Two Canadian citizens charged with espionage in China will go on trial Friday and Monday, more than two years after they were first detained. In a statement Thursday, Canada’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marc Garneau, said the country’s embassy in Beijing “has been notified that court hearings for Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are scheduled
Continue Reading Beijing does not have “high expectations” for upcoming talks with the United States in Alaska, China’s ambassador to the US told reporters Wednesday, in what will be the first meeting of senior officials from both countries since US President Joe Biden took office. China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi and State Councilor Wang Yi will meet
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Some members of Congress have suggested making daylight saving time permanent.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that Faurot Field will return to full capacity for the 2021 football season. With capacity being more than 62,000 people, the program said it will have a , “continued dialogue with the University’s medical experts and public health officials.” An MU spokesperson said that the athletics team will continue
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Coronavirus reinfections are relatively rare, but it’s more common for people 65 and older to get infected more than once, according to a study published Wednesday in the Lancet medical journal. A team of scientists, including some from Denmark’s Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, noted that most people who have had Covid-19 seemed
Continue Reading The San Francisco Police Department is increasing patrols in predominately Asian neighborhoods following an “alarming spike in brazen anti-Asian violence in recent weeks” in the Bay Area, the department said. On Wednesday, a man and a woman, both of Asian descent, were assaulted in San Francisco in separate attacks by the same alleged suspect, police
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A Black US Capitol Police officer said he and his fellow Black officers are still grappling with their harrowing experience on January 6, when they endured insurrectionists hurling racial slurs at them during a physical assault on the iconic building. “The Black officer struggle was different as in, like I said, we fought against not
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Two Missouri prison facilities are temporarily closing and relocating inmates because of statewide staffing shortages. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that 75 inmates are being transferred from the minimum security Kansas City Reentry Center to the Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in St. Joseph and the Western Missouri Correctional
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Multiple felony charges have been filed against a man and woman who are accused of zip-tying a 13-year-old boy to a Springfield porch swing last year on a day when temperatures barely inched above freezing. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 43-year-old Jerry Smith and 51-year-old Rebecca Herndon were charged Tuesday with
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A St. Joseph man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison in the death of a 2-year-old St. Joseph girl in a drive-by shooting. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Marcain Kimbrough-Ballard became the first of three men charged in the August shooting of Raelynn Craig to be sentenced
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The US intelligence report released Tuesday detailing foreign election interference in the 2020 election contradicts repeated statements from former President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration that China — and not Russia — was the top foreign threat to the integrity of the election. The report also raises questions about the effort from
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US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Wednesday projected optimism that the fall will bring a school year that looks “more like what it was before Covid,” but stressed that his focus remains on resuming in-person learning this spring. “My focus really right now is getting as many schools open — pre-K through eight schools —
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire District is on the scene of a fire on the 4400 block of W. Rockhampton Circle. An ABC 17 News crew is on scene reporting multiple trucks are on scene. ABC 17 News will update with new information as it becomes available.
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Houston Texans star quarterback Deshaun Watson is being sued for alleged sexual assault by two women. The lawsuits were filed in Harris County, Texas, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both plaintiffs are represented by attorney Tony Buzbee. CNN has reached out to Watson’s agent for comment. An NFL spokesman told CNN on Wednesday the league is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI released a new report on the ‘Internet Crime Complaint Center 2020 Internet Crime Report,’ the report also shows statistics for regarding COVID-19 scam complaints. The FBI took information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. The report
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAYNESORO, Mississippi (WALA) — A tornado on Wednesday damaged houses, split trees, downed power lines and – most dramatically – demolished six commercial chicken houses about 15 miles west of here. The twister was part of a wave of nasty weather moving toward Alabama that prompted Gov. Kay
Continue Reading Houston Texans star quarterback Deshaun Watson is being sued for an alleged sexual assault. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Harris County, Texas, alleges that Watson assaulted an unnamed licensed massage therapist “by touching her with his penis” while receiving a massage at the therapist’s home in March 2020. The suit says Watson “wanted a massage
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack weather team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Wednesday with the threat of severe storms returning.
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Last night, just like the rest of the world, I watched news reports of the Atlanta shootings. I saw images of Atlanta businesses, the photo of a young White man, and the sensational headlines. It’s now been confirmed that eight people were shot dead, six of them Asian women. I don’t know the victims’ names.
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TONIGHT: The severe threat will continue until about 8-9 PM but the rain will stick around. Overnight lows will fall to into the mid and upper 30s as winds turn more northerly by daybreak and pick up. Gusts will reach up to 25 mph. Some of our western counties could see rainfall transition into a wet
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