COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 23 Mizzou softball is set to kick off the 2023 season Friday in the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Florida against some steep competition. The Tigers face two ranked opponents in the Classic in No. 6 Texas and No. 8 Northwestern. Head coach Larissa Anderson said this will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will return home Tuesday to take on South Carolina after suffering a road loss at Mississippi State. “We have shown the ability to bounce back throughout our season,” said head coach Dennis Gates. “Being 5-5 in conference is something that we look at, but you have to
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon. The Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called. “Frontier innovations
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean and Sam Kiley, CNN Traditional Ukrainian tapestries, family photos and pastoral scenes on cheap posters cover the walls of her cottage warmed by a wood-burning stove. The only record of her tragic past are her birth certificate and her memories. In her 102 years, Liubov Yarosh has survived three famines, including the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City’s Power & Light District is preparing to have crowds of Kansas City Chiefs fans gather for Super Bowl Sunday this weekend. The District is hosting events leading up to the game as, the Kansas City Chiefs are playing in their third Super Bowl in the past five years. On
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The Missouri budget sits with a $6 billion surplus after the state received federal pandemic relief funds. Now, lawmakers are proposing ways to take advantage of those funds through tax cuts.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department responded to a fire near Garth Avenue north of Interstate 70 on Monday night that started from an explosion at a homeless camp in a wooded area. Boone County Joint Communications said on its social media that Garth Avenue between Blue Ridge Road and Thurman Street closed due
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Gov. Ron DeSantis may soon get to pick the people who govern Disney’s Orlando-area theme parks, a move that would give the Republican leader new authority over the state’s largest employer and a recent political foe. Republican lawmakers on Monday unveiled a bill to turn over control of Disney’s special taxing
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
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TONIGHT: Isolated showers with gusty winds overnight. Lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 40s to around 50. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a cold front that moves in tonight and brings a few showers likely before midnight, ending before sunrise. Rain amounts will be around a trace to
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On Monday morning the 6th, a strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey just 14.2 miles east of Nurdagi. As of Monday afternoon at 6 PM there have been nearly 3,500 deaths and over 15,000 injuries in Turkey and Syria due to this earthquake and various aftershocks. The epicenter of this strong earthquake occurred 14.9 miles
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will take the main stage on Monday night, as Super Bowl LVII week festivities kick off in Arizona. There is a long list of people expected to speak for KC at the FootPrint Center. You can find the full list below. Andy ReidPatrick MahomesTravis KelceChris
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged and appeared in court Monday in relation to a standoff in east Columbia that began Friday evening and went into Saturday morning. James Scott Duncan, 58, is charged with first-degree assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and armed-criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County
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Today: Afternoon highs warm into the lower 60s with gusty winds up to 35 mph possible out of the southwest. Cloud cover will continue to increase heading towards this evening. Tonight: Light scattered showers will begin to move in from the northwest ahead of an approaching cold front tonight between 8-9 PM. Showers will continue
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia residents over 21 could legally buy recreational marijuana as soon as Tuesday if city regulations are approved at Monday’s council meeting. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued an emergency rule Friday, giving Missouri dispensaries the green light to legally sell marijuana with a state-wide license. But, the state-wide
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire is known to have some of the wildest weather on the planet, and without a doubt, it takes the cake for the United States. Located at just over 6,000 feet, it is situated in the perfect location for extreme winds and brutal cold. When
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Tens of thousands of nurses and nearly 12,000 ambulance workers went on strike Monday over pay and working conditions in the biggest walkout in the 75-year history of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). Escalating industrial action comes after years of falling wages, stretched budgets and staff shortages that have left the
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Keeping alcohol consumption to one or two drinks a day lessened the odds of developing dementia, according to a study of nearly 4 million South Koreans. However, drinking more than two drinks a day increased that risk, according to the study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. “We found
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By Kelly McCleary, CNN A 3.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the Buffalo, New York, area early Monday. The quake struck around 6:15 a.m. and was centered just over a mile northeast of West Seneca at a depth of about 1.9 miles, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the
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