TODAY: Some scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder are possible this morning as a storm system moves in from the west. Highs will still reach right around 90 degrees with a heat index in the upper 90s close to the triple digits. Isolated storms begin popping up across the area this afternoon as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is set to celebrate the state’s 200th birthday with a third and final day of events on Sunday. According to organizers, all visitors are required to follow the University of Missouri’s COVID-19 safety regulations at the festival. The, “Together for ’21 Fest” kicked off Friday, with Governor Parson
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Sierra Nevada red fox, a rare California species whose population is dramatically dwindling, has been listed as endangered. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced in a news release Monday that the fox population in Sierra Nevada, which only consists of about 18 to 39 individuals, will receive protection
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles left Tokyo on Wednesday with her fame intact, but changed from the person she had been before the games. Suffering from the twisties — a mental condition in which gymnasts lose the sense of where their bodies are in midair — Biles stunned the world by withdrawing
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By George Ramsay, CNN When filmmakers were invited to document Eliud Kipchoge’s second attempt to run a marathon in under two hours, it was the runner, rather than the run, that captured their imagination. Amid the bluster and noise that often surrounds professional sport, they found that Kipchoge’s quiet, contemplative demeanor was unique — the
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By Ali Zaslav, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN The Senate voted to break a filibuster Saturday and advance a massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package after months of furious negotiations, clearing a major hurdle for President Joe Biden’s agenda even as it will soon face an uncertain future in the House. Eighteen GOP senators
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Nearly four years ago, Danielle Crull rescued a stray kitten from a forest in Pennsylvania. Now, that spunky kitty is changing hundreds of lives by helping children with eye problems feel more confident about wearing glasses and eye patches. Truffles, now famous for her glamorous glasses — which range from sparkling
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Dos incendios forestales en el norte de California destruyeron decenas de hogares, dejaron personas desaparecidas o heridas y provocaron evacuaciones el jueves. Todo sucedió en menos de 48 horas. El Dixie, el incendio activo más grande de California, ha destruido “más de 100 casas” y está en camino de dañar más
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By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The war against Covid-19 is changing, putting into stark relief the deepening divide between countries that have the weapons to fight the virus and those that don’t. As concerns mount over the highly contagious Delta variant, wealthy nations are tightening their grip on vaccine arsenals, while desperate people elsewhere in the
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running out of time and friends as he stares down the prospect of being the first New York governor impeached in more than 100 years — with his own party leading the way. Days after state Attorney General Letitia James, also a Democrat, released a detailed report
Continue Reading Rita Glavin, the personal attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, appeared on CNN to forcefully push back against allegations that her client sexually harassed 11 women.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Family and friends celebrated the Daniel Boone 12U softball team on Saturday evening, as the team left for its first-ever Little League World Series. Players, coaches, and fans all gathered at Daniel Boone’s fields in Columbia before boarding the bus to Greenville, South Carolina. The team won the regional championship after going
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By Jack Guy, CNN A fast track and new developments in running shoe design have seen a number of records broken at the Tokyo Olympics, but a leading sports scientist has warned athletes that they could be entering into a “Faustian bargain.” Among the record breakers were Norway’s Karsten Warholm, who set a world record
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman is dead after a motorcycle crash in Montgomery County Saturday at 3:55 p.m. on westbound I-70 near mile marker 181.2. A motorcycle experienced a tire malfunction causing the driver to lose control. The motorcycle then struck the ground and ejected both people. The driver, 63-year-old Charles Hamilton, experienced serious
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — La entrenadora de pentatlón moderno de Alemania, Kim Raisner, fue descalificada de Tokio 2020 por golpear a un caballo, dijo la Federación de Pentatlón Moderno (UIPM) en un comunicado el sábado. El incidente ocurrió cuando Raisner intentaba ayudar a la pentatleta moderna Annika Schleu, antes de su ronda de salto
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Cars lined the streets around Derby Ridge Elementary on Saturday as hundreds of Boone County families went booth to booth getting haircuts, information from local vendors and school supplies.
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A draft letter reportedly circulated late last year by Donald Trump-loyalist Jeffrey Clark at the Justice Department shows the lengths his allies were willing to go to overturn the presidential election. CNN’s Jessica Schneider reports.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Los incendios, las sequías, las lluvias torrenciales y las inundaciones devastadoras muestran, según expertos, los impactos que el cambio climático ya está teniendo a lo largo y ancho del planeta. No todos los países enfrentan los mismos riesgos ni están igual de preparados frente a la crisis climática. Un índice elaborado por
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, Southern Boone Fire responded to a hazardous materials incident at the Ashland pool. When crews arrived, they found a strong smell of Chlorine in the air. The pool and surrounding area were evacuated and the Columbia fire department hazardous materials team was asked to respond. It was
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 15% on Saturday. The increase in positivity comes along with 2,110 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 585,525 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 655 new probable cases with a total number of 114,309 antigen test results being positive. Eight new
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