Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won a chaotic and crash-halted Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, with Lewis Hamilton second for Mercedes and retaining the lead in the championship by a single point. The win, by a commanding 22 seconds at the chequered flag, was the 11th of the Dutch youngster’s career. “It was
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The Academy of Country Music Awards, which celebrate some of the best songs and performances in country music of the year, will be presented Sunday. Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton lead in nominations with six each. Keith Urban and “Black Like Me Singer” Mickey Guyton will co-host the event. Multiple performances are planned for the
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ABc17’s Nathalie Jones brought on Capital City’s new football coach in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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A person of interest in the Kenosha shooting that killed three and injured three others early Sunday morning has been located and will be criminally charged with one count of first degree intentional homicide, according to the Kenosha Police Department. Gunfire broke out both inside and outside the The Somers House tavern around 12:40 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou softball freshman Jenna Laird came to Mizzou from a tight-knit, softball-loving family in East Meadow, New York. In her debut season with the Tigers, head coach Larissa Anderson said she has made an immediate impact with the team. ABC17’s Nathalie Jones details just how Laird became the player and person she
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After a hype-filled week for cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin experienced a flash crash over the weekend, plunging nearly 14% in less than an hour, from about $59,000 to $51,000, on Saturday night before rebounding. Other popular cryptocurrencies including ethereum and Dogecoin also fell dramatically, before recouping some of their losses. Bitcoin has skyrocketed in value this year
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A man suspected of a carjacking was fatally shot by police in Burnsville, Minnesota, Sunday afternoon, according to a press release from the Burnsville Police Department. The suspect, described as a White man in his 20s, initially crashed a vehicle with stolen plates before carjacking a second vehicle at gunpoint, according to police in Burnsville,
Continue Reading Mars was a warm, wet planet that was likely capable of supporting life billions of years ago. Something caused the planet to lose its atmosphere and turn into the harsh, frozen desert it is today. The Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012, has been exploring different aspects of Gale Crater on Mars to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Crossing Church raised $674,121 during a two-week giving campaign for Columbia resident utility disconnections which started on Easter morning. According to a release from The Crossing, the funds will pay off the utility debt of over 500 local families. Out of the $674,121 raised, $202,774.26 will completely erase the utility disconnect
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As all Americans 16 years and older become eligible for the vaccine on Monday, the White House is launching a media blitz to raise awareness about Americans’ vaccine eligibility, an administration official said. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden moved up the deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for the vaccine to
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Twelve of the top football clubs in Europe made an announcement Sunday that may shift the landscape of European football. AC Milan, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur jointly announced their intentions to form a new league, which they referred to as the
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TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Some issues cropped up briefly north of Kansas City earlier this morning on the roadways. However, they also picked up 4.5″ in some spots-that seems to be the number to get to that would lead to problems. That seems less likely at this point and helps that we’re heading into the afternoon
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Alma Wahlberg, the mother of actors Donnie and Mark Wahlberg, has died, the brothers announced Sunday. She was 78. “My Angel. Rest in peace,” Mark wrote in the caption of a photo of the family matriarch on Instagram. “My mom Alma’s joy for life, love and people — combined with a pride in her humble
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We are witnessing a dangerous effort by some on the right to normalize the cancer known as “White nationalism” in America. And unless we counter it vigorously, we risk seeing more Capitol-type attacks going forward. Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been a leader in this campaign, recently espousing the White nationalist “replacement theory” to
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team captured the series sweep over Mississippi State, in a 6-5 win over the Bulldogs on Sunday. The Tigers battled for the win, as Mississippi State tied it up at five in the final frames. However, freshman Jenna Laird singled up the middle, which allowed senior Imani Myint to
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The United States has reached another important milestone in the race to protect its population against the coronavirus, with more than a quarter of Americans now fully vaccinated against Covid-19. More than 84 million people — roughly 25.4% of the population — have been fully vaccinated, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data
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A group of lawyers want oil companies banned from advertising on television and social media unless they include “tobacco-style health warnings” about the dangers fossil fuels pose to the future of the planet. In new research published Monday, environmental law non-profit ClientEarth accused some of the world’s biggest oil firms of misrepresenting the role their
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TONIGHT: Scattered storms and showers will likely stick around until late tonight. Overnight lows will fall into the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Many of us will wake up to sunshine and partly cloudy skies to start off the work week. Monday will be dry and the warmest day of the next week. Enjoy the afternoon with
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Country music singer Mickey Guyton will make history Sunday when she hosts the Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban. The 37-year-old singer from Arlington, Texas, will be the first Black woman to host the awards ceremony. And this isn’t Guyton’s first time making history in the country music world. In September 2020, she
Continue Reading Three people were pronounced dead at the scene of a shooting in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to tweets from Austin-Travis County EMS. The shooting appears to be “a domestic situation that is isolated,” a tweet from Austin police said. Police identified the suspect, still at large, as Stephen Nicholas Broderick, 41. It is unknown
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