COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A now-former Centralia police officer has been charged with seven felonies after he is accused of assaulting a woman over the course of several months. Curtis Higby, of Mexico, Missouri, was charged on Thursday with two counts of first-degree domestic assault, a count of armed criminal action, tampering with evidence, third-degree domestic
Continue ReadingPor Adam Cancryn y Kit Maher, CNN El presidente Donald Trump afirmó este viernes que Chicago será la próxima ciudad en la que su Gobierno enfocará una ofensiva federal contra el crimen y sugirió una campaña más prolongada e intensa en la capital del país. “Vamos a arreglar esa ciudad, probablemente será la próxima, será
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Contractors for the City of Columbia will conduct some pavement maintenance from Aug. 27-Sept. 12 on more than 30 streets around the city, a Friday press release from the city says. The release says crews will use Onyx surface treatment on treats that previously used chip seal. Onyx is a thin, fast-drying
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday announced he’s directing his administration to investigate imports of furniture into the United States that will lead to higher tariffs by October. “Within the next 50 days, that Investigation will be completed, and Furniture coming from other Countries into the United States will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A nurse practitioner was indicted by a grand jury on Friday and is now facing more felony charges. Michael James Lewis, 31, of Ashland, was charged on Friday with five counts of child porn possession, a count of second-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic assault, tampering with evidence and tampering with a witness.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville woman charged with incest in Benton County was arrested Thursday in Boone County. Troopers arrested Kimberly D. Schnieders, 35, on a warrant for statutory sodomy, child endangerment involving sexual conduct and incest on Thursday afternoon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol online arrest report. Charges were filed against Schnieders
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from US strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of
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CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday, the latest development in a dramatic legal saga surrounding the wrongly deported Maryland father of three. This marks the first time he has not been imprisoned since the Trump administration deported him to a notorious mega-prison
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged with manslaughter has settled with the family of a woman who was killed in a crash in February 2024. Court documents filed on Thursday show Matthew Shilling settled with the family of Christina Mayfield for $25,000 in her death. Shilling is currently facing criminal charges in Boone County, including
Continue ReadingPor Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español Un apagón causado por lluvias con descargas eléctricas afectó este viernes a la zona metropolitana de Caracas, informaron autoridades de Venezuela. “Debido a fuertes precipitaciones con descargas eléctricas asociadas al paso de la onda tropical 29, se produjo una falla en la subestación El Junquito, que ocasionó una afectación
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español Mientras se acerca el límite de tiempo que Jair Bolsonaro tiene para convencer al juez Alexandre de Moraes de que no existe un “riesgo de fuga”, la situación del expresidente de Brasil se complica. La Policía Federal concluyó que el exmandatario envió mas de 300 videos por WhatsApp durante el período
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — An Italian Facebook page where thousands of men posted intimate images of their female partners, sisters and unknown women – many of them without their consent, has been closed down following public outrage and multiple complaints to police. Since it was launched in 2019, hundreds of thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Kayla James Click here for updates on this story WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — West Des Moines police say no charges will be filed following a child’s death after being left in a vehicle last month. KCCI did reach out to the Polk County Attorney’s Office and is waiting to learn more. Due
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CNN By Emma Tucker, Rebekah Riess, Leigh Waldman, CNN Amherst, New York (CNN) — After spending the morning taking in the breathtaking sights at Niagara Falls, a group of tourists boarded a bus to return to New York City, not knowing about an hour later, their bus would be lying on its side in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Justice Department has released transcripts of a deputy attorney general’s two-day interview with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The department posted transcripts from each day of the interview, along with 16 audio files, on the Justice website on Friday afternoon. Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison after her
Continue ReadingPor Devan Cole, CNN Kilmar Ábrego García fue liberado de custodia criminal en Tennessee el viernes, el más reciente desarrollo en una dramática saga legal que rodea al padre de tres hijos de Maryland que fue deportado erróneamente. Esta es la primera vez que no ha estado encarcelado desde que el Gobierno de Trump lo
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is adapting to the evolution of artificial intelligence and its use throughout the district. CPS spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said the district has a group working to learn more about various aspects of AI. This effort is being led by Beth Winton under the direction of Adam Taylor, the district’s
Continue ReadingPor Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN El Departamento de Justicia ha publicado la transcripción y el audio de la entrevista que el vicesecretario de Justicia, Todd Blanche, realizó a Ghislane Maxwell. Por separado, el Departamento de Justicia dice que ha enviado registros relacionados con el difunto delincuente sexual convicto Jeffrey Epstein al Comité de Supervisión de la
Continue ReadingPor Rebekah Riess y Chris Boyette, CNN El Departamento de Estado pausará la emisión de visas de trabajo para extranjeros que buscan convertirse en conductores de camiones comerciales en los Estados Unidos, anunció el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio el jueves. “El creciente número de conductores extranjeros que operan grandes camiones tractocamiones en las carreteras
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study detailing the surprising discovery published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Massive stars are like celestial onions: the outermost
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