COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile charged with second degree murder, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action is set to having a status hearing Friday at 9 a.m. at the Boone County Courthouse after their alleged involvement with the murder of Janet Jago, 72. This hearing has already been pushed back three times before. The first
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Norma Galeana and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since wildfires decimated West Maui’s historic Lahaina community, some residents will be allowed to return to their properties on Monday but will likely have to don protective gear due to potentially toxic ash, Hawaii’s governor announced. “It’s going to be
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Jessie Gretener, Tim Lister and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine launched a missile attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on Friday, the latest and perhaps one of the most ambitious of Kyiv’s recent strikes on Russian military targets in Crimea. “The enemy launched a missile attack on the
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Lee and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Nigerian singer and songwriter Asake is creating a new Afrobeats sound that is deeply African and completely global. Originally a dancer, he began recording music in 2018. By 2020, Asake had a hit single with “Mr. Money,” a banger he performed at nightclubs across Lagos and
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Lee and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Nigerian singer and songwriter Asake is creating a new Afrobeats sound that is deeply African and completely global. Originally a dancer, he began recording music in 2018. By 2020, Asake had a hit single with “Mr. Money,” a banger he performed at nightclubs across Lagos
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid sample is expected to land in the Utah desert on Sunday, NASA said, where recovery teams have been training for months for its arrival. If all goes according to plan, a capsule will return the largest sample collected since Apollo astronauts brought back lunar rocks decades
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid sample is expected to land in the Utah desert on Sunday, NASA said, where recovery teams have been training for months for its arrival. If all goes according to plan, a capsule will return the largest sample collected since Apollo astronauts brought back lunar rocks decades ago.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid sample is expected to land in the Utah desert on Sunday, NASA said, where recovery teams have been training for months for its arrival. If all goes according to plan, a capsule will return the largest sample collected since Apollo astronauts brought back lunar rocks decades
Continue ReadingBy Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — There have been at least 71 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of November 9. Twenty-four of those were on college campuses and the remaining 47 were on K-12 school grounds. The incidents have left at least 33 people dead and more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scammers are always trying to find new ways to scam people out of their money, especially now in the days of the internet and smartphones. Scammers have recently tried to impersonate the United States Postal Service through text messaging, creating fake streaming sites to bait people who want to watch football, creating
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India has called Canada a “safe haven for terrorists” following its suspension of visas for Canadian citizens, as the fallout grows over Ottawa’s accusation that New Delhi is potentially behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on its soil. In a strongly worded
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson, CNN (CNN) — Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent years, satellite images obtained exclusively by CNN show, at a time when tensions between the three major nuclear powers have risen to
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JOHN HANNA Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A longshot candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent “Freedom Fest” event outside St. Louis as no big deal. They said it was a fun moment for fellow Republicans who attended, and that
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By JIM SALTER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some medical providers are dropping continuing gender-affirming care for minors, even though it remains legal. In Missouri and North Dakota, health systems and advocates say the reason is the possibility of legal action against doctors and their employers for injuries related to the
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some medical providers are dropping continuing gender-affirming care for minors, even though it remains legal. In Missouri and North Dakota, health systems and advocates say the reason is the possibility of legal action against doctors and their employers for injuries related to the
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado, Omar Jimenez, Sarah Boxer and Christina Maxouris, CNN Middletown, New York (CNN) — Students and first responders alike are traumatized by the catastrophic bus crash that claimed the lives of two longtime teachers after the bus veered off an interstate and tumbled down a ravine. “The scene was horrendous,” said
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales, Devon M. Sayers and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Nine corrections deputies in Shelby County, Tennessee, have been indicted in connection to the in-custody death of Gershun Freeman last year, including two deputies who are facing murder charges. Those two deputies, Stevon Jones and Courtney Parham, have been indicted by a grand
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement shut down the southbound lanes of Highway 63 on Thursday night in between Vandiver Drive and Clark Lane for a crash. An ABC 17 News reporter saw debris in the middle of the road, as well as a one vehicle flipped over and at least one other vehicle parked on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care installed a weapons-detection system on Thursday. MU Health spokesman Eric Slusher told ABC 17 News in an email that the systems were added to three emergency room entrances at University Hospital and MU Women’s Hospital. “The safety of our employees, patients and visitors is our highest priority,” Slusher wrote
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two Chinese activists held without trial for the past two years are expected to appear before a judge in a closed doors hearing on Friday as the ruling Communist Party ramps up its effort to dismantle what remains of the country’s civil society. Independent journalist and #MeToo
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