By Nikki Carvajal, Jasmine Wright and Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden commemorated the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks at a remembrance event Sunday at the Pentagon, delivering heartfelt remarks that honored those killed there. “I know for all those of you who lost someone, 21 years is both a lifetime and no
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, which celebrate the best television shows and performances of they year, will be presented Monday. Here is everything you need to know ahead of TV’s big night. The host Kenan Thompson will take center stage as this year’s host, live from the Microsoft Theater in downtown
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is September 11, and if you are old enough to remember the events of that day 21 years ago, you know the painful memories of loss and sacrifice this anniversary invokes. Channel those feelings into something positive today by reflecting on what’s most important to you and performing at least
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Today: Scattered showers exiting east by early morning. Clouds follow this afternoon though highs only hit the low 70s/upper 60s. Tomorrow: Clear and chilly at the bus stop as lows dive to the low 50s. Expect another gorgeous day in the 70s with barely a cloud in the sky! Extended: High pressure dominates the region
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Dakin Andone, CNN Hundreds of people will need to find new homes after an explosion at their apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, Saturday that injured at least three people, according to Aurora Fire Rescue. Fire crews responded to the building along East Alameda Avenue after “reports of smoke conditions” on Saturday,
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Marshall Cohen, CNN Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented an honorary American flag recently flown above the US Capitol to a convicted January 6 rioter after she was released from prison Friday. Gohmert, a Trump ally who has previously promoted debunked conspiracies about the January 6, 2021, insurrection, met Dr.
Continue ReadingBy David Culver and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Shanika Whiten has devoted over two decades to working for the Los Angeles Unified School District. But recent soaring inflation, combined with the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, have put the 42-year-old special education assistant — and countless teachers and school staff across the US — under
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Queen’s coffin has arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, following a six-hour journey from Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital. Crowds of mourners lined the streets of villages and cities, paying tribute to the monarch as her cortege made its way across
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Last Sunday afternoon was one to forget for the Cleveland Browns. For a franchise with a history of heartbreak and disappointment, giving up a 13-point lead in the final few minutes against the New York Jets — and their backup quarterback — to lose was shocking even for the Browns. However,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Lincoln Blue Tigers fell hard in the homer opener 58-20 against Northwest Missouri State. LU scored on the opening drive with a 65-yard touchdown to Aderias Ealy, but the Blue Tigers didn’t find the end zone again until the second half. The Bearcats put up a big 23 points in
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MANHATTAN, KS. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team was dominated in the first road game of the season losing to Kansas State 40-12. The Tigers offense struggled to move the ball with starting quarterback Brady Cook going 15/26 for 128 yards and two interceptions. Jack Abraham came in for a short time in the second half
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) HS SOFTBALL STALEY (12) HICKMAN (1) FINAL VERSAILLES (5) BOONVILLE (6) FINAL LEBANON (2) BRANSON (3) FINAL TROY BUCHANAN (2) CENTRALIA (5) FINAL MACON (2) CHILLICOTHE (13) FINAL HELIAS (10) JACKSON (0) FINAL ROLLA (7) KICKAPOO (8) FINAL UNION (0) LOUISIANA (9) FINAL HALLSVILLE (8) MEXICO (5) FINAL MID-BUCHANAN (3) SMITH-COTTON (6)
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Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services added two additional clinics to administer the new COVID-19 bivalent vaccine due to high demand.
Continue ReadingTonight: Showers will begin to move in ahead of an incoming cold front tonight. Brief on and off downpours will occur with the possibility of some lightning. Overnight lows cool to nearly 60 degrees. Tomorrow: Scattered showers will remain across southeastern parts of Mid-Missouri throughout the first half of the morning. By the afternoon hours,
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta and Megan Thomas, CNN Indiana Jones, the world’s most famous archeologist, is back for his next adventure. Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, debuted the first teaser footage for the new, still-untitled film during the studio’s presentation at Disney’s D23 Expo on Saturday. Though the video showed to the crowd has not
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A motion to expedite the lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters and NAACP against a new Missouri law requiring voter ID will be heard in Cole County court Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado, CNN A former principal in California was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday for “cruelty to child by endangering health” after he was caught on camera aggressively shoving a student with special needs to the ground, according to local authorities and court documents. Earlier this week the Fresno Unified School District released surveillance
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Amy Woodyatt, CNN King Charles III dedicated “what remains to me of my life” to “the heavy task that has been laid upon me” after he was formally confirmed as the new king of the United Kingdom in a ceremony steeped in tradition and pageantry at St. James’s Palace
Continue ReadingBy David Wilkinson and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN As a new era dawns in Britain, arrangements for a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II are underway. After a record-breaking reign, the monarch died at her Balmoral residence in Scotland on Thursday. Her son, King Charles III, has asked for a period of Royal Mourning to be
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Many people are familiar with the African roots of the human family tree. But in recent years, a torrent of exciting fossil and DNA discoveries across Asia has forced a radical rethink of our family saga. It’s there that entirely new kinds of extinct humans have been unearthed — including relatives
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