JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City football team has a new leader. On Monday, the district announced that Eric Thomas will take the helm of the Jay program. The move comes after former head coach Damon Wells decided to step down from his position, but remain at the school as the Activities Director. Thomas
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is working on legislation that would increase the penalty for swatting, following a swatting call to the secretary of state’s house on Sunday night. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was a target of a swatting attempt at his home Sunday night, Ashcroft posted on his social
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — NASA leadership is expected on Tuesday to announce a “months-long delay” to the first crewed mission of the agency’s flagship Artemis program, according to one current and one former NASA employee. The delay affects NASA’s Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts on a
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Emma Tucker, CNN New York, NY (CNN) — At least 320 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested after staging a demonstration across New York City on Monday, blocking traffic on several bridges for more than two hours during rush hour to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, according to city officials. More than 1,000
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into allegations of antisemitic comments during a New York high school basketball game last week has found the comment “Free Palestine” was made, a public school system official said. The game took place Thursday and was between the girls’ varsity teams from The Leffell School, a
Continue ReadingCNN, WFAA, KTVT By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — An explosion in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday left nearly two dozen people injured and large pieces of a building littering the road in the heart of the city’s downtown area. At least 21 people were injured in the blast at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown
Continue ReadingCNN By Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage said the lost piece has been found – a key detail in the investigation of what happened during the plane’s “explosive decompression,” as United Airlines said
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As people across the state prepare for snowfall this week, local school districts will make decisions about whether to cancel classes.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Odd radio circles in space have mystified astronomers since the cosmic objects were first discovered in 2019. Now, scientists think they may understand what forms these mysterious celestial structures, and the answer could provide insights into galactic evolution. The odd radio circles, also known as ORCs, are so massive
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — An explosion in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday left nearly two dozen people injured and large pieces of a building littering the road in the heart of the city’s downtown area. At least 21 people were injured in the blast at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel, according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s historic, 11-win 2023 season paid off for head coach Eli Drinkwitz. On Dec. 31, just days after No. 9 MU’s Cotton Bowl win over No. 7 Ohio State, the Mizzou Athletic Department extended Coach Eli’s contract through 2028. Through details obtained by ABC 17 in an open records request, Drinkwitz
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was seen on video jumping and attacking a judge sitting behind a bench in Clark County, Nevada, last week was back in court Monday and was sentenced by the same judge for a separate incident. Deobra Redden, 30, was sentenced to 19 months to four
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Indiana woman who pleaded guilty in October to hindering the prosecution in a murder has been sentenced. Emily Ricketts, 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison and was given credit for six months served. According to previous reporting, she was previously charged in 2019 with accessory
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 737 Max 9 earned its certificate of airworthiness on October 25, six days before it found its home with Alaska Airlines. Over the next three months – before a terrifying midair blowout and emergency landing – it would fly more than 150 times. A few of those flights
Continue ReadingCNN, NTSB, KYLE RINKER, SAM MATTHEWS, SEAN BATES By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 737 Max 9 earned its certificate of airworthiness on October 25, six days before it found its home with Alaska Airlines. Over the next three months – before a terrifying midair blowout and emergency landing – it would fly more
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Catherine Nicholls and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has called for a universal ban on surrogacy, calling the practice “deplorable” in a speech in Vatican City on Monday. “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics. Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals hired Chaim Bloom as an adviser to John Mozeliak, their president of baseball operations, on Monday after the longtime front-office executive was fired by the Boston Red Sox last September. Bloom spent 15 years in the baseball operations department in Tampa Bay, helping to build the small-market
Continue ReadingCNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Priscilla Alvarez and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina catapulted Joe Biden to the top of the Democratic primary in 2020, and on Monday, the president returned hoping the state – and its Black voters – can help recharge his reelection bid. The state’s February 3 Democratic primary is not competitive. But with
Continue ReadingCNN By Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage said an important piece has been found – a key detail in the investigation of what happened during the plane’s “explosive decompression,” as the carrier and
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