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Macon man who pleaded guilty in 2024 fatal Columbia crash ordered to partake in DOC program

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon man who pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter in a fatal 2024 crash that occurred in southern Columbia was sentenced to partake in a Department of Corrections program. Ty Frey pleaded guilty in October to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, misdemeanor reckless driving and misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced

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Jefferson City man charged with manslaughter in crash that killed nursing home resident

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter on accusations that he had a seizure while driving after not taking his medicine, killing a nursing home resident. Deshawn M. Robinson, 57, was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and driving without a license on New Year’s Day. He was listed

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Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers question a man on Lake Street near the Karmel Mall in Minneapolis on December 10.

Trump administration plans aggressive immigration crackdown with 2,000 agents in Minnesota amid welfare fraud scandal

By Priscilla Alvarez, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is deploying around 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis as part of an immigration crackdown on the heels of a welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota, according to two law enforcement officials. Senior Trump officials have fixated on Minnesota and its Somali community after accusations of

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The US Department of Health and Human Services is planning a major change to the childhood vaccine schedule.

US overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services is recommending fewer vaccines for most American children, health officials said Monday. Health officials will continue to recommend the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines and immunizations against polio, chickenpox, HPV and others, but they are narrowing recommendations for vaccination against meningococcal

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Since the Venezuela strike

From Greenland to Iran: Trump’s threats stretch far and wide since his Venezuela strike

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Since the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US forces at the weekend, US President Donald Trump and members of his administration have issued warnings to several other governments — including those of Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Iran and Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark. Trump said Sunday: “We

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz listens during a hearing with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the US Capitol on June 12

Minnesota investigators say child care centers accused of fraud are operating normally as governor drops reelection bid

By Zoe Sottile, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — It was the viral video seen ‘round the world. The 43-minute video, posted to YouTube the day after Christmas by a 23-year-old conservative content creator, claimed with little evidence Somali-run child care centers in Minnesota were fraudulently taking funding meant to provide child care for low-income families.

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Columbia teen arrested after shots fired and carjacking in the Shoppes at Stadium Saturday night

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Columbia teen was arrested for firing shots and a carjacking in the Shoppes at Stadium area Saturday night, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. CPD spokesman Colin Imhoff said officers were called to the area just after 7 p.m. for reports of an active assailant and

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