COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No-excuse absentee voting for the April municipal election began this week on March 19 and the Boone County Clerks office wants to give people the opportunity to exercise their constitutional right to vote. People will have another opportunity to cast their vote on Sunday at Douglas High School from 11 a.m. to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First-year head coach Kerrick Jackson has won his first conference game since taking over the Mizzou baseball program. The Tigers locked down a 2-1 win over Kentucky on Saturday at Taylor Stadium, forcing a rubber match between the two teams on Sunday morning. After Kentucky struck first in the third inning on
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger challenged his players at halftime of their NCAA Tournament game against Washington State on Saturday night to remember who they are, along with what had gotten them to the brink of the Sweet 16. It was a simple speech. And
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Football Union says its team’s friendly against Paraguay scheduled for Moscow on Monday has been put off indefinitely due to the terrorist attack near the capital. Officials said the match originally scheduled for Moscow’s VTB Arena would be played at a later date. At least 133 people were killed after
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike deep in northeastern Lebanon early Sunday wounded at least three people, a local official said. The airstrike near the city of Baalbek, a stronghold of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group, was the latest to hit the area in recent weeks. The strike occurred a few minutes after midnight and wounded
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors say they have ordered the arrest of the mayor of a seaside tourist town in the country’s south on corruption charges. The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime, which handles cases involving senior officials, ordered the arrest Saturday of Jorgo Goro, the mayor of
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CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the “early stages” of treatment. In a video message released Friday, Kate said the diagnosis came after she had underwent abdominal surgery in January. Her condition was initially thought to be non-cancerous, but
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CNN Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — If ISIS was indeed responsible for the attack Friday at a Moscow-area concert venue that killed at least 133 people, it would suggest that, unfortunately, the terror group is making something of a comeback. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack; a US official told CNN the US has no reason
Continue ReadingBy Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that “the train is coming,” referring to her team’s preparation for the case against former President Donald Trump and his 14 co-defendants and whether she was slowed down by attempts to remove her from the case. Willis, who avoided being disqualified from the election subversion case after more than two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 15 Tiger softball team completed a big upset at the Mizzou Softball Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The MU defense and pitching staff helped lift the team to a 3-2 win over No. 2 LSU, which clinched the overall series win. Saturday’s victory comes on the heels of an offensive outburst
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have seized more than three tons of the prescription nerve pain drug pregabalin and impounded a yacht registered in the United Kingdom. Greece’s coast guard says the yacht was raided Thursday night while anchored in the port of Lavrio, 45 miles southeast of Athens. Coast guard officers found 3.75
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By Samantha Delouya and Nicole Goodkind, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration warned Saturday its increased oversight of United Airlines — after a string of nearly a dozen incidents on flights this month — may mean the troubled airline will have to put some of its future plans on hold. “Due to recent safety
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — An 18-year-old man has been charged with four counts of vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a crash in a Seattle suburb that killed a woman and three children. Chase Daniel Jones was arrested late Friday and is being held at the King County Correctional Facility on $1 million bail. Jail records do
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that the election interference prosecution against Donald Trump hasn’t been delayed by proceedings over her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor she hired for the case. “I don’t feel like we have been slowed down at all,” Willis told CNN in an interview. “I
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. (AP) — Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where more than 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from United States forces. Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service
Continue ReadingOpinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — If ISIS was indeed responsible for the attack Friday at a Moscow-area concert venue that killed at least 133 people, it would suggest that, unfortunately, the terror group is making something of a comeback. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack; a US official told CNN the US has no reason to
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La oposición venezolana denunció este sábado que aún no ha podido inscribir oficialmente a Corina Yoris como candidata presidencial para los comicios de julio, un plazo que oficialmente termina este lunes. “Tras cerca de 72 horas del inicio del proceso postulación de candidaturas presidenciales, denunciamos que el sistema del CNE
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored a hat trick and Brandon Saad tallied 2:05 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Jake Neighbours also scored for the Blues, who are 6-1 in their last seven games. Pavel Buchnevich
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Con su distinguido color de pelaje, el panda gigante es una especie reconocible al instante. Sin embargo, existen pandas gigantes que no son blancos y negros. Estas majestuosas criaturas de pelaje marrón y blanco habitan en una única cadena montañosa en China. Y ahora, los científicos pueden haber desentrañado el misterio
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Grammy-winning Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini has died. He was 82. Pollini performed frequently at Milan’s La Scala. The opera house said in a statement that he died on Saturday without giving a cause of death. But Pollini had been forced to cancel a concert at the Salzburg
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