COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two current Mizzou football coaches will have additional duties heading into the 2022 season. MU said that special teams coordinator Erik Link will now also coach tight ends, while linebackers coach D.J. Smith will also serve as the recruiting coordinator. The announcement comes after Mizzou’s former tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester, a durable left-hander who won three World Series titles during 16 years in the majors, has announced his retirement. Lester tells ESPN “It’s kind of run its course.” Lester finishes with a 200-117 record and a 3.66 ERA in 452 career games, including 451 starts. He also has been a
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago students have returned to classrooms after the nation’s third-largest school district canceled five days of classes amid a standoff with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. But members of the Chicago Teachers Union have until Wednesday afternoon to decide whether to approve the safety agreement or refuse in hopes of
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Morgan Wallen’s performance at the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend has caused a backlash. The singer, who was suspended by his label and dropped by several radio stations last year after video of him using a racial slur surfaced, appeared with his Big Loud label mate ERNEST at the
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Watch a live-streamed newscast at 7 a.m. in the player below. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team is tracking the latest chance at accumulating snow that could impact Mid-Missouri early this weekend. With a complex situation, we’ll have the latest updates as we learn them below: SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE: Warm air has held stubbornly overnight
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Good news: After rising for months, meat prices are finally falling at the grocery store. Bad news: Many other staples are getting more expensive. Prices for meat, poultry, fish and eggs fell 0.4% from November to December, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Within that
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By Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond, Betsy Klein and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the latest report on inflation in the US shows there is more work to do on lowering consumer prices, which are threatening his domestic agenda and political prospects as he enters his second year in office. Stubbornly high
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Gigli” may have bombed at the box office and the film became the punchline for many a joke, but Ben Affleck is choosing to look at the bright side. In an Entertainment Weekly interview with his BFF Matt Damon, Affleck talked about the 2003 film which put him in the
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Prince Andrew is facing the prospect of a trial in a very public civil lawsuit for sexual abuse later this year, after losing his attempt to have Virginia Giuffre’s case against him thrown out. It is an unprecedented situation for a senior British royal — the third child (and reportedly the
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The casket of former Sen. Harry Reid is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol as colleagues and friends gather to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who served five terms in the Senate and rose to be majority leader. The casket carrying Reid arrived at
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Getting your dish soap out of the bottle might not be on your top 10 list of daily annoyances. But Procter & Gamble is making it easier anyway. Dawn, the top-selling dish soap brand, has unveiled a redesigned bottle with “patented no-flip cap technology.” That means the bottle stands, upside-down,
Continue Reading LIMBE, Cameroon (AP) — A referee at the African Cup of Nations has caused chaos by twice blowing early for the end of a game. It incensed coaches on the losing team and raised the absurd possibility that the game might have to be restarted for the remaining few minutes. Referee Janny Sikazwe of Zambia
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are searching for a car involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash early Wednesday in Des Moines. The Des Moines Register reports that police described the vehicle as a yellow, two-door 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier. Officers and firefighters found the injured man at 2:41 a.m. Medics took him to UnityPoint Hospital.
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Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S. and NATO have rejected key Russian security demands for easing tensions over Ukraine. But they have left open the possibility of future talks with Moscow to discuss other things, like arms control, missile deployments and ways to prevent military incidents. Russian President Vladimir Putin insists
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S. and NATO have rejected key Russian security demands for easing tensions over Ukraine. But they have left open the possibility of future talks with Moscow to discuss other things, like arms control, missile deployments and ways to prevent military incidents. Russian President Vladimir Putin insists
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The third-largest group in the European Parliament has called for the establishment of a committee to investigate abuses by European Union governments with powerful spyware produced by Israel’s NSO Group. Renew Europe, a liberal political grouping, said Wednesday that the use of the software to break
Continue Reading RED OAK, Iowa (AP) — A 12-year-old Iowa girl who was struck and killed by a police vehicle had been on her way to a grocery store to buy snacks with a gift card she got for Christmas, her older sister said. KMTV reports that 15-year-old Gracie Redd described her younger sister, Vana Marie Redd,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press American Airlines says a passenger entered the open cockpit of a jet that was preparing to take off in Honduras, and he damaged the plane before crew members and police could stop him. American said Wednesday that the man was arrested. The flight, which was bound for Miami, was delayed several
Continue Reading By The Associated Press American Airlines says a passenger entered the open cockpit of a jet that was preparing to take off in Honduras, and he damaged the plane before crew members and police could stop him. American said Wednesday that the man was arrested. The flight, which was bound for Miami, was delayed several
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