COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Homeland Security confirmed in a social media post that a federal agent has again shot someone in the city if Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents were conducting a “targeted traffic stop” when the man, a Venezuelan national, was shot in the leg after he began
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who previously sentenced to 50 years in prison in federal court and five years in Missouri for statutory rape and child–porn-related charges took several more plea deals on Monday. In four separate cases involving five victims, William Dahl, 41, pleaded guilty on Monday to promoting child porn, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been injured in a shooting in Portland, Oregon, that involved Customs and Border Patrol agents, the FBI’s Portland office announced in a Thursday evening social media post. The FBI office wrote that its agency is investigating an agent who was involved in the shooting near the 10000 block of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democrats and five Republicans — including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley — on Thursday advanced a War Powers Resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s military force in Venezuela. The measure passed with a 52-47 vote after the President has threatened to attack Venezuela for a second around of strikes after the U.S. captured
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal experts are weighing in on the deadly shooting in Minneapolis involving an ICE agent that left one woman dead on Wednesday. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were on a residential street as they heighten their immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security claims the ICE agent shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of “universal vaccine recommendations” for children to 11, down from the previous total of 17. One Missouri doctor worries the change may lead to confusion for families. The CDC announced on Monday that it was cutting the number of recommended vaccinations
Continue Reading By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that the US has taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. “As you probably know we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” Trump said. “Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually.” The president did not
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CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Netflix has triumphed in the bidding war for Warner Bros. and HBO, announcing a deal that could combine two of the three biggest streamers with one of the largest traditional movie and television studios. If the deal goes through, it will fundamentally reshape Hollywood at a precarious time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers at a Columbia Starbucks location on Thursday joined a nationwide strike. Around 11 employees were seen outside the location on Vandiver Drive on Thursday morning chanting and holding signs. A press release from Starbucks Workers United – the union that represents the employees — says around 2,000 union baristas around the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All eight members of Missouri’s U.S. House delegation voted Wednesday on the bill that is expected to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Six Republicans voted in favor of the bill, while the state’s two Democrats voted against it. The House passed the government funding bill by a vote of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some SNAP recipients are expected to start seeing some benefits return as early as today, according to an email from the Missouri Department of Social Services. SNAP benefits had not been delivered this month because of political battles surrounding ongoing government shutdown. “The United State Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Services
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As artificial intelligence technology continues to expand into health care, growing concerns are emerging over the use of AI-powered chatbots as substitutes for licensed therapists, particularly among young users. Research from the National Library of Medicine shows nearly 50% of people who could benefit from therapy are unable to access it due to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge has ordered food stamp benefits to be fully restored this month. This follows after the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri announced Thursday they have seen a surge of families in need following the longest government shutdown in history, and they’re working overtime to keep up. The organization
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man detained by ICE in September after returning from a trip to Europe had his first court hearing on Thursday. Owen Ramsingh — who has had a green card since the 1980s, according to his family — had a court date set for Thursday, Nov. 6 after being detained at Chicago’s O’Hare
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday ordered flags at government buildings around the state to fly at half-staff for former Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a press release from the governor’s office. Cheney, 84, served as vice president during President George W. Bush’s tenure from 2001-09. Cheney’s passing was announced on Tuesday.
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By Associated Press (CNN) — An Illinois jury on Wednesday convicted a former sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help. Sean Grayson, 31, could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, or probation. Sentencing is scheduled for January 29.
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Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the second time this year in a continued bid to prevent unemployment from surging. Fed officials voted for another quarter-point rate cut, lowering their benchmark lending rate to a range between 3.75% and 4%, the lowest in three years. It is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Leila Willmore says she was first alerted to AI-generated content of her son at the end of September. Since then, things have only continued to escalate. “They were seeing Zachary in articles coming to their Facebook, like popping up one after the other,” Willmore said. “When I would try to look up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has allowed the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to block an attempted nationwide layoff that would affect employees at the Columbia Environmental Research Center. The lawsuit — filed in California — showed the Department of Interior was looking to lay off 80 employees at the Columbia location and more than
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“With all that’s transpired in the past few days, he’s not holding up well. Frankly, it’s a tough place. The conditions are horrible. The food, the water aren’t drinkable or edible. It’s violent all the time. You never know what’s going to happen next minute. And there is no medical help. There’s no medication being given
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