By Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN As Covid-19 numbers gradually improve, health experts have an urgent message: Don’t get cocky and relax. “We can’t get overconfident. Every time we do and we put our guard down … we get another surge with another variant,” said Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, a viral researcher and internal medicine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on PowerMizzou.com publisher Gabe DeArmond in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State leaders and concerned citizens have called on Governor Mike Parson at one last attempt to halt Ernest Lee Johnson’s execution. Johnson was convicted in 1995 for killing three people while robbing a Columbia convenience store in 1994. His execution date is set for Tuesday, 27 years after committing his crimes. His
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Frances Haugen was a product manager on Facebook’s civic misinformation team. “During her time at Facebook,” her bio says, “Frances became increasingly alarmed by the choices the company makes prioritizing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The driving force of Mizzou’s rushing offense is undoubtedly senior Tyler Badie, however, walk-on running back Michael Cox is becoming more and more of an option for Eli Drinkwitz’s offense. The redshirt freshman walked on to the team in 2020. “Just as we were nearing the season, you know, as I was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jethro Franklin is out as Mizzou’s defensive line coach, according to a release from the team on Sunday. “After a careful review, I believe a change in direction at the defensive line coach was needed,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “Jethro is a professional and man of high character, and we wish
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Congratulations to our Week 6 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Harrisburg QB Tanner Lanes finds WR Jace Carr, who makes a great catch in-bounds. Nominee No. 2: Fulton standout Walker Gohring
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online, though coverage was still spotty. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services. Outage tracking site Down Detector logged tens of thousands of reports
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s Homecoming week events started Sunday with a banner competition and a dome lighting concert. A banner competition took place Sunday at 5 p.m. at Carnahan Quad between Cornell Hall and Strickland Hall. This year also marks the first year of the dome lighting tradition. This event happened Sunday night at 7:15
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business The identity of the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents — leading to a firestorm for the social media company in recent weeks — was revealed on “60 Minutes” Sunday night as Frances Haugen. The 37-year-old former Facebook product manager who worked
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Tonight: Skies continue to clear with clouds pushing off to the east. Temperatures fall into the mid-’50s thanks to northwesterly flowing winds at 4-8 mph. Tomorrow: Temperatures top out at 75 degrees with mostly clear skies and winds out of the north at 5-10 mph. Extended: Temperatures mid-week hug the mid-’70s with partly cloudy skies
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech and Pierre Meilhan, CNN The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service has authorized local police to charge a London Metropolitan Police officer with one count of rape, amid ongoing public outcry over women’s safety in the country. The news comes one month after the alleged attack on September 4. The officer, David Carrick, 46,
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez, Natasha Chen and Stephanie Becker, CNN An 18-year-old woman shot by a school safety officer after an altercation near a Long Beach, California, high school is expected to be disconnected from life support this weekend, her family said at a news conference Friday. Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez was shot by a Millikan High
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court — for the first time in more than a year — returned to its majestic courtroom on Monday to begin a new blockbuster term that will include a major Second Amendment dispute and a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. The justices are taking
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By Devan Cole, CNN The Biden administration announced Monday that it is reversing a controversial Trump-era rule that prohibited federally funded health care providers from making abortion referrals. The new rule for Title X, a decades-old federal family planning program, will allow health centers to receive those funds despite whether they advise patients on ending
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business A senior Facebook executive said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday that the company will never be able to control all the content on its site, and may be open to regulation as lawmakers continue to crack down on the tech giant. Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, was pushing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Police in Jefferson City are still searching for a suspect after finding multiple individuals wounded late Saturday night. At approximately 11:55 p.m. on Saturday, officers responded to the 200 block of Commercial Way to investigate a weapons offense. The Jefferson City Communications center began receiving calls reporting a disturbance involving multiple
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SportsZone Football Friday 2021: Week 6 scores and highlights
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s football team fell to Tennessee Saturday at Faurot Field 62-24. The Tigers are now 2-3 on the season. Coach Eli Drinkwitz and players spoke to reporters after the team’s loss. Watch the news conference in the player below. A full game recap can be found here.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Senior Center’s 25th anniversary of being at its current location was in October 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the celebrations took place one year later. There was an open house from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, with a short program at 2:30 p.m. at the location on Business
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