By Associated Press Springfield, Illinois (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting federal officials from taking enforcement actions against immigrants near courthouses, in hospitals, on college campuses or in day care facilities. The law, which takes effect immediately, is in response to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration in the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office started scanning and counting more than 305,000 signatures on a petition to put a new congressional map to a vote. The group People Not Politicians delivered the signatures Tuesday after collecting them over several months. If approved, the signatures would put Missouri’s new congressional map
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of American comic book author Stan Lee. Personal Birth date: December 28, 1922 Death date: November 12, 2018 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Stanley Martin Lieber Father: Jack Lieber, tailor Mother: Celia (Solomon) Lieber Marriage: Joan (Boocock) Lee (December 1947-July 6,
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By Agustin Milic, Federico Jofre, CNN (CNN) — Police in Argentina raided the country’s national football association headquarters and more than 30 soccer clubs on Tuesday, according to a police source who spoke with CNN. The source said that Federal Judge Luis Armella ordered the raids as part of a case investigating alleged money laundering
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A climate survey from Columbia Public Schools shows some students are worried about equality. About 65% of students who completed the survey say bullying is not tolerated, but that enforcement was not consistent. That opinion came up again in the discipline category. Only 53% of students feel that the district’s rules
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — In a K-shaped economy where the “have-nots” are increasingly falling behind the “haves,” the labor market is trending toward a similar fate. Job opportunities didn’t shrink as feared in October as holiday staffing needs lifted openings to a five-month high, new shutdown-delayed data showed Tuesday. However, the latest official
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from the investigation and criminal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. The ruling from Judge Paul Engelmayer opens the door for the department to publicly release evidence it had gathered against Maxwell, an associate of
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CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of
Continue Reading CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of the tough
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN A water leak at the Louvre in Paris has damaged hundreds of books, which now need to be dried out and repaired. The incident has exposed further issues at the world’s largest art museum, just weeks after a dramatic jewelry heist captured global attention. Here’s what else you need to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN A water leak at the Louvre in Paris has damaged hundreds of books, which now need to be dried out and repaired. The incident has exposed further issues at the world’s largest art museum, just weeks after a dramatic jewelry heist captured global attention. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — One year ago today, the manager of a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, reluctantly called 911 at the urging of perceptive and perturbed customers. “What’s the address of your emergency?” the dispatch operator asked when she answered the 9:14 a.m. call. “It’s not really an emergency,” the manager said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Now-a-days, stability is not common in college athletics, but for Mizzou it’s the priority. On Monday, Tiger Athletic Director Laird Veatch took local media members through football coach Eli Drinkwitz’s recent contract extension. It was a deal that came together just months after his July extension, which kept the leader of the
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By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Armed clashes between Thailand and Cambodia continued on Wednesday in defiance of calls from the United States to stop fighting and adhere to a months-old Trump-backed peace deal that now looks on the brink of complete collapse. At least eight people have been killed since the latest
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, Maria Santana, Ruben Correa, CNN (CNN) — Honduras’s attorney general said he has issued an arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was freed from US federal prison last week after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. Attorney General Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez said on X Monday that he had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department responded to three fires in three days over the weekend, two of which have not yet had their cause determined. Mores Boulevard barn fire Firefighters started off their weekend responding to a fire in the 1600 block of Mores Boulevard on Saturday. CFD received calls from people in
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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people attended a townhall on Monday evening at Montgomery City Elementary School to once again voice their concerns over proposed data centers suggested for the county. The meeting followed a contentious County Commission session last Thursday, during which dozens of residents packed the commission room to protest the project,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager has been charged after he was accused of threatening a family with a gun on Saturday. Chauncey Williams, 19, is charged with armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A hearing was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state asking the judge to reject the referendum that would put Missouri’s new congressional map on the ballot. The state sued “People Not Politicians” in an effort to prevent the group from getting a question about a redrawn congressional map on
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