COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As residents in Florida prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ian, so are organizations across the country. The Red Cross of the Missouri and Arkansas Region and Convoy of Hope in Springfield have been preparing to provide shelter and supplies to those in Florida. “Here in the Missouri Arkansas region we sent
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity’s first test of planetary defense. The impact occurred at 7:14 p.m. ET greeted by cheers from the mission team in Laurel, Maryland. The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, launched 10 months ago. While the asteroid, Dimorphos, was
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Southern Boone High School officials gave the public a heads-up Monday morning about a crash simulation planned outside the school.
Continue ReadingBy Maria Santana, CNN The migrant says he had been living on the streets of San Antonio for nearly a month when he met a woman named “Perla” who made a compelling offer. She offered him clothes, food and money, he told CNN, and in exchange, he would go out and find other migrants to
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and beautiful with highs in the mid-70s. EXTENDED: With high pressure overhead, temperatures dip into the upper 40s overnight. Our local forecast is quite tranquil this week with very little impact to be felt here with what’s left of Ian to
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Early Monday morning, tropical storm Ian upgraded to a category one hurricane. This current storm has wreaked havoc already on many Caribbean islands and only looks to continue its path of destruction. Hurricane Ian is currently just to the south of the Cuban islands with winds sustained at 100 mph jumping the storm to a
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand and Jackson Grigsby, CNN The day before the 2020 election, Roger Stone, the long-time Republican operative and ally of former President Donald Trump, said in front of a documentary film crew that he had no interest in waiting to tally actual votes before contesting the election results. “F**k the voting,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will host a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new fire station. The ceremony for Fire Station No. 11 will take place 3 p.m. Tuesday at 6909 Scott Blvd. A press release stated speakers for the event will include: Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, Ward 5 Councilman Matt Pitzer and Acting Fire Chief Clayton
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Her feet dangle off the exam table, anxiously swinging back and forth. The doctor will arrive soon for the ultrasound. The woman will see the first image of the baby growing inside of her — one she will never hold. The ultrasound doesn’t take long, and the image
Continue ReadingToday: Winds continue to remain gusty this afternoon up to 25 mph out of the northwest. Highs top out into the lower 70s with mostly sunny skies remaining in place. Tonight: Winds calm back to the 5-10 mph range remaining out of the northwest. Overnight lows dip into the upper 40s as skies remain mostly
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher, Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN Officials at NASA announced Monday that the space agency is rolling the massive Artemis mega moon rocket back into its hangar, called the Vehicle Assembly Building, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to protect it from Hurricane Ian. The move delays the third launch attempt for
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The formal investiture of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest justice, will be Friday morning, with court announcing Monday details about the event. The investiture is a purely ceremonial event that will not be broadcast publicly. The Supreme Court will meet for it in a
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, Barbie Latza Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen, Nicola Ruotolo, Sharon Braithwaite and Valentina DiDonato, CNN Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in a general election that seems set to install her as Italy’s first female prime minister, leading the most far-right government since the fascist era of Benito Mussolini. Addressing the
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Walmart has entered the metaverse. The retail giant announced Monday it is launching two immersive online experiences with Roblox, a metaverse mega-platform extremely popular with young kids. Walmart said it is targeting the next generation of customers — Covid-19 altered consumers’ shopping habits and caused a surge in e-commerce sales. ‘Walmart
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business When Parag Agrawal took over as Twitter’s CEO last November following co-founder Jack Dorsey’s surprise resignation from the role, he was little known outside the company. Ten months later, Agrawal has featured prominently in a whistleblower disclosure, been rebuked by name in a Congressional hearing and fielded criticism from the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The UK said Monday it could impose a multimillion-dollar fine on TikTok after the government found the short-form video platform may have violated children’s privacy. The potential fine of £27 million, or about $29 million, follows an investigation by the UK’s data privacy regulator, which found that over the course of
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft will deliberately slam into an asteroid Monday, and it’s all in the name of planetary protection. The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will crash into the space rock at 7:14 p.m. ET after launching 10 months ago. The spacecraft will attempt to affect the motion
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, CNN The autopsy report for Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man who died while in police custody in Colorado three years ago, has been changed to update the cause of death from “undetermined” to “complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint,” Adams County Chief Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan said Friday. In August 2019,
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN For the past two years Jan Gautam has been filling in sporadically as a housekeeper at hotels in Orlando, Florida, run by Interessant Hotels & Resort Management, or IHRMC. When he’s not making beds, he’s busy running the company. He’s the President and CEO of IHRMC — which is based in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four former Phi Gamma Delta members at the University of Missouri charged in a hazing case are due in court this week. Thomas Shultz is scheduled to appear Monday for a hearing at 10:30 a.m. The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office charges Shultz and others with hazing after an October 2021 party left
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