By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — “Seriously fractured” is how President Donald Trump described the Iranian government when he extended a ceasefire to give it time to come up with a “unified” proposal. Iran’s failure to show up in Pakistan for a second round of talks with Vice President JD Vance showed just how disjointed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with driving while intoxicated in a weekend crash that killed a man in Jefferson City is now charged with manslaughter. Prosecutors in Cole County filed an amended complaint on Wednesday that now charges Robert Roy Rackers Jr. with driving while intoxicated that caused the death of another,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Third Ward city councilman Derek Thomas will resign from his post in June. Thomas said in a news release Wednesday morning that he would soon be moving out of Missouri due to medical issues facing his family. His last day on the council will be June 2. “In running for this
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By Christiane Amanpour, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted the war in Iran has taken the focus away from Russia’s aggression against his country, telling CNN it was a “big risk” to think that efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine can’t restart until the conflict in Iran ends. Speaking to
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By Tami Luhby, Alexandra Skores Washington (CNN) — Long security lines could reappear at airports next month after the Department of Homeland Security secretary warned Tuesday the agency doesn’t have enough money to continue to pay its employees through May. DHS has been shut down since mid-February, and the resulting lapse in paychecks prompted many
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Texas can now require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, a ruling that has reignited debate over the role of religion in public education. The decision could ultimately set the stage for a future showdown at the Supreme Court over the issue, analysts say. Here’s what else you need
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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Gunfire shattered the silence of the Cedar Grove community in Shreveport, Louisiana, just before dawn Sunday. Moments later, a mother and her two children scrambled out of a window and onto the roof of an unassuming gray and white home on West 79th Street and frantically dialed 911. “Units
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By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Two Palestinians, among them a 14-year-old boy, have been shot and killed at a school in the occupied West Bank amid an attack by Israeli settlers, the Palestinian Health Ministry and multiple eyewitnesses said. A video from the scene shows a man in military fatigues armed with a rifle
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By Holly Yan, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing three people, including a Department of Homeland Security employee, in a shooting rampage across several Atlanta suburbs last week has died in custody, authorities said. Olaolukitan Adon-Abel, 26, was found unresponsive in his jail cell around 6:48 p.m. Tuesday. Detention staff tried
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja (CNN) — For Mauro Rui Callado Cortêz, a Catholic lay teacher in Angola, the “unique opportunity” to see Pope Leo XIV in person was unmissable, even though serious illness should have confined him to bed. “My visual contact with the Holy Father was a unique moment; it transmitted such a
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The date when the issue could appear on the ballot has been corrected. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A resolution to put a measure to eliminate the income tax and allow new sales taxes will appear before voters in August or November. The Missouri House on Tuesday approved the measure with a 95-59 vote.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou students talked and Tiger Athletics listened. On Tuesday, MU Athletics announced that it will roll out a new student ticketing model in the 2026-27 school year, in response to feedback given from the student body. The new model will rank students on a ‘leaderboard’ to determine who will get priority for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was stabbed on Tuesday in central Columbia. Officers closed off Unity Drive, a short street in central Columbia in the middle of West Worley and Ash streets and McBaine Avenue and Oak Street. The victim was identified by police, but they are not publicly releasing identifying information at this moment,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials have confirmed that a man who was hit by an allegedly inebriated driver on Sunday in Jefferson City has died. Richard Robben, 59, was on an electric bike when he was hit by Robert Roy Rackers Jr. in the 100 block of East Dunklin Drive after 5 p.m. Sunday. Rackers, 36,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state presented more witness testimony Tuesday as the jury trial for a deadly 2025 Holts Summit shooting continues. This testimony included new information on both Smith’s retelling of events and the whereabouts of Dills’ gun following the shooting. A 12-person jury was picked Monday to decide the fate of 38-year-old Heather
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(Editor’s note, 4/22: The story has been corrected to reflect which agency recommended approval of the ordinance.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centralia Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday night unanimously recommended approval of an ordinance that defines and places rules on potential data centers in the city. Centralia Mayor Chris Cox told ABC 17 News
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man serving a life sentence at Jefferson City Correctional Center has been indicted on a murder charge. Brandon Bibbs, 45, is charged with second-degree murder in the June 27, 2024, death of a Jefferson City inmate. The name of the deceased inmate was not immediately named in court documents. A probable
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Footage of a gunman shooting at panicked tourists lying atop Mexico’s historic Pyramid of the Moon has renewed concerns about security in the country as it prepares to co-host millions of soccer fans for the World Cup this summer. At least one person, a Canadian woman, was killed in
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Department of Transportation is eliminating antiquated paper strips, copper communications wiring and computer floppy discs, but it says more money is needed to keep upgrading the decades-old air traffic control system, and integrate new technologies like artificial intelligence and software to streamline US flights. At a news
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A century-old hospital in Marshall has filed for bankruptcy. Fitzgibbon Hospital announced in a Tuesday social media post that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has “secured a partner for sale of the facility.” The sale includes The Living Center. “Our priority is, and always will be, the health and
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