COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A popular school safety application used by thousands of schools across the country — including some in Mid-Missouri — had thousands of documents accessed that contained sensitive information. Cybersecurity researcher Jerimiah Fowler said he discovered a breach in Raptor Technologies on Dec. 20 and notified the company of the flaw. Raptor Technologies’
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Snow and dangerous temperatures expected to fall into the single digits across Randolph County on Friday forced the City of Moberly to take some extra precautions. By Friday, patchy blowing snow swept across the city. Temperatures hit a low of 13 degrees with wind chills values dipping down to minus-6 degrees by
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A strong low pressure system that brought a quick hit of snow to Mid-Missouri also moved through Kansas City, opening the door to arctic air that sticks around through the weekend. The Kansas City Chiefs will match up with the Dolphins on Saturday night, marking one of the coldest games ever played in the NFL.
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — He’s been known as the Crown Prince of Denmark since the age of three, but on Sunday, he left Copenhagen’s Christiansborg Palace as King Frederik X, sovereign of Europe’s oldest monarchy. Denmark’s royal transition was sparked just weeks ago by the bombshell announcement from Queen Margrethe II on New
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has found that a jury should hear former Republican state legislative candidate Janet Palmtag’s lawsuit accusing her own political party of defamation. The decision Friday reversed a lower court’s ruling in which a judge sided with the Nebraska Republican Party by
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 35 years after the body of a five-year-old boy was found near his family’s residence in South Carolina, the child’s father and stepmother have been arrested and charged in his killing, officials said. Victor Lee Turner and Megan Lee Turner, who formerly went by the
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Temperatures were plummeting Friday afternoon as another winter storm hit the area and they’re expected to get lower.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was charged with a pair of felonies this week after court documents say he exposed himself to two women at the University of Missouri’s campus in 2021. Jacob Paul Bush, 26, was charged on Tuesday with two counts of first-degree harassment. Charges were amended from misdemeanor charges filed
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — Taiwan began counting votes on Saturday evening in a closely watched election that could reverberate far beyond its shores after years of growing threats from Beijing, which warned this week the island’s future is at a “crossroads.” The self-governing island of 23.5 million people will choose
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A dangerous winter storm swept the northern U.S. on Friday, with blinding snow in some places, freezing rain in others, and bitter cold temperatures and whipping winds across several states. The massive storm continues a week of strong winter weather for much of
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s professional sports teams have started gathering initiative petition signatures to put the legalization of sports betting on the November ballot. The petition drive announced Friday comes after sports betting bills have repeatedly stalled in the state Senate. Missouri is one of a dozen
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer This year’s NFL playoffs will feature a record number of Black men who have thrived in leadership positions they rarely were given the chance to hold in previous generations. Three Black head coaches have reached the playoffs, including Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles and Houston’s DeMeco Ryans.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday routes for residential trash pickup in Columbia next week have been canceled and will resume on Monday, Jan. 22, according to a press release from the City of Columbia. Routes were initially delayed by one day because of observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The city wrote that the regular
Continue Reading By Jenna Schnuer, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A formerly unknown relative of the most iconic of all dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, has been newly identified, according to a study released Thursday. The revelation adds a new clue that
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered an extensive network of cities dating back 2,500 years. The highly structured pre-Hispanic settlements, with wide streets and long, straight roads, plazas and clusters of monumental platforms were found in the Upano Valley of Amazonian Ecuador, in the eastern foothills
Continue Reading By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — News 13 is taking a closer look at Step Up America, the nonprofit tax-exempt 501c-3 with an operating budget in the tens of millions that landed Asheville’s Ramada Inn project — but that failed to execute. Tod Lipka, CEO of
Continue Reading CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israel on Friday rejected what it called the “grossly distorted” accusation of genocide leveled against it by South Africa, telling the United Nations’ top court the case was an attempt to “pervert the meaning” of the term. In the second and final day of hearings at the International
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israel on Friday rejected what it called the “grossly distorted” accusation of genocide leveled against it by South Africa, telling the United Nations’ top court the case was an attempt to “pervert the meaning” of the term. In the second and final day of hearings at the International Court
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the White gunman in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in 2022, according to a court document – the first time the Justice Department under President Joe Biden has authorized pursuit of the death penalty.
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A skier was found dead after an avalanche in a backcountry area of Shoshone County, Idaho, officials said, in a week of snow-related accidents across the West and Northwest. Corey J. Zalewski was found and extracted from the area Friday afternoon, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office. “Our
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