COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Board of Health will meet Thursday to discuss some proposed changes to the city’s ordinance regarding feral cats. According to a press release, the board will host a series of public meetings to go over potential changes to Animal Control Ordinances in the city. The meetings will include presentations
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — New Mexico this week became the latest state to pass a law aimed at addressing an ongoing national crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous people – particularly in unsolved cases involving women and girls. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed a bill creating the new Turquoise Alert System.
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By Sarah Ferris and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans have taken a critical step to advance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and border priorities through Congress, a major win for party leadership after quelling a conservative rebellion over the plan’s price tag. The Thursday morning vote on the Senate’s budget blueprint – a
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By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — A suspect accused of facilitating the deadly Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 has been extradited by the United States to India, 17 years after the country was jolted by one of the worst tragedies to occur on its soil. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen of
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By Eugenia Yosef and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has fired Air Force reservists who publicly called for an immediate return of the remaining hostages in Gaza even if it requires an immediate ceasefire, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In a letter published in Israel’s major newspapers,
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By Sophie Tanno, Ana Melgar and Verónica Calderón, CNN (CNN) — Dominican Republic authorities have ended their rescue operation and turned to recovery efforts following the collapse of a nightclub roof on Tuesday, which left more than 200 people dead. The deadly incident in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Jet Set nightclub
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation slowed sharply in March, new data showed Thursday, underscoring the continued strength and resilience of the economy ahead of President Trump’s aggressive trade moves. In any other timeline, such news would stoke optimism that Americans’ cost of living is no longer surging. Instead, Thursday’s Consumer Price Index report
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old New Yorker is stuck in Puerto Rico because Frontier Airlines won’t fly her home with her “emotional support” parrot. Maria Fraterrigo and the bird were allowed to travel out of John F. Kennedy International Airport, but now the airline is refusing to let her and Plucky back
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old New Yorker is stuck in Puerto Rico because Frontier Airlines won’t fly her home with her “emotional support” parrot. Maria Fraterrigo and the bird were allowed to travel out of John F. Kennedy International Airport, but now the airline is refusing to let her and Plucky
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By Eric Levenson and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — When Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri was arrested by federal officers outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, so began a multistate, week-long journey in custody that would end in a rural jail over 1,000 miles away. An Indian national working as a professor and studying
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By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, Kylie Atwood, Zeena Saifi, Jennifer Hansler, Matthew Chance and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Russian-American woman Ksenia Karelina, who was serving a 12-year prison sentence for treason in Russia, has arrived in the United States after being released as part of a prisoner exchange. Karelina, who was exchanged for an
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The financial markets went on a roller-coaster ride this week, powered by President Donald Trump’s tariff pronouncements. The latest came Wednesday, when Trump’s administration said it would pause tariffs on many countries it had targeted for 90 days to let negotiations play out. Tariffs had been set to start this week against scores of countries.
Continue ReadingBy Todd Symons, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right-wing-backed proposal that opponents feared would erode indigenous rights. Tens of thousands of people – predominantly from the Māori community – had already taken to the streets to oppose the bill, which sought to redefine the terms
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By Lex Harvey, Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — King Charles and Queen Camilla paid a surprise visit to Pope Francis as he recuperates at the Vatican on Wednesday during a state visit to Italy that coincided with the British royal couple’s 20th wedding anniversary. The pope met privately with the
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force calls it the “Frankenjet,” a stealth fighter stitched together from the parts of two F-35s wrecked in accidents that is now on duty and combat ready. “’Frankenjet’” is fully operational and ready to support the warfighter,” a report from the military’s F-35 Joint Program Office
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have become the setting for a bitter clash between the world’s two preeminent economic superpowers. The escalating war
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After failing to reach an agreement with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield by the March 31 deadline, MU Health Care says it remains open to further discussions over commercial and Affordable Care Act insurance plans with the provider. “Negotiations are still happening right now,” Tonya Johnson, MU Health Care’s Health System Chief
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Columbia residents who live in the neighborhood along West Ash Street say they feel their voices are still going unheard. Carol Rogers said she’s lived in neighborhood for nearly 50 years. During that time, Rogers claims residents have asked the city for traffic calming measures, but says the plans the city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday to celebrate EquipmentShare’s expansion and 10-year anniversary. Equipmentshare is a nationwide construction technology and equipment provider located on Bull Run Drive in Columbia. Wednesday’s grand opening of its Technology and Development Center was attended by Gov. Mike Kehoe and Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick. In 2022,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 4 into law Wednesday morning, with supporters saying it will strengthen Missouri’s energy infrastructure. “This is about powering Missouri for Missourians and not relying on other states and countries to produce our power,” Kehoe said in a press release. “This legislation strengthens our economic development opportunities,
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