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Missouri’s Vision Zero Plan addresses cellphone use while driving

7:38 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri held its Highway and Traffic Conference with one topic of focus on texting while driving. According to the Federal Highway Administration, each fatal Missouri crash caused by distracted driving results in $9.9 million in comprehensive cost, including $1.5 million in economic costs like emergency services, legal cost, property damage and lost

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An exhausted Haitian father cradles his son on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande from Del Rio

Texas governor approves miles-long steel barrier of police vehicles to deter the more than 8,000 migrants in Del Rio

7:07 PM

By Amir Vera, Carma Hassan and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using “unprecedented” methods to deter migrants from crossing into the state, including parking Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles for miles along the border

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State representative criticizes Columbia Public Schools over music video use in class

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State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) said parents complained to him about a U.S. studies course using the video for “This is America” by Childish Gambino in class. Basye said the video features “gun violence, murder, inappropriate use of firearms and drug use.” Basye said superintendent Brian Yearwood and CPS had not done enough to address concerns he’s heard from parents.

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Missouri leaders say more than 45,000 adults have gotten the vaccine since the launch of the incentive program

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s Vaccine Incentive Program or MO VIP will have its fourth drawing of winners Wednesday and state leaders are considering the program to have been a success. Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, said the state has had about 630,000 people enter the program and

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Natalie Wester and Jose Lopez-Guerrero say they always wear masks in public because their 4-month-old son has cystic fibrosis with a compromised immune system.

A Texas couple wore face masks at a restaurant to protect their immunocompromised infant. The owner asked them to leave

3:20 PM

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son. Natalie Wester and her husband, Jose Lopez-Guerrero, joined a group of friends at

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Boris Johnson has finally admitted that he has six children

Boris Johnson admits he has six children

12:33 PM

By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson has finally admitted that he has six children, a question he has previously dodged in numerous interviews and press conferences. The British Prime Minister, speaking to NBC’s Today show on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, was asked by an interviewer if he had six children, to which

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Natalie Wester and Jose Lopez-Guerrero say they always wear masks in public because their 4-month-old son has cystic fibrosis with a compromised immune system.

A Texas couple wore face masks at a restaurant to protect their immunocompromised infant. The owner asked them to leave

3:20 PM

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son. Natalie Wester and her husband, Jose Lopez-Guerrero, joined a group of friends at

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