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UM System receives $160 million for critical materials crossroads engine

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri System crucial materials crossroads was picked by the U.S. National Science Foundation to receive $160 million in funding, according to a Tuesday release from the university. The grant is the largest award in the state’s higher-education history, the release says. “NSF Engines investments in critical technologies and future

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Devastating Russian attacks make June deadliest month for Ukraine’s civilians since 2022

By Niamh Kennedy, Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — June was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022, the United Nations said Tuesday, underscoring the devastating impact of Russia’s intensified attacks on cities far from the front lines. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said at least 293 Ukrainian

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Flowers are left at the scene where an ICE officer fatally shot a man in Biddeford

Lack of body cameras on ICE agents fuels more uncertainty over fatal shootings

CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, Holmes Lybrand, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — After federal immigration agents fatally shot two US citizens this January, the then-secretary of the Department of Homeland Security pledged to “rapidly” deploy body cameras to officers nationally. “As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” Kristi Noem wrote on

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Flowers are left at the scene where an ICE officer fatally shot a man in Biddeford

Lack of body cameras on ICE agents fuels more uncertainty over fatal shootings

By Priscilla Alvarez, Holmes Lybrand, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — After federal immigration agents fatally shot two US citizens this January, the then-secretary of the Department of Homeland Security pledged to “rapidly” deploy body cameras to officers nationally. “As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” Kristi Noem wrote on social

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A police vehicle is parked near a scene of a shooting involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Biddeford

4 people have been killed this year in shootings by federal agents linked to Trump’s immigration crackdown

CNN, WGME, REMOTE-RESOURCE9021, OBTAINED BY CNN, JESSICA ANNE, FACEBOOK, WMTW, JULIET MARTINEZ, RONALDO SALGADO, FACEBOOK, KXLN-DT, CNN|WBBM|WCCO|KARE, CNN, CNN, WGME, Remote-Resource9021, Obtained by CNN, Jessica Anne/Facebook, WMTW, Juliet Martinez, Ronaldo Salgado/Facebook, KXLN-DT, CNN|WBBM|WCCO|KARE By Nicole Chavez, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — In an uncanny echo of the recent past, a Mexican immigrant who had lived

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Jeanne Snodgrass resigns from Columbia Board of Education, bullying policy update tabled

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Board of Education member Jeanne Snodgrass resigned from her position during Monday’s meeting. She wasn’t at the meeting in person, but the board read her letter of resignation. Snodgrass submitted the letter dated July 9 saying that she is moving next month “and will no longer live within the eligible boundaries.”

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