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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will border policy be the biggest issue in the 2024 presidential election?

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both leading candidates for the 2024 presidential election — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — made trips to the southern border this week. Discussions about migrants crossing the border has been a hot political issue within the past several weeks, with Gov. Mike Parson announcing he is sending more

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Hundreds of structures are lost in ‘utter devastation’ as the biggest wildfire in Texas history could spread more rapidly

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan, Joe Sutton and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — As many as 500 structures have already been obliterated as the biggest wildfire in Texas history continues its deadly march across the state’s panhandle. And the devastation is far from over as the inferno is expected to spread more rapidly this weekend,

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City of Columbia to hold open house on new storage center for snowplows, salt

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will hold an open house next week regarding the construction of a new Municipal Services Center. According to a Thursday press release from the city, the Municipal Services Center master concept plan includes a salt storage building, storage for snowplows and salt distribution equipment, vehicle parking, an office, electric vehicle charging stations

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True/False Film Fest kicks off in Columbia; March March parade to go down Ninth Street on Friday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The True/False Film Fest kicked off Thursday in Columbia. The annual festival takes place in downtown Columbia Thursday through Sunday. Thirty-one feature films and 25 short films were picked out of about 1,400 submissions, according to a previous press release from the festival. A spokesperson for the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau

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Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at 84, according to media reports

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at age 84, according to Canadian media reports citing his daughter’s social media post. Mulroney died peacefully, surrounded by family, Caroline Mulroney said in a post on X. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th Prime Minister,” Caroline Mulroney said in

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Japan’s population crisis was years in the making – and relief may be decades away

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic crisis. It’s “now or never” to tackle declining births and the shrinking population, the country’s leader warned last

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