By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force has tested a hypersonic cruise missile in the Pacific for the first time, in what analysts say is a signal to China that Washington still competes in a weapons arena where many perceive Beijing to have a distinct advantage. On March 17, a B-52 bomber
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man was arrested after boarding a Delta Air Lines flight in Salt Lake City on Sunday without a ticket by using a photo he took of another passenger’s boarding pass while they were not looking, according to court documents. Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, 26, is facing one count
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At least 10 police cruisers and medics were at the scene of an incident in north Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than a dozen Columbia police officers were seen Wednesday near the 5400 block of Volunteer Drive in Columbia after shots were fired. Columbia Police Department spokesperson Jenny Hopper told ABC 17 News that police responded to a report of shots fired. Police later confirmed shots had been fired. When reporters arrived,
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southern Boone County R-1 School District is looking to fill a vacancy on its board of education, following the passing of Board member Crystal Branch, according to an email from school spokesman Matt Sharp. Branch passed away on Feb. 24, according to her obituary. The email says the district is following
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The alleged murder of a 13-year-old boy by his classmates in rural northern China has shocked the nation, igniting heated debates about school bullying, juvenile crime and the plight of tens of millions of children raised in the absence of their migrant worker parents. Three teenagers have
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A roundup of illnesses going around Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One lane of westbound Interstate 70 will close Thursday night at 7 p.m. and will reopen at 6 a.m. Friday, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation The closure will occur in the driving lane west of Boonville, near mile marker 100, the release states. The release states that contractors
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Hanoi, Vietnam (Reuters) — The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors’ confidence in the country. The government said in a statement that Thuong had violated party rules, adding that those “shortcomings
Continue ReadingCNN By Abeer Salman, Khader Al Za’anoun, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalists and health workers, blindfolded them and stripped them down to their underwear in Al-Shifa Hospital, in northern Gaza, according to eyewitness accounts shared with CNN. Palestinian reporters and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Bird scooters will soon leave Jefferson City, according to a press release from the city. The release states that the city was notified by Bird on Sunday that the company would be ending business in Jefferson City. The city it wasn’t notified when the removal of scooters would begin, the release
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates for key races in the April election.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A City of Columbia spokesperson said the city is still trying to determine what a violence prevention program will look like in Columbia, but some community members say this is long overdue. Columbia has had multiple shootings across town in the last two days, with Columbia Police dispatch logs showing a combined
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner.
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt the execution of Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to die next month for killing his cousin and her husband 18 years ago. Judge W. Brent Powell wrote in the unanimous decision that Dorsey “has not demonstrated he is actually innocent” of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ozark, Missouri, man was sentenced to five years in prison for a fatal 2022 crash that occurred in Jefferson City. Robert Harris, 60, pleaded guilty on Jan. 9 to DWI that cause the death of another person, second-degree involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault. He was previously charged with DWI causing
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Engel, Lauren Mascarenhas, Taylor Romine and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape from a hospital visit on Wednesday by shooting at state corrections officers were captured Thursday, ending a 36-hour manhunt, Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar said during a news conference. The inmate,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Michael Arnhart will be the interim chief of the Columbia Fire Department on April 1, according to a Wednesday press release from the City of Columbia. Arnhart will serve as the interim chief as the city looks to fill the position after Chief Clayton Farr Jr. retires. The release states that Arnhart
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The search continued Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee, for a missing University of Missouri student.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of murdering another man in the Conley Road Walmart parking lot in Columbia appeared in court on Wednesday. Issac E. Hollis, 25, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Hollis appeared in court
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