EDITOR’S NOTE: A statistic about income taxes paid by the top 1% of earners has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe might be looking to phase out income tax in 2026, but to do that, the state would have to expand the sales tax base to include services, according to conservative group Americans
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Pryce, Jordan D. Brown, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Accidents are bound to happen out in the wilderness. One hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park learned this the hard way when he was trapped for hours in a predicament that felt straight out of an old movie plot. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingBy Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Video released by Australia’s transport safety agency on Thursday shows the harrowing moment when a skydiver’s parachute was caught on the tail of an airplane before a jump in September. According to the report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released alongside the video, the skydiver, whom the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s new congressional maps are now state law. That is, according to the Missouri attorney general and secretary of state. However, the group fighting the maps says that’s not true, and that the map was suspended from going into effect when they submitted more than 300,000 signatures on a petition to override it. In a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City teenager has been certified as an adult in a shooting that occurred in August. Daniel Day, 17, was charged as an adult on Wednesday with unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of first-degree assault. He is being held at the Cole
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CNN By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, appeared in a Utah court Thursday for the first time in-person since his arrest. Robinson wore a light blue shirt, a striped tie and khaki pants, and was seen on camera speaking
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, appeared in a Utah court Thursday for the first time in-person since his arrest. Robinson wore a light blue shirt, a striped tie and khaki pants, and was seen on camera speaking to
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed al-Sawalhi, Tareq El-Helou, Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rain and cold weather across the Gaza Strip have caused flooding and complicated an already difficult humanitarian situation for Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom live in tents and other temporary shelters after two years of war. In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the Abu Jazar
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By Christian Edwards, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — The United States has suggested creating a “free economic zone” in parts of the eastern Donbas region from which Ukraine would withdraw under a negotiated peace with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday. In wide-ranging comments to reporters, Zelensky said that Kyiv has presented the US
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By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said US government “support” helped her travel to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, hours after the US seized an oil tanker in a dramatic escalation of pressure against the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro. Machado, who has been in hiding following
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Thursday that members of the alliance could be “Russia’s next target,” calling for a rapid rise in defense spending to prevent a war similar to those seen by past generations. Rutte’s comments, in a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Berlin, came
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday afternoon following a federal judge’s order. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody “immediately,” Thursday in a court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the El Salvadoran man
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Brian Walshe did not take the stand in his murder trial before his attorneys rested their case Thursday morning without putting on any evidence. This appears to be a change of course for the defense – his attorneys had indicated during a sidebar at the end of the
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By Clare Sebastian, Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, in a previously undisclosed mission that signals a new expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN A World War II hero is set to return home for a proper burial, 80 years after his death. His long-awaited homecoming will finally give loved ones an opportunity to honor his service and pay their respects. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s Young Democratic Socialists of America will hold a protest Thursday in response to a federal “warrant sweep” from last month and University of Missouri System President Mun Choi’s meeting with Gov. Mike Kehoe. Mizzou YSDA will meet at Speaker’s Circle on the University of Missouri’s campus at 3
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The USDA said Wednesday that it had approved Missouri’s request for a waiver from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rules, allowing the state to exclude sugary food and drinks from the program. SNAP helps low-income Missourians pay for food. Starting next year, they won’t be able to use SNAP funds to buy prepackaged sweets, candy, soda,
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW transport ship by his own countrymen. For his bravery in battle, he was given the Medal of Honor,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: A source error regarding the time firefighters responded has been corrected. No one was injured after a home caught fire Wednesday on Trillium Lane, according to a press release from the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District. The release says firefighters were called at 1:23 p.m. and arriving first-responders saw a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia green card holder who has been ordered to be deported from the United States, with a lifetime ban to keep him from reentering the country, says the outcome of his immigration case was predetermined. “I just want to thank everyone for all the love and support my family and I
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