COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A two-car crash in west Columbia blocked traffic Sunday night. ABC 17 News crews saw two vehicles involved in a crash at Fairview Road and West Broadway just after 8 p.m. Fire trucks had blocked a part of the westbound lane on Broadway while clearing the vehicles from the intersections. Fire crews
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Thomas Vinterberg got emotional during his Oscar win on Sunday as he remembered his late daughter during his speech. Vinterberg daughter, Ida, died when her father was days into production on “Another Round,” the winner for best international feature. Ida was set to have a role in the film and, upon reading the script months
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I’ve tossed and turned more in the past year than ever before. I’ve cried more, too. On Friday morning, I woke up before my alarm, which I set at 5:45 a.m. to tackle breakfast and snack-making before getting my three kids and husband out of bed and off to the races. The routine is both
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It took 93 years for the Academy to name an Asian woman as Best Director. And until this year, only five women, all White, had ever been nominated and only one had won — Kathryn Bigelow, in 2010, for “The Hurt Locker.” But all of this changed Sunday evening, with Chloé Zhao taking home the
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The 93rd Academy Awards are being presented Sunday. Below is a complete list of nominees. Check back for updates on all the winners throughout the night. BEST PICTURE “The Father” “Judas and the Black Messiah” “Mank” “Minari” “Nomadland” “Promising Young Woman” “Sound of Metal” “The Trial of the Chicago 7″ ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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The 93rd Academy Awards kicked off an in-person ceremony with a long tracking shot, serving notice that the Oscars — presented under Covid protocols — would be constructed like a movie. The evening began with screenplay awards that went a pair of Europeans: “Promising Young Woman’s” Emerald Fennell — for a story that dealt with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many Columbia residents and students said they have mixed feelings about the safety of the area after the armed carjacking at the Hitt Street Garage, early Saturday morning. Zi Tompkins, a junior at Mizzou, works just a few blocks from the Hitt Street Garage and said she couldn’t find an Uber late
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The Defense Department will provide support to India for its Covid response, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Sunday. “I have directed the Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our authority, to support U.S. interagency efforts to rapidly provide India’s frontline healthcare workers with the materials they need. We are currently assessing the
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FAYETEVILLE, Ark (KMIZ) The No. 18 Mizzou softball team dominated the No. 8 Arkansas Razorbacks in a 10-1 win on Saturday afternoon, which also clinched the series win. Lauren Krings captured the win for MU in the circle, finishing with five strikeouts over five innings pitched. She also allowed no earned runs against one of
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A growing number of Americans have missed their scheduled second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna require two doses — administered three and four weeks apart, respectively — to be considered fully effective. But data shows about 8%
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Awards shows are still feeling the impact of the pandemic, and this year’s Academy Awards ceremony is no exception. After a two-month delay for the pandemic, the 93rd Oscars will take place Sunday. The ceremony will be held at both Los Angeles Union Station and the Dolby Theatre. In keeping with Covid-19 protocols, only the
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A North Carolina sheriff says he wants body camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.‘s fatal shooting to be made public, but there will have to be a court motion to do it. “Only a judge can release the video,” Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said in a video message posted Saturday on Facebook. “That’s why
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball teamed fell in the rubber match with Florida on Sunday, 9-4. The Tigers had to go deep until their bullpen, as Georgia put up two four-run innings to cement the series win. The starter, Zach Hise with three strikeouts over five innings pitched. The freshman did give up eight
Continue Reading The Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions of the term, including a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act and a case on religious liberty, an issue that has split the justices along familiar
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild with lows in the low 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and breezy with south wind gusts up to 30-35 mph. Highs in the low 80s. EXTENDED: A warm front settling to our north to start the week will keep temperatures in the lower 80s through Tuesday and increase winds from the
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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham denied on Sunday that there is systemic racism in the US, claiming “America’s not a racist country” as President Joe Biden and others urge people to directly confront the issue as the nation grapples with a spate of police killings of Black Americans. Citing the elections of former President Barack Obama,
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Manchester City clinched a fourth consecutive League Cup title on Sunday after beating Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at Wembley. A late second-half header from Aymeric Laporte topped off a brilliant performance from City, which has dominated this trophy in recent years. It has now matched Liverpool’s record of eight League Cup titles. It’s the first of
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After several weeks of reporting concerning Covid-19 case increases, the United States could be seeing the beginning of a hopeful trend, a leading health official says. The country’s seven-day average of new reported infections is going down, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House Covid-19 briefing on
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Hundreds of people named Josh from around the United States have fought over their shared name with pool noodles in a Nebraska field. Sure, that sounds a little weird, but it’s been a weird 12 months. The battle has been brewing since April 2020, arguably the peak of US boredom. It started as a joke,
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President Joe Biden‘s first term passed the three-month point last week and will hit the 100th-day mark this week. We’re now at the point where the Biden presidency is well underway, and the American public has a track record to judge him by. The verdict so far has been historically consistent. Biden sports the steadiest
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