KABB, CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Friendly reminder that this weekend is the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. Telling you a few days in advance gives you the opportunity to forget it by Sunday morning and wake up in a panic anyway. You’re welcome. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorneys for the family of Othel Moore, who died in the Jefferson City Correction Center back in December, are calling on the Missouri Department of Corrections to hand over its reports, video footage and names of staff involved in Moore’s death. The conference comes after four correction officers were fired Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Led by Malik Dia’s 22 points, the Belmont Bruins defeated the Valparaiso Beacons 86-61 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Thursday night.
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, CNN Lisbon, Portugal (CNN) — Afonso Mestre proudly displays the Portugal-shaped pin badge for the Chega party on his green knit sweater, as he greets people on a sunny and crisp morning in Cartaxo, an hour’s drive from the capital, Lisbon. The 20-year-old took time off his bachelor’s degree to be here, campaigning for the man who he believes will change Portugal. “I
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Democratic Party in Missouri has released its full list of in-person polling locations for the 2024 presidential primary. The Missouri Legislature in 2022 designated a new party-run voting system for the presidential primary. Republicans switched to a caucus system, which was held on Saturday. Democratic voters can request a mail-in ballot
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A Saudi Arabian farm previously permitted to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow alfalfa for dairy cows overseas has stopped irrigating its crops on state land in Arizona’s Butler Valley, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday. Hobbs and the Arizona State Land Department announced after a recent inspection
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has fined Florida Panthers forward Nick Cousins and St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist $2,000 each for embellishment. The punishments announced Thursday come after Cousins and Sundqvist were found to have embellished for a second time this season. The first time is a warning. Sundqvist’s fine was announced the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused in a 2022 gas station shooting on Paris Road in Columbia was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday. Terrance Andra Johnson, 29, was found guilty of first-degree assault, shooting a gun at a motor vehicle/person, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A 2-month-old was among the dead in a mass killing in Canada that claimed the lives of 4 children, their mother and a family friend, Ottawa police said Thursday. The father of the family survived the attack and emerged from the home injured and asking for
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A former congressional candidate who once ran for office in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of a man exonerated after serving more than 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. A criminal complaint filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court alleges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with a hate crime on Thursday after he allegedly threatened to kill white people at a Walgreens in Columbia on Feb. 27. Mark Elliot Lewis, 47, was charged with harassment motivated by discrimination to frighten or disturb another person. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron and former US President Bill Clinton were among those paying tribute to Nigerian banking boss Herbert Wigwe as his funeral got underway. Wigwe was a towering figure in African banking and philanthropy and his death has spurred an outpouring of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of trying to steal a vehicle at gunpoint at the Grindstone Parkway Walmart in Columbia has been arrested and charged. Timothy Donnell, 68, was charged on Thursday with vehicle hijacking. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Court documents say he was convicted
Continue ReadingBy CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Nearly a year after civil war broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, more than 25 million people in northeastern Africa are facing “the world’s largest hunger crisis.” The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says nine in 10 people across Sudan are “trapped” by “relentless violence.” The fighting
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The Minneapolis Branch of the NAACP and Children’s Rights, an advocacy group, have filed a complaint with the US Department of Health and Human Services against Minnesota for allegedly discriminating against Black children and families in its child welfare system. Minnesota’s “pattern and practice of utilizing federal funds to discriminatorily surveil and separate
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and JIM SALTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago. The bill by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican, and New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alston Mason had 22 points in Missouri State’s 60-35 victory over Murray State on Thursday in the opening game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Missouri State will take on top seed Indiana State in Friday’s quarterfinals. Mason shot 5 for 11 (3 for 6 from 3-point
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Another NFL free agency period is about to begin but buyers should beware that signing other teams’ veterans comes with plenty of risk. Some veterans will test the open market only to come back and re-sign with their old team. Every general manager in the league has a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute teacher working for the California School District in Moniteau County was charged last week with assaulting a student in class. Kevin R. Wideman of Russellville, Missouri, was charged with fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He was issued a summons to appear in court and a hearing is set for April 9.
Continue ReadingCNN By Christiane Amanpour and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli woman taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza has described the “hell” of being held captive, after her husband and daughter were murdered, telling CNN her captors would not allow her surviving young children to cry and tried to convince them they “had been forgotten.” Chen
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