By Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Angry residents of the emotionally shattered Texas town of Uvalde confronted the school board Monday night with speakers calling for district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo to be fired and asking what safety measures will be put in place when schools reopen. The grief from the May 24
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on Sunday warned voters in his state against Kari Lake, the far-right, gubernatorial candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump. “Kari Lake’s misleading voters with no evidence,” Ducey, who co-chairs the Republican Governors Association, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked about
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN The attorney general of the state of Ohio couldn’t match the job of a local reporter who confirmed the case of a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio to Indiana to receive an abortion, CNN analyst Bill Carter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. “There is not a damn scintilla of
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Dakin Andone, Amir Vera, Matthew J. Friedman, Elizabeth Joseph and Peter Nickeas, CNN A preliminary report by the Texas House investigative committee probing the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre outlines a series of failures by multiple law enforcement agencies, describing “an overall lackadaisical approach” by authorities on the scene of the shooting in
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, Aya Elamroussi and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN As cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the US, a top health official is stressing that the outbreak needs to be handled in a more rigorous manner. “This is something we definitely need to take seriously. We don’t know the scope and the potential of
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, Daniella Diaz, Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN Two members of the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection said Sunday that they expected the panel to receive US Secret Service text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, by Tuesday, following a subpoena issued last week for the records. “We expect
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) According to most recent CDC Data, two Omicron Subvariants are to blame for the increase in COVID-19 cases across the country. The CDC says the subvariants BA.5 and BA.4 can spread more easily then previous sub-variants. The subvariants represent an estimated 16.3% and 65.0% of the SARS-CoV-2 variants as of the week ending July 9, 2022 according to
Continue ReadingBy Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN Walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a powerful experience for pretty much anyone who knows the history of Bloody Sunday, a 1965 march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, that was stopped by violent, racist state troopers. The power of Selma is next-level for young Tybre Faw.
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson, Sarah El Sirgany and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Joe Biden’s controversial fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was “a win” for the US President, the Saudi foreign minister told CNN in an exclusive interview on Saturday. The US President has faced a backlash over the informal way he greeted the
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TODAY: Widespread showers and storms throughout the morning and early afternoon. Heavy downpours and lightning are possible before rain exits midday. Areas east of highway 63 will see the greatest rainfall totals Sunday between 0.5″-1″. Highs fall to seasonable levels in the mid to upper 80s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with near-average highs in the low
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson, Sarah El Sirgany and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Joe Biden’s controversial fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was “a win” for the US President, the Saudi foreign minister told CNN in an exclusive interview on Saturday. The US President has faced a backlash over the informal way he greeted the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A house fire in Northern Boone County early Saturday morning caused $1.6 million in damages. according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. The fire happened on the 10,000 block of East Greenfield Rd. in Northern Boone County around 1:20 a.m. The Boone County Fire Protection District says, 15 firefighters were on
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On Saturday around 4:30 a.m., Columbia Police were called out to the 1500 block of Raleigh Drive to investigate a possible shooting.
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Boone County, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people are dead after a crash early Saturday morning. The two vehicle crash happened just outside of Sturgeon on Missouri Highway 22 and Highway Y. When ABC 17 News Crews arrived at the crash at 4 a.m, they saw multiple emergency crews examing the vehicles involved in the crash. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou basketball standouts Laurence Bowers and DeMarre Carroll hosted an alumni basketball game with some of the biggest names from both the MU gridiron and hardwood on Saturday. You can watch the full interviews with some of the players in attendance in the video players below. https://youtu.be/7nR2W2cigQk https://youtu.be/n5mgB641dtE https://youtu.be/sdWlOozcWW0 https://youtu.be/wUx-OdDQMx4 Fans
Continue ReadingXiaofei Xu, CNN Summer is in full swing in Paris and the entrance square to the Louvre is busy with vendors selling water or Eiffel Tower souvenirs. Among them, US tourist Chris Walkley is enjoying his first visit to France, taking selfies with his girlfriend by the art museum’s glass pyramid. “Paris definitely lived up
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN A dust storm caused a 21-vehicle pileup on Interstate 90 in Big Horn County, Montana, on Friday evening, resulting in the deaths of six people, including three children, according to the Montana Highway Patrol. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said first responders were investigating the accident
Continue ReadingTonight: Scattered showers and storms will continue throughout Saturday night as temperatures cool to the lower 70’s. Lightning and some strong downpours will be possible. Tomorrow: Showers and storms will become more widespread by Sunday morning aiding in diminishing short term drought conditions. Areas east of highway 63 will see greatest rainfall totals between 0.5″-1″.
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday capped a four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, his first trip to the Middle East since taking office. The President started his trip by meeting with Israeli leaders to expand security ties with the nation and discuss countering efforts by Iran to destabilize the region.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri resident who was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that likely happened after swimming in a southwestern Iowa lake has died, health officials said Friday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the patient died due to primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and usually fatal infection
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