COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with multiple felonies after he was shot by Jefferson City police officers in February is asking for a change of judge and venue. Joey Hampton, 40, of Jefferson City, is charged in Cole County with two counts of first-degree assault and single counts of shooting at a vehicle,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was charged on Tuesday with disseminating a sexual video of someone without their consent. Megan Cabaniol, 27, is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $15,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says police were called on Monday after the victim
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By Casey Tolan, Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — A woman on Tuesday accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexually assaulting her, saying at a news conference that the congressman raped her in 2018 at a Los Angeles-area hotel. Lonna Drewes and her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, said they planned to report the assault to the Los Angeles
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The two men accused of robbing the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville last month have each been indicted by a grand jury. Benjamin Michael-Dass Charles, 21, of Columbia has been charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on
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By Max Foster, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III will address a joint meeting of Congress and meet privately with US President Donald Trump during his state visit to the United States later this month, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. Between April 27 and 30, Charles and Queen Camilla will visit Washington, DC,
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Ultraprocessed foods are turning people’s thighs into highly marbled flesh. They resemble fatty steaks and can be a sign of serious health problems. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ A marathon mission A month ago, a fire
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By Holly Yan, Bill Kirkos (CNN) — In the hours leading up to Miles Young’s death, the 15-year-old thought he was just going to meet up with a girl. Instead, authorities say, he was ambushed in a complex scheme and killed while he pleaded for his life. “I just don’t wanna die,” the Missouri teen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of embezzling money from nonprofits in Boonville and Columbia has pleaded guilty in one of her cases. Jennifer Waibel pleaded guilty on Monday in Cooper County to stealing more than $25,000. She will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 22. She is still charged in Boone County with stealing more than $750
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute high school teacher from the state of California has been arrested after he tried to get children from Callaway County to send him nude photographs. Matthew Bowman, 25, of Los Banos, California, was charged on Friday in Callaway County with two counts of child enticement and two counts of misrepresenting
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By Cecilia Domínguez, CNN (CNN) — A new trial to determine who bears responsibility for the death of football icon Diego Maradona has started in Argentina under public scrutiny, nearly a year after the original case ended in a mistrial. Maradona, one of the most influential and charismatic footballers in history, died from heart failure
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday, in the midst of a Truth Social tirade against Pope Leo XIV, President Donald Trump shared an image depicting himself as Jesus Christ. The picture, which appeared to be AI-generated, presented Trump as a healer dressed in the kind of red and white robes seen in biblical
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — The incoming director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency believed a war with Iran could trigger the swift collapse of the regime, according to three Israeli sources familiar with internal consultations – an assessment that has failed to materialize after more than 40 days of fighting. Roman Gofman, currently serving
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Hemp Trade Association held a news conference ahead of delivering handwritten letters to the governor’s office opposing hemp regulations. Watch it in the video player.
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Violent antisemitic attacks in 2025 killed the highest number of Jews in 30 years, according to a new annual report collecting incidents around the world. Throughout the year, 20 Jews were murdered in four different antisemitic attacks, including the Hanukkah attack in Sydney, Australia, in which 15 members of
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Sharif Paget, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — In some of his first interviews since being released from police custody in the Bahamas, Brian Hooker told news networks Tuesday he is choosing to believe his wife is still alive and plans to go back out and search for her. “No one has told
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By Christian Edwards, CNN Budapest, Hungary (CNN) — In recent decades, the United States and Russia have rarely backed the same candidate in a foreign election. Hungary’s Viktor Orbán was an exception. But as it turned out, they backed the loser. For the White House, Orbán – a lodestar for right-wing populists – was seen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly Tennessee man suffered serious injuries in a crash in Boone County on Monday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 78-year-old man from Johnson City, Tennessee, was driving a 2026 Subaru Outback westbound on Interstate 70 at the 136-mile marker in Boone County at 3:28 p.m. Monday. The
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — It’s not just the US President Donald Trump criticizing the British prime minister for being weak on defense. On Tuesday his own adviser George Robertson joined in, accusing Keir Starmer of a “corrosive complacency” that puts the United Kingdom “in peril.” Speaking to the Financial Times Robertson, a former
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CNN By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate Petersen (CNN) — A week of severe storm threats across the central US started with a bang Monday, with multiple tornadoes demolishing buildings in Kansas, heavy rain stranding vehicles on flooded streets in Wisconsin and baseball-sized hail battering parts of three states. Tuesday
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his closest European ally soundly defeated in the Hungarian elections on Sunday. The result is a blow to Israel’s longest-serving leader in an election year and has emboldened the country’s opposition, who see the upcoming vote, scheduled for October, as a critical moment
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