By Kevin Liptak, CNN Final passage of a massive public works bill Friday provided President Joe Biden what had increasingly seemed like a vanishing ideal: A major, bipartisan accomplishment that has the power to improve the lives of millions of Americans. The vote came after weeks of torturous negotiations among Democrats, and is likely to
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By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and gasping for air, struggling to survive against a wall of people pressing forward toward the stage. Police are investigating the potential causes of the surge, which occurred at the Astroworld
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By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Witnesses say Tigrayans are being arrested in Addis Ababa in a wave of alleged ethnic targeting by authorities, after a year-long conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. The detentions follow a dramatic escalation in the war last week, when the federal government declared a state
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TODAY: Mostly sunny and warm with highs in the mid-60s. TOMORROW: Warming up under clear skies. Highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: Don’t forget to turn your clocks back an hour and gain some extra sleep on Saturday night for the end of Daylight Saving Time! Expect a breezy weekend across Mid-Missouri with steady southwesterly
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN The first police officer to respond to the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Georgia, testified in court Monday he did not render first aid to Arbery due to the danger of the situation as well as his lack of medical training and equipment. Former Glynn County Police Officer Ricky Minshew
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By Jen Christensen, CNN When Perrysburg School Superintendent Thomas Hosler sent a survey to parents in his Toledo-area district to see how many wanted to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19, he got more than 20,000 “no” responses. His district only has 5,700 students in it. “Clearly someone spent a lot of time in their
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and gasping for air, struggling to survive against a wall of people pressing forward toward the stage. Police are investigating the potential causes of the surge, which occurred at the Astroworld
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Congress has passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering on a major pillar of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda after months of internal deliberations and painstaking divisions among Democrats. The final vote was 228-206. Thirteen Republicans voted with the majority of Democrats in support of
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Here are the local high school football playoff scores from Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. WASHINGTON 6 | HELIAS 49 FINAL KIRKSVILLE 19 | JEFFERSON CITY 61 FINAL CENTRALIA 36 | HALLSVILLE 38 FINAL https://youtu.be/n73XTcpPDec HARRISBURG 42 | FAYETTE 52 FINAL BLAIR OAKS 64 | BOONVILLE 38 FINAL ELDON 19 | MEXICO 50 FINAL BATTLE 12
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A new report shows the fire that destroyed a state building on Monday evening in Jefferson City reportedly caused $2.5 million in damage and the cause of the fire as undetermined.
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Demolition crews will start taking apart the Sorrels Overpass Friday night which will cause some delays on I-70.
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN A California woman is recovering and says she feels lucky to be alive after being mauled by a black bear that broke into her Lake Tahoe cabin and rummaged through her kitchen. Laurel-Rose von Hoffmann-Curzi was woken up early on October 30 by a series of thumping sounds downstairs in her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An anthropologist spoke this afternoon to jurors, explaining his review of Mengqi Ji’s remains found at Rock Bridge State Park. Doctor Mark Beary says Ji’s remains were missing several bones, including her right arm and the hyoid bone in her neck when they came to the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office. Dr.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak will not play on Saturday at No. 1 Georgia, according to a report from Yahoo Sports writer Pete Thamel. Thamel added both backup QB’s Tyler Macon and Brady Cook are expected to play against the Bulldogs. We’ve reached out to Mizzou to confirm the report, but we have
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KMIZ) The Blair Oaks volleyball team won its first ever state championship on Friday. The Falcons beat Strafford 3-0 to finish the season as the top team in Class 3. Here’s video of the Falcons celebration. Blair Oaks compiled a record of 35-4. The Falcons finished the season with 13 straight wins.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge standout Andrew Hauser won the Class 5 state cross country championship on Friday. He broke the Gans Creek cross country course record with a time of 14:52.7. That was more than 40 seconds faster than his brother Mathew Hauser’s winning time last year. Matthew was the 2020 Class 5 state
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The United Parcel Services is among the companies searching for workers ahead of the holidays. UPS is looking to hire 75 seasonal employees in the Jefferson City area during it’s “Brown Friday” hiring event. The company aims to hire more than 60,000 employees nationwide to help ensure holiday gifts arrive on time.
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By Mick Krever and Phil Black, CNN Video with Martin Bourke and Mark Baron, CNN Design by Henrik Pettersson, CNN In the spitting rain that is endemic to the Netherlands, Anneke van Lelieveld bundles up in her bright orange cardigan at her home on the New Merwede River, and turns to look out over the
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Temperature swings can be uncomfortable, but they can also be hard on roads and highways around mid-Missouri. That is, if the swing spans across the freezing mark. “The more freeze/thaw cycles you have, the more likely you are to see potholes,” says MODOT District Engineer, Jason Schafer. Repetitive freezing and thawing highlights pre-existing imperfections in
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on Friday stonewalled the House select committee investigating January 6, responding to a subpoena demanding he appear for an interview with the panel, but not answering questions posed to him, sources familiar with his appearance told CNN. Instead, Clark provided a letter
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