Editor’s note: The sentence referring to the percentage of families who do not qualify for free or reduced lunch has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Leaders at Columbia Public Schools are looking at how to best tackle the more than $90,000 of student meal debt. The conversation continued at the Columbia Public Schools’ Finance Committee
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By Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to terminate the collective bargaining rights for more than a million federal employees. Judge James Donato of the US District Court in San Francisco granted the preliminary injunction requested by a coalition of unions whose
Continue Reading CNN By Arit John, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist, moved Tuesday to the brink of a stunning win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, with his top challenger, Andrew Cuomo, conceding the race. CNN projects Mamdani’s initial support
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville woman has been charged with two felonies after she allegedly stole the income of someone with a disability. Natalia Phillips, 44, was charged with financially exploiting a disabled person and stealing more than $750. She is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. Court date has
Continue Reading Por Vasco Cotovio, CNN El Reino Unido comprará 12 aviones F-35A, capaces de portar armas nucleares, a Estados Unidos. El primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, hará el anuncio durante la cumbre de la OTAN del miércoles, mientras pide a los miembros de la alianza que hagan más para apoyar a la organización. “El
Continue Reading Por Merlin Delcid, CNN en Español Un tribunal de El Salvador determinó este martes que el abogado constitucionalista Enrique Anaya ―crítico de la gestión del presidente Nayib Bukele― siga en prisión provisional por su presunta participación en el delito de lavado de dinero y activos, informó la Oficina de prensa del Centro Judicial donde se
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department says it has arrested a man who was wanted in an armed robbery that occurred on June 5. Noah Cooley, 21, of Columbia, was charged on June 13 with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and a lone count of unlawful use of a weapon. Police
Continue Reading By Arit John, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist, moved Tuesday to the brink of a stunning win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, with his top challenger, Andrew Cuomo, conceding the race. CNN projects Mamdani’s initial support will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The B-2 Bomber Stealth Fleet held Whiteman Air Force Base in Johnson County played a critical role in the United State’s “Operation Midnight Hammer” airstrike on Iran. The base is the only one in the country that houses the nation’s stealth bomber fleet and is the sole operational base for the B-2.
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Television and film actor Joe Marinelli, who appeared in “The Morning Show” and “Santa Barbara,” to name a few titles, has died. He was 68. The news was confirmed by his agent Julie Smith, who told CNN via email on Tuesday that Marinelli had been battling throat and stomach
Continue Reading By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A presentation slated to be shared at this week’s meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested that use of the vaccine preservative thimerosal can have “long-term consequences in the brain.” But the study doesn’t appear to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Public Works Department has completed repairs on a road buckle. Crews worked to pave over the damaged area of North Providence Road near near Big Bear Boulevard. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday,, the road was back open and safe for drivers. The extreme heat causes road materials to
Continue Reading Por Jaya Sharma, Ken Olshansky, Ivana Kottasová y Max Saltman, CNN Canadá cree que el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, ya no está interesado en convertir al país en el estado número 51, dijo el primer ministro Mark Carney este martes. Al preguntarle Christiane Amanpour, de CNN, en el marco de la reunión de la
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced his appointments to an advisory council inside the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, with a list that includes a right-wing news commentator, former lawmakers, Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani and a top former campaign adviser. The announcement by Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi
Continue Reading Por José Álvarez, CNN en Español Agentes de la Administración de Control de Drogas (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés) fueron vigilados por miembros del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación mientras se llevaba a cabo en Estados Unidos el juicio de Rubén Oseguera González, “el Menchito”, hijo del líder de la organización criminal, reveló este martes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local first responders have responded to multiple heat-related service calls since Friday. The Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 News on Tuesday that firefighters have responded to five calls. Cole County EMS said on Monday it had responded to three heat-related calls. “Folks are out there doing yard work, hottest time of
Continue Reading Por Valeria León y Lizbeth Padilla, CNN en Español La Cámara de Diputados de México aprobó este martes una controvertida reforma que permite a elementos de la Guardia Nacional contender por cargos de elección popular y ser transferidos al Ejército, en una decisión que ha desatado críticas de la oposición y encendido el debate sobre
Continue Reading By Jaya Sharma, Ken Olshansky, Ivana Kottasová and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Canada believes US President Donald Trump is no longer interested in turning it into the 51st state, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. Asked by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on the sidelines of the NATO meeting in the Netherlands whether Trump is still
Continue Reading Por Kara Fox, CNN Tras 12 días de intensos ataques entre Israel e Irán, marcados por los bombardeos estadounidenses contra instalaciones nucleares iraníes durante el fin de semana y las represalias de Teherán, el alto el fuego negociado por Estados Unidos parecía mantenerse el martes. Sin embargo, en Gaza, la ofensiva israelí no ha dado
Continue Reading By Logan Hall Click here for updates on this story Massachusetts (WBZ) — Boston may soon join a growing list of cities experimenting with driverless taxis. Waymo, the self-driving car company, has already begun testing its technology on Boston streets, and people are divided on whether this new era of transportation is something to embrace
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