until the problem has been fixed, Kia and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are warning owners to keep the vehicles parked outside and away from their homes and other buildings
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President Joe Biden’s signature will not appear on the stimulus checks expected to be sent to Americans once the Covid stimulus plan is passed, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. Physical stimulus checks sent to American households last year included a note on the bottom left with then-President Donald Trump’s name. Individuals receiving
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Dekota Harvey pled guilty to two counts of capital murder and one count of attempted capital murder in court on Tuesday (March 9). Harvey, 24, was arrested for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Elizabeth Dawson at a Fayetteville apartment complex in 2019. He’s also
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GULF SHORES, Alabama (WALA) — A high risk of rip currents began along the Alabama and Northwest Florida coasts Tuesday night, with the dangerous surf conditions expected to continue through the week. Lifeguards tell FOX10 News they’ll likely put up single red flags Wednesday morning, warning people of
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Beyoncé is showing love for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The superstar singer on Tuesday posted to her website a message of support, writing, “Thank you Meghan for your courage and leadership. We are all strengthened and inspired by you.” Beyoncé’s message comes just days after Meghan and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, in
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin plans to speak with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin after Colin Kahl, the Biden administration’s nominee for the top policy job at the Pentagon, came under fire from Republicans for tweets criticizing several Trump administration defense policy decisions. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Austin plans on calling Manchin, a
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his string of pro-union actions since entering the White House by calling for the House to pass a bill to make it easier for employees to unionize. Biden strongly encouraged the House of Representatives to pass the so-called “PRO Act,” a bill that he said would encourage unions and
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