Watch the city council meeting replay in the player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council authorized Public Works adding position classification to hire more bus drivers for the City’s Paratransit program. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at City Hall in the council chambers. Columbia Public Works is requested the council to authorize
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of severe thunderstorms on Monday evening. Damaging winds and large hail will be the main concerns Monday evening into the overnight hours. Monday afternoon Update: Showers have developed and will continue over the next few hours, with a break before
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By Amir Vera, Omar Jimenez, Ashley Killough and Leonel Mendez, CNN The plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre celebrated a judge’s ruling on Monday when she allowed their case to move forward after defendants sought a motion to dismiss the case. Judge Caroline Wall said the motion to dismiss
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A Kansas City man accused in the death of a Boone County firefighter has a warrant out for his arrest after missing a court date.
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By Melissa Gray and Rosa Flores, CNN US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday it’s working to address processing delays at its Orlando, Florida, office, days after a US lawmaker said hundreds of migrants are being forced to wait in long lines and even sleep in tents and cars as they wait for appointments. US
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The deadline for the 2023 Missouri state budget is Friday, but lawmakers still have several things to do before they’re ready to put the bills on the governor’s desk.
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According to AAA, the national average of diesel was $5.321 to start the week — more than $2 above last year’s national average.
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TONIGHT: Showers and storms likely, some could be strong with damaging winds and heavy rain. Lows near 60. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly cloudy and cooler. Highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: A Weather Alert Day is in effect for the threat of damaging winds and isolated hail tonight. Our severe weather risk has decreased a touch
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors are very nervous about what’s next for America’s economy, with market fear gauges spiking. But there are still some bright spots for investors seeking companies that may still report healthy earnings even in a further-weakened economy. The market is grappling with a lot: interest rate hikes to
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Department of Homeland Security and the White House are defending a new initiative to help target disinformation amid fierce criticism from Republicans who cast the effort as overreach and attacked its leader. Last week, DHS announced an interagency team, dubbed the “Disinformation Governance Board,” to coordinate department
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In this week’s travel news roundup, we look at space hotels through the ages, Sicily’s new “Little America” and a new glass-bottomed bridge in Vietnam that might just be the world’s longest. Connection restored CNN Travel often covers beautiful and touching moments between passengers on life’s journey. But every so often,
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business The European Union is proposing to ban all oil imports from Russia by the end of this year and remove the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank, from the SWIFT international payments network. But the plan immediately ran into opposition from EU countries seeking a longer transitional period, including Hungary, which has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, Father Tolton’s Jonah Sarabia became the first baseball player in school history to sign on to play D1 baseball. Sarabia was surrounded by his family, coaches, teammates and friends Monday as he signed on to play at Southeast Missouri State University. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound pitcher says he’s excited to start
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By Marianne Garvey Drew Barrymore has apologized for “making light” of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial. Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million, alleging that she defamed him with a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about her experience with domestic violence. Depp was not referred to by name
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that Boston violated the First Amendment rights of a group seeking to briefly raise a Christian flag atop a city flagpole outside of City Hall as a part of a city program celebrating Boston’s greater community. The court said
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Germany is ready to support a European ban on imports of Russian oil, and won’t be “blackmailed” by Moscow into paying for natural gas in rubles. Speaking to CNN’s Julia Chatterley on Monday, finance minister Christian Lindner said Germany would agree any new sanctions on Russia with its partners in
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN A special grand jury has been selected to hear evidence in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, has been investigating whether Trump
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By Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN A former Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy in the back in March has been charged with first-degree murder, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced Monday, saying the boy was unarmed and on the ground when the officer fired. Edsaul Mendoza, 26, was one of four
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By Marianne Garvey Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson made their red carpet debut at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. Kardashian was invited by Disney and ABC following the premiere of her Hulu show, “The Kardashians.” Davidson attend as her plus one. The reality star wore a Balenciaga gown, while
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Ashley Judd honored her late mother, country icon Naomi Judd, in an intimate essay about maternal health and safety for USA Today on Friday. Naomi Judd, a five-time Grammy winner, died by suicide last week after a longtime struggle with anxiety and depression. In her essay, actress and political activist Ashley
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