By George Ramsay, CNN The days are short, the snow heavy, and the cold biting during a Norwegian winter. For British endurance athlete Jon Albon, who has lived in Norway for the past seven years, that means finding refuge on the treadmill in his cellar when the trails around his home in Romsdalen become blanketed
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Hilary Whiteman, CNN New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday she will stand aside for a new leader within weeks, saying she doesn’t believe she has the energy to seek re-election in the October polls. Speaking at a news conference, Ardern said her term would end by February 7, when
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Blaine, CNN Newly uncovered immigration records for Rep. George Santos’ mother appear to contradict the embattled freshman Republican‘s repeated claim that she was present at the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The records indicate that Fatima Devolder said she was in Brazil between 1999 and early 2003, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Missouri State Rep. Chuck Basye is filing a lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools, the Columbia School Board and its members. Verified-Petition-Basye-v.-Columbia-Public-Schools-1.18.23-FINALDownload Basye told ABC 17 News that he filed the petition around 6 p.m. Wednesday. His lawyer, Brent Haden, confirmed on Wednesday evening that he’s filing it. Basye said in December
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL TOLTON (51) BATTLE (63) FINAL ROCK BRIDGE (84) LEE’S SUMMIT (56) FINAL SLATER (63) BOONVILLE (64) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL LINN (53) BLAIR OAKS (48) FINAL MARK TWAIN (14)
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Bus riders in Jefferson City will soon be paying more. At its meeting on Tuesday night, the Jefferson City Council voted 6-3 in favor of raising the price to ride the bus. The change will go into effect Feb. 6. Ward 1 Councilmen Jack Deeken and David Kemna, along with Ward 2
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) During his State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Mike Parson asked for a new line item in the fiscal year 2024 budget to increase safety measures at railroad crossings. Parson is proposing $35 million from Missouri’s budget be put towards making train crossings safer. This comes after an unusually
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson proposed to use $3.5 million to increase the number of youth behavioral health professionals across the state. According to the initiative, the funding will go towards 27 professionals to “help our youth in crisis and receive the treatment they need.” Parson’s proposition was announced during Wednesday’s State
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN The world’s population of North Atlantic right whales has been decimated in recent years by human-caused vessel strikes and rope entanglements, and now another member of this rare species faces the same fate. A 4-year-old female right whale found heavily entangled about 20 miles east of Rodanthe, North Carolina, is “likely
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and breezy with lows in the mid-30s. TOMORROW: A few light showers or snow showers are possible through about noon, with little to no accumulation expected. Gusty west winds pick up to about 30 mph, and highs reach the upper 30s to around 40. EXTENDED: Most of the widespread rainfall exits by
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Blaine, CNN Newly uncovered immigration records for Rep. George Santos’ mother appear to contradict the embattled freshman Republican‘s repeated claim that she was present at the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The records indicate that Fatima Devolder said she was in Brazil between 1999 and early 2003, and
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Throughout the majority of the day, Mid-Missouri felt the effects of rain showers brought on by a large system encompassing much of the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. This large system is known as a Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS), or referred to more commonly as a “Squall Line.” This large QLCS has brought rainfall to
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN French workers are set to take to the streets Thursday to protest radical reforms to the country’s pension system that, if implemented, will require most people in France to work two years longer before retirement. Eight of France’s largest unions – covering transportation, education, police, executives and public
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Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday praised tax cuts approved last year and highlighted his plan to fund education, mental health services and state worker pay raises in his State of the State speech.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated following the announcement on Wednesday. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Swift Prepared Foods is postponing all hiring until at least March, according to a Wednesday press release. The release states the company still plans on hiring 100 people for its Columbia plant on Paris Road. The company originally said in a
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Parts of Interstate 70 in Mid-Missouri could expand to three lanes under a budget plan put forward by Gov. Mike Parson.
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, CNN Actor Jeremy Renner was trying to stop his snow-removal tractor from sliding and hitting his grown nephew when he was pulled under the vehicle and crushed on New Year’s Day, according to a Nevada sheriff’s office incident report. The parking brake was not engaged and would have stopped the snowcat
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Today: Afternoon highs slowly warm into the lower 40s with widespread showers pushing this evening. Winds remain out of the east with gusts up to 25 mph possible. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to thee upper 30s with overcast sky conditions. Winds change out of the southwest with wind gusts nearing 30 mph. Extended: Thursday morning
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Gabby Orr and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Just days before Donald Trump hosts his first 2024 event in South Carolina, a state whose evangelical population has long played a critical role in its presidential primary, the former president is lashing out at religious conservatives who have declined to endorse his third presidential campaign.
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN As Massachusetts prosecutors build their case against Brian Walshe, they have laid out considerable evidence alleging the husband murdered his wife on New Year’s Day and gruesomely disposed of her body. Brian Walshe, 47, appeared in court Wednesday to be arraigned on charges of murder and illegally disinterring
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