Grand jury indicts Columbia man accused of killing pregnant woman on first-degree murder
A Columbia murder suspect is now charged with first-degree murder after his grand jury indictment in Boone County.
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Teamster members ratify deal at UPS, putting strike threat to rest
CNN, KCCI, TEAMSTER.ORG, UPS By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Rank-and-file members of the Teamsters union have overwhelmingly ratified a five-year deal with UPS, putting an end to the threat of a crippling strike. The union said 86% of members had voted for the five-year contract, which will now be in effect retroactive
Continue ReadingCourt battle begins over Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Court hearings are underway to determine whether a new Missouri law banning minors from receiving gender-affirming health care will take effect as scheduled Monday. Lawyers last month sued to overturn the law on behalf of three families of transgender minors, doctors and two LGBTQ+ organizations. They
Continue ReadingSheriff seeking phone records between Alabama priest and 18-year-old woman who fled to Europe
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama have subpoenaed phone records of an Alabama priest and an 18-year-old woman who fled to Europe together to see if there is evidence of an improper relationship when she was a student. Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said investigators are seeking text messages and other records. Authorities say
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Trump may try to move the Fulton County criminal case to federal court. Here’s why
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Just hours after former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was dealt state charges accusing him, along with 18 other defendants including Donald Trump, of taking part in a broad criminal conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, he mounted an effort to move his case to federal
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UK crime agency charges Nigeria’s former oil minister with bribery offenses
By Stephanie Busari and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offenses following an investigation by the UK’s National Crime Agency, which alleges she accepted bribes in exchange for multimillion-pound oil and gas contracts while in government. “She is alleged to have benefitted from at least
Continue ReadingUna extraña jirafa bebé nace sin sus manchas características, dice zoológico de Tennessee
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un zoológico de Tennessee tiene una nueva superestrella. Aunque todavía no le han puesto un nombre, esta inusual jirafa bebé ya causa sensación entre su manada: no tiene manchas. Esta maravilla de 1,80 metros nació sin manchas el 31 de julio en el zoológico de Bright, una instalación privada de Limestone,
Continue ReadingUS to appeal Mexico’s refusal to investigate labor complaint at Mexican mine
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has announced it will file an appeal over Mexico’s refusal to investigate alleged labor violations involving the right to organize. The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office said Tuesday it will take the case to a dispute resolution panel, the first time it has done
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Fact check: Audio debunks Vivek Ramaswamy’s false claim that he was misquoted about 9/11
By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Ramaswamy’s inaccurate insistence that he was misquoted about 9/11 in the magazine’s Monday article came during a contentious on-air exchange that
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More Missouri schools using safety app as 2023-24 year begins
Hundreds of Missouri schools have signed up for a new tool they hope will increase campus safety — an app meant to improve the response to school safety threats.
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Scooter Braun jokes he’s no longer managing himself after Demi Lovato, Idina Menzel departures
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Music manager Scooter Braun knows people are paying attention to who he’s working with amid reports of changes to his client roster. “Breaking news… I’m no longer managing myself,” Braun joked in a tweet on Tuesday. His comment follows news on Monday that singer Demi Lovato and Braun amicably
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Coaches, athletes make adjustments during heat wave
HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The recent heat wave has forced high school athletic programs to move practice times to early in the morning or later in the evening to reduce the risk of heat-related illness. This week, temperatures in Mid-Missouri are expected to reach high 90s and low 100s between Tuesday and Thursday, with heat indexes
Continue ReadingUPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
By HALELUYA HADERO and MATT OTT AP Business Writers The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday that its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month, putting a final seal on contentious labor negotiations that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide. The Teamsters said in
Continue ReadingThe Smithsonian is apologizing for how it amassed its vast collection of human remains
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The head of the Smithsonian Institution is apologizing for the dark history behind its collection of human remains. In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, addressed how the institution amassed a collection of tens of thousands of body parts during the
Continue ReadingSerena Williams has given birth to her second baby. It’s another daughter
By The Associated Press Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl, she posted Tuesday on Instagram, almost exactly a year after her last match as a tennis star. Adira River Ohanian is the second child — and second daughter — for the 41-year-old Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Their first,
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Tracking a sharp cooldown on the way to break a streak of dangerously hot days
TONIGHT: We’re at the core of the heat this evening, but there is relief on the way. Our ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day extends through Friday. Expect skies to clear tonight, and temperatures to remain warm. We’ll have a light south breeze overnight, and temperature will fall only into the upper 70s by sunrise.
Continue Reading The 3 ways to post bond in Fulton County
By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump arrives at the Fulton County jail later this week to surrender in the criminal election subversion case, he’ll be able to choose between three different ways to pay the $200,000 bond that will keep him from being detained in the facility as his
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The 3 ways to post bond in Fulton County
CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump arrives at the Fulton County jail later this week to surrender in the criminal election subversion case, he’ll be able to choose between three different ways to pay the $200,000 bond that will keep him from being detained in the facility as
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Ambulance fire backs up traffic on westbound Interstate 70 in Callaway County
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Tuesday that a vehicle fire has caused a lane of westbound Interstate 70 to close.
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CPS enrollment eclipses 19,000 students on first day of classes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tuesday was the first day of classes at Columbia Public Schools, and unofficial enrollment numbers from the district show an increase in students attending school. According to a press release from CPS, the total first-day enrollment is 19,157. That total is up by 357 students from last year’s official enrollment number. The
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