By Max Saltman, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Julia Vargas Jones, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has said he will lead his country’s opposition from the United States, where he arrived on Wednesday after fleeing Brazil following his defeat in Sunday’s presidential election. In a statement in which he referred to himself
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After missing the deadline to apply for federal disaster relief, small business owner Scott Morris is in limbo on how to get a damaged historic property he purchased in Glasgow fixed.
Morris was just 22 days away from moving into the downtown building at the corner of Market and 2nd Streets, combining his next-door business — River Brew Coffee Company — and a nearby bookstore — Fitz’s SideQuests. But those plans have been on hold since an EF-2 tornado tore through the roof of the building on Apr. 27.
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By Rupert Neate, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III began his nine-day tour of the Caribbean region Tuesday, arriving in the Bahamas where he acknowledged “the great suffering and injustices of the past” as pressure mounts on Britain to apologize and pay reparations for its role in the slave trade. Charles’
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CNN By Lex Harvey, Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine around the occupied city of Oleshky that first lady Melania Trump helped to broker has now gone into effect, officials on both sides said Tuesday. Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian parliament commissioner for human rights, said on X that the
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By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama is not a fan of the gilded decor changes President Donald Trump has made to the White House since his return to the power. “There’s gold everywhere,” Obama told Democrats at a rally in Cleveland on Saturday ahead of the midterm elections. “What’s up with
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TODAY: Tuesday brings more clouds, a chance of sprinkles, and a slightly cooler day. Overall, it’s still warm and effectively dry. An increase in moisture at the top of the atmosphere will increase cloud cover through the day. Drier air near the surface will likely keep any rain chance to sprinkles. High temperatures remain warm,
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Should Missouri welcome new data center projects, or work to limit them? Vote and see live results on SquareOffs. Data centers remain a huge issue in Missouri as development continues on two Montgomery County projects and local governments across the area wrangle with citizens’ concerns about them. Regulators told ABC 17 News in a special
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey, Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine around the occupied city of Oleshky that first lady Melania Trump helped to broker has now gone into effect, officials on both sides said Tuesday. Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian parliament commissioner for human rights, said on X that the ceasefire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education’s Policy Committee on Monday discussed how to best honor students at graduations who died before getting a chance to receive their diploma. The policy introduced outlines the process schools and administrators need to take leading up to graduation, on the day of and after. Under the guidelines,
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The Consumers Council of Missouri believes state regulators do not have strong enough safeguards in place to ensure data center power costs are not falling back on the average Missouri ratepayer.
“The decision makers in Missouri have tended to err on the side of promoting data centers rather than protecting the public,” CCM Executive Director John Coffman said. “It’s an ongoing regulatory battle.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pedestrian in Callaway County was seriously injured Monday night in a crash, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says a 2014 Ford Flex – driven by a 33-year-old Mokane woman – was heading northbound on Route C, just south of County Road 400 near Mokane, when
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By Julianna Bragg and Vivian Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee authorities are searching for a 28-year-old convicted murderer who escaped through a state prison’s fence late Sunday night before stealing a truck and driving off. Jacob Morley, who is serving a life sentence, is now on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s “Most Wanted” list, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia celebrated the completion of a $37 million upgrade to its water treatment plant Monday, restoring the facility’s ability to treat 32 million gallons of water per day. But while city officials touted the improvements, the COMO Safe Water Coalition questioned the project’s timeline and said additional work is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor after he was accused of pointing a gun at a truck driver Saturday on Interstate 70. Cooper Pfeiffer was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and misdemeanor reckless driving. The probable cause statement says his hearing is
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By Meridith Edwards, Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The parents of Alex Pretti, a US citizen shot and killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis in January, are accusing the Department of Justice of violating their rights under a federal victims’ rights law, as they demand transparency and justice in their son’s death. In a July
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced on Monday that her office sent a cease-and-desist letter to a pharmaceutical company. A press release from Hanaway’s office claims Eli Lilly and Company cut off MU Health Care from 340B program pricing for refusing to comply with a policy change by the company “requiring 340B
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A construction crane working on the project to expand Interstate 70 snagged a power line Monday afternoon, brining it down across the road and closing the westbound lanes. The road closure was reported at about 12:20 p.m., according to a note posted to the Missouri Department of Transportation’s traveler information map. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The fall election is eight days away and committees were required to file financial reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission on Monday. Finance reports from multiple groups for and against Amendment 3 show $32.1 million has been spent so far. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Amendment 3 aims to reinstate an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation will begin requiring permits to camp on its lands beginning in March, according to a Monday press release from the MDC. The MDC gave final approval on the measure on Friday, the release says. The MDC manages about 1,000 conservation areas, with more than 320 offering camping.
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department criminally charged James Comey over a decade-old allegation that he ordered his staff to leak classified information to a reporter, the third time that prosecutors have levied criminal allegations against the former FBI director. Comey is charged over allegedly leaking a sensitive national security
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