By Flora Charner, Marcia Reverdosa, Rodrigo Pedroso, Dakin Andone, Alaa Elassar and Heather Chen, CNN Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pledged to punish hundreds of supporters of the country’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro after they stormed major government buildings, smashing windows and using furniture to form barricades against security forces. In
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, Phil Mattingly and Brad Lendon, CNN The US and Japan announced a significant strengthening of their military relationship and upgrade of the US military’s force posture in the country on Wednesday, including the stationing of a newly redesignated Marine unit with advanced intelligence, surveillance capabilities and the ability to fire
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN China’s heavy-handed crackdown on tech giants is coming to an end and the country’s economic growth is expected to be back on track soon, according to a top central bank official. The crackdown on fintech operations of more than a dozen internet companies is “basically” over, said Guo Shuqing, the Communist
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Applications to grow your own marijuana for personal use are now open to residents 21 years old and older. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services opened information and forms to the public Saturday as Amendment 3 guidelines continue to be rolled out. The change also joins the newly released application to have sentences
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on SEC Network play-by-play announcer Tom Hart in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down to talk all things Mizzou men’s basketball. The Tigers improved to 13-2 on the season and 2-1 in the SEC with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday morning. Hart said senior
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County Sheriff said there is no longer a threat to the community after an hours-long standoff Sunday morning in Holts Summit. Sunday morning around 5:30, Holts Summit Police Department responded to a disturbance with a gun in the 200 block of Spalding Road. Police determined shots were fired and a
Continue ReadingBy David Williams and Ashley Killough, CNN A homeless shelter in El Paso, Texas, released a video showing what the group said was Customs and Border Protection officials apprehending a person outside of its welcome center. The Opportunity Center for the Homeless posted the surveillance video, which shows someone who appears to be in law
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy fog developing overnight. Lows in the upper 20s to around 30. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly sunny with highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Sleet has melted thanks to sunshine today, so no problems expected overnight. Some patchy fog is possible tonight as temperatures dip into the upper 20s to around 30
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN Like many other American cities before it, Newport News, Virginia, is this week dealing with the aftermath of a school shooting. This time, however, the suspected shooter is just 6 years old, according to police, who said the child opened fire in a classroom at Richneck Elementary school, sending a wounded
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Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN A man was arrested and is facing negligent homicide charges after failing to restrain his pit bull terrier, which attacked and killed a 7-year-old girl in Louisiana on Friday, authorities said. Erick Lopez, 20, of East Baton Rouge told deputies his dog would often roam unrestrained through the
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN A 12-year-old girl is in custody in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after fatally stabbing her 9-year-old brother, according to police. The child is being held in a Tulsa juvenile detention facility, according to a Tulsa Police news release. Officers responded to a stabbing late Thursday night, the release said. When officers arrived, paramedics
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN In the weeks after four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in a home near campus, police faced mounting criticism from the public as the investigation appeared to be at a standstill. In fact, court documents show, a team of local and state law enforcement officers, along with
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The advancement of smartphones and internet search engines has left human phone operators virtually extinct. Still, millions of calls are placed annually to “411” and “0” to request directory assistance or operator help, according to the FCC. That could change this year, however, as more major phone carriers are taking the
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TODAY: Mostly cloudy to start with light snow possible across far eastern Missouri. Clouds break apart through the afternoon with temperatures topping out in the low 40s. TOMORROW: More sunshine and southerly winds aid temperatures in reaching the 50s Monday afternoon. Winds could be gusty at times with speeds up to 20 mph. EXTENDED: Conditions
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN In the years after World War I, Black people were thriving in the central Florida town of Rosewood when a White mob driven by racial animosity decimated the entire community within days. Rosewood became the site of a horrific massacre 100 years ago, during the first week of January in 1923.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball won a tight game against Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon 85-82 at Mizzou Arena in front of a sold out crowd. Watch the full post-game press conference with head coach Dennis Gates and players below. https://youtu.be/chqJXMMmQF4 The Tigers were down early, but D’Moi Hodge had 14 first-half points to
Continue ReadingBy Ben Wedeman, Darya Tarasova-Markina and Kareem Khadder, CNN Every few minutes the ground shakes as blasts echo through the battered streets of Siversk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Sometimes it’s outgoing Ukrainian fire, sometimes the Russians firing back. An elderly woman in black pants, heavy shoes, and a dirty grey overcoat and headscarf shuffles
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Britt Smith, Jefferson City Public Works ABC 17: Could you start off by telling us how the roads are looking in Jefferson City? SMITH: Well, here in Jefferson City everything is just wet at the moment. We’ve got that wintry miz coming down but road temperatures are staying above freezing. We’ve got
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Columbia College men’s and women’s basketball teams got wins Saturday afternoon at the Southwell Complex against William Woods. Up first, the women’s team downed the Owls 66-41 led by a big double-double performance from Hannah Ferguson. Ferguson finished the day with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Abby Backes added nine
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