COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 7,600 applications have been submitted to the Boone County Collector’s Office for a senior property tax exemption, according to Boone County Collector Brian McCollum. A state law allowing a property tax exemption for seniors went into effect Aug. 28, 2023. The freeze has to be put into effect by county commissioners. Boone
Continue ReadingSPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene. No reopening date is in sight. Sibelco and The Quartz Corp both shut down operations in the Appalachian town of Spruce Pine on Thursday.
Continue Reading
By CNN Staff, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio faced off Tuesday night in New York City for their first – and only – vice presidential debate. The two sparred on issues including inflation, immigration, health care and the future of democracy. Here is a fact
Continue Reading CNN By CNN Staff, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio are facing off Tuesday night in New York City for their first – and only – vice presidential debate. CNN’s team is fact-checking the candidates, and this story will be updated throughout the evening. Vance mischaracterizes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — County prosecutors have charged a California man with additional counts in a courthouse bomb attack that injured five people. Nathaniel McGuire has been charged with attempted murder and use of an explosive device with the intent to murder. It was not immediately known whether McGuire had an attorney for
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday overruled a decision that sided with Lincoln University in a discrimination lawsuit. Jim Marcantonio — a former university employee — sued LU, claiming it created a “hostile work environment.” In the lawsuit from 2019, Marcantonio claimed former President Kevin Rome ordered him to hire young, Black employees,
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors filed a new indictment Tuesday against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor’s door before they fatally shot her. The Justice Department’s superseding indictment comes weeks after a federal judge threw out major felony charges against former Louisville Police Detective Joshua
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A medical examiner’s office in Georgia has confirmed that 33-year-old rapper Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug overdose. A spokesperson from the Fulton County medical examiner’s office said Wednesday that Quan, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, died from a slew of drugs such as fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and promethazine. Quan died
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India is one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of wheat and rice, but extreme weather is taking a toll on these vital crops. Research organizations in that country and around the world have worked for decades to evolve seeds that are better able to cope with drought,
Continue Reading By Annette Choi, Ethan Cohen, Molly English and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ running mate, face off Tuesday in the only scheduled vice presidential debate this year. CNN is tracking how much time each candidate speaks during their meeting on
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — La líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado aseguró que no tiene planes para salir del país, luego de que el sábado el presidente Nicolás Maduro dijera, sin pruebas, que la exdiputada “está preparando maletas” para dejar territorio venezolano. “Aquí seguimos de frente con los venezolanos, cerca, a pesar de las
Continue Reading
By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — The bracket for 2024’s Fat Bear Week contest was revealed Tuesday night, but only after a deadly bear-on-bear attack at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on Monday delayed the unveiling. In what’s become a bona fide fall ritual, public voting in the annual Fat Bear contest is scheduled
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — The International Olympic Committee’s three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone — are terminating their contracts. TThis leaves the IOC without a Japanese sponsor with the focus now expected to shift to the Middle East and India for new sponsorship income. Japanese sponsors have turned away from the
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Nota del editor: Mari Rodríguez Ichaso ha sido colaboradora de la revista Vanidades durante varias décadas. Especialista en moda, viajes, gastronomía, arte, arquitectura y entretenimiento. Productora de cine. Columnista de estilo de CNN en Español. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente suyas. Lee más artículos de opinión en cnne.com/opinion (CNN Español)
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dedicó este martes sus primeras palabras como la primera mujer en asumir el Poder Ejecutivo del país en 200 años a elogiar el legado del hombre que le precedió en el cargo: el ahora expresidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “Vamos a mantener todos
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Corbin Burnes was nearly perfect in his start for the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their AL Wild Card Series against the Kansas City Royals. But a costly walk to No. 9 hitter Maikel Garcia led to Bobby Witt Jr.’s RBI single that proved the difference. It was
Continue Reading
Editors note: The vote totals from the primary election have been corrected COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In less than a month, voters from Missouri’s 44th House District will decide between a Columbia business owner and former Army veteran to represent them in the state legislature. Republican John Martin will face off against Democrat David Raithel to
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El excontralor de Ecuador Carlos Pólit fue sentenciado este martes a 10 años de prisión en Estados Unidos por cargos relacionados al lavado de activos. Pólit conoció su sentencia en una Corte del Distrito Sur de la Florida, donde se llevó su caso. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel El
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dos días después del partido de LaLiga entre el Atlético de Madrid y su rival local, el Real Madrid, el Atlético anunció que el defensa Robin Le Normand sufrió un “traumatismo craneoencefálico” al chocar con el mediocampista del Madrid Aurélien Tchouaméni al final del partido del domingo (1-1). Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge’s Drevyn Seamon is our Week 5 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Bruins will host the newest member of the CMAC, the Camdenton Lakers, on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.
Continue Reading