By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn’t know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of Chicago in Evanston’s 5th Ward, where banks refused to give mortgage loans to Black families until 1969. In Evanston,
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Abby Grossberg, the former Fox News producer who accused the right-wing network of pressuring her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion defamation case, told NBC News Thursday in her first TV interview that she was “bullied, intimidated and coerced” into protecting the right-wing network to keep her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the wake of the recent shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville on Monday, advocacy groups and local law enforcement are stressing the importance of reporting behavior sooner than later. CNN reported Monday’s shooting was the 19th school shooting of the year. “The first, and best, line of defense is a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, March 27, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Helias (6) Battle (0) FINAL Moberly (2) Kirksville (1) FINAL Owensville (6) Blair Oaks (0) FINAL Warrenton (2) Capital City (7) FINAL HS BASEBALL Fatima (2) Southern Boone (4)
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings. Terry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he “was skiing easy” and “paying
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The Jefferson City government and Missouri Primary Care Association have reached a deal for the association to buy 1.75 acres of Missouri State Penitentiary land for redevelopment.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and chilly with lows falling into the upper 30s. Scattered showers developing late and continuing into early morning. TOMORROW: Morning showers moving out before midday, sunshine returning with highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: As showers exit on Tuesday morning, we’ll be left with decreasing clouds during the day. High pressure returns
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN More than two decades after he was found clinging to an inner tube in the Straits of Florida, Elián González is taking on his most high profile role since the bitter custody battle that returned him to Cuba. On Monday, Cuba’s National Election Council said that the 470 candidates for the
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Lunda Construction Company has been cited by OSHA after an employee was injured working on the new Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Almost two months after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, the state Department of Health is preparing to offer blood and urine testing and physical exams to first responders who rushed to fight the blaze. The testing is set to start within the next
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Often you hear meteorologist talking about high pressure systems and low pressure systems, but what do these systems actually do to our local weather? Looking at the ABC 17 Stormtrack Radar, southwestern portions of United States you’ll see a blue H, that’s going to be an indicator for high pressure. The radar also indicates a
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Lyft announced on Monday that Amazon veteran David Risher will join as chief executive next month, and that co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer will step down from their management positions at the ride-hailing company. Green, who is currently the CEO, will be succeeded by Risher effective April 17, the company
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States across the country are moving toward banning Tik Tok on government devices at the same time that a Missouri senator is pushing for more federal restrictions on the app.
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Actor Jonathan Majors was arraigned on several assault and harassment charges Sunday, the Manhattan DA’s office tells CNN. The complaint does not name the female accuser but claims the defendant did “strike her about the face with an open hand, causing substantial pain and a laceration behind her ear.” She also
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TODAY: Monday is another mild and bright day. Clouds and rain showers are exiting east this morning, leaving some low clouds and a northerly breeze. Any remaining clouds will break up and clear out early today. Temperatures land in the low 50s, with a continued north breeze keeping us from warming under a late March
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) came to Former President Donald Trump’s defense when asked about the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation. Hawley called the investigation a “transparent” attempt to negate Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 presidential election. “If Democrats can make up crimes to interfere in elections then what will stop future
Continue ReadingBy Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová, Lianne Kolirin, Hadas Gold, Helen Regan and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Israel’s political crisis escalated into uncharted territory Monday as the country’s largest trade union announced a “historic” strike shutting down transportation, universities, restaurants and retailers in protest against Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul. Israel’s Histadrut trade union
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide, but the pendulum has swung back and forth about its benefits and drawbacks. New findings from a small study published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggest both upsides and downsides: Drinking at least a cup of coffee per day
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen, CNN Dominion Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wants to put some of Fox News‘ top executives and most well-known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion defamation case against the right-wing network goes to trial. Among the network personnel that the voting
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