By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The director of the US National Institutes of Health outlined on Friday a “unified strategy” to align the agency’s priorities and funding, a move he said was meant to offer clarification following sweeping changes at the agency, including massive budget cuts, grant cancellations and plans for reorganization. In Friday’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Gaming Commission voted Friday morning to give DraftKings and Circa Hospitality the state’s first two mobile sports betting licenses. The commission awarded the licenses at its meeting. The state can offer up to two licenses for companies to offer sports betting on people’s phones across the state. DraftKings, Circa
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men charged in the 2017 murder of Augustus Roberts appeared in front of a Boone County judge Friday. Roberts is the son of a former Northeast Missouri judge. David C. Adams, 44, of Columbia, was arrested Thursday and charged Friday with first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, second-degree murder and illegal gun
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured Friday afternoon after a 2005 Toyota Tundra crashed on Interstate 44 in Phelps County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the truck was heading eastbound and went down the left side of the road. The driver – an 18-year-old woman
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By Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WTVF) — Mindy Dodd was nowhere near the crime scene in 1999. Yet she ended up with a longer sentence than the convicted killer. “I was at work the night my co-defendant killed the victim,” Dodd testified to the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee. Dodd
Continue ReadingBy Levi Ismail Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WTVF) — A former Metro Nashville police officer has been sentenced to one year of supervised probation after pleading no contest to charges stemming from an OnlyFans video where he was seen groping a woman while he was in uniform. Sean Herman entered a
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By Austin Pollack Click here for updates on this story WAVERLY, Tennessee (WTVF) — In Humphreys County, two dedicated school bus drivers have been safely transporting students for nearly a century combined. Helen Bradley has been driving the same route for 48 years, while her colleague Bobbie Pruett has been behind the wheel for 50
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By Jared Formanek, Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — On a sweltering summer afternoon in Hong Kong, Yeung Fong-yan’s flat felt like an oven. Her air conditioner ran at full blast, but the tiny, tin-roofed room still baked in the heat, with a thermometer inside reading 36°C (96.8°F). “Sometimes it’s so hot we can’t
Continue ReadingPor Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español Los gobiernos de México y Guatemala acordaron este viernes impulsar el inicio de negociaciones en conjunto con Belice para llevar el Tren Maya —uno de los proyectos de infraestructura insignia del sexenio de Andrés Manuel López Obrador— a esos países de Centroamérica. “Valoramos muchísimo las iniciativas de México que
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An audit from United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General determined that all areas reviewed for the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center and Network Distribution Center and seven delivery units serviced had deficiencies. The audit – which was made available on the Inspector General’s website – showed issues including clearance times,
Continue ReadingPor David Close, CNN La tan esperada nueva temporada de la Premier League comenzó en Anfield este viernes, con algunos aficionados aún secándose las lágrimas en un día soleado. Las emociones fueron evidentes antes del partido inaugural entre Liverpool y Bournemouth, mientras los seguidores rendían homenaje al fallecido delantero de los “Reds”, Diogo Jota, quien
Continue ReadingPor Katelyn Polantz, CNN La llegada de Ghislaine Maxwell al campo federal de prisioneros (FPC, por sus siglas en inglés) en Bryan, Texas, este mes ha generado una ola de tensión en sus unidades de mínima seguridad exclusivamente femeninas, incluso mientras su abogado dice que está en una instalación más segura ya que existe una
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man yelled for help as a group of men – one of whom said he was with Immigration and Customs Enforcement – picked him up and pushed him into a car outside a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday, video shows. The detention has been condemned by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage County man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for multiple child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Osage prosecutor’s office. A jury trial was held on April 30 and May 1 for Matthew Johnson, who was found guilty of attempted statutory rape, second-degree child molestation and
Continue ReadingPor Matias Grez, CNN Una niña británica de 10 años ha hecho historia en el ajedrez al convertirse en la jugadora más joven en vencer a un gran maestro. Bodhana Sivanandan, del noroeste de Londres, derrotó al gran maestro Pete Wells, de 60 años, en la ronda final del Campeonato Británico de Ajedrez 2025 en
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español “Creo que es un hombre honesto… Esto que intentan hacer con Bolsonaro es realmente una ejecución política”. De esta manera el presidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump defendió el jueves ante la prensa presente en la Casa Blanca al expresidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, quien enfrenta un juicio por un presunto
Continue ReadingPor Manuela Castro, CNN en Español Nicolás Emmanuel Fernández quería tener una vida entre Estados Unidos y Argentina: “Ir y venir, sin problemas, quedarme unos meses acá, unos meses allá”, dice a CNN. “Ese era el sueño”, repite, pero algo salió mal. “Me volví con las manos vacías”, se reprocha. El Servicio de Inmigración y
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s recycling center is completely demolished, and city workers are testing equipment for a reopening. However, assistant utilities director Tom Ratterman said Friday that workers are restoring power to the equipment. He said that it should be complete in two to three weeks. “We tested it with a generator,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Binder Drive in Jefferson City required an emergency closure by city crews near the intersection with Marilyn Drive after a “void” was discovered underneath the road, according to a Friday press release from the city’s department of public works. The closure will occur between 215 and 217 Binder Drive, the release says.
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By David Close, CNN (CNN) — The highly anticipated new Premier League season kicked off at Anfield on Friday, with some supporters still wiping away tears from their eyes on a bright, sunny day. Those same supporters likely wiped very different tears away once the final whistle sounded following a six-goal affair that saw the
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