Missouri house leadership pushes to pass billion-dollar house bill
Missouri house leadership is pushing to pass House Bill 3021, which would provide a one-time economic recovery tax for individuals and married couples.
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What images of Russian trucks say about its military’s struggles in Ukraine
By Brad Lendon, CNN Think about modern warfare and it’s likely images of soldiers, tanks and missiles will spring to mind. But arguably more important than any of these is something on which they all rely: the humble truck. Armies need trucks to transport their soldiers to the front lines, to supply those tanks with
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Over 100 people discuss the proposed solar farm in New Bloomfield at forum
Over 100 people were at the Wednesday night meeting in New Bloomfield about a proposed solar farm project by NextEra energy resources and most say they are not happy about the proposed plan.
Continue ReadingWhy the Biden administration is giving new, heavier weapons to Ukraine
By Oren Liebermann, Jeremy Herb and Kaitlan Collins, CNN For the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US is providing Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials viewed as too much of an escalation risk a few short weeks ago. The $800 million list is driven not only by
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The pieces of paper this nun carries reveal the hidden stories of the US-Mexico border
By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN Migrants hand Sister Norma Pimentel little pieces of paper as she walks around the shelter where many of them have been living for months. Some of the handwritten notes have their names and numbers. Others pen the horrors of the unfettered violence they escaped in their home countries
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First Lady Jill Biden visits Whiteman Air Force Base Wednesday
Watch Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speak at Knob Noster High School in the player above. KNOB NOSTER, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster. The two highlighted the Month of the Military Child Program and other programs
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Buying store brand items compared to name brand to save as inflation hits record high
Trips to the grocery store continue to cost more than normal as inflation hit a record high of 8.5% in March.
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Easter dinner will cost more this Sunday
Whether they stay home or go out to eat on Easter Sunday, consumers are going to see higher prices.
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Tracking clearing skies, frost, and cold temperatures overnight
TONIGHT: Clearing skies and much cooler with lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Breezy and mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s to around 60. EXTENDED: Temperatures have fallen off dramatically after this morning’s storms, and we managed to escape much of the severe threat with a handful of severe storm warnings this morning thanks to more
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Charges refiled in Missouri boat sinking that killed 17
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has refiled criminal charges against three men involved in the sinking of a tourist boat that killed 17 people in 2018. A judge dismissed first-degree involuntary manslaughter charges on April 5 against Kenneth McKee, Curtis Lanham and Charles Baltzell related to the sinking of a
Continue ReadingVideos show the fatal police shooting of Michigan man after a struggle during a traffic stop
By Omar Jimenez, Elizabeth Joseph, Steve Almasy and Tiffany Anthony, CNN Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday released several videos of an officer’s encounter with Patrick Lyoya earlier this month, including two that show the fatal shot during a struggle after a traffic stop. The department released video from a police body camera, a
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Warner Bros. censors gay dialogue in Harry Potter movie for China release
By Frank Pallotta and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Warner Bros. removed two lines of dialogue about a gay relationship for the Chinese release of its latest Harry Potter movie. The six seconds of dialogue in “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” discussed the romance between male characters Albus Dumbledore, played by Jude Law, and Gellert
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5 people will share a $50,000 reward for tips that led to Brooklyn subway shooting suspect’s arrest
By Brynn Gingras, Mark Morales, Shimon Prokupecz, Laura Ly, Kristina Sgueglia, Sonia Moghe and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Five people will share a combined $50,000 reward for providing “critical information” that helped lead to the arrest of the Brooklyn subway shooting suspect, the NYPD announced Friday. The man authorities say was the shooter, Frank James, 62,
Continue ReadingBiden unveils $800 million security package for Ukraine in call with Zelensky
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the US was sending his nation an additional $800 million worth of weapons, ammunition and other security assistance. It comes as US officials warn of a potentially bloody new phase in the ongoing war, focused on the eastern regions of Ukraine
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Subway shooting suspect denied bail on federal terrorism-related charge
By Brynn Gingras, Mark Morales, Shimon Prokupecz, Laura Ly, Kristina Sgueglia, Eric Levenson and Sonia Moghe, CNN The man arrested after a roughly 30-hour manhunt in the shooting of 10 people on a subway train in Brooklyn was denied bail at his initial court appearance Thursday. Frank James, 62, did not enter a plea on
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Tracking lingering storms before cooler days ahead
Today: Lingering storms will slowly push to the east and out of Central Missouri by later this afternoon. Temperatures will gradually fall throughout the next several hour’s thanks to winds returning out of the northwest after the passage of the cold front. Tonight: Temperatures fall to the mid-’30s for tonight’s overnight low with partly cloudy
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Suspect in Brooklyn subway train shooting has been arrested, officials say
By Pervaiz Shallwani, Shimon Prokupecz, Laura Ly, Artemis Moshtaghian, Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 1:57 p.m. ET] Suspected Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James was arrested by patrol cops in the East Village neighborhood of New York on Wednesday, three law enforcement officials told CNN. [Original story, published at 1:05
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April 13, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Helen Regan, Matias Grez, Jeevan Ravindran, Laura Smith-Spark, Maureen Chowdhury and Mike Hayes, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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Austria’s Chancellor met with Putin to ‘confront’ him with atrocities he saw in Ukraine
By Becky Anderson, Adam Pourahmadi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he went to Moscow to “look in President Putin’s eyes and confront him with what I saw” in Ukraine, he told CNN Wednesday. Nehammer said he raised alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine during a “tough” and unfriendly meeting Monday with Vladimir
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US home prices are rising so fast, property taxes can’t keep up
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business With home prices skyrocketing by double-digit percentages over the last year, it would be no surprise if property taxes jumped too. But surprisingly, the average property tax on a single-family home rose by just 1.8% last year to $3,785, increasing at the smallest pace in the past five years, according
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