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No. 12 Mizzou hoops blown out by No. 7 Tennessee in SEC opener
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 12 Mizzou men’s basketball team was no match for No. 7 Tennessee on Wednesday night in MU’s SEC opener. The Volunteers beat the Tigers 73-53. Tennessee opened the game on a 23-4 run, and Mizzou could never get back in the game. You can watch head coach Cuonzo Martin’s full
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Post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal becomes law on eve of deadline
British lawmakers voted to back the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Wednesday, on the eve of the December 31 deadline marking the end of the transition period. The bill passed comfortably, 521 to 73, following accelerated sittings in both Houses of Parliament. The deal, finalized last week, marks a significant
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China’s Sinopharm says its coronavirus vaccine is 79% effective
China’s state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm has announced its coronavirus vaccine is 79.34% effective. Interim analysis of Phase 3 clinical trials show the vaccine is safe and people who received two doses produced high-level antibodies, according to a statement published Wednesday by Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., a Sinopharm subsidiary. The company said it was seeking
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Columbia woman charged with trafficking in stolen identities
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was arrested for possession of a stolen credit card on Nov. 2. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy reports finding eight credit cards belonging to eight different people during a search of Alexis Pollard’s vehicle. According to court documents, two cards were reported stolen by their owners. Pollard is charged
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New Year’s Eve fireworks are on in some places, but they’ll look a lot different this year
New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world will look very different this year as cities take precautions against the spread of Covid-19. The best view of most major cities is going to be from your couch. Most of the large traditional displays of fireworks and celebrations globally have been canceled and replaced with smaller televised
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Colorado officials suspect they’ve found a second case of UK coronavirus variant
Health officials in a Colorado county believe they’ve found a second local case of a coronavirus variant from the United Kingdom — one that experts have said may be especially contagious. That news Wednesday came a day after the first known case of the variant in the US was announced in Elbert County. Both the
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Some think Moderna VIPS may cut the line to get scarce Covid-19 vaccine
When biotech company Moderna announced Tuesday that it planned to offer its workforce a chance to get vaccinated with its recently authorized Covid-19 vaccine, their decision raised some eyebrows. In addition to employees, the company said it would offer shots to its board members and the “adult household members of our team.” Moderna’s decision calls
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Mizzou women’s hoops opens SEC play Thursday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will open up SEC play on Thursday at 2 p.m. against Alabama. We spoke with head coach Robin Pingeton on Wednesday ahead of the matchup. You can watch the full interview in the video player below. The Tigers are 4-1 after non-conference play. Mizzou is currently on
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British lawmakers back post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal on eve of deadline
British lawmakers voted to back the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Wednesday, on the eve of the December 31 deadline marking the end of the transition period. The bill passed comfortably, 521 to 73, following accelerated sittings in both Houses of Parliament. The deal, finalized last week, marks a significant
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Boone County treasurer returns over $40,000 in unclaimed property this year
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A record $40,473.81 of unclaimed property was returned this year according to Boone County Treasurer Tom Darrough. “My staff and I have a passion to return to citizens and businesses money that is rightfully theirs. It is better for you to claim your money before it goes to the state because we
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Three people face charges in Howard County after a child injured
FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) Howard County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation after a child in Fayette was placed on a ventilator due to exposure to marijuana and “essential oils” on Nov. 18. According to court documents, the child was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital where Tristan Easley told hospital staff that “he left the
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Mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn leads Anderson Cooper in meditation
“You can’t figure it out by thinking,” Jon Kabat-Zinn advised Anderson Cooper on embracing the present moment through mindfulness. “It’s more of a way of being.” Kabat-Zinn, the founder of mindfulness-based stress reduction and professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, joined “Full Circle” to share some simple strategies on how
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Doctor drives three hours to get Covid-19 vaccine to rural Michigan hospital
A Michigan doctor and his silver pickup truck are playing a key role in getting the Covid-19 vaccine to remote parts of the state. Dr. Richard Bates drove almost 150 miles earlier this month to take a cooler carrying 130 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from the MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland to their hospital
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What we know about the 63-year-old Nashville bomber
The man who detonated an RV bomb in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning was a loner with no significant criminal record and as yet no signs of a political ideology. Anthony Quinn Warner, a 63-year-old from Antioch, Tennessee, died when his recreational vehicle exploded on 2nd Avenue North, damaging more than 40 buildings and injuring
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Girlfriend of Nashville bomber told police in 2019 he was building explosives in an RV, records show
A woman who said she was the girlfriend of the man who set off the Christmas Day explosion in Nashville told police last year he was making bombs in his recreational vehicle, according to a statement and documents the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department provided to CNN. On August 21, 2019, police received a call from
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Tornado touches down in Corsicana, Texas, as storm system moves into Gulf Coast
Officials in Navarro County, Texas, said a tornado touched down in the town of Corsicana on Wednesday morning. The Office of Emergency Management posted on its Instagram page that the area affected is about 100 yards wide and 600 yards long. At least 13 mobile homes were damaged but there were no reports of any
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Florida’s first-come, first-serve Covid-19 vaccination plan for the elderly leads to scramble
Florida’s county-by-county plan to vaccinate its elderly population has created a mass scramble for a limited number of doses, leading to hourslong lines at vaccination sites and overwhelmed county hotlines and websites. In southwest Florida, the Lee County Department of Health encouraged anyone 65 and older and high-risk frontline health care workers to come to
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GBI releases results of Cobb absentee ballots signature audit
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL ) — GBI Director Vic Reynolds made it clear Wednesday that his special agents did not find widespread fraud in Cobb County during a signature audit of absentee ballots. “Out of the 15,118 absentee oath envelopes that were randomly audited all of those were appropriately counted
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State helping non-profit art organizations impacted by the pandemic
Click here for updates on this story NORWCIH, Connecticut (WFSB) — The pandemic decimated the arts community along with restaurants and establishments. Now, the State of Connecticut is coming to the aid of many of the non-profit arts organizations in Norwich and New London to keep them afloat. Several Norwich area art organizations have been
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