COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Secretary of State’s Office says a former employee, who filed a whistleblower lawsuit in September, was already on track to be let go, according to new court documents filed Thursday. Former Elections Integrity Director Nicholas La Strada accused Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins of three things he said resulted in
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CNN, WCTV, DOUG TRAN, X, @FAMU By Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent in connection with a mass shooting Saturday night that left 11 people wounded, Tallahassee police said. Anthony Rivers III, who was arrested
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The Associated Press Sofia, Bulgaria (AP) — The presidential election in Bulgaria on Sunday ended inconclusively, with the next head of state to be picked in a runoff, according to election officials. A record low turnout, attributed by observers to a general mistrust in politicians resulting in voter apathy, will pit two contrasting political visions
Continue Reading The Associated Press Belgrade, Serbia (AP) — The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government. It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Part of East Broadway near South El Chaparral Avenue in Columbia is back open after it was blocked off by first responders due to a car crash Sunday. Boone County Fire officials had blocked off the road for about 45 minutes. The crash happened just before 3 p.m. with at least two
Continue Reading By Eduardo Cuevas, Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — The threat of an ammonia leak from a burning seafood plant in a coastal Oregon city has been contained, authorities said, hours after a fire erupted, prompting evacuations over fears of potential health risks. Between 30 and 40 people were inside Pacific Seafood in Newport when flames
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By Brittany Shammas and Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: Help is available: For help in the US, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or chat 24/7 on online.rainn.org. The woman thought she had told the two men, “Please stop.” She thought she had shaken her head. But she couldn’t be sure,
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COLUMBIA MO. (KMIZ) Voters in Boone County are taking advantage of no-excuse absentee voting, which opened earlier this week. A total of 1,183 ballots were cast Saturday, including 607 at Columbia Mall and 576 at the Boone County Government Center. The Boone County Clerk’s Office reported that 988 people cast their ballots on the first
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Airfares rose almost everywhere in the U.S. this year, according to the latest government ticket data. In each of the 50 busiest metro areas, the average domestic fare was higher from April to June 2026 than in the same months a year earlier. Detroit rose the most, nearly 25%, followed by Las Vegas at 24%.
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Polls opened Tuesday morning in Israel for one of the country’s most significant elections in its history. Voters now face a familiar question: Should Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, stay in power? Nearly every recent election has been a referendum on Netanyahu. This time, many
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By Michael Rios, Jessie Yeung, Mary Triny Mena CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned home to a political landscape that has been reshaped by her ally the United States without her involvement. “In Venezuela! Together! For freedom!” she
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By Lauren Kent, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has accused Ukraine’s military of violating Starlink’s terms of service, after Kyiv said that access to the service had been restored. In a post on X Saturday, Musk said that Ukraine’s armed forces had “violated Starlink terms of service and used
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No one was hurt after a vehicle caught fire early Sunday morning while in a shuttle lot at the Columbia Regional Airport.
Vehicle owner Carolyn Smith said she noticed smoke coming from her car after she parked around 6:15 a.m., but no warning lights were on. After turning the vehicle off, Smith got out of the car and opened the hood to find a fire in the engine.
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By Eduardo Cuevas and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — When footage of a man being hit by federal immigration officers’ SUV in Northern California became public, the Department of Homeland Security responded by saying the man had jumped on the vehicle’s hood. Local police raised doubts about federal officials’ account as they announced a criminal
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By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Three brothers who once lived at the height of wealth and society in New York and Miami could face life in prison for sex trafficking more than a dozen women and girls when they are sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Earlier this year a
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent in connection with a mass shooting Saturday night that left 11 people wounded, Tallahassee police said. Anthony Rivers III, who was arrested Sunday, will be charged as an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reminding residents of the heightened risks of pedestrian collisions and alcohol-related crashes during the Halloween season. Troop F’s Sergeant Kyle Green with Troop F said the department wants both pedestrians and drivers to make safety a priority over the holiday weekend. According to the Missouri State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman died, and another was seriously injured in a Benton County crash Friday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 8 a.m. at the intersection of Old 65 Avenue and Keuper Road. A 19-year-old Green Ridge woman was driving southbound in a 2012 Cadillac SRX
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By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected to a historic fourth term Sunday, but his defeated rival and Trump ally Senator Flávio Bolsonaro said he would not accept the results and would mount a legal challenge. The 80-year-old leftist leader won more than 51% of votes, securing
Continue Reading By Associated Press (AP) — The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims, the second-largest involving a Catholic archdiocese in the US. Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent an email Saturday to clergy confirming the
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