JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL WARRENSBURG (0) CAPITAL CITY (10) FINAL JEFFERSON CITY (1) HELIAS (3) FINAL GRAIN VALLEY (1) ROCK BRIDGE (8) FINAL NORTH CALLAWAY (1) FAYETTE (6) FINAL BOWLING GREEN (5) MEXICO
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One Boone County mother and her 11-year-old daughter were left shocked after an artificial intelligence texting app began sending them in-appropriate messages. Novi Limited’s application, Journey: New Relationship & AI, is marketed on the Apple App Store as a “deep AI mind that always listens, responds and connects with you emotionally.”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A representative for Missouri Voter Protection Coalition and the ACLU said they will not back down after a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s new voter identification law. Cole County Judge Jon E. Beetmen dismissed the cases filed by the NAACP and Missouri League of Women Voters on Wednesday. Both groups
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Last Thursday, at precisely 5:29pm Pacific Time, a mysterious Twitter account with the handle @LAunionLaundry posted secretly taped audio of now-former Los Angeles County Federation of Labor chief Ron Herrera. The account tagged two reporters at the Los Angeles Times, as well as the newspaper’s politics account. The move successfully
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Christina Maxouris, CNN The US high school graduating class of 2022 had the lowest average ACT score in more than three decades, the organization behind the test said on Wednesday, noting the class also endured the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic for three academic years. The ACT is a standardized exam
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and breezy, lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and windy, highs in the lower 70s. EXTENDED: Dangerous fire weather conditions developed across much of the state with wind gusts this afternoon reaching 30-35 mph along with very low dew points. Avoid any outdoor burning again tomorrow as winds are expected
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ.) A home in Jefferson City has been torn down after it was considered unsafe to the community. Jefferson City demolition workers are in the process of demolishing 407 East Capitol Ave. The building has been there for more than a century, but Housing Property Inspector Dave Helmick said there have been so many issues
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Two people are in the hospital after a Tuesday crash in Audrain County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Highway 54 near route HH. Troopers said 31-year-old Kyle Vomund was driving when the car hydro-planed and went off the road and overturned. Three people were taken to the hospital. Ashley
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Jamie Gangel, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump for documents and testimony during a high-profile public hearing Thursday. The unanimous vote marks a significant escalation by the panel that will set up a
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN The House select committee’s final hearing on the Capitol Hill insurrection before the midterm elections Thursday used new testimony and evidence to demonstrate how former President Donald Trump knew he had lost the election but still went forward with efforts to overturn the results,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Forty-four years, 13 movies and innumerable corpses later, it sounds naïve to think “Halloween Ends” will really mark the end of anything, but like the holiday for which it’s named, it’s fun to pretend. The producers do seek to bring finality to this latest trilogy featuring Jamie Lee Curtis, although
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen The Jan. 6 select committee aired previously unseen footage from Fort McNair, the DC-area Army base where congressional leaders took refuge during the insurrection and scrambled to respond to the unfolding crisis. CNN has obtained additional footage from Fort McNair that wasn’t shown by the committee. The exclusive footage will air on
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that Saudi Arabia knew that the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production “would increase Russian revenues” and that the United States is reviewing “consequences” for that decision. The top US diplomat also confirmed that American officials had urged the oil cartel to hold
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Here’s what we know: Nikolas Cruz, the now 24-year-old who admitted to killing 17 people in Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, has avoided the death penalty. A jury on Thursday recommended he be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a decision which enraged
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Phil Mattingly and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House tried on Thursday to give another rough economic report a positive spin, saying that there’s indicators of progress in newly released inflation numbers — even as the Federal Reserve is expected to respond by aggressively raising interest rates once again. The September Consumer
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Judgment Day arrived on Wednesday for Alex Jones — and he said that it felt like he landed in Hell. “This must be what Hell’s like,” the notorious right-wing conspiracy theorist said on an Infowars livestream as a Connecticut jury awarded plaintiffs a staggering nearly $1 billion in damages. The
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Alta Spells and Denise Royal, CNN The Parkland school shooter has avoided the death penalty after a jury recommended he be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the February 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — a move that left some of the victims’
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thursday is the last day for the University of Missouri’s homecoming blood drive. People can give make a blood donation at the Hearnes Center from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. MU’s homecoming blood drive is one of the largest student-run events in the US, according to the American Red Cross. Organizers say
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Katharina Krebs, CNN Russia said Thursday its forces would help evacuate residents of occupied Kherson to other areas, as Kyiv continued to make gains in its offensive to retake the southern Ukrainian region. The announcement by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin came shortly after the head of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A doctor at MU Health Care is sharing the early signs to watch for when dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. The disease is usually found in people 65 years and older. Alzheimer’s reportedly impacts the lives of more than 6 million Americans. As of 2020, around 120,000 Missourians were diagnosed with the disease.
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