By Helen Regan, Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN (CNN) — Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and top United States negotiators did not yield a breakthrough on a possible Ukraine peace deal, a Kremlin aide said early Wednesday. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner sat down for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal sports betting went live in Missouri on Monday, with more than 2 million people attempting to access sportsbook apps on launch day. Circa Sports, one of the first two companies in Missouri to receive an online betting license, now operates in six states. The first bet placed on Circa was a
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team’s undefeated start to the 2025-26 campaign came to an end in South Bend. The Tigers lost a nail-biter against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the ACC/SEC Challenge, on Tuesday night, 76-71. With the loss, MU drops to 8-1 on the season and the ACC takes
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By Joyce Jiang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Lily Chen was beyond thrilled to see the Japanese singer she’s been a fan of for two decades, waiting outside with a crowd to enter the Beijing venue on a windy, chilly Wednesday night. The concert time arrived, but the door stayed shut. Then, the
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By Mauricio Torres, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The petition, filed Tuesday by US human rights attorney
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A south Boone County neighborhood is still shaken after a 15-year-old was taken to a local hospital after they were shot in the face early Tuesday morning. The Boone County Sheriff’s office said in a release that Joint Communications received a call about a juvenile being shot in the face at 12:04
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN Dedham, Massachusetts (CNN) — Jurors in the murder trial of Brian Walshe on Tuesday saw evidence of dozens of online searches recovered from his laptop, which prosecutors say shows the defendant was researching the best ways to dispose of a body and clean bloodstains around the time his wife vanished.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the eastbound driving lane of Interstate 70 will be closed early Wednesday for emergency pavement repairs, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says the lane closures, which will occur just west of St. Charles Road, will take place from 4 a.m.-noon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Overcrowding at the Boone County Jail is costing the county, with officials now housing more inmates in out-of-county facilities than in the jail itself. According to Cpt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the county has spent more than $1.8 million so far this year on housing inmates in other
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lawyers for the family of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who died on a trip with his fraternity brothers, and for the Delta Chi fraternity, Barrister Capital Corporation, and 39 of Strain’s former fraternity brothers have until Dec. 10 to provide backing for their claims to Boone County Judge Josh
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday night unanimously approved the construction of a new building over its recycling site. The bill allows staff to move forward with the design and construction after the building was damaged by an April 20 tornado. The proposed building will cost about $3.5 million, which includes foundation design,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was injured, but some residents were displaced, after an apartment caught fire Tuesday morning in the 500 block of East Elm Street, according to a Tuesday press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. The release says firefighters were called at 6:21 a.m. for a fire coming from the wall
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City government lost its appeal Tuesday in a lawsuit that sought taxes the city says telecommunications companies failed to pay. The city brought the lawsuit in St. Louis County in 2022 against several companies, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and U.S. Cellular, alleging that they failed to pay all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team fielded questions from media on Tuesday ahead of their home game against California on Thursday. The Tigers (7-2) are on a three-game win streak, featuring wins over Northwestern, Bradley and Washington State. The Golden Bears are 6-2 on the season and saw its six-game winning streak snapped
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Bidders scrambled to come out on top as one of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands became the most expensive work by the Russian jeweler ever to sell at auction. Check out this exquisite egg. Here’s what else you might have missed during your
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 80-year-old man from Lincoln, Missouri, was seriously injured Tuesday in a crash on Route H in Benton County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver in a 2018 Ford F-150 – a 55-year-old man from Lincoln, Missouri – failed to negotiate a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) If you’re speeding, especially in a work zone, you may be on the lookout for troopers on the side of the roads to avoid getting a ticket. But it’s much harder to spot a trooper when they are ticketing you from 2,000 feet in the air. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Aircraft
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old woman from Eldon was seriously injured in a crash Monday afternoon on Highway 54 in Cole County at the Moreau River Bridge, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver lost control of her 1999 Ford F-150 on the ice-covered roadway and
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By Nadine Schmidt, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The German Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that “a shipment of thousands of rounds of ammunition” bound for the armed forces was stolen from a civilian contractor’s trailer last week. A spokesperson told CNN that the ammunition was stolen “from the trailer of the civilian carrier’s transport vehicle,
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By Holmes Lybrand, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, will target undocumented Somali immigrants, a federal official told CNN on Tuesday, as the president has ramped up attacks against the community in recent days. The New York Times, which cited documents and an
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