By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The parents of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis apartment during a no-knock warrant execution, said Friday that he had obtained a gun legally after a conversation with the family. “He made sure that he did his research, everything was going to be legal,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) “Broken” is a project that was created by Dr. David Lancaster, Medical Director of Capital Region Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Unit in Jefferson city. He asked healthcare, administrator workers, who have worked during the pandemic and patients who experienced COVID-19 to hold up a piece of paper and use one word to describe how
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Check back for updates related to road conditions in Mid-Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – An attorney for the family suing the MU chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity hopes the legal action gets groups to stop forced drinking. The lawsuit from the family of Danny Santulli claims members of the fraternity, often called Fiji, made the freshman drink a bottle of vodka in order to
Continue ReadingBy Evan McMorris-Santoro and Meridith Edwards, CNN Eighth-grade teacher Amanda Winters keeps the main lights turned down in her room. Pink fabric covers the one fluorescent bulb in the ceiling that doesn’t turn off, and a string of Christmas lights completes the illumination. Setting a calm and peaceful tone inside the classroom at the Denver
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday mourned the hundreds of thousands in the United States who have died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, saying that “each soul is irreplaceable.” The US reported Friday that there had been more than 900,000 deaths from the coronavirus since the World Health Organization
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday mourned the hundreds of thousands in the United States who have died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, saying that “each soul is irreplaceable.” The US reported Friday that there had been more than 900,000 deaths from the coronavirus since the World Health Organization
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 11 Mizzou gymnastics team fell in its first home conference meet of the season against No. 4 Florida, but the Tigers did manage to set a new program record with 197.650 points. The Gators took the meet over Mizzou 197.775 to 197.650. MU won two overall events on Friday night.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Eric Bradner, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that “President (Donald) Trump is wrong” in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021. Speaking at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference near Orlando, Pence
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The City of Columbia is removing truckloads of snow from downtown after streets were covered in about 10 inches of snow over two days this week.
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Over the next few days, as temperatures climb and roads and parking lots get plowed, you’ll start to see less snowy roads and more of those large piles of plowed snow sitting around. There are many factors that affect snow melt but for this explainer, we’re going to focus on three key variables. First is
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the low single digits. Wind chills between -5 and 0. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the low to mid-30s. EXTENDED: Sunshine is making it extra bright with all the snow on the ground this afternoon, but with clear skies we’ll drop down into the
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Caroline Kenny and Pamela Brown, CNN Recent revelations about the political activism Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, have renewed scrutiny about how the Supreme Court approaches questions of potential conflicts of interest with the cases that the justices are reviewing. Supreme Court justices make their own determination as to
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN As of Friday, more than 900,000 people in the United States have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Experts believe the true burden of disease to be much higher. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the number
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Marc Short, the former chief of staff for Mike Pence, said Sunday that the former vice president chose to rebuke former President Donald Trump in remarks last week because Trump’s comments about Pence’s ability to overturn the 2020 presidential election “merited response.” Pence called out his former boss by name Friday,
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN GOP leaders are facing growing pressure from conservative hardliners to put their political muscle behind a primary challenge seeking to oust Rep. Liz Cheney, a move that puts top Republicans in an awkward spot as they try to avoid intraparty fights and the ire of Donald Trump in
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN In a resolution formally censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the Republican National Committee on Friday described the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 insurrection — which have been at the center of a House probe — as “legitimate political discourse.” A copy of the resolution obtained by CNN
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By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of
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