Lawmakers pass $49 billion state budget hours before deadline
Lawmakers in Jefferson City convened at the Capitol for a rare Friday session to work on the state budget, due Friday evening.
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Columbia College softball captures AMC Championship
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 1-seeded Columbia College softball team captured its fifth-straight AMC Tournament title on Friday afternoon, courtesy of two dominant wins over No. 6-seeded William Woods. You can watch extended highlights of the championship win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/UeBgwa3eANs The Cougars run ruled the Owls, 9-1, in six innings in
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Salt Creek Bridge reopens on the Katy Trail
The Salt Creek Bridge on the Katy Trail is now back open after a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Politico’s exclusive on Roe v. Wade was most-viewed story in outlet’s history
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Politico’s explosive scoop about a draft opinion revealing that the Supreme Court had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade has become the most-trafficked story in the outlet’s 15-year history, a spokesperson for the outlet told CNN on Friday. The article, written by Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward, had originally published
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Defense Dept. tried to block Esper from revealing Trump floated launching missiles into Mexico to ‘destroy’ drug labs
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Department of Defense fought to prevent Mark Esper, the former secretary of defense, from revealing in his forthcoming book that former President Donald Trump had proposed launching missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs. The passage in the book, “A Sacred Oath,” which is out Tuesday, was a “major”
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Baby formula shortage continues to put a strain on parents
Grocery stores have begun to limit the amount of baby formula parents can purchase as a formula shortage continues.
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16-year-old that died in a car wreck Wednesday night was a student at School of the Osage
The teen driver killed in a crash Wednesday night on Highway 42 in Miller County was Baily Luttrell, a student and athlete at the School of the Osage, the district superintendent said Friday morning.
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Tracking warmer temperatures, more sunshine for the weekend
TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds and cool with lows in the mid-upper 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and beautiful with highs in the lower 70s. EXTENDED: Rain has finally exited Mid-Missouri, and we’ll balance out the above average rain this week with a major pattern shift starting by the end of the weekend. Winds look to stay northerly
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Ferdinand Marcos Jr on cusp of winning landslide in Philippines elections
By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator, is on the cusp of winning the Philippines presidential election by a landslide, according to preliminary and unofficial results, potentially returning the Marcos dynasty to the Malacañang Palace 36 years after the family fled a mass uprising. With more than
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Search histories, location data, text messages: How personal data could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws
By Jennifer Korn and Clare Duffy, CNN Business A wave of new legislation taking aim at abortion rights across the country is raising concerns about the potential use of personal data to punish people who seek information about or access to abortion services online. In some of the most restrictive states, digital rights experts warn
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Documents: Columbia man went on rampage of attempted rape, assault before arrest
A man charged in Boone County with five felonies went on a rampage of attempted rape and assault that started at a hotel and continued outside other businesses Wednesday night, according to a probable cause statement.
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN Two months into Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Biden administration has increased the amount of intelligence it shares with Kyiv, contributing to successful strikes against senior Russian leaders and the Russian Navy’s flagship, the Moskva, sources familiar with the intelligence sharing tell CNN. But the
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Kids can show anxiety symptoms early on. Here’s how to spot them
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Your child doesn’t want to go to the playground to play with other kids. Or she doesn’t want to attend a friend’s birthday party or the class pool party. How do you know whether she’s just having a bad day or if it’s a sign of ongoing anxiety she might be
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The new ‘House of the Dragon’ trailer finally shows off the mythical monsters
By Scottie Andrew, CNN The latest trailer for the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel “House of the Dragon” officially gives us a glimpse of the titular winged beasts. The new footage for the hotly anticipated HBO series reveals more about the direction of the series than previous teasers have, dangling just enough plot in front
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CDC investigating more than 100 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children, including 5 deaths
By Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that it’s investigating 109 cases of severe and unexplained hepatitis in children in 25 states and territories that may be linked to a worldwide outbreak. Among them, 14% needed transplants, and five children have died. Nearly all the children — more
Continue ReadingTracking partly cloudy skies before a sunny and warmer weekend ahead
Today: Temperatures hit a wall thanks to the passing of this mornings cold front keeping them into the lower ’60s this afternoon. Skies remain mostly cloudy throughout the day with winds out of the north at 8-12 mph. Tonight: Clouds begin to push to the east this evening following the past low pressure we see
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Janet Yellen warns of continued volatility in the economy
By Matt Egan, CNN Business US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers on Tuesday the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine may continue to add turbulence to the world economy. “There is the potential for continued volatility and unevenness of global growth as countries continue to grapple with the pandemic,” Yellen said during a
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America added 428,000 jobs in April
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business After an electric economic recovery from the pandemic, the job market is showing signs of returning to normal. It’s still growing at a remarkably strong pace, but the months of millions of jobs added are probably over. America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, the same as in March, the
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By Austin Mabeus, CNN A powerful tornado captured on camera, pincers vs. tentacles, and a toddler steals the show during a wedding. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Nature’s fury on display A surveillance camera captured a tornado ripping trees out of the ground as it passed through Andover, Kansas. Seizing the spotlight
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Before he escaped with his jailer, the Alabama fugitive stood accused of killing a sweet, patriotic mom who never forgot birthdays
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN The last few Independence Days have been tough for Austin Williams. It’s not only that his mother, Connie Ridgeway, loved America and collected anything bearing its flag, but July 4 was her birthday. When the family was sorting through her Rogersville, Alabama, home after her fatal 2015 stabbing, “half the
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