By Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN Top Ukrainian officials have in recent days escalated their public lobbying campaign for US-made F-16 fighter jets, arguing they need them urgently to defend against Russian missile and drone attacks. But that push is being met with skepticism by US and allied officials who say the jets would
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A group that advocates for Missouri’s teachers lobbied legislators in the state Capitol on Tuesday to take action to retain experienced teachers and recruit talented new ones.
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and cold with lows in the upper teens. Wind chills between 8 and 10 degrees. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy and chilly with highs in the mid-upper 30s. EXTENDED: We’re looking at another cold night as temperatures dip down into the low teens with wind chills between 8-10 degrees in the morning. We’ll get
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball teams enters February 16-5 on the season and 4-4 in SEC play. Kicking the month off, the Tigers will host LSU Wednesday at 8 p.m. With a month full of conference games, Dennis Gates is expecting the competition to take it up a notch. “We’re in a part
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Boone County Judge Brouck Jacobs on Tuesday ordered the county clerk to add former lawmaker Chuck Basye’s name to Columbia’s April school board election ballot.
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN Actor and producer Alec Baldwin has been criminally charged in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” the Santa Fe County, New Mexico, district attorney’s office told CNN Tuesday. The charges against Baldwin and the set’s armorer, Hannah Guiterrez Reed, include two counts of involuntary
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Tuesday, the halls of the Missouri Capitol were again filled with people for and against the “Save Women’s Sports Act.” Last week, a House of Representatives committee heard several versions of the bill. This week, a Senate committee is taking up six slightly different versions of the act that would ban
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating more ultraprocessed foods raises the risk of developing and dying from cancer, especially ovarian cancer, according to a new study of over 197,000 people in the United Kingdom, over half of whom were women. Overly processed foods include prepackaged soups, sauces, frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals, as well as hot
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Nic Robertson, Kareem Khadder and Richard Harlow, CNN Abu A’asem brews pot after pot of his specialty Arabic coffee, despite the pouring rain. His corner stand at the heart of Ramallah is always busy, no matter the weather, but his future as a Palestinian is very much as gloomy as the skies
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Kara Scannell, CNN A video of the August deposition the New York Attorney General’s office took of former President Donald Trump, in which Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions, was released Tuesday. “Anyone in my position not taking the Fifth Amendment would be a fool — an
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Today: Afternoon highs warm into the lower 20s due to winds out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Flurries remain possible this afternoon from Jefferson City back south towards southern Missouri with little to no accumulation possible. At most trace amounts of snowfall could accumulate on grassy surfaces. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the mid-teens
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Amy Simonson, CNN Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days ago after a performance at a club was canceled, Detroit police said Monday. Armani Kelly, 28, Dante Wicker, 31 and Montoya Givens, 31, who are all associates, were supposed to perform at
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A trailer fire led authorities to shut down part of a highway in northern Boone County on Tuesday morning.
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Fredreka Schouten and Gregory Krieg, CNN Rep. George Santos told the House GOP conference on Tuesday behind closed doors he wants off of his two committees until his issues are resolved, three members told CNN. The New York Republican who has faced calls for his resignation for false statements —
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, Phil Mattingly and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday. That means that many Americans could have to start paying for Covid-19 testing and treatment after the declarations cease. The White House, in a statement
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Amy Simonson, CNN Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days ago after a performance at a club was canceled, Detroit police said Monday. Armani Kelly, 28, Dante Wicker, 31 and Montoya Givens, 31, who are all associates, were supposed to perform at
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Andrea Riseborough may not be a name that rings many bells for the average moviegoer. But, chances are, your favorite actor in that one movie you love knows exactly who she is. And they want her to win an Oscar. It’s, frankly, a strange tale — one that began in October
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TODAY: It’s cold and dry for most today, but some will see some passing snow showers this afternoon. At the very northern tip of a system passing by to the south this afternoon, folks from the Lake of the Ozarks to Rolla will have the chance to see some snow showers that likely leave at
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was violent and made claims that were contradicted by video later released by police. Nichols was subdued on the ground yet continuously beaten after the stop by Memphis police on
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Columbia Solid Waste will be holding its last scheduled customer input meeting on Tuesday to discuss the future of residential curbside trash collection. The city says there is no change to the recycling program currently planned. The meeting is scheduled to take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Activities and Recreation Center
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