COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The number of visitors to the 2025 Missouri State Fair was more than 15,000 fewer than the year before. The fair announced Monday that more than 329,000 people attended this year’s fair in Sedalia. That’s compared to more than 345,000 in attendance last year. The fair, which takes place in Sedalia each
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By Randi Kaye, CNN Fort Pierce, Florida (CNN) — Ryan Routh, the 59-year-old accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump as the former and future president played a round of golf on his Florida course last year – the second attempt on Trump’s life during his second campaign – has been found guilty on all
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Despite what you may have heard recently, and contrary to what US President Donald Trump apparently believes, there is autism in Cuba. For years the island’s state-run medical system has operated clinics to treat Cubans with autism and carried out campaigns to raise awareness of the neurological
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The Tigers are undefeated heading into Homecoming. No. 20 Missouri is set to host UMass on Faurot Field for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday. Coach Eli Drinkwitz and players made themselves available for questions at noon Tuesday. Watch it in the media player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Rolla man Tuesday with driving drunk and getting in a deadly crash in Maries County. Curtis A. Meyer is charged with DWI causing death, DWI with serious injury, driving on the wrong side of the road, driving without insurance and driving without a license plate, according to online court
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By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Some 160 states have signed up to recognize a Palestinian state. In the last week, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia have done so, but the prospect of it becoming a reality amid US opposition and Israeli resistance is at best a distant one. What does recognizing a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations on Tuesday for the first time during his second presidential term. Watch his remarks in the media player.
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Many parts of world are predicted to endure “day-zero droughts,” periods of extreme and unprecedented water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots including parts of North America, the Mediterranean and southern Africa, according to a new study. It’s well known that climate change,
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By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Backlash has been swift and forceful as other parts of the world woke up to US President Donald Trump’s comments blaming – without solid evidence – acetaminophen and certain vaccines for autism in children. “Don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact,
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By Kit Maher, Ellis Kim, Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump scrapped a White House meeting with top congressional Democrats later this week, as the threat of a government shutdown looms over Washington. “After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 65-year-old Vichy woman was killed in a head-on crash in Maries County just before 6:15 p.m. Monday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states a 69-year-old Vichy man was driving a 2000 Ford F150 with the woman on U.S. 63 about a quarter mile
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Versailles men were seriously hurt after a crash in Morgan County just after 3 p.m. Monday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that an 18-year-old man was driving a 1990 Dodge W-Series truck with a 19-year-old male passenger heading north on Camellia Road near Proctor
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By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Khader Al Zaanoun, Tareq Al Hilou, Oren Liebermann and Tim Lister Gaza City (CNN) — Israeli tanks have moved into multiple neighborhoods of Gaza City over the past 24 hours, with journalists working for CNN in the city reporting heavy shelling, explosions and the sound of gunfire. Geolocated images on
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By John Miller, Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — On Christmas Day 2023, a man called the suicide prevention hotline claiming he had shot his girlfriend and threatening to kill himself. Police barreled toward the address but turned around before they arrived. It was a hoax – a swatting call at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Kehoe will be awarding Missouri’s highest public safety honors Tuesday to a select few responders and people for their heroic acts made in 2024, including some first responders from Mid-Missouri. According to a press release, the awards include: 15 Missouri Medals of Valor for exceptional courage and heroism in
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Should older pilots be allowed to keep flying passenger planes? The mandatory retirement age of 65 has sparked ongoing debate, with some arguing that experienced pilots should be allowed to stay in the cockpit — while others warn that age-related declines could jeopardize safety. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Should older pilots be allowed to keep flying passenger planes? The mandatory retirement age of 65 has sparked ongoing debate, with some arguing that experienced pilots should be allowed to stay in the cockpit — while others warn that age-related declines could jeopardize safety. Here’s what else you need to
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The buzz is starting to build around this year’s football Tigers. Mizzou stayed undefeated after its SEC opener Saturday, downing South Carolina 29-20. The win also moved them up a couple of spots in the Top 25. Quarterback Beau Pribula and running back Ahmad Hardy have already drawn a lot of attention from college football
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon, CNN Hong Kong and Seoul (CNN) — China’s latest and most capable aircraft carrier has used its new electromagnetic catapult to successfully launch three types of aircraft, according to Chinese state media, which released footage of the launches for the first time to mark the technological breakthrough. In footage released
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu and Melissa del Pozo, CNN | Video by Lali Houghton, Ladan Anoushfar and Estefania Rodriguez, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Ruth Rojas got a flat tire almost as soon as she picked us up, so she slowed her little red car to a crawl. There was a tire shop four blocks away,
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