By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is especially alarming. These elderly Jewish citizens, most in their 80s or 90s, endured profound struggles during the 1940s at the hands of the Nazis. Now, they find themselves, once again, at risk.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy and chilly with lows in the low to mid-30s. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly cloudy and breezy with highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: We’re chillier overnight as winds die down with lows falling into the low to mid-30s. Tomorrow is warm and windy as warmer are starts to move
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN As states roll back masking requirements for students, a new study shows that masks helped cut Covid-19 infections in public K-12 schools that required them in the fall. The study comes from a partnership between the US Centers for Disease Control and the Arkansas Department of Health. Investigators looked at Covid-19
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Missouri residents who rely on the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are having a hard time receiving their benefits according to a lawsuit.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following the 2021 season, the Mizzou football team’s offensive line lost two of its most experiences leaders in Michael Maietti and Case Cook. Now the line is looking for someone new to fill those shoes. “It’s only four days in right now and that was kind of my voice to the room
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Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Sonia Moghe and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Four current and former Louisville police officers involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s home — including detectives who worked on the search warrant and the ex-officer accused of firing blindly into her home — have been charged with civil rights violations
Continue ReadingAn explosion that wrought “catastrophic damage” Thursday to a garden-style four-story building in Silver Spring, Maryland, has left over a dozen injured, five seriously, a Montgomery County Fire Department public information officer said.
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect to the company’s satellite-based internet service — to Ukraine this week, responding to a plea from the country’s vice prime minister amid fears that Ukrainians could lose internet access if Russia continues its
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By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN As air raid sirens blared in the small Ukrainian city of Uman, about 125 miles south of the capital Kyiv, families crowded into a makeshift bomb shelter underneath a central synagogue. Before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last week, the basement of the temple was used as
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By Tim Lister, Josh Pennington, Luke McGee and Radina Gigova, CNN A Russian military strike hit an evacuation crossing point in a Kyiv suburb Sunday, killing a family with two children and several other civilians trying to flee the Russian invasion, according to the city’s mayor, as civilian casualties seeking safety from the onslaught continue
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the name of a teenager killed Wednesday in a crash on westbound Highway 124. A pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old New Franklin boy rolled over after the vehicle left the highway and hit a concrete culvert around 5:20 p.m., according to the crash
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Serena Williams called out The New York Times Wednesday after the paper published an article about her venture fund but used a photo of her sister, Venus. The story was about how Serena Williams raised $111 million for a new venture fund, “Serena Ventures.” The incorrect photo did not appear
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By George Ramsay The 2022 Winter Paralympics officially got under way on Friday, with the start of the Games marked by the presence of the full Ukrainian delegation inside Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium at the Opening Ceremony. All of Ukraine’s Para athletes made it to the Chinese capital — a feat described as a “miracle”
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The war in Ukraine is raging. The oil market is panicking. Russian oil has not been directly targeted by the West’s crushing sanctions on Moscow — so far, at least. In fact, the United States and Europe have gone out of their way to avoid hitting Russia’s fossil fuels. But
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The traffic lights at Providence Road and Vandiver Drive needed work after malfunctioning Thursday morning, Columbia Public Works said in a news release.
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, March 2, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Centralia (36) Mexico (51) FINAL Jefferson City (66) Ruskin (54) FINAL Helias Catholic (57) Raytown South (53) FINAL California (80) Versailles (82) FINAL Fair Grove (66) Osage (54) FINAL
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TONIGHT Temperatures will only top out in the middle 50’s today thanks to a cold front early this morning. Still, thanks to plenty of sunshine, temperatures are still above the seasonal high of 51. Skies will stay mostly clear tonight, with temperatures falling into the mid-30’s by the early hours on Friday. FRIDAY A warm
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The school held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for its new MACCLab-A Community Workspace and Mechatronics Center for Excellence, with Gov. Mike Parson as a guest.
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