COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri will begin the first day of commencement ceremonies on Friday, celebrating the class of 2025. There will be commencement ceremonies throughout the weekend for 5,954 graduates, leaving the chance for heavy traffic around downtown Columbia. Free parking will be available on campus for commencement guests from Friday, May
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CNN By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — New York University said it is withholding the diploma of a student who condemned “genocide” in Gaza while delivering a graduation speech Wednesday – a move the university called a violation of the student’s commitment to comply with school rules. Logan Rozos told members of his graduating class
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The dust has settled on the 2025 legislative session, and there were some casualties. One of them was a bill that included incentives to help finance stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Royals. The stadium bill and another that included money for several Mid-Missouri construction projects were left hanging when the Senate decided
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn and Chris Lau, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Police in Thailand have arrested a man on suspicion of wildlife trafficking after he was found with two baby orangutans in a basket at a gas station in the Thai capital. The 47-year-old suspect was apprehended Wednesday as he was about to deliver the
Continue Reading CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — CNN will televise the penultimate performance of “Good Night, and Good Luck” live on June 7. The Broadway play is an adaptation of the 2005 movie of the same name, which actor George Clooney directed about veteran journalist Edward R. Murrow’s conflicts with Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — New York University said it is withholding the diploma of a student who condemned “genocide” in Gaza while delivering a graduation speech Wednesday – a move the university called a violation of the student’s commitment to comply with school rules. Logan Rozos told members of his graduating class that
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Missouri House lawmakers ended their regular session a day ahead of the deadline. The House passed 11 bills on Thursday, limited to only those the state Senate had already passed. The upper chamber called it a year on Wednesday after Republican leaders broke a Democratic filibuster on bills dealing with
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A veteran air-traffic controller at the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport is calling for more resources and speaking out about the intense pressures workers face amid a staffing shortage and tech outages. Jonathan Stewart described working multiple positions per shift to give
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A youth was shot around 6 p.m. Thursday, according to a social media post from the Columbia Police Department. CPD wrote that police responded to a shooting in the 2100 block of Meadowvale Court, a street off of Rice Road in northeast Columbia. Police wrote in a later press release that they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri nursing homes rank among the worst in the country for the amount of care provided to residents, and ongoing staffing shortages may be adding to the problem and putting residents’ health and safety at risk. Federal guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require skilled nursing facilities to provide
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals have publicly expressed interest in moving from Missouri to Kansas after Jackson County voters rejected a proposal last year to extend a sales tax to help finance a downtown baseball stadium and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium. In response, Gov. Mike Kehoe proposed to fund
Continue Reading Story by Reuters Bangkok, Thailand (Reuters) — A Thai court has issued arrest warrants for 17 people including a high-profile construction tycoon, police said on Thursday, over their alleged involvement in the building of a skyscraper that collapsed and killed scores of workers during a powerful March earthquake. Search teams recovered 89 bodies in a
Continue Reading Story by the Associated Press Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) — An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, from
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, CNN It was news that Pauline Stuart thought might never come: The man believed to be responsible for the death of her teenage son years earlier is finally behind bars. “It still seems a little unreal that it happened,” she told CNN on Thursday. “I kind of believed that it would never
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Dozens of abortion and Proposition-A advocates gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to protest the recent passage of two bills during the legislative session. On Wednesday, the senate ended its session after republicans forced a vote to approve a ballot measure to send abortion rights back to the voters. It also
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing was held Thursday morning for a Columbia man who was sentenced for a triple murder more than 20 years ago. Deandra Buchanan, 51, was found guilty by a jury in 2002 on three counts of first-degree murder. He was initially sentenced to death but was resentenced to life in prison without
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — The United States and United Arab Emirates will partner to build a massive data center complex in Abu Dhabi to advance artificial intelligence capabilities with 5-gigawatts of capacity — enough to power a major city. The agreement, announced Thursday during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the UAE, will
Continue Reading By Max Saltman, Pau Mosquera and Jorge Venegas, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 people were injured when a car drove into a crowd outside a stadium in Spain hosting a soccer match between major crosstown rivals FC Barcelona and Espanyol, according to local authorities. Catalan Police described the incident as an “accidental collision” to
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A Texas mother is accused of buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son, despite repeated warnings about violent plans at his middle school. The boy’s grandmother alerted police. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Toxic bloom:
Continue Reading By Clare Sebastian, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — After five days of confusion over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for direct talks with Ukraine, the day they were supposed to begin initially brought only more of the same: a seven-hour stakeout on the banks of the Bosphorus, an unruly scrum at the Russian consulate, and finally
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