COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday is the last day for sports teams and casinos to send in applications to offer on-site betting to Missourians. After all applications are submitted, the Missouri Gaming Commission will review them and allow for temporary licenses to those it chooses. This would allow suppliers to test their systems before the launch
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN You may be ready for fall, but summer isn’t ready to let go. A surge of heat is on the way for a large swath of the US, with millions of people expecting highs above 90°F by Sunday. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN You may be ready for fall, but summer isn’t ready to let go. A surge of heat is on the way for a large swath of the US, with millions of people expecting highs above 90°F by Sunday. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN You may be ready for fall, but summer isn’t ready to let go. A surge of heat is on the way for a large swath of the US, with millions of people expecting highs above 90°F by Sunday. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed
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CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — There’s one buzz word that you might be hearing a lot lately: protein. Whether it’s Starbucks testing a protein-packed cold foam or reality TV star Khloé Kardashian launching her own brand of protein popcorn, the macronutrient is having a cultural moment – and rightfully so. Protein is an
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Charlie Kirk was in his element. The 31-year-old conservative firebrand had set up shop in the center of Utah Valley University for his national “The American Comeback” tour, the first stop at 10 college campuses around the US. His plan, as always: To rally his powers of persuasion and
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CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Charlie Kirk was in his element. The 31-year-old conservative firebrand had set up shop in the center of Utah Valley University for his national “The American Comeback” tour, the first stop at 10 college campuses around the US. His plan, as always: To rally his powers of persuasion
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By Jessie Yeung, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Char Reck, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, according to the country’s rail operator. The trip on Friday comes after Harry made a solo journey to Britain earlier in the week during which he
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By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained by immigration authorities in Georgia last week arrived home on Friday, marking the end of a saga that has stunned their nation and threatened to upend a close bilateral friendship between the US and South Korea. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has made changes to its application process for its homecoming parade, following a dustup with Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine last year. On Aug. 27, the group posted on social media that CAIR — the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country — had filed a
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CNN, FBI By Taylor Romine, Amanda Musa, Dalia Faheid, Emma Tucker OREM, Utah – More than a day after a shooting that stunned the nation, a massive manhunt is underway for the person who killed Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative political activist. On Thursday, authorities shared a video that showed the suspect jumping off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced Thursday that Saturday’s football game will be pushed up to noon, instead of the originally scheduled 3 p.m. start. The school says the change is to avoid the worst of the extreme heat forecast this weekend. After consulting with the National Weather Service, Mizzou decided moving the game earlier
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI has released photographs of a person of interest in the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus. Kirk was fatally shot in the neck on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem during a public speaking engagement on Wednesday. The two pictures show a person
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Senate committee passed both special session bills, redistricting and initiative petition reform, with a vote of 6-2. The two Democratic members on the committee offered amendments to the proposed bills. One amendment would have kept U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s (D-MO) district contained to Kansas City. Cleaver testified in opposition to
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By Curt Devine and Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — As Charlie Kirk mobilized young conservatives on college campuses, he faced numerous personal threats in recent years. And his stops on campus tours were often met with impassioned protests that sometimes spiraled into chaos and violence, leading some schools to adopt strict security measures around his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The influence of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, reached young people across the country, including at the University of Missouri. Kirk’s rhetoric drew plenty of criticism, including his stance on gun violence. But for conservatives on college campuses, he was an inspiration, said a leader of
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Editor’s note: The day of the indictment was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County grand jury indicted a woman and her boyfriend on child endangerment charges Tuesday for the crash that killed the woman’s 3-year-old daughter. Leela M. James, 32, of Holts Summit, and Jessie Knehans, 29, each face a single count of first-degree
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CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The suspected shooter who critically wounded two students at Evergreen High School in Colorado during their third week of classes this semester appeared to have been “radicalized by some extreme network,” officials said Thursday. The suspect, a student at the school, took the school bus that morning and
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By Gonzalo Jimenez, Isa Cardona, CNN (CNN) — Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny said in an interview that he did not include the United States in his 2025-2026 concert tour because of fear that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would raid the concert venues. “People from the US could come here to see the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Missouri House speaker who resigned in disgrace a decade ago admitted Thursday to fraudulently getting a COVID-19 pandemic loan. John J. Diehl Jr., 60, pleaded guilty in St. Louis to one count of wire fraud. Federal prosecutors accused Diehl of using money from a COVID-19 business loan to pay for
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