By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The inauguration of two new electricity-generating units in Zimbabwe’s Hwange power station last month was not an unfamiliar scene when it comes to major infrastructure projects in Africa. There, in a rural corner of the southern African nation, government officials and the Chinese ambassador gathered to ribbon-cut
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Maries County Emergency Management announced Monday on its Facebook page that the Maries County Courthouse was the target of a cyber attack and that the attack is now over. Maries County EM said the attack began last week and appeared to have caused intermittent phone and internet issues, before causing issues
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of the screenwriters union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing Hollywood at least partly back from a historic halt in production. The governing boards of the eastern and western branches of the Writers Guild of America and their joint negotiating committee all
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) A new video designed to prevent hazing at the University of Missouri has been released by the Missouri Greek Alliance. The organization is made up of alumni from various different fraternity houses across campus. According to their press release they work with the University administration to develop policies that benefit Fraternities and
Continue Reading By FARID ABDULWAHED and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — As they watched the bride and groom start their slow dance, Faten Youssef imagined the future wedding of her son, seated next to her at a reception table. Within moments, however, disaster struck when an inferno erupted that would leave nearly 100 dead
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Have you ever been outdoors ahead of an incoming storm? Have you ever smelled a distinct fragrance from that moment? If you have, it’s not the actual storm making that smell. The lightning creating ozone is actually to blame. There is plenty of oxygen (O2) available in the atmosphere. Whenever lightning heats up the environment
Continue Reading By Nechirvan Mando, Hande Atay Alam, Aqeel Najim and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A fire tore through a wedding hall in Qaraqosh in northern Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 100 people and injuring 150 others, prompting anger at the lack of safety measures at the venue. Fireworks were set off at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man was charged on Tuesday with two counts of possessing child pornography. Nicholas Toeniskoetter, 28, was arrested on Monday, according to the probable cause statement. His address listed on Casenet is Columbia, but jail records indicate he is from Ashland. On June 8, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office Cyber
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Less than a month after the owners of Treeline Music Fest announced 2023’s event will not take place, the production group has announced it is dissolving because it has too much debt.
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BUNCETON, Mo. (KMIZ) A 31-year-old man from Kansas City, Kansas, suffered a serious injury Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash in Cooper County on Route O at the intersection with Pisgah Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred when Christian Quintero-Valasquez failed to negotiate a left curve in his 2013
Continue Reading By TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eight days after winning his 200th game, 42-year-old Adam Wainwright said Tuesday he has thrown his final pitch. “I’ve thought a lot about it the last few days, but I’m in a really good place mentally,” the St. Louis Cardinals right-hander said ahead of his team’s game
Continue Reading CNN By Jessica Xing, Brian Todd and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, police say, Rui Jiang posted a photo on Instagram of a gun being pointed at a computer screen showing the spire of a white church building. The words “Beautiful Old Churches Across America” were superimposed over part of the image.
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Two children were killed and another two were injured when an SUV crashed into a two-wheeled horse-drawn Amish buggy in southern Minnesota on Monday morning, authorities said. The buggy and the SUV were going in the same direction when the crash happened shortly before 8:25 a.m. in Fillmore County
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 93-year-old St. Joseph man suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a crash in Morgan County on Highway 5, about 100 feet north of Twin Bays Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as Susan M. Pierce, 61, of De Kalb, Missouri, failed to “operate” a
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 19-year-old woman found dead in the woods near her Orlando, Florida, apartment is suing the Orange County sheriff’s office and two deputies for negligence and civil rights violations over their handling of the 2021 case, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Miya Marcano, a Valencia
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Multiple types of violent crime and drug and alcohol violations were down at the University of Missouri in 2022 from previous years, according to the school’s annual safety report.
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Columbia Parks and Recreation is considering several changes to the Activity and Recreation Center following a fight with a gun this summer.
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general is suing a school district for secretly discussing transgender student bathroom access. The Tuesday lawsuit claims a suburban St. Louis school board violated open-meeting laws. Two Wentzville school board members say the board unlawfully discussed public policy during a closed meeting. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hy-Vee, Inc. announced in a Tuesday press release that its pharmacies in the Midwest will have the updated COVID-19 vaccines for those 12 years old and older. Hy-Vee has three locations in Columbia and a store in Jefferson City. According to the press release, residents can schedule an appointment on Hy-Vee’s website.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some of the most important cases decided by the US Supreme Court since 1789. 1803 – Marbury v. MadisonThis decision established the system of checks and balances and the power of the Supreme Court within the federal government. Situation: Federalist William Marbury and many others were
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