The Missouri House on Thursday passed a bill that, if approved by the Senate, would allow state officials to increase speed limits on some rural highways. The legislation would allow the Missouri Department of Transportation to increase the speed limit from 70 mph to 75 mph on some stretches of divided highways in rural Missouri.
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By Nic Robertson, Jessie Yeung, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — As the stalemate between Washington and Tehran drags on and the world waits in hope of a deal, the very real possibility of an alternate outcome – the resumption of war – looms overhead. The clock was already ticking down on Friday to an anticipated
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By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Violent crowds clashed with police outside a hospital in a remote Australian outback town Thursday night as they demanded authorities hand over an accused child-killer. Dramatic footage showed police officers dodging rocks and sticks while rioters smashed police cars and set a police van on fire. Officers can
Continue ReadingBy Esha Mitra, CNN Murshidabad / Kolkata, India (CNN) — Sadre Alam went to war for India. Suprabuddha Sen’s grandfather illustrated its first constitution. For decades, both men exercised their rights enshrined in that document to vote in the world’s largest democracy. Days before polls opened in crucial state elections in April, they found out
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Someone jumped from the parking garage in downtown Columbia at Fifth and Walnut streets, according to a Columbia Police Department spokesman. Police are investigating an apparent suicide after one person was found dead, according to CPD spokesman Colin Imhoff. ABC 17 News typically does not report on suicides; but it will here
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The National Weather Service in Kansas City has confirmed two more tornadoes touched down on Monday morning in Randolph County. A survey team was out earlier this week and found a 36 mile long path of damage after an EF-2 tornado touched down in Saline County and traveled through the southern tip of Chariton and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday will introduce a bill aiming to delay any application for data centers within the city. City documents say the city is looking to delay “the acceptance or processing” of data center applications for a full year. Documents note the council passed an ordinance at its previous
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was taken to a hospital after an apartment fire in Columbia on Thursday. A Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman said 18 fire personnel were sent to the scene in the 2400 block of Whitegate Drive. The cause of the fire was under investigation, spokeswoman Skyler Clark said. The call came in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House on Thursday approved a bill that would allow state officials to increase speed limits on rural, four-lane highways. The bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton) and carried in the House by Rep. John Voss (R-Cape Girardeau), had already passed the Senate. However, the House added
Continue ReadingBy Reuters (Reuters) — Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, more than five years after the military ousted the civilian government she led and jailed the Nobel laureate. Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the junta since and her whereabouts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has received criticism of job postings for which it wants to hire foreign professionals. The university has eight job postings on the website of its International Student and Scholar Services program. The postings included Labor Condition Applications “in support of an H-1B status petition” as required by Department
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GLASGOW, Mo. (KMIZ) Cleanup in Glasgow is ongoing after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-2 tornado tore through the area Monday. Mayor Donald Clear issued a local state of emergency on Monday that will expire Thursday afternoon. “We ordered a state of emergency here in Glasgow, mainly for funding reasons, so that we can
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in the January 2026 stabbing death of his wife in Jefferson City was deemed “incompetent to proceed,” according to a court filing Thursday. Malang Akbari faces charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death. In
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By Simone McCarthy, Martha Zhou, CNN Beijing (CNN) — The world’s largest electric vehicle maker is locked out of its biggest potential overseas market. But BYD – the Chinese EV behemoth – says barriers restricting it and other Chinese carmakers from American consumers won’t stop it from maintaining that top spot in an industry transforming
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is stationed at a military base in Alaska was charged on Wednesday with three child sex crimes in Osage County. Hayden Wade, of Fort Richardson, Alaska, is charged with statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old, first-degree child molestation and statutory sodomy of a person younger
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Morgan County with several child sex crimes. Joshua White, 19, of Gravois Mills, was charged on Wednesday with two counts of statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old and two counts of third-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Ward 4 City Councilman Nick Foster announced on Thursday that he will resign from his position this summer. Foster – who was reelected to his position during the spring 2025 election – announced on his social media that his last day will by June 12. He was first elected to the
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Verified Petition for Damages and Injunctive ReliefDownload COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri marijuana dispensary chain with multiple Mid-Missouri stores denied Thursday the claims made of anti-competitive business practices made in a lawsuit filed by two cannabis wholesalers. CPC of Missouri-Smithville, LLC and GF Saint Mary LLC filed the lawsuit against Good Day Farm and its
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By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — In an April 15 press briefing, Fox’s Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt an unexpected question. “There are now 10 American scientists who have either gone missing or died since mid-2024. They all reportedly had access to classified nuclear or aerospace material,” he said. “Is anybody
Continue ReadingBy Toni Odejimi, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! What begins as a fun adventure can quickly take a darker turn. A troubling hashtag in the hiking world has women sounding the alarm. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘Collective trauma’ Some were at work when
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