By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Social media is flooded with videos of men trying to pick up women. They call themselves “manfluencers,” and smart glasses are their secret tool. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Growing volatility The disciplined execution of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of assaulting a woman in September in Audrain County was sentenced to probation on Monday, according to an email from Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger. Lane Miles pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping and second-degree domestic assault. He was originally charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault and second-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tanner Bridge Road bridge over the Moreau River will close later this month, according to a Monday press release from Cole County Public Works. The closure will begin Monday, Feb. 23 between Friendship Road and Route B, the release says. Don Schnieders Excavating Company, Inc. was awarded the $2.1 Million contract
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who escaped from the Osage County Jail in October 2023 has been sentenced to probation. Alex Stieffermann pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 in multiple cases to several crimes, including escaping confinement, second-degree assault, stealing a vehicle, first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and causing damage to jail property. He was
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By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Keir Starmer was fighting to salvage his premiership on Monday after the resignations of key advisers and growing calls from senior Labour Party figures for the British prime minister to step down, following bitter fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Addressing a packed room of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say PCP was present in the apartment where a man was fatally shot Saturday night in a senior apartment complex in central Columbia. Officers also found cocaine in the shooting suspect’s apartment, according to court documents. Michael D. Graham, 66, was charged with second-degree murder, illegal gun possession, armed criminal action,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up Mizzou baseball coach Kerrick Jackson in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair previewed the 2026 season, which will begin on Friday against Mount Saint Mary’s in Fort Meyers, Fla. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above. You can
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By Billy Stockwell, Charlotte Reck, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles stands ready to support British police as they assess a report that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor allegedly shared confidential material with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during the former prince’s role as UK trade envoy. The latest tranche of Epstein files released by
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CNN By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger. The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to exchange numbers with him. It wasn’t until she got home and searched his
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger. The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to exchange numbers with him. It wasn’t until she got home and searched his social
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Team USA won two gold medals at the Olympics on Sunday, but a shocking crash on the ski slopes cast a somber note over an otherwise celebratory day. American athlete Lindsey Vonn fractured her leg in a downhill race — though many agree that her journey, despite its ending, is
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Team USA won two gold medals at the Olympics on Sunday, but a shocking crash on the ski slopes cast a somber note over an otherwise celebratory day. American athlete Lindsey Vonn fractured her leg in a downhill race — though many agree that her journey, despite its ending, is anything
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By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Prince and Princess of Wales have been “deeply concerned” by revelations from the trove of new documents related to Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, a Kensington Palace spokesperson has said. Speaking to journalists in Riyadh ahead of Prince William’s visit to Saudi
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It had been 17 days since the Mizzou women’s basketball team had last experienced a loss, but that feeling returned, on Sunday evening, with a 85-66 loss to Georgia. With the defeat, the Bulldogs snapped the Tigers’ three-game winning streak. With the loss, head coach Kellie Harper and her team fell to
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon teenager was seriously injured in a crash in Macon County Saturday afternoon. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on Route DD just after 4 p.m. The report states the 17-year-old boy was driving a 1999 Ford Ranger west, when the truck
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was detained by ICE for several months is back in the Netherlands. Owen Ramsignh returned to the Netherlands– where he lived as a child– early Sunday morning. Ramsingh’s close friend Robert Olson told ABC 17 News that Ramsingh touched down at the Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam at 8:30
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy fog by daybreak, lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny, breezy, and mild with highs in the mid-upper 60s. EXTENDED: Temperatures are expected to rise above normal through Monday as skies clear following a weak weather system tonight that could bring a little patchy fog by morning. Monday is
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub. The 78-year-old self-made billionaire was among the highest-profile government critics charged since Beijing imposed
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By Diego Mendoza, Ruben Correa, Gonzalo Zegarra, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN (CNN) — Key Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa has been placed under house arrest, his son said, two days after he was re-arrested by heavily armed men following his release from a jail where he had been held as a political prisoner. “We are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents from three Columbia mobile home parks publicly launched a tenants union Sunday, calling on their corporate landlord to negotiate over rising costs, safety concerns, and alleged retaliation. Tenants from Richland Heights North, Richland Heights South, and Creekwood Estates announced the formation of Columbia Tenants Union Locals 1, 2, and 3 during
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