Britain is officially an aircraft carrier power again. The Royal Navy announced on Monday that the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, centered on Britain’s largest ever warship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, had achieved initial operating capability. The designation means the 65,000-ton carrier, its air assets including F-35 stealth fighter jets and helicopters, as well as its
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Here are the local basketball scores from Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA WOMEN’S HOOPS Bethany College (75) Columbia College (66) FINAL NAIA MEN’S HOOPS Missouri Valley (77) Columbia College (72) FINAL HS GIRLS HOOPS Rock Bridge (60) St. Genevieve (44) FINAL Harrisburg (55) Brookfield (36)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communications is reporting a crash on north Stadium by Cottle Dr just before 6 p.m. ABC 17 News crew on scene reported seeing two vehicles damaged. The crash was bad enough that officials warned residents to avoid the area due to the wreck. ABC 17 News will have more
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council extended an emergency declaration, keeping all public city meeting virtual along with other COVID-19 guidelines. The extension lasts through Feb. 1st. The mandatory mask requirement in city hall and the public during public board and commission meetings was extended. The proclamation also requires all city boards, commissions,
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Health leaders in Columbia and Boone County are continuing efforts to fight the Coronavirus pandemic on a local level. The Columbia/Boone County Health Department and city leaders are looking at way to education people on the importance of getting vaccinated to fight the virus.
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A true confession to start the new year: I am now a giddy, guilty, vaccinated-American. I therefore would like to comment on the current profound disappointment many in the United States — from President-elect Joe Biden to prominent physicians, to talking heads parading across our screens — have voiced about the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out: The
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India is embarking on one of the world’s most ambitious mass immunization programs ever undertaken, after regulators approved the country’s first two Covid-19 vaccines for restricted emergency use. Indian drug regulators on Sunday gave the go ahead for two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and the other conceived locally by Bharat
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Retired Miller County Sheriff Bill Abbott passed away today from COVID-19 according to Osage County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. Sheriff Abbott spent more than 16 years of service to Miller County residents since his appointment to the office in April 1999. Abbott retired from the department in Dec. 2016.
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Iran announced Monday that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, far beyond the limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move likely to further escalate tensions with the United States. Iran also seized a South Korean-flagged chemical tanker on Monday, according to semi-official Iranian news agencies, for “creating environmental and
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Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A former St. Louis County officer is facing charges, accused of inappropriately using a police database to look up sensitive information about 17 other officers. Amy Loftus, 38, is charged with five counts of misuse of information by a public official. Between
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two more victims have been added to the record 2020 homicide count in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Police Department said Monday that a 19-year-old man who was wounded in a Dec. 28 shooting died four days later. Officers found Abdulbasid Yassin unresponsive on the ground when they responded
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville, TN (WSMV) — A new mural downtown is honoring the six Metro Police officers who helped evacuate the downtown area moments before a bomb exploded on Christmas morning. The mural, designed by the people behind the I Believe in Nashville mural, was finished early Monday morning. They
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An 83-year-old man is in the intensive care unit after he was bound, gagged, and robbed inside his North Philadelphia home on New Year’s Eve. Tonight, his family is pleading for answers. “Honestly, I’m still in disbelief,” Geo Gesmundo said. Gesmundo is on edge. His
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As we begin a new year, it will still be the same stresses for nurses juggling a global pandemic. “Some of the experiences I was having, symptoms of burnout — it’s an understatement to say it’s tough to work at the bedside,” said Anthony Berardi,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — Donors reportedly sent tens of thousands of dollars to replace a Queens community refrigerator in the hours after pictures emerged showing it was destroyed by vandalism. State Sen. Jessica Ramos said in a Tweet on Sunday, “After a rough start to the new year,
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A decision on whether to charge the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake is expected to come in the next two weeks, and city officials are preparing for the possibility of unrest. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Gravely will deliver his charging decision within the first two weeks of January, according to a
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make it a crime to sell or administer the Covid-19 vaccine to anyone trying to skip ahead in the line. The governor said in a news conference Monday that any entity misrepresenting who they are or distributing the vaccine to those who aren’t yet eligible should lose their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — It was a heist that could have been out of a movie. Cameras captured two thieves stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a Bronx discount store. As CBS2’s Ali Bauman reported Friday, the suspects are still on the loose. Surveillance video shows two
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