By Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to delay the federal trial of Luigi Mangione until next year, denying a request by his attorneys who had expressed concern they couldn’t prepare for trial while simultaneously defending the 27-year-old in state court. US District Judge Margaret Garnett instead slightly
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By Max Saltman, CNN Miami (CNN) — We were living in “historic and prophetic times” at the Miami Security Forum. “God has anointed President Donald Trump as a modern-day Cyrus,” declared Pastor Mario Bramnick, referring to the ancient king of Persia. Think-tankers, Latin American politicians, officials from the US defense establishment and at least one
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit electrical corporations from using eminent domain to build wind and solar farms. House Bill 2169 is going in front of the House Special Committee on Rural Issues at 4 pm. Wednesday. This bill is similar to two others from previous legislative sessions.
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By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump is signaling that he may walk away from the Iran war, unilaterally stepping out without toppling the Islamic Republic, opening the Strait of Hormuz or securing a deal with Tehran to halt attacks on the United States and its allies. The president has boasted
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — An FBI technical team is in Cuba to investigate a February shootout between Cuban soldiers and the crew of a boat from Florida, CNN has learned from two sources familiar with the visit. The rare visit by US law enforcement to the communist-run island comes amid some
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Rainfall on Tuesday marked the beginning of an active weather pattern for mid-Missouri. Since its onset Tuesday morning, rain totals have steadily risen through several rounds of showers and storms that have already passed. Radar estimated rain total maps illustrate streaking patterns of localized higher amounts, with one notably stretching from Warsaw through Versailles, California,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge sided Wednesday with Columbia Public Schools in a lawsuit alleging the district breached a contract for football field naming rights at Rock Bridge High School. Wayne Sells filed the lawsuit in October 2024 after CPS removed his name from the Rock Bridge football field. The Columbia Board of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both drivers are dead after a head-on crash in Pettis County late Tuesday night. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 58-year-old Smithton man was driving a 1998 Chevrolet Silverado east on Highway 50, west of Monsees Road, at 11:30 p.m., when he crossed into oncoming traffic
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By Christian Edwards (CNN) — President Donald Trump suggested in two new interviews that he’s considering withdrawing the US from NATO after repeatedly criticizing a lack of support from members for the Iran war. Asked by the right-leaning British publication The Telegraph in an interview published Wednesday if he would reconsider the US’ membership of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Happy April Fools’ Day, readers. For the next several hours, your trust should be a bit more … negotiable. Stay sharp out there, and consider this your invitation to stir up a little harmless mischief of your own. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and
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President Donald Trump continues to order more American troops to be sent to the Middle East, where the United States is embroiled in an air and sea conflict in Iran. Trump has not said whether he plans to put soldiers on Iranian soil, but he has not ruled out the possibility. However, reports emerged Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — It was three in the morning when Saraswathi Vedam was awoken by the call she’d been waiting over 40 years for: Her brother’s murder conviction was being overturned. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to laugh or cry. Saraswathi was across the world giving lectures as a professor in
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By Rebekah Riess, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Golf legend Tiger Woods says he is stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment following a rollover car crash in Florida late last week. The statement came hours after he pleaded not guilty Tuesday to DUI charges related to the incident near his
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — When Jessica Johnston fell 180 feet down a waterfall in New Zealand, she was lucky to survive. She got even luckier a week later, when a helicopter crew found her missing dog Molly, shivering and alone, in the wilderness. Molly, a border collie, had been hiking with Johnston across
Continue ReadingBy Esha Mitra, Trista Kurniawan and Deepak Rao, CNN Loni, India (CNN) — The city of Loni is less than one hours’ drive from Delhi, but this rapidly growing industrial base beats the Indian capital when it comes to one unenviable title. Last year, according to Swiss company IQAir, it had the world’s worst air
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County’s presiding commissioner entered the Republican primary for Missouri’s Sixth Senate District on the final day of filing Tuesday. Todd Isaac “Ike” Skelton of Osage Beach is the sixth Republican to file paperwork to run in the August election for the district that runs from Cole County to the Lake of
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Cole County officially broke ground on its new $14 million juvenile center Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who reached a deal with the state to drop a manslaughter charge for a deadly Columbia hit-and-run crash was sentenced to a short jail stay and probation Tuesday. Judge Ben Miller sentenced Elizabeth Lopez to seven years in prison on three hit-and-run charges, but the judge suspended the sentence, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition crews on Tuesday started to tear down an old Gerbes in the 1200 block of East McCarty Street this week. The demolition is part of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church’s expansion. The expansion has three phases and a total price tag of $40 million. According to diagrams on the church’s website, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women from St. Louis County have been charged after allegedly filing a false kidnapping report that led to an extensive police search for a 5-year-old girl on Monday. Ashley M. Collins, 29, and Kayla Williams, 31, both of Afton, were charged on Tuesday with a misdemeanor for making a false report,
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