COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will no longer use alternative methods of instruction, the district wrote in an email to families on Friday night. The email – provided to ABC 17 News by a district spokesperson and Board President John Lyman – says that the district will not need to use AMI days for
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By Meena Duerson, Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A former family doctor who has been accused of abuse by more than 160 of his patients surrendered to authorities Friday in Oregon, where he was arraigned on felony sexual abuse charges. David B. Farley turned himself in at the Clackamas County Jail in the early hours
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By Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. Since drumming in a college band, the 64-year-old politician has remained a fan of groups like Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden. She used to play so hard that she carried four pairs of sticks as back-up in
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced he will impose an additional 100% tariff on goods from China, on top of the 30% tariffs already in effect, starting November 1 or sooner. The threat is a massive escalation after months of a trade truce between the two nations. “The United States of
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A vigil was held Friday evening at Carver Park in Fulton for one of the women shot this week in Jefferson City. Organizers wrote that the vigil was being held for Sofie Mulcahey. Organizers said she was a victim in a shooting that occurred Tuesday morning in the 1100 block of Cordell
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By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was evacuated for a time Friday night after a fire alarm and a gas smell were detected, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration. “Just keep taxiing V then F,” one controller told a pilot according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person has died from injuries they suffered in a crash Friday on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, according to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP’s Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – wrote one vehicle was involved and described it as a rollover crash
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Pulaski County on Wednesday after she allegedly put a dead fetus into a cooler and gave it to a man. Makayla Haedt was charged with first-degree harassment. An arraignment was held on Friday and a bond hearing was scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28. Information about
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By Pete Muntean, Nicki Brown, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration reported 12 of their facilities were short-staffed on Friday, including some which have caused delays for travelers. Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport will not have the normal number of staff in its control tower from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to his post, despite accepting his resignation Monday following the collapse of his overnight government. “The president of the republic has named Mr Sébastien Lecornu prime minister and has charged him with forming a government,” the Élysée Palace
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By Ivana Kottasová, Mohammad al-Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Palestinians began the long, dusty walk from the south of Gaza toward Gaza City after a ceasefire came into effect in the enclave on Friday. They found their city lying in ruins – yet were relieved to be returning home. Virtually the whole population of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Friday with arson and murder in a June house fire on Paris Road. Brandon Butchkoski, 47, is accused in the death of Donovan Baylis. Baylis died after he was burned in a fire that was set at his home. Baylis died about a month later at a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The government funding fight in Washington, D.C., has taken away some of the spectacle from Saturday’s Missouri football game against Alabama. Mizzou Athletics said in a social media post Friday that a planned military flyover before No. 14 Missouri’s showdown against No. 8 Alabama at Memorial Stadium will not take place because
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By Tami Luhby, Annie Grayer, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Friday. The filing provides greater insight into an announcement from President Donald Trump’s budget chief
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) SEC Nation made its return to Columbia, as the 14th-ranked Mizzou Tigers gear up to take on the 8th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. Saturday. SEC Nation will be set up at the Walsworth Plaza in front of Mizzou Arena on Champions Drive. This is the second time the University of
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CNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Jason Morris, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Some people are dead and several people are unaccounted for after an explosion at a military explosives company in Tennessee, local officials say. “We do have some folks, we can confirm that we do have some that are deceased,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Jason Morris, Caroll Alvarado, Chris Youd, Ray Sanchez, Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — Eighteen people are dead or missing after a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday, authorities said — a “mass detonation” so significant that it rattled homes miles away. The early-morning explosion at
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By Adam Cancryn, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump said Friday that Russia has allowed eight Ukrainian children to reunite with their parents, following months of private discussions between Russian officials and the first lady’s office centered on children separated from their families during the war. The first lady revealed that she
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By Christian Edwards, Char Reck, CNN (CNN) — María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader driven into hiding since a disputed election last year, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” Machado received the accolade for tirelessly promoting democratic rights in Venezuela and
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By Allie Torgan, CNN (CNN) — It’s been 10 years since Maggie Doyne was named the 2015 CNN Hero of the Year for her work caring for and educating vulnerable children and orphans in rural Nepal. What started with a plot of land that she purchased with her babysitting money has become a global model
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