TODAY: A cold front is moving through mid-MO this morning, but all is still well with our warmer than normal forecast for the day ahead. Despite a wind shift, still-mild air will allow the region to warm back to nearly 60 or higher. The cold front will bring a light breeze, and push rain to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una serie de tormentas que han traído varios metros de nieve en partes del oeste de Estados Unidos se dirige ahora hacia el este del país. Estas tormentas chocarán con el calor récord en el este y crearán una amenaza para el clima severo del miércoles al viernes. La primera
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Railroads like the one involved in last month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio would be subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences under legislation being introduced Wednesday by the state’s two U.S. senators. An early copy of
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Russian oil is still finding its way to buyers around the world. But even those who spend their days tracking its movement across oceans struggle to work out exactly who is ferrying it. As Western sanctions against Russia have escalated over its invasion of Ukraine, more ships have joined an existing
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Russian oil is still finding its way to buyers around the world. But even those who spend their days tracking its movement across oceans struggle to work out exactly who is ferrying it. As Western sanctions against Russia have escalated over its invasion of Ukraine, more ships have joined an existing
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran says it has expelled two German diplomats over Berlin’s alleged interference in its internal affairs. The move comes a week after Germany expelled two Iranian diplomats over a death sentence handed down to an Iranian-German opposition figure accused of masterminding deadly attacks. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The White House announced this week that it is making those working for federal agencies to remove the application TikTok from any government device within 30 days. It marks the latest effort to clampdown on the app amid renewed security concerns about its US user data and fears that it could find its way
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By Maegan Vazquez and Gregory Wallace, CNN President Joe Biden’s embattled pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration participated in his confirmation hearing before Congress on Wednesday amid a series of challenges for the agency. Phil Washington, whose nomination was first announced by Biden nearly eight months ago, appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce,
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. senators are planning to propose legislation that would make railroads, like the one involved in last month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio, subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences. Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican JD Vance
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Chief Justice John Roberts pounded away on the price tag — “about half a trillion dollars” — for the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program during oral arguments Tuesday. But as he repeatedly cited the big cost, he reinforced a broader, more familiar point that could further
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised clear concern that the Supreme Court may decide to strike down his student debt cancellation program, one day after several conservative justices expressed skepticism about the administration’s authority. “I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law,” Biden told CNN when
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Putting food on the table will be a lot harder for millions of Americans starting in March. Food stamp recipients will each receive about $90 a month less in benefits, on average, as a pandemic hunger relief program comes to an end nationwide three years after Congress approved it. Every household
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando no puedes hacer una conveniente rutina de entrenamiento en un día ajetreado, ¿piensas que no tiene sentido hacer nada en absoluto? Deberías replantearte esa mentalidad. Solo 11 minutos de actividad aeróbica de intensidad moderada a fuerte por día podrían reducir el riesgo de cáncer, enfermedades cardiovasculares o muerte prematura,
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By Chris Liakos, Elinda Labropoulou, Heather Chen, Eleni Giokos, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores. At least 36 people were killed when a passenger train carrying more
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko — a close ally of Vladimir Putin — vowed to deepen defense and security ties and expressed shared views on the war in Ukraine during a Wednesday meeting in Beijing, as geopolitical tensions around Russia’s war continue to rise. Lukashenko endorsed China’s
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A string of back-to-back winter storms have lashed the West this week, delivering blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall to many areas in California. The dayslong brutal conditions left many stranded, shut down highways, knocked out power to thousands of homes and buried roads in snow as communities ran
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane said he “would love to give the storybook ending” to Damar Hamlin’s recovery from a cardiac arrest, but admitted it’s still unclear whether the 24-year-old would play again. Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle in a game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals on
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia acusó este martes a Ucrania de lanzar una serie de intentos de ataques con aviones no tripulados contra infraestructuras en el interior de Rusia, incluso cerca de la capital, Moscú. Las acusaciones llegaron después de que estalló un incendio en un depósito de petróleo
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Nouran Salahieh and Celina Tebor, CNN Norfolk Southern is expected to attend a public meeting with East Palestine, Ohio, residents Thursday at the request and order of the US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA regional administrator Debra Shore said in a Wednesday news conference. The meeting comes nearly a month since the February
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press LEST, Slovakia (AP) — Former Soviet satellite Slovakia has been a NATO member since 2004, but the reality of belonging to the world’s biggest military alliance really kicked in after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. The small central European country now hosts thousands of NATO troops while allied
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