The U.S. Senate is expected to discuss and possibly vote Tuesday on a bill that would send tens of billions of dollars to overseas allies and effectively ban TikTok if the company refuses to sell.
Continue ReadingCNN, WZTV, WTVF, TN HOUSE By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed. The bill, according to the summary, authorizes a faculty or staff member of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds subject to certain
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MILLERSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday in Callaway County on Route WW, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as Julie Schafer, 43, of Florissant, was heading eastbound in her 2003 Dodge Caravan and failed to negotiate a turn.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with first-degree domestic assault on Tuesday. George Kenneth Crouse, 28, was arrested on Monday and was placed on a 24-hour hold in the Randolph County Jail. A warrant was issued and served on Tuesday and a $10,000 bond was set. The warrant states he is not allowed
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed. The bill, according to the summary, authorizes a faculty or staff member of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds subject to certain conditions: • Get an enhanced
Continue ReadingBy Sugam Pokharel, Chris Liakos, Radina Gigova and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — A yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, creating spectacular scenes and prompting authorities to issue health warnings. The Greek meteorological service said weather conditions on Tuesday had favored the movement of dust from Africa and
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A West Virginia father is getting some sense of closure after authorities found the remains of his young daughter and her mother following a deathbed confession from the man believed to have fatally shot them nearly two decades ago. Benjamin Hatfield, the prosecuting attorney for Raleigh County, called it “a
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Parts of Greece, including its capital Athens, are being blanketed by an orange-colored haze as dust from the Sahara Desert drifts north. Some European broadcasters are also reporting “freak” weather in Finland, where cities are being inundated by unusual amounts of snow. Here’s what else you need to
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! If kids don’t like what’s for dinner, three in five parents will make something else for them, a new survey found. Nutrition experts said there are much better options than resorting to chicken nuggets or pizza. This is what they suggest to encourage healthy eating
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Close flybys of Io, one of Jupiter’s moons and the most volcanically active world in our solar system, have revealed a lava lake and a towering feature called “Steeple Mountain” on the moon’s alien surface. NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which first arrived to study Jupiter and its moons in 2016,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was found guilty in March of a 2022 gas station shooting on Paris Road in Columbia was sentenced on Monday. Terrance Andra Johnson, 29, was found guilty on March 6 of first-degree assault, shooting a gun at a motor vehicle/person, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday that they signed coach Andy Reid, general manager Brett Veach and team president Mark Donovan to contract extensions. The team did not say how long the deals would last or provide any other details, saying in a statement
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Route W (Airport Road) overpass bridge over Highway 54 in Jefferson City is now open, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The bridge reopened Wednesday, ahead of schedule. The bridge closed on April 8 and was expected to be closed for repairs for about 60 days, but it
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The city of Cleveland, Ohio, will pay $4.8 million to the family of a 13-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a car fleeing police, a spokesperson for the city and an attorney for the girl’s family told CNN. Tamia Chappman was walking on a sidewalk with a
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado and Jimena de la Quintana, CNN (CNN) — A Peruvian woman with an uncurable disease that left her bed ridden and requiring round-the-clock care has become the first person in the country to die by euthanasia. After a long legal battle, Ana Estrada, 47, “died on her own terms, in accordance with
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has reached a $138.7 million settlement with more than 100 victims of disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar over the FBI’s initial failures in investigating the sexual assault case. More than 150 women and girls, including Olympic athletes, have alleged that Nassar sexually abused them
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A former school resource officer in Washington state accused of killing his ex-wife and his girlfriend and kidnapping his 1-year-old son died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a vehicle chase by police in Oregon on Tuesday – and the child is safe in police care
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri hired longtime college administrator Laird Veatch to be its athletic director. The school is bringing him back to campus 14 years after he departed for a series of other positions that culminated with five years spent as the AD at Memphis. Veatch replaces
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A second person has died after a stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a driver’s license office in Brenham, Texas, earlier this month. “The victim is identified as Cheryl Turner, 63, of Brenham,” the Texas Department of Public Safety announced Monday. Authorities previously announced Bobby Huff, 78, had died in the
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — African leaders discussed anti-terrorism solutions on the continent during a high-level security summit in the Nigerian capital Abuja Monday amid a rise in terror attacks. According to the African Center for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), Africa witnessed an average of eight terror-related incidents and
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