Kathleen Magramo R’Bonney Gabriel from the United States was crowned the 71st Miss Universe on Saturday night. Gabriel, who last year became the first Filipino-American to win Miss USA, took the crown ahead of Amanda Dudamel from Venezuela and AndreÃna MartÃnez from the Dominican Republic. The pageant was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, with 84
Continue ReadingBy Andy Scholes, CNN The NFL playoffs are where legends are born and incredible moments happen leaving us in awe. From the Music City Miracle, to Kurt Warner, to David Tyree, to the Philly Special, the NFL always seems to deliver the drama in the postseason. And I can’t wait. One month from now, here
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 14 Mizzou gymnastics team opened up the Hearnes Center with a big conference win over No. 20 Georgia on Friday night. The Tigers edged out the Bulldogs 196.975 to 196.425. Senior Sienna Schreiber picked up the all-around honors for MU. She was the Tigers’ top score on the vault and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Miller Career Academy (48) Tolton (50) FINAL Versailles (64) Blair Oaks (80) FINAL Hallsville (61) Boonville (46) FINAL Van-Far (58) Bowling Green (60) FINAL Wellsville-Middletown (27) Mark Twain (60)
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Since the November slayings of four University of Idaho students, Ben Mogen says he has been going through life “one day at a time.” It’s all he can do. His daughter, 21-year-old Madison Mogen — a bright, bubbly girl that loved to watch live music with him — was among the
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent A White House facing the first full day of a special counsel investigation sought to maintain a business-as-usual attitude, highlighting what has become a central objective amid an uncertain and potentially perilous new reality. President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to the White House, making
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN Richneck Elementary School in Virginia will install walk-through metal detectors after officials were alerted last week that a 6-year-old student who allegedly shot his teacher might have had a weapon but failed to find it after a search. Before last week’s shooting of a first-grade teacher, school officials were told that
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, Marshall Cohen, MJ Lee, Arlette Saenz and Zachary Cohen, CNN It was an office fit for a former vice president working in Washington — dark hardwood floors, plush seating and a spacious desk set to a lofty backdrop of the Capitol building. This week, what took place inside that office — a
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Republican Rep. George Santos, said a company later accused of running a “Ponzi scheme” was “100% legitimate” when it was accused by a potential customer of fraud in 2020, more than a year before it was sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Once the company, where
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Volunteers from across the Missouri and Arkansas region have been deployed to California as heavy rain continues to fall. As of Friday, 18 volunteers from the Missouri and Arkansas region — including four from the Central and Northern Missouri Chapters — have been deployed to California. Volunteers will assist with shelter operations,
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and cold with lows in the lower 20s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and much warmer with highs in the mid-40s. EXTENDED: Tonight will be cold as clouds continue to try to break up as lows fall into the low 20s. Tomorrow is about 10-15 degrees warmer with more sunshine as winds shift back
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged in relation to a December shooting at a gas station on Paris Road in Columbia has been arrested in St. Louis, the Columbia Police Department tweeted on Friday. Terrance A. Johnson Jr., 27, is charged with first-degree assault, armed-criminal action and shooting a gun at a motor vehicle/person.
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a threat on social media on Thursday night, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office arrested a student and increased the presence of law enforcement at North Callaway High School on Friday. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said the North Callaway R-1 School District was made aware of a violent threat being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman accused of murder appeared in court Friday by video from the Boone County Jail. Emma Adams, 20, refused to appear in court on Thursday. She is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with evidence and abandoning a corpse. She pleaded not guilty. Adams is being held in
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives this week adopted a stricter dress code for women as part of a new rules package, and now requires them to cover their shoulders by wearing a jacket like a blazer, cardigan or knit blazer. The addition, which was proposed by Republican state Rep.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of killing two people on Thanksgiving in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder. Torry A. Upchurch, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, according to the Cole County prosecutor Locke Thompson. Upchurch was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and six other felonies.
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal and Tami Luhby, CNN The Treasury Department said Friday the US could default on its debt as soon as June, setting up one of the first major battles on Capitol Hill after Republicans took control of the House. The US will reach the debt limit on January 19 and then “extraordinary measures”
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN As the only daughter of the late Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, singer Lisa Marie Presley spent her life in the spotlight from the start. And the public interest in her life — from her marriages to her private tragedies — never waned until, much like her father, she was taken
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Eggs have soared in cost around the world over the past year as avian flu decimated chicken flocks and fallout from Russia’s war with Ukraine raised the prices of energy and animal feed. In the United States, egg prices have far surpassed the increase in other grocery items, soaring nearly 60%
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Devan Cole, CNN Investigations into the Trump Organization’s business practices are entering a new chapter and will “go as long as the facts and the law require,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told CNN on Friday, even as he stressed that “a very important chapter” of the probe ended after the
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