By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Thursday on the heels of the US presidential election earlier this week. Chair Jerome Powell also affirmed his commitment to serve out his term, expected to end in mid-2026, even if President-elect Donald Trump attempts to fire him.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden delivered remarks to the nation Thursday in his first appearance on camera in the aftermath of Donald Trump ’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris. Control over the U.S. House of Representatives hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with dozens of races left to be called. The Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday. Watch
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris conceded her loss to Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon at Howard University. Harris called Trump earlier Wednesday to congratulate him on his easy victory on Election Day. Watch her speech in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As “pink cocaine” makes headlines following the death of a One Direction member, the Drug Enforcement Administration said the substance is still uncommon in Missouri. A toxicology report revealed the substance was found in the body of singer Liam Payne after he fell from a balcony and died last week, KABC reports.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A grocery store chain has announced a new deli partnership amid a listeria outbreak with Boar’s Head. Schnucks – which has locations in Columbia and Jefferson City – will begin offering Dietz and Watson’s Premium Meats and Artisan Cheeses next month, according to a Wednesday press release from the company. “Schnucks’ delis
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City businessman who pleaded guilty earlier this year to three felonies, including fraud, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Tod Ray Keilholz, 61, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole. He pleaded guilty on March
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 members who were deployed to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene relief will come home over the next few days, according to a Wednesday press release from the Boone County Fire Protection District. “Today, three Human Remains Detection (HRD) K9 teams are expected to return to the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 is continuing its search efforts along streams and rivers in North Carolina as part of Hurricane Helene relief efforts. A Monday social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District says that the Task Force was searching Avery County, North Carolina. “This morning, the team returned to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Utilities Department has sent six utility workers to Florida to assist areas impacted by Hurricane Milton, a Thursday press release says. The release says that the crew will head to Orlando, Florida, and take a digger truck, double-bucket truck and a backyard machine. This comes after crews returned
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 members are still responding to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Three members have been demobilized, according to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District. The post says Task Force 1 members are currently staged in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and have not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hurricane Milton continued its path through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Wednesday. The storm was a Category 4 on Wednesday morning but was expected to weaken as it comes ashore somewhere on Florida’s west coast. Heavy wind and rain is already visible on live camera feeds from Florida. Watch them
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Milton rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday to become a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay, leading to evacuation orders and lending more urgency to the cleanup from Hurricane Helene, which swamped the same stretch of coastline less than two weeks ago.
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalia Faheid, Allison Chinchar and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Milton has strengthened to Category 3 and continues to intensify two days before it’s due to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast, where communities now are rushing cleanup from catastrophic Hurricane Helene. Ahead of what could be the state’s largest storm exodus in seven
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Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz went head to head for the first time as vice presidential candidates Tuesday night in a debate hosted by CBS News.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More members of Missouri Task Force 1 are being deployed to assist in Hurricane Helene relief, a Friday press release says. Task Force 1 initially received deployment orders for 45 members on Wednesday, previous reporting indicates. Three more members were activated Thursday, Friday’s release says. Two of those members were assigned to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 has arrived in Gainesville, Georgia, as it prepares for rapid deployment as the region braces for Hurricane Helene. Payton Dunham lives fewer than 50 miles away in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Her family spent Thursday afternoon prepping for the storm, which included moving all their outdoor furniture inside and
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges that are still sealed, according to two people familiar with the matter. The charges against Adams, a Democrat, were still sealed late Wednesday, according to
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has faced a parade of sexual assault lawsuits and a federal human trafficking probe in the last year, has been arrested, the producer’s attorney tells CNN. Combs was arrested Monday night at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Within the past month, campaign signs for Missouri State Rep. Aaron McMullen (R-Independence) have appeared in Bethpage, located on New York’s Long Island. McMullen lost the Aug. 6 primary election for the Missouri State Senate to Joe Nicola and appears to have no ties to Long Island. However, residents say it is
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Associated Press MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that knocked out electricity to more than a quarter-million customers and threatened widespread flooding as it sent a potentially deadly storm surge rushing inland along the Gulf Coast. Francine crashed ashore in Terrebonne
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