Cobbins, Snodgrass win Columbia Board of Education seats
Tuesday, voters in Columbia will decide two Columbia Board of Education seats.
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Dorsey asks U.S. Supreme Court to spare his life a week before execution
Brian Dorsey is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court again to stop his pending execution in less than a week.
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ELECTION UPDATES: Southern Boone to get to work this summer after winning ballot issues
Updates on Election Day in Mid-Missouri.
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Chase leads from Columbia to Jefferson City Airport
A chase that began in Columbia ended with a suspect’s arrest at the Jefferson City Airport.
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WATCH: Fire briefly closes northeast Columbia road
A fire in a duplex kitchen briefly closed down the 2300 block of Ballenger Lane in Columbia on Tuesday morning.
Continue ReadingAlec Marsh throws 7 dominant innings, Maikel Garcia has 3 RBIs to lead Royals past Orioles 4-1
By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Alec Marsh pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Maikel Garcia drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals breezed past the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 on a wet, chilly night at Camden Yards. Marsh turned in the best performance of his budding career, dominating the defending AL
Continue ReadingMilei vows roadmap towards Argentine sovereignty over British-ruled Falkland Islands
By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei has said his government is committed to establishing a “roadmap” towards Argentine sovereignty of the British-ruled Falkland Islands. “I want to reiterate our unwavering claim for the islands, and I commit that during our government we will be able to have a clear roadmap so
Continue ReadingA man who attended the Charlottesville Unite the Right rallies will lose his city council seat after his past was revealed
KOCO, KOKH, CNN By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Enid, Oklahoma (CNN) — When a public official in a small Oklahoma city faced a censure vote that condemned his recent ties to White nationalism, he was saved – at least temporarily – by a Black man. Several residents in Enid blasted city council commissioner Judd Blevins
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Results for April elections in Mid-Missouri
Results from races around Mid-Missouri.
Continue ReadingDozens trapped in tunnels after Taiwan’s strongest quake in 25 years kills at least nine
By Wayne Chang and Helen Regan, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring more than 900 others. The powerful 7.4 magnitude tremor shook the island’s east coast, hitting at 7:58
Continue ReadingKansas City Chiefs’ Rashee Rice leased Lamborghini involved in Dallas crash, company’s attorney says
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was leasing a Lamborghini sport utility vehicle that authorities say was one of two speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway, an attorney for the company that owns the vehicle said Tuesday. Dallas police have
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Jury to be brought in for Boone County hazing trial
A jury will be brought in from Johnson County during the Boone County trial of a former University of Missouri fraternity member charged with hazing.
Continue ReadingA final chance for the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre: ‘This is it’
CNN By Omar Jimenez and Yon Pomrenze, CNN (CNN) — There are only two people alive who remember firsthand what the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was like. One of them is 109-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, otherwise known as “Mother Fletcher.” She specifically remembers “people getting killed, houses, property, schools, churches, and stores getting destroyed with
Continue ReadingA final chance for the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre: ‘This is it’
KJRH, KTUL, CNN By Omar Jimenez and Yon Pomrenze, CNN (CNN) — There are only two people alive who remember firsthand what the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was like. One of them is 109-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, otherwise known as “Mother Fletcher.” She specifically remembers “people getting killed, houses, property, schools, churches, and stores getting
Continue ReadingCatch up on the day’s news: Solar eclipse plans, retirement savings, Tesla sales
CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Millions of Americans are struggling to save for retirement. They just don’t have much money left after paying their daily expenses and monthly bills, forcing them to put retirement savings on the back burner. “My financial focus has to be on the present, as
Continue ReadingCatch up on the day’s news: Solar eclipse plans, retirement savings, Tesla sales
By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Millions of Americans are struggling to save for retirement. They just don’t have much money left after paying their daily expenses and monthly bills, forcing them to put retirement savings on the back burner. “My financial focus has to be on the present, as every
Continue ReadingPalestinian Authority renews request for United Nations membership
By Richard Roth, CNN United Nations (CNN) — The Palestinian Authority is again requesting membership in the United Nations, according to a post on X from the Palestinian permanent observer mission to the UN on Tuesday. “Today, the State of Palestine, and upon instructions of the Palestinian leadership, sent a letter to the Secretary General
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Pulaski, Phelps counties cleaning up after damaging storms
Thousands of homes and businesses remained in the dark Tuesday morning in the southern areas of Mid-Missouri while many residents were left to clean up damage after strong storms overnight.
Continue ReadingDeep-sea expedition captures stunning images of creatures in Pacific mining zone
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ancient glass sponges. A Barbie-pink sea pig sauntering along the seafloor. A transparent unicumber hovering in the depths. These wonders are just an initial snapshot of fantastic creatures discovered 16,400 feet (5,000 meters) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in a pristine area that’s earmarked as a site
Continue ReadingZelensky signs law expanding draft age as Ukraine struggles to beef up its military
By Xiaofei Xu and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law that will lower the country’s minimum conscription age from 27 to 25, potentially boosting the number of men available to fight Russia’s invasion. The Ukrainian Parliament passed the measure in May 2023 but Zelensky had not signed it
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