By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender. In its filing, the department justified releasing the heretofore secret evidence as
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By Michael Williams, Dan Berman and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003, including a note bearing Trump’s name and an
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By Rebekah Riess, Josh Campbell, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility killed three veteran members assigned to the agency’s arson and explosives detail Friday morning – a tragedy that marks the “largest loss of life” at the department since 1857, according to Sheriff Robert Luna.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager reached a plea deal with prosecutors Wednesday to drop a murder charge against him. Cordero L. Riley Jr., 17, pleaded guilty in a Boone County court to unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree assault. Sentencing is set for Sept. 15. He remains in the Boone County jail pending
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and University of Missouri Health Care said Tuesday that they had reached a deal to bring about 90,000 Anthem customers back into the MU Health Care network. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in the news release announcing it. “I’m joining the tens of thousands
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tank used to store flammable liquid blew its top off Route K, sending its top flying into a nearby neighborhood. Fire crews were called to the closed Leatherwood Hills store on Route K at about 2 p.m. for a tank fire. A photo shows four tanks of the sort used to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was set on fire on his porch last month has died. Donovan “Tyler” Baylis died on Monday morning, his mother Nan Oliver told ABC 17 News on Monday afternoon. Baylis was 31. Police had said the man was burned on June 15 in the 1500 block of Paris Road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel has filed a lawsuit to keep his driver’s license. Pinkel’s lawyer – Bogdan Susan — on Wednesday filed a petition in Camden County asking the court to not suspend the former coach’s license after he allegedly refused to take a breathalyzer test A Missouri State Highway
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David Kip Heyde has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Bailey Scott after allegedly shooting her on his front porch.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A road just outside of Centralia was shut down on Friday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into a telephone pole. Boone County first responders shut down both directions of North Jay Jay in the 19990 block at 2:58 p.m. Three people were injured – two seriously – in the crash, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Part of Columbia’s busy Stadium Boulevard was closed during rush hour Tuesday evening after a crash took out a utility pole, according to a public alert. South Stadium was closed from Rollins Road to College Park Drive after a crash caused an electric line to go across the road, the alert said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tractor-trailer lost control and folded in on itself on Interstate 70 near Kingdom City on Monday. The truck and trailer have the Hogan logo on them. The crash happened Monday afternoon and ended with the trailer blocking both eastbound lanes, a photograph shows. It’s not clear how the crash started. Both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jackson County Judge has granted an injunction that once again OK’s abortion care under Missouri law. Voters this past November approved Amendment 3 and along with it a right to an abortion. In May, Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ended a ruling that stopped the enforcement of state abortion regulations. The
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By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Republican lawmakers have handed President Donald Trump the first major legislative achievement of his second term, following a fierce arm-twisting campaign by GOP leaders to unite a deeply divided party behind his sweeping domestic agenda. House Republicans voted Thursday afternoon to approve Trump’s massive package of tax and federal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Highway 63 reopened north of Grindstone Parkway in Columbia after being closed for about an hour after a power line broke Wednesday. The Columbia Fire Department said at about 3:30 p.m. that both sides of the highway — northbound and southbound — would be closed for about an hour. That followed single
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CNN, POOL, KING, MONROE CO. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY By Jean Casarez, Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN Boise, Idaho (CNN) — For 30 months, Bryan Kohberger and his defense attorneys insisted on his innocence in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. But in a matter of minutes Wednesday, in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No charges will be filed against the four Columbia police officers involved in a fatal shooting of a man who was accused of murder. Four Columbia police officers — Zachary Beringer, Ryan Brunstrom, Dylan Caldieraro and Malique Dameron — fired their weapons at Timothy Turner, 37, of Columbia, on Feb. 1, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Tuesday that his office has started an investigation into the City of Columbia’s practices related to diversity, equity and inclusion. The investigation will focus on “decision-making in city programs, hiring and funding,” according to a news release from Bailey’s office. “We will not allow government at
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By Sarah Ferris, Alison Main, Lauren Fox and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package Tuesday after a dayslong grind to secure the support of key holdouts. Some of the hardest work may still lie ahead, however, as Trump and GOP leaders must now
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The charge the jury convicted Spivey of has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was acquitted of murder but found guilty of having a weapon illegally Thursday after a four-day trial. Kimo Spivey, 35, was charged with first-degree murder, illegal gun possession, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and
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