By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The judge in the case against Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in the fall of 2022, is allowing surveys conducted with potential jurors to continue “without modification” after temporarily pausing them, according to an order issued last week. Latah County District Court Judge John Judge
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The name of the school Desireé Reed-Francois now is at has been corrected. The University of Missouri may have found its next athletic director. On Monday, college athletics insider Pete Thamel reported that MU Athletics could be hiring University of Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch. Veatch was at the forefront
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The clock is ticking for Missouri lawmakers to renew a Medicaid program that brings the state billions of dollars for health care and nursing homes.
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African nation. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts had been stuck between opposition in the Houses of Parliament and challenges in the British courts, as lawmakers and activists have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Solid Waste is “in the process of exchanging” more than 1,400 roll carts for trash customers, according to a Monday social media post from Columbia Recycling and Trash. “Customers may request to exchange their refuse cart one time at no charge within the first 120 days of initially receiving the cart.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in five months, NASA engineers have received decipherable data from Voyager 1 after crafting a creative solution to fix a communication problem aboard humanity’s most distant spacecraft in the cosmos. Voyager 1 is currently about 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away, and at 46
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A Columbia Parks and Recreation homeless camp cleanup near Old 63 and Broadway is being done in anticipation of a forestry project, a spokesperson said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ownership group of the Kansas City Current announced plans Monday for the development of the Missouri River waterfront where the club recently opened a purpose-built stadium for the National Women’s Soccer League team. CPKC Stadium will serve as the hub for the project,
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A man was shot and another arrested Sunday afternoon in Sedalia.
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM, and Happy Earth Day! The world produces about 400 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. Every day, 2,000 truckloads are dumped into oceans, rivers and lakes. CNN’s climate and photography teams took a closer look at where a lot of it ends
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM, and Happy Earth Day! The world produces about 400 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. Every day, 2,000 truckloads are dumped into oceans, rivers and lakes. CNN’s climate and photography teams took a closer look at where a lot of it ends up.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After two months of waiting, the Mizzou Athletic Director search may be coming to an end. On Monday, college athletics insider Pete Thamel reported that Mizzou is closing in on hiring Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch, after he spent about four years at the helm of Blue Tiger athletics. If the report
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Early results from Ecuador’s referendum suggest President Daniel Noboa has won public backing for security measures aimed at boosting his war on crime. His government looks on track to win support for nine of the 11 proposals it put forward in Sunday’s vote, including for four of its key
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been charged with a federal hate crime after allegedly breaking into and destroying property at Rutgers University’s Center for Islamic Life. The incident took place during Eid al-Fitr, the three-day Islamic religious celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Jacob Beacher, 24, was arrested Monday morning
Continue ReadingBy Maria Kostenko and Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — The top section of a giant television tower in Kharkiv has crashed to the ground after the structure was hit by a Russian missile, a Ukrainian official says. Video circulating on social media shows the moment the top of the mast broke, rotated through 180
Continue ReadingBy Ivonne Valdes and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities have detained the brother of the drug kingpin known as “el Mencho,” a federal source with knowledge of the case told CNN Monday. Abraham Oseguera – alias “Don Rondo” – was detained in the western state of Michoacán and is currently in the custody
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawmakers are poised to take another shot at defunding Planned Parenthood in Missouri. The House’s majority leader on Monday said the chamber will send the bill to Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s desk this week. Republicans have tried for years to block Medicaid funding from going
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Exactly how much has racism benefited White Americans? Journalist and author Tracie McMillan did the math: The advantages she’s gotten over her life from being White, she estimates, amount to $371,934.30. To calculate that number, McMillan tallied those benefits and divided them into two categories: A family bonus, which
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A mass grave with more than 300 bodies has been uncovered at a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Gaza Civil Defense workers said, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area earlier this month. Col. Yamen Abu Suleiman, Director of
Continue ReadingBy Chris Stern, Stephanie Halasz and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Three people in Germany have been arrested under suspicion of spying for China, while two people have been charged in the United Kingdom for espionage offenses. Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said three German nationals, two men and a woman, were arrested for allegedly violating
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