COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) AAA data shows that in Missouri and around the country, travelers during the 4th of July weekend should expect the highest gas prices since 2014. Nick Chabarra with AAA said 47.7 million Americans are expected to travel over the Independence Day weekend, with 790,000 of them being in Missouri. Charbarra said this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Senator Roy Blunt stopped by a local business today here in Columbia. He also spoke to ABC 17 News crews about national infrastructure. Blunt said he would support a bipartisan infrastructure bill that included funding for broadband programs in America. Blunt said, “We hoped for… almost every six months in the Trump
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Steve Almasy, CNN Reggie Bush, the former University of Southern California (USC) star who won the 2005 Heisman Trophy, said Thursday he wants the award, and his college football records, reinstated. An NCAA investigation in the years that followed Bush’s college career found that the former running back received impermissible benefits,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department has canceled an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a missing 61-year-old man. Benjamin Seaton was located safe in Kansas City, MO. Officials say Seaton left a residential facility on foot without his necessary medications on July 1. Seaton has been diagnosed with epilepsy, diabetes, and severe mental
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The holiday weekend is coming up quickly, and fireworks will light up the night sky in several places across mid-Missouri within the next few days. Today’s Insider Blog with give you a little lesson in chemistry. So grab your goggles and safety gloves… and don’t forget the closed toe shoes because fireworks are all about
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By Tina Burnside, CNN During initial search and rescue efforts, rescue crews heard the voice of a female trapped in the Surfside condo rubble, but were unable to reach her, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky said. During a news conference on Thursday, Cominsky was asked about a female voice that was heard in the
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, CNN During initial search and rescue efforts, rescue crews heard the voice of a female trapped in the Surfside condo rubble, but were unable to reach her, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky said. During a news conference on Thursday, Cominsky was asked about a female voice that was heard in the
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly read ended a woman’s vehicle causing her to crash on Highway 63 north in Boone County on June 5. According to a probable cause statement, Paris Williams allegedly used a Jeep to rear-end a vehicle causing it to go off the
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill voted Wednesday to grant tenure to award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones after facing backlash from Black students and faculty who said the board’s initial failure to do so reflected a history of systemic racism at the school. The board’s 9-4
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One mechanic shop recommends routine maintenance to avoid any vehicle issues on long road trips many have planned for the Fourth of July. Devin Kelley, Owner of All-Star Automotive says this is especially important with most mechanic shops being unusually busy ahead of holidays. According to Kelley, owners should take vehicles in
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By Mallory Simon, CNN As Julia Jassey packed up her things before flying off to college in Chicago, she had the usual concerns — beginning her life as an adult, making friends and getting her work done. It never occurred to her to be nervous about being Jewish. She’s born and raised in New York,
Continue Reading Young Americans say they are seeing a new face of anti-Semitism among their progressive college classmates, who are bullying and shunning them purely for their Jewish faith. CNN’s Nick Watt reports.
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By Antonia Mortensen, Melissa Bell and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Elie Rosen had never really listened as a child when his grandparents told him and his cousins to keep their heads down. He knew they had survived the Holocaust but he believed the world’s vow of “never again” and saw no reason for his generation of
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Hateful attacks on Jews and their religion have been increasing in Europe for years, but pandemic restrictions and the recent violence between Israel and Hamas have led to an upsurge, reports CNN’s Melissa Bell.
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By Antonia Mortensen, Melissa Bell and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Elie Rosen had never really listened as a child when his grandparents told him and his cousins to keep their heads down. He knew they had survived the Holocaust but he believed the world’s vow of “never again” and saw no reason for his generation of
Continue Reading Hateful attacks on Jews and their religion have been increasing in Europe for years, but pandemic restrictions and the recent violence between Israel and Hamas have led to an upsurge, reports CNN’s Melissa Bell.
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By Sandi Sidhu and Anna Coren, CNN As US President Joe Biden prepares for the formal withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the man responsible for peace talks between the rampant Taliban and the official Afghan government is not entirely optimistic about the country’s future. Abdullah Abdullah, an Afghan official who leads the High Council
Continue Reading By Sandi Sidhu and Anna Coren, CNN As US President Joe Biden prepares for the formal withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the man responsible for peace talks between the rampant Taliban and the official Afghan government is not entirely optimistic about the country’s future. Abdullah Abdullah, an Afghan official who leads the High Council
Continue Reading Despite Taliban gains on the ground, leading Afghan official Abdullah Abdullah tells Bianna Golodryga the ousting of the democratically elected government in Kabul will not happen.
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