By Sebastian Shukla, Nathan Hodge, Anna Chernova, Maria Kostenko and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A US-Russian dual citizen was arrested in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly donating just $51 to a Ukrainian charity, according to the Californian spa where she worked. Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old woman who lives in Los Angeles, was
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — All US states and territories will receive a new round of funding to help clean up the nation’s drinking water, the Biden administration announced today. The bipartisan effort aims to fix America’s vast underground water system and replace miles of corroded pipes that are creating health risks. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — All US states and territories will receive a new round of funding to help clean up the nation’s drinking water, the Biden administration announced today. The bipartisan effort aims to fix America’s vast underground water system and replace miles of corroded pipes that are creating health risks. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Kareem El Damanhoury and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — United Nations experts have called for an investigation into what they described as “credible allegations of egregious human rights violations” against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank by Israeli forces. The allegations include extrajudicial killing, arbitrary detention, degrading
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Claudia Rebaza and Amy Cassidy, CNN London (CNN) — Julian Assange’s legal team returned to London’s High Court on Tuesday to fight for what could become his final attempt at avoiding extradition to the United States, where he is facing life in prison if convicted on espionage charges. After a years-long battle,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Now-former MU athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois will be leaving the University of Missouri for the same job at the University of Arizona, the school announced on Monday. The move comes about two-and-a-half years after she was first hired in August 2021. Marcy Girton, the senior associate athletic director for football administration, will
Continue ReadingBy Pau Mosquera, Al Goodman and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a 40-year-old American woman who was reported missing in Madrid after she failed to meet a friend earlier this month. Spain’s Interior Ministry identified the woman as Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, saying she “disappeared” on February 2
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fans, students and alumni of the University of Missouri are reacting to the news of the university having to find a new athletic director. The search comes after now-former Athletic Director Desireé Reed-Francois confirmed Monday that she accepted the same position at the University of Arizona. Several alumni and students said they
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Australia on Tuesday announced plans to build its largest navy since World War II, allocating more than $35 billion for the defense project over the next 10 years, in a move analysts said pointed to heightened tensions with China in the Indo-Pacific. According to a government statement, the plans
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIIZ) The Columbia City Council passed an ordinance that makes Columbia a Safe Haven for the LGBTQ community after dozens of people spoke in favor at Monday night’s council meeting. The ordinance passed by a vote of 6-1 with Ward 5 Councilman Don Waterman as the lone member of the council to vote
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police were seen on Monday night at Pine Grove Village mobile home park in the 3900 block of Clark Lane. A Columbia police officer told an ABC 17 News reporter at the scene that a standoff was taking place. A police spokesperson told ABC 17 News at the scene that officers were
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 53-year-old Camdenton man died Monday in a crash on Route D, north of Tonka Springs Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Kirk Rogers was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the report. The report states that Rogers was travelling north on Route D when his
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean pastor once hailed as a hero for helping North Korean defectors escape to safety has been jailed for sexually abusing minors. Chun Ki-won was sentenced to five years in prison last week for abusing six teenage victims between 2016 and 2023,
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented a car to his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un, state media said Tuesday, in another sign of warming ties between the two countries that have raised concerns in the United States. The Russian-made car for Kim’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia high school teams play each other as Battle heads to Rock Bridge for a crosstown showdown ahead of district play. This game is a makeup game from Jan. 12 that was postponed due to inclement weather and poor road conditions. The game will be broadcasted on KZOU and will be
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House has passed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities less than a week after a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. The bipartisan-supported bill passed Monday after a tearful and confrontational debate between Republicans and Democrats over the best
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The Columbia Fire Department began its first EMT training course Monday in an effort to combat recruitment and retention challenges and better serve the public.
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Democratic lawmakers are holding a news conference Monday afternoon to discuss gun laws, “in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade and the gun violence that erupts daily throughout Missouri due to the state’s lax laws.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that Marcy Girton, the senior associate athletic director for football administration, will serve as the school’s interim athletic director with the departure of former AD Desiree Reed-Francois. Girton will bring more than 30 years of experience into the position. She once served as the chief operating officer of athletics
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A sheriff’s deputy and a woman he arrested have both been found dead after officials say the officer accidentally drove his patrol car into the Tennessee River. Robert J. Leonard, a deputy with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, made a radio call Wednesday saying he was
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