By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore could be repeated across the country if recommendations aren’t followed, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board issued 17 safety recommendations this week to prevent an accident like the one last year, where the 213-million-pound cargo vessel
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted. The government has said it will allow Britania Uriostegui Rios, a Mexican national, to return
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By Victoria Butenko, Kosta Gak, Todd Symons and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Rescuers were still working through the rubble on Friday, uncovering more bodies after a Russian attack hit apartment buildings in western Ukraine earlier this week, killing at least 31 people including several children, according to authorities. Ukraine’s emergency service said
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CNN, POOL, WCCO, WTVD, WCNC, WRAL, WBTV, SEE PREFONTS By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly,
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly, a gray minivan – doors already ajar – made
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz looked to send a clear message to the Tiger faithful, during Tuesday’s weekly meeting with the local media: his attention is solely on the task at hand in Columbia, not on job openings around the nation. At the start of the Tigers’ press conference to preview the
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By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Iran is willing to resume nuclear talks with the United States if they are conducted respectfully, a senior Iranian official told CNN on Tuesday, while insisting Tehran will not move from the position it held before the US and Israel attacked
Continue ReadingBy Max Saltman, Isa Cardona, CNN (CNN) — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…not Superman? No, it’s Super Mustache, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s cartoon alter-ego, here to save the South American country from peril. “Super Mustache,” which has aired on Venezuelan state TV since 2021, is just one piece of the country’s propaganda push
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The driver of a Sunderland Truck involved in a deadly crash on Business Loop 70 in Columbia last month claims he was on the phone at the time of the crash, but used Bluetooth. The Columbia Police Department said Roger Bone, 56, of Jefferson City was killed in the crash on Oct.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District held an open house Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the Fire Station No. 8. The $4.7 million facility is located on Route K just feet away from the old facility that was built in 1981. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said BCFPD decided to
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is calling a federal judge’s order a “win for religious freedom” after Judge Orlando L. Garcia issued a preliminary injunction requiring certain Texas public school districts to remove displays of the Ten Commandments. The order comes in response to a lawsuit challenging
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By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday evening, Samantha Surovtsev squinted at her phone, blinking through tears as she rushed to order a set of Eastern European power adapters. Despite the 80-degree North Texas heat, she then drove to Old Navy and bought two bulky winter coats. When the adapters arrived Sunday, she tucked
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southern Boone School District held a community forum at Southern Boone High School on Tuesday night to discuss a possible shift to a four-day school week beginning with the 2026–27 academic year. More than 50 people attended the event, where school board members responded to pre-submitted questions from community members, followed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with a felony after he allegedly pointed a gun at another man during a drunken road rage incident on Monday evening. Roben Teter Jr., 29, was charged in Randolph County with unlawful use of a weapon. An arraignment is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. Wednesday. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office and Auditor’s Office are investigating the state’s governing body for high school sports after claims of sex and racial discrimination were made. A Tuesday press release from both offices alleges that a whistleblower was not eligible for an at-large position on MSHSAA’s board because they are white
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When former Cardinals manager Mike Schildt announced his abrupt retirement at the end of the 2025 MLB season, it came as a bit of a shock. The 57-year-old had just guided the San Diego Padres to a 90-72 record and was coming off his third consecutive 90-plus win season. While several factors
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon killed 13 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Several others were injured by the strike on the Ain al-Hilweh camp on the outskirts of the coastal city of Sidon, the ministry said, adding that ambulances
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man was charged with several crimes after he allegedly broke into several cars on the University of Missouri’s campus. Larron Brown was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, five counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of misdemeanor stealing and five counts of first-degree property damage. He is being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two congressmen representing parts of Missouri have released statements about their votes to release the Epstein files. U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R-Raytown) and U.S. Rep. Emanuel (D-Kansas City) were among the 427 House members to vote Tuesday afternoon to compel the Justice Department to release files related to the investigation of convicted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man who was already accused of several counts of statutory rape has been charged with more child sex crimes. Colby Hader, 28, was charged on Monday in Morgan County with three counts of statutory sodomy, two counts of first-degree statutory rape, one count of promoting a sexual performance by a
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