By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US wholesale inflation jumped in September to its highest level in more than four years, marking the second hotter-than-expected inflation reading this week and adding to concerns about the economy just weeks before the midterm elections. The Producer Price Index rose 1.3% from the month before and 6.3% from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A non-injury crash closed one lane of U.S. Highway 63 Thursday morning. The highway fully reopened just before 7:30 a.m. A Boone County Joint Communications alert was sent around 6:20 a.m. stating that the crash was on the highway at E. Dripping Springs Road in Boone County and to avoid the area
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — In the past few weeks, five high school seniors have told college application consultant Robert Schwartz that they’re changing their plans, he said. The students, all girls, told him they were no longer going to apply to Cornell University. Schwartz, the founder of YourBestCollegeEssay, has been helping students prepare
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their first joint public appearance in Britain since moving back to the country. Prince Harry and Meghan were greeted by well-wishers as they arrived at the Community Recording Studio (CRS) in Nottingham on Thursday morning. Crowds gave the couple balloons
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Despite what the temperatures have been telling us, November is just a couple of weeks away, and there’s an election on the first Tuesday. In Missouri, the ballot is crowded with five statewide issues on a variety of topics. Some are well-publicized. Others, not so much. Among them is Amendment 3, which would undo the
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By Sophia Saifi, Billy Stockwell, CNN Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) — Thirty-two children and a teacher were killed and dozens injured when the roof of a school in northern Pakistan collapsed on Thursday morning, authorities said. Heavy overnight rainfall caused the roof of a two-story building at Al Khair Public School in the city of Peshawar
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By Gage Goulding, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — Ultra-isolated North Korea has a new bridge to the outside world. It’s a four-lane highway leading to close ally and main trade partner China, and its opening on Thursday marks the latest rapprochement with Beijing. Experts worry it may also make it easier for Pyongyang to
Continue Reading By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — In the years leading up to this week’s fatal accident at its Georgia theme park, Six Flags has been accused of failing to maintain its parks amid hundreds of reports of injuries and dangerous malfunctions on its aging thrill rides, according to a CNN analysis
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WXIA, CNN By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — The death of a 42-year-old man on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia this week has raised important questions about amusement park safety. The tragic incident follows reports of serious injuries on other roller coasters, including riders who required emergency brain surgery. Roller coasters are
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By Jessie Yeung, Isaac Yee, Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — Two cargo ships have sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being struck by unknown projectiles in separate incidents – highlighting the heightened danger to shipping as Iran steps up attacks in an attempt to regain control over the critical
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Organizers announced the intent to move the Katy Station building earlier this month, and one mover says moving train depots can prove to be a difficult task. The group Save the Katy Station met with a developer claiming it could move the building to a different location. Moving the building would cost
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By Sean Lyngaas, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating suspicious substances mailed to dozens of election and congressional offices nationwide, according to lawmakers and law enforcement officials. At least 36 lawmakers across the country this week have reported their offices receiving suspicious letters in the mail as of Friday, in several
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge has granted a temporary restraining order that will allow transfer guard CJ Gunn to play a fifth season of college basketball. Gunn and his legal team appeared in a Boone County courtroom Tuesday to plead their case for why Gunn should be given an extra year of eligibility.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is giving $5.8 million in financial assistance to the City of Fulton for upgrades to its wastewater treatment system, according to a Wednesday press release from the DNR. The project includes a $4.3 million loan and a $1.5 million grant coming from the DNR’s Clean Water
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged with murder in a Gasconade County homicide case was given a bond on Friday. Henry Lorton, of Owensville, is charged in Gasconade County with second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault. A motion from last week asked the judge to lower his bond to $10,000 and claimed that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing an 88-year-old woman. Lyle Miller, 68, of Madison, Missouri, was found guilty by a jury on March 21, 2025, of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the December 2021 death of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Missouri Attorney General and former Co-Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew Bailey filed paperwork on Tuesday to form a political action committee that supports a ballot initiative. Bailey was listed as the treasurer of “Vote Yes On Amendment 3,” which as it the name implies is supporting the passage of Amendment
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Work began on the water system at a Moberly mobile home park Wednesday, several days after residents stopped receiving clean water in their homes. Residents at Riley’s Mobile Home Park in Moberly have been without running water for about five days. Some say the outage is part of a yearslong pattern of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man and two people from Dixon were killed Wednesday morning when a vehicle hydroplaned on Highway 63 in Maries County near the Osage County line. A 29-year-old Fulton man died after a Buick Encore lost control while passing a tractor-trailer and hit the Ford F-150 he was riding in, according
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By Eric Levenson, Meridith Edwards, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Three men whom US Rep. Nancy Mace accused of being “PREDATORS” in an unprecedented House floor speech last year – including her ex-fiancé – were charged with sexual misconduct-related offenses Wednesday, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a statement. Brendan Patrick Bryant, 53,
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