COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center was charged in Boone County after trying to take a University Hospital employee hostage on Nov. 22, court documents say. Matthew Handlang, 37, was charged on Tuesday with third-degree assault of a special victim, second-degree kidnapping and attempting to escape confinement. A court date has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police arrested a man on Monday night as a carport collapsed. Police wrote in a Wednesday press release that they arrived in the 1700 block of Sunset Court after getting a report of a man trying to get into vehicles. The victim’s garage door was opened and their garage
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By Caroline Baum and Sérène Nourrisson, CNN (CNN) — At least 10 Jewish homes and businesses around Paris and a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen have been defaced, according to police, with antisemitism being considered as a motive. The acts of vandalism came as France marked 10 years since the Paris terrorist
Continue Reading By Matt Stiles, Sean O’Key, Byron Manley, Lou Robinson, Curt Merrill, Annette Choi, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson, Amy O’Kruk and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — A series of life-threatening fires have destroyed homes and taken lives across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas in the past month. CNN tracked the fires — now contained —
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters saved two cats from a burning home Wednesday morning in Jefferson City. Firefighters were called to the 100 block of Taylor Street at about 8:15 a.m., according to a Jefferson City Fire Department news release. A neighbor reported smoke coming from the windows and roof. No one was home then,
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After a stretch of frigid temperatures, we’ll cap off a wintry week with another round of light snow between late Thursday and mid-afternoon Friday. Low pressure stays well to our south this time, meaning the impact from this system will be much less significant compared to our most recent storm. The track of the low
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military, in an effort to defend its devastating assaults on Gaza’s hospitals, this week released an edited interrogation video that it said bolstered its case that Hamas uses medical facilities as cover for military activity. In the footage, a man who is said to be a staff
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release the January 6-related volume of its final report of special counsel Jack Smith before Donald Trump takes office. However, Garland does not plan to publicly release the part of Smith’s report
Continue Reading By Maria Kostenko and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia in an overnight attack targeting an oil facility serving a military airfield in the city of Engels, nearly 400 miles from the border, Ukraine’s military said Wednesday. Ukrainian officials reported a huge fire at the Kombinat Kristall oil depot, which
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tesla is under investigation for a self-driving feature that allows owners to summon a car from a parking space without anyone being in the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching a probe into around 2.6 million Tesla vehicles following “multiple crash allegations.” Here’s what else
Continue Reading WSOC, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tesla is under investigation for a self-driving feature that allows owners to summon a car from a parking space without anyone being in the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching a probe into around 2.6 million Tesla vehicles following “multiple crash allegations.” Here’s what
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tesla is under investigation for a self-driving feature that allows owners to summon a car from a parking space without anyone being in the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching a probe into around 2.6 million Tesla vehicles following “multiple crash allegations.” Here’s what else you
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Dominique Hackey was waiting to cradle his preemie son for the first time when a nurse delivered devastating news: The newborn’s left leg was fractured. In an instant, Hackey’s world shattered. His wife, Tori Hackey, had just been discharged after giving birth to fraternal twins, Micah and Noah. The
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Rob Picheta and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has arrived back in the country’s capital after being freed from an Iranian prison where she had spent weeks in detention. Sala is a reporter for the Italian daily Il Foglio, which said the journalist landed in Rome on
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Big changes are coming to Facebook. Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that Facebook will no longer use fact-checking. Instead, Facebook will take a cue from X and use the “community notes” model that allows users to append notes to correct content. The move has been praised by right-wing figures who say Facebook is biased
Continue Reading By Jay Ganglani, CNN (CNN) — A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth, the spider spans 9.2 centimeters (about 3.6 inches) from foot to foot, according to the Australian Reptile
Continue Reading CNN By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — CNN national correspondent Natasha Chen and her team were wrapping up a long day of reporting on the devastating wildfires racing through the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, as the sun set over the scorched landscape. But what began as a routine assignment quickly escalated into a dangerous
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — CNN national correspondent Natasha Chen and her team were wrapping up a long day of reporting on the devastating wildfires racing through the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, as the sun set over the scorched landscape. But what began as a routine assignment quickly escalated into a dangerous ordeal,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some people are torn about the effectiveness of Columbia Public School’s Alternate Methods of Instruction, as the district heads into its third consecutive day of remote learning. CPS was one of multiple districts in Mid-Missouri to cancel classes Wednesday, as winter weather continues to cause problems. The district announced the addition of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team finally got their SEC losing streak off their back. Head coach Dennis Gates and company had not beaten a conference opponent since March 10, 2023, heading into the game against LSU on Tuesday night. However, the 19-game skid came to an end with a 83-67 win over
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