COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with a child sex crime on Monday. Xavier Burke, 18, was charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $20,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, Burke
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By Isil Sariyuce and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A Turkish court on Tuesday placed seven journalists in custody after they were arrested while covering the protests in Istanbul, including a photojournalist for French news agency AFP, according to a media-freedom nonprofit and AFP. “AFP strongly condemns the detention of its journalist and photographer Yasin
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former restaurant worker has pleaded guilty to a pair of child sex crimes. Jesus Hernandez, 38, pleaded guilty in Boone County to second-degree statutory rape and second-degree statutory sodomy. He is being held at the Boone County Jail. He will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 21. According to court documents
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, Yash Roy and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Labor unions representing professors and other educators have sued the Trump administration over its revocation of $400 million in congressionally authorized federal research funding to Columbia University following campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war, accusing the administration of leveraging the funds to
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(Editor’s note, 3/25: This article has been updated with new information from the University of Missouri.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has opened requests for a statement of qualifications from firms to help oversee the design and construction of its next nuclear research reactor. The school put out a request for qualification on
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Palestinians demonstrated against Hamas in northern Gaza on Tuesday, in what appeared to be the largest protest against the militant group since its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. Video obtained by CNN showed large crowds, estimated to be thousands of people by a CNN
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager has been charged with seven felonies after he is accused of shooting at a car near the Columbia Mall in January. Samiyon Myers, 15, was charged with first-degree assault, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and delivery of a controlled substance. Officers
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing was held Tuesday morning by the Senate Education Committee on a proposed bill that would require Missouri school districts and charter schools to display the Ten Commandments in every building and classroom. Senate Bill 594 is sponsored by Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton) and would mandate the Ten Commandments to
Continue Reading By CNN’s Saskya Vandoorne and Lisa Klaassen (CNN) — The grandparents of a French toddler who went missing nearly two years ago have been arrested on suspicion of his murder, prosecutors said Tuesday. Two-year-old Émile Soleil disappeared from his grandparents’ garden in Le Haut-Vernet, a hamlet in the French Alps, in July 2023. Nine months
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered stopping his treatment so he could die, according to the lead doctor, while the 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized with a drawn-out respiratory illness. Professor Sergio Alfieri told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera the most critical moment came on February 28 when
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Tattoos. Pro-Hamas flyers. Deleted photos. These are just a few of the pieces of evidence that the Trump administration has cited in its legal efforts to detain and deport migrants from the United States in high-profile actions the past few weeks. The evidence has been cited in efforts to
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Christian Edwards, Anna Chernova, Svitlana Vlasova, Kevin Liptak and Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Russia will only implement a White House-brokered agreement to stop using force in the Black Sea when sanctions imposed on its banks and exports over its invasion of Ukraine are lifted, the Kremlin said Tuesday, adding further uncertainty
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No-Excuse Absentee voting begins Tuesday ahead of local election across Missouri. Voters in Boone County will have the opportunity to cast their ballots at the Boone County Government Center Monday through Saturday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Weekend opportunities are also available: April 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Continue Reading By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has revoked at least 68 grants to researchers studying the health of sexual minorities. The grants funded research focusing on the health of LGBTQ people over 50, HIV prevention, cancer and youth suicide. Termination letters claimed the research was “unscientific” or did “nothing to enhance the
Continue Reading By Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — Good Samaritans in Alaska are being credited with helping save a pilot and two children who survived a plane crash on an icy lake Sunday night. The Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser and its three occupants were reported overdue Sunday in the area of Tustumena Lake and the Kenai Mountains,
Continue Reading By Chris Lau and Yumi Asada Tokyo (CNN) — A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was wrongfully convicted. Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata, 89,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple national media outlets reported on Monday that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed plans and other likely classified information about US military strikes on Yemen to a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist. CNN reported that the Trump Administration acknowledged the messages, sent over the nongovernment encrypted
Continue Reading WPBF, VIEWER VIDEO, CNN By Matthew Rehbein, Hannah Rabinowitz, Javon Huynh, Zoe Sottile and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has created a task force intended to “crack down on violent Tesla attacks,” it announced Monday, following a spate of incidents appearing to target Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturer. Acts of violence and vandalism
Continue Reading By Matthew Rehbein, Hannah Rabinowitz, Javon Huynh, Zoe Sottile and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has created a task force intended to “crack down on violent Tesla attacks,” it announced Monday, following a spate of incidents appearing to target Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturer. Acts of violence and vandalism have been unfolding for
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — A prominent Indian comedian is standing by his right to make jokes after an angry mob attacked a comedy club where he had made an onstage jibe at a right-wing politician. Kunal Kamra, known for his quips about popular culture and politics, is under investigation for
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