Green to gold: How lawn care can add $20,000 to your home's value
LawnStarter reports a well-maintained lawn can increase home value by $20,000–$25,000, improving curb appeal and buyer appeal.
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What is contributing to rising college costs?
Watermark Insights reports rising college costs are driven by administrative bloat, reduced funding, and high demand for services, leading to increased student debt.
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The role of AI in shaping auto insurance
CheapInsurance.com reports that AI is transforming auto insurance by enhancing claims processing, risk assessment, and personalized pricing for drivers.
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The top city people want to move to in every state in 2025
moveBuddha reports that in 2025, smaller, affordable cities like Johnson City, TN, and Coeur d’Alene, ID, are top moving destinations.
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A town ‘built by industry’ adjusts to life as the liquefied natural gas capital of Canada
The Narwhal reports Kitimat, B.C. celebrates its status as Canada’s LNG capital after LNG Canada shipped its first cargo, despite community concerns.
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Trump vows more secondary sanctions for Russia oil buyers are coming, including potentially on China
By Kevin Liptak, Rhea Mogul, Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that more punishment was coming for countries buying Russian energy products after slapping a 25% tariff on India that is supposed to go into effect Thursday. “You’re going to see a lot more. So this is a taste,” he
Continue ReadingJapan’s population decline keeps getting worse. Last year, it saw a record drop
By Jessie Yeung and Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last year – the biggest annual drop on record, according to government data. The data, released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on Wednesday, showed
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Israel is using US munitions to ‘illegally and indiscriminately’ attack Gaza school shelters, Human Rights Watch says
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has “illegally and indiscriminately” used US munitions to attack school shelters in Gaza, killing hundreds of people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The US-based campaigners’ report, “Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril,” was published Thursday. Israel’s campaign following the Hamas-led attacks of October 7,
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More than half of the calories US kids and adults consume are from ultraprocessed foods
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Most of the American diet is comprised of calories from ultraprocessed foods, which have been linked to a myriad of poor health outcomes and are a key target in US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda. A new report published Thursday
Continue ReadingTrump’s historic new tariffs are now in effect. Here’s what you need to know
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump just enacted a new wave of tariffs on dozens of America’s trading partners, marking a substantial escalation in ongoing trade tensions that could constitute the biggest change to the global economy in nearly a century. The historic new trade policy follows months of false starts to
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Columbia Police Department ramps up misdemeanor, citation enforcements downtown to curb violent crime
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is ramping up enforcement of misdemeanor offenses downtown in an effort to reduce violent incidents. The department is using crime data to identify specific locations, days and times for targeted enforcement. The new targeted approach is designed to interrupt patterns of behavior that often escalate into more serious
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Los Angeles wildfires may be linked to 440 deaths, new research estimates
CNN, WRAL, KCNC, KING, FARGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALERT CALIFORNIA, UC SAN DIEGO, CAL FIRE LNU, Alert California/UC San Diego By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles earlier this year — burning entire neighborhoods to the ground, straining firefighting resources and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes
Continue ReadingLos Angeles wildfires may be linked to 440 deaths, new research estimates
By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles earlier this year — burning entire neighborhoods to the ground, straining firefighting resources and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes — may have led to hundreds more deaths than were recorded, a new study suggests. While officials reported that
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Area customers air grievances after Club Car Wash earns ‘F’ rating with BBB
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Club Car Wash, a Columbia-based company was given a “F” rating from the Better Business Bureau after the company received more than 240 complaints over that past 36 months, the BBB said in a press release Tuesday. The BBB says the complaints stem from alleged vehicle damage, billing issues, and poor customer
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Columbia looks to fund Fire Station 5 replacement as station nears end of its lifespan
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is looking to replace one of its busiest and oldest fire stations. Columbia Fire Station 5 — located on Ballenger Lane — is nearing the end of its lifespan, according to Assistant Fire Chief Jeffrey Heidenreich, leading to the department to request a replacement. “It’s becoming functionally obsolete
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Moberly murder suspect has arraignment scheduled for next week
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested in Illinois last week and charged with first-degree murder in Randolph County is in custody in Missouri. Todd Turner, 38, of Cahokia Heights, Illinois, was charged with first-degree murder last week in the death of Donald Hickem on Feb. 1. He was booked into the jail at
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Scientists say it may be possible to protect aging brains from Alzheimer’s with an old remedy — lithium
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — In a major new finding almost a decade in the making, researchers at Harvard Medical School say they’ve found a key that may unlock many of the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease and brain aging — the humble metal lithium. Lithium is best known to medicine as a mood stabilizer
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White House plans increase in federal law enforcement in DC over crime as Trump threatens to bring in National Guard
CNN By Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is making plans to increase the federal law enforcement presence in Washington, DC, Thursday and Friday following an assault on a well-known former Department of Government Efficiency staffer over the weekend, three sources familiar with the plan told CNN. Officers from ICE, FBI,
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Woman seriously injured after crash with dump truck
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old woman from California, Missouri, had to be airlifted to University Hospital after her vehicle was hit by a dump truck on Tuesday afternoon, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on Lookout Trail Road at Industrial Drive in Moniteau County, the report says.
Continue ReadingDrones rusos atacan a civiles mientras Putin intensifica la ofensiva sobre Jersón, Ucrania
Por Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Kosta Gak y Brice Laine, CNN Rusia lanzó un nuevo intento de controlar la ciudad ucraniana de Jersón, en el sur del país, amenazando las principales vías de acceso con drones y tratando de dividirla en dos al atacar un puente clave. El domingo, una serie de ataques aéreos
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