Barry Neild, CNN A huge new subterranean railway whisked fare-paying passengers deep beneath the streets of London for the first time on Tuesday as the UK capital opened a $25 billion new metro line that will transform travel across the city. Large crowds of rail enthusiasts, commuters and excited locals turned out to catch the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope has glimpsed the most distant single star it’s ever observed, glimmering 28 billion light-years away. And the star could be between 50 to 500 times more massive than our sun, and millions of times brighter. It’s the farthest detection of a star yet, from 900 million years
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fourteen former Tigers participated in Pro Day Friday at Mizzou to work out in front of NFL scouts. All eyes were on standout running back Tyler Badie. Badie was measured at 5-foot-8, 197 pounds at last month’s NFL combine. Although Badie said he still hears some chatter that he’s too small, he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Junior guard Aijha Blackwell enters transfer portal making her the third member of Mizzou’s women’s basketball team to enter this week. Blackwell tweeted this morning confirming that she will be leaving Mizzou and entering the portal. During her time at Mizzou, Blackwell made the All-SEC Freshman Team in the 2019-2020 season and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just three days after Dennis Gates signed on as the head basketball coach at Mizzou, junior college forward Mohamed Diarra has announced his commitment. The Garden City CC big man announced on Friday that he will being playing for Gates next season. The 6-foot-10, 215 pounds, Paris native played at Redemption Christian
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Missouri House lawmakers passed two bills this week that would legalize sports betting in the state. House Bills 2502 and 2556 would allow online and in-person wagering on professional sports matches.
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The murder trial against Jahaun Whirley was placed in the hands of the jury Friday afternoon.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Members in the Audrain and Callaway Community will now have to make the journey to Columbia or Jefferson City to seek emergency services, whether that be by ambulance or driving themselves after Noble Health suspended operations at two Mid-Missouri hospitals. Noble Health Corporation announced on Facebook all services at the Audrain Community
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Basketball legend Lisa Leslie told the “I am Athlete” podcast that she was told not to make a “big fuss” over Brittney Griner’s arrest by Russian authorities. “What we were told, and again this is all sort of passed along through hearsay, but what we were told was to not make
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN Basketball legend Lisa Leslie told the “I am Athlete” podcast that she was told not to make a “big fuss” over Brittney Griner’s arrest by Russian authorities. “What we were told, and again this is all sort of passed along through hearsay, but what we were told was to not make
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A Columbia man was charged with multiple crimes after a Thursday night shooting and car chase.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and windy with lows in the lower 30s. Wind gusts between 20-25 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and chilly with highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: The weekend is cooler than average with a weak front sliding by tonight. That will bring us down to near freezing by tomorrow morning and highs only reach the low
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates will earn $16.5 million of guaranteed money in his contract over the next six years. ABC 17 News did an open records request to receive the contract. Details show the six year deal has an annual base salary of $300,000. Gates will be starting at $2.5
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles, Jamie Gangel, Gloria Borger and Zachary Cohen, CNN Members of the House Select Committee investigating January 6 are discussing whether to call Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to come before the panel, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. While some members have raised the possibility of
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business On March 14, the same day Russia banned Instagram, Russian tech entrepreneur Alexander Zobov announced he would soon launch a local version of the popular photo and video sharing app called Rossgram. Zobov and his team “were already prepared for this outcome of events in advance and decided not to
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By Nathan Hodge, CNN A top Russian general gave some of the most detailed public remarks to date on Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine, claiming on Friday that the “first stage” of Russia’s military plan is now complete, with their primary focus now centered on eastern Ukraine. “In general, the main tasks of the first
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN He was a gentle giant who always supported others. A teammate often turned mentor. A kind and funny friend, always soft-spoken. That’s how friends and family in a Missouri vigil remembered 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who died last Thursday when he fell off an amusement park thrill ride while on a spring
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By Nicole Chavez and Tiffany Anthony, CNN A hotel in South Dakota is accused of refusing to rent a room to at least two Indigenous women after its owner reportedly threatened to ban all Native Americans from the property. The NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota, and Sunny Red Bear, the group’s
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Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri held a grand opening Friday for its food pantry and community resource center, in Jefferson City.
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By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions, especially the ExoMars rover, after it became clear ESA needed “to sever” its ties with Russia, the agency’s director general, Josef Aschbacher, said. “Certainly one option which we are studying,
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