It’s hard to imagine a more disastrous IPO rollout than the past few months for Robinhood. Regulators accused the app-only brokerage of deceiving customers, its CEO was hauled before Congress and Michael Bolton appeared in a viral video about the trading platform’s controversial business model. Robinhood’s GameStop trading restrictions sparked such an uproar that Senator
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Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in Friday as the country’s first female president, two days after the death of President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent Covid-19 skeptics, was announced. Hassan took the oath at the statehouse in the city of Dar es Salaam in a televised ceremony on state TV.
Continue Reading A cardiologist at a grocery store almost had her mask ripped off. A young man was verbally accosted, and his White friend didn’t notice. A retired woman was called a racial slur and blocked from exiting a parking lot. These are some examples of hostility that Asian Americans have faced in the last year. While
Continue Reading Officials in the South Korean capital Seoul have reversed course on controversial plans to require all foreign workers to undergo Covid-19 testing after facing a torrent of criticism from diplomatic missions and international businesses. The ruling, which came into force Wednesday, required all foreign workers in the capital to undergo coronavirus screenings, or face fines
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The Space Launch System rocket that will launch NASA’s Artemis astronauts into space on their way to the moon went through a final and successful hot-fire test of the core stage on Thursday. The test took place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center outside Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and began at 4:40 p.m. ET. The test
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So much for a reset. When it was first revealed that top officials from the United States and China would be meeting in Alaska this week, there was a degree of optimism this could mark the start of a new relationship between the two countries, after an almost complete breakdown during the final year of
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FRIDAY: Sunshine will greet us out the door and we’ll hang on to it throughout the day. A light breeze will be out of the northeast, holding up temperatures in the low 50’s this afternoon. TONIGHT: Under mostly clear skies, temperatures will cool off pretty quick. Lows bottom out in the upper 20’s and low
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France will impose new coronavirus restrictions in 16 regions, including the greater Paris and Nice areas, the country’s prime minister announced Thursday in an attempt to contain a surge of Covid-19 sweeping the country. Jean Castex said France recorded 35,000 new infections Thursday, a rise of 23.6% in the last week, and that the variant
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A popular annual consumer rights show in China has sparked a national debate about privacy and surveillance and sent companies scrambling to stay on Beijing’s good side. The firestorm first erupted Monday during a two-hour primetime program called “315” that coincides with World Consumer Rights Day. The program is frequently used by China’s state media
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Jefferson City is set to hold a mass vaccination clinic at the Linc, giving Cole County school staff the first opportunity to register.
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Asian markets tumbled on Friday as investors appeared to be jolted by several issues, from the continued prospect of rising inflation to a volatile US-China meeting and stubborn coronavirus flare-ups in Europe. China’s Shanghai Composite lost 1.7%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.4% and South Korea’s Kospi dropped 0.9%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell
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The University of Missouri said this week that it will allow full stadium capacity crowds at football games this fall.
Continue Reading Police are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed a restaurant manager multiple times after he was told to wear a mask inside a Jack in the Box restaurant in League City, Texas. “It’s a very polarizing situation,” League City Police Chief Gary Ratliff said. “Where some folks don’t believe that there should be masks
Continue Reading Police are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed a restaurant manager multiple times after he was told to wear a mask inside a Jack in the Box restaurant in League City, Texas. “It’s a very polarizing situation,” League City Police Chief Gary Ratliff said. “Where some folks don’t believe that there should be masks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A criminal complaint has been filed against a Columbia woman accusing her of distributing 500 grams or more of meth. According to the criminal complaint, the DEA and Columbia Police knew of Christina Maurizi, 39, since 2016 that allegedly trafficked large amounts of meth in Mid-Missouri. In November 2020, law enforcement opened
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News held another roundtable discussion tonight. As coronavirus vaccine distribution continues across Mid-Missouri, ABC 17 News spoke with local health officials to help walk us through the mass vaccination process. Tonight’s conversation was over the new major vaccination rollout and who qualifies under this upcoming phase. The roundtable also spoke
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Former President Donald Trump’s political confidant Roger Stone made cameos in a pair of court filings on Thursday related to Oath Keepers accused of participating in the Capitol riot. In one filing, prosecutors included a photo meant to tie two alleged Oath Keepers accused of conspiracy to one another — and the photo showed them
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some voters in Cole County may want to double-check their polling location before next month’s election. According to the Cole county clerk’s office, the location at The Linc has been moved back to McClung Park off of McClung Park drive. A spokesperson says the polling place at LC Church is now
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Former President George W. Bush said the January 6 US Capitol insurrection left him “sick to my stomach” and he remains “disturbed” when he thinks about it. “I can’t remember what I was doing, but … I was sick to my stomach … to see our nation’s Capitol being stormed by hostile forces,” Bush said
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