By Michael Rios, Caitlin Hu, Jim Rogers, Sahar Akbarzai and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Flights at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti’s capital have been disrupted for the second straight day by heavy gunfire nearby, as the Caribbean nation grapples with surging gang violence and political instability. The US Embassy in Haiti issued a security alert on Friday,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Nathan Johnson Jr. scored 18 points and Beane scored four points in the final 14 seconds to give Lindenwood a 67-63 win over Southern Indiana on Thursday night. Johnson added five rebounds for the Lions (9-21, 3-14 Ohio Valley Conference). Jeremiah Talton scored 16 points and added
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will hold an open house next week regarding the construction of a new Municipal Services Center. According to a Thursday press release from the city, the Municipal Services Center master concept plan includes a salt storage building, storage for snowplows and salt distribution equipment, vehicle parking, an office, electric vehicle charging stations
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press DENVER — Led by Jamar Brown’s 19 points, the UMKC Roos defeated the Denver Pioneers 84-69 on Thursday night. The Kangaroos are now 15-15 with the victory and the Pioneers fell to 15-15.
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A lieutenant working in the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office was charged Wednesday with manslaughter in the October death of an inmate from untreated diabetes.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Kalil Thomas had 18 points in Morehead State’s 72-50 victory against Southeast Missouri State on Thursday night. Thomas was 6 of 8 shooting (4 for 5 from 3-point range) for the Eagles (22-8, 13-4 Ohio Valley Conference). Jordan Lathon added 16 points while shooting 5 for 11
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The True/False Film Fest kicked off Thursday in Columbia. The annual festival takes place in downtown Columbia Thursday through Sunday. Thirty-one feature films and 25 short films were picked out of about 1,400 submissions, according to a previous press release from the festival. A spokesperson for the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council will discuss the possibility of reopening its temporary yard waste drop-off location at its meeting on Monday, according to a Thursday press release from the city. This comes as burning season ends on Friday at sunset and the city last week opted to end its yard waste
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at age 84, according to Canadian media reports citing his daughter’s social media post. Mulroney died peacefully, surrounded by family, Caroline Mulroney said in a post on X. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th Prime Minister,” Caroline Mulroney said in
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic crisis. It’s “now or never” to tackle declining births and the shrinking population, the country’s leader warned last
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnhart woman was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sex crimes from 2018. Jennifer Huddleston, 35, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and first-degree promoting child pornography. She was initially charged with child sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a minor, first-degree promoting
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A court worker serving an eviction notice and an officer were fatally shot in Missouri, police say.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with a few showers after midnight. Lows in the mid-30s. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds as showers exit early. Late day sunshine with highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds start to increase tonight ahead of another storm system that moves to our south bringing a chance for a few showers overnight. Any chance for
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and Nectar Gan, CNN Kinmen, Taiwan (CNN) — Two weeks after two Chinese fishermen drowned while being chased by Taiwan’s coast guard, tensions remain high in the waters around Kinmen, a group of outlying islands controlled by Taiwan but nestled just a stone’s throw from the shores of China. China’s
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER and JOHN HANNA Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally taking minors into Kansas to obtain abortions without parental consent. The lawsuit filed Thursday in state district court by Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey is based on a video from a
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A former Boone County clerk said Thursday that he’s not running after putting his name in for the Third Congressional District seat earlier this month.
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) Middle school students in the Morgan County R-2 School District were temporarily evacuated Thursday morning after a bomb threat was made at 7 a.m., according to a press release from the school district. “Our established bomb threat policy provides guidance regarding the evacuation of students and personnel in the event of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several felonies after he was accused of sending nude photos of a woman without her permission. Jacob Anthony Nichols, 32, was charged with second-degree domestic assault, invasion of privacy and sending nude photos without permission. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 8:09 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans are trying to remove a man associated with the Ku Klux Klan from their party’s ticket. Southwestern Missouri man Darrell Leon McClanahan is a longshot candidate in the GOP primary to replace Gov. Mike Parson. McClanahan has previously described himself as “pro-white.” He
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan and Isabel Rosales, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) — Gabbie Price says she’s designed her whole life around in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. She moved into a remodeled camper with her husband so they could afford the cost of IVF, she told CNN, adding the cost of their mortgage is now going toward IVF.
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