Redistricting concerns raised during Boone County Lincoln Days
Boone County Republican Central Committee is hosting its annual Lincoln Days banquet Friday evening at the Courtyard by Marriott.
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Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates introduces his first hire
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates made his inaugural hire official on Friday morning, as he and newly named associate head coach Charlton “C.Y.” Young hosted a press conference. https://youtu.be/bZqIkKhN2Rk “He’s over-qualified to be an associate head coach in thee SEC,” Gates said. Young will bring more than 25 years of coaching
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Goodbye, thank you and good luck Kevin Schneider
ABC 17 News This Morning’s meteorologist Kevin Schneider is leaving the show to pursue opportunities in Colorado.
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Ukrainians shocked by ‘crazy’ scene at Chernobyl after Russian pullout reveals radioactive contamination
By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Byron Blunt and Daria Markina, CNN The sudden ear-piercing beep of a radiation meter fills the room as a Ukrainian soldier walks in. This is where Russian soldiers were living at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and radiation levels are now higher than normal. There’s no visible presence of the
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Noble Health furloughs 175 employees at Audrain and Callaway hospitals
Noble Health said Friday that it has furloughed 175 employees at its hospitals in Audrain and Callaway counties.
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Aidan Shaw re-commits to Mizzou
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball’s highest ranked recruit in the last five years, Aidan Shaw, is officially back on board. The forward announced his re-commitment to MU on Wednesday afternoon. ABC17’s Nathalie Jones spoke to Shaw exclusively on Thursday afternoon, one day after his recommitment. You can find that full conversation in the video
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‘Dumped by email,’ says cyclist’s mother as British Cycling bans transgender riders from competition
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN British Cycling has suspended its transgender and non-binary participation policy after the sport’s world governing body banned a trans rider from competing in a women’s event in the UK earlier this month. The sport’s governing authority in the UK said Friday that it had voted in favor of an “immediate suspension”
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Tracking a warmup this weekend, and a chance for storms next week
TONIGHT Tonight’s showers and flurries will wind down for most around 7 p.m. with clouds clearing not far behind. TOMORROW Friday’s breezy conditions will die down overnight as high pressure squeezes in. Add clear skies for early Saturday morning, and we have a recipe for a cold start. Temperatures will bottom out in the low
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Actor Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for 10 years
By Chloe Melas and Lisa Respers France, CNN Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next 10 years, as a result of his slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage during this year’s Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced in a statement obtained by CNN.
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive: ‘We control them all’: Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called
By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump’s eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that “we have operational control” to ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in the US Senate
Continue ReadingJackson marks her historic confirmation with a moving speech: ‘We’ve made it. All of us’
By Kate Sullivan, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson marked her historic confirmation to the Supreme Court with a moving speech from the White House on Friday, in which she celebrated the “hope and promise” of a nation where it was possible for her family to go from living under segregation to a Supreme Court appointment
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Obama returned to the White House with zingers, a climate activist glued himself to a microphone, and a man found a 7-foot snake coiled up in his couch. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Obama returns with jokes During his first visit back to the White House after leaving
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Obama returned to the White House with zingers, a climate activist glued himself to a microphone, and a man found a 7-foot snake coiled up in his couch. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Obama returns with jokes During his first visit back to the White House after leaving
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Obama returned to the White House with zingers, a climate activist glued himself to a microphone, and a man found a 7-foot snake coiled up in his couch. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Obama returns with jokes During his first visit back to the White House after leaving
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Obama returned to the White House with zingers, a climate activist glued himself to a microphone, and a man found a 7-foot snake coiled up in his couch. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Obama returns with jokes During his first visit back to the White House after leaving
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Obama returned to the White House with zingers, a climate activist glued himself to a microphone, and a man found a 7-foot snake coiled up in his couch. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Obama returns with jokes During his first visit back to the White House after leaving
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Biden says Jackson’s historic Supreme Court confirmation is ‘a moment of real change in American history’
President Joe Biden on Friday will host an event at the White House to mark the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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Formula 1 stock zooms higher on nascent US fandom
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The globally loved Formula 1 racing is winning more US fans, thanks largely to Netflix’s popular “Drive to Survive” reality show and ESPN’s coverage of the races. And F1’s stock is red hot, too. The company is owned by Liberty Media — the conglomerate controlled by John Malone
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Tracking a frost, freeze, and warmup that returns storms next week
TONIGHT This afternoon we will still be tracking light rain and perhaps even snow showers. With that said, temperatures are already in the mid to upper 30’s as I write this in the late morning hours. As temperatures struggle towards 40, we expect to lose the snow flurry chance, and will lean towards a forecast
Continue ReadingDeSantis tops $100 million for Florida reelection race — and sends signal to 2024 Republican field
By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has raised more than $100 million for his reelection effort, the first gubernatorial candidate in the Sunshine State — and perhaps the entire country — to reach the nine-figure milestone solely through donations. The staggering sum not only gives DeSantis an unprecedented leg up on the Democrats
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