COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz spoke out about the constantly shifting landscape of college athletics in the midst of multiple universities deciding to leave the Pac-12 conference over the past week. “What cost is it to those student-athletes?,” he said in a press conference on Saturday. ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones
Continue Reading
CNN By Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on Chinese social media. Public interest in sun bears, one of Asia’s most endangered and intriguing animals, has rocketed after video footage emerged
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Few even mentioned his name, and the new federal indictment he faces was completely ignored, as Republican candidates for president tried in Iowa Sunday to present themselves as Donald Trump alternatives. Over the course of two hours, seven GOP hopefuls took their turn on stage
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Every few days for the past several weeks, a parade of Chinese leaders and policymakers have publicly vowed to do more to boost the sputtering economy, usually by promising to support the beleaguered private sector. Sometimes investors appear to have gained confidence from these pledges, sending
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) H.A.B.I.T. Performance in Jefferson City is an off-season training program ran by Jefferson City soccer coach Dakota Acock to give collegiate athletes a place to keep their game up year round. The program started with eight players in year one, and now in year four, that number is over 50. “In
Continue Reading
After isolated to scattered rain chances move out of mid-MO and clouds start to clear, our viewing area will be observing a UV index of 9 tomorrow. Without sunscreen that’s SPF 50 or higher, it only takes 15-25 minutes of exposure to receive a sunburn. With rainfall helping keep things slightly moisturized, mid-MO will observe
Continue Reading
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A mother is suing Southwest Airlines for racial discrimination, saying she was accused of human trafficking when traveling with her biracial child. Mary MacCarthy, who is White, traveled from California to Denver with her daughter, who is Black, to attend her brother’s funeral in October of 2021, according to
Continue Reading
CNN By Raja Razek, Sara Smart, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Charles Gregory headed out for an early morning fishing trip Friday off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida – something he’d done many times before. But the tide rose quicker than he thought. Then a wave hit his 12-foot jon boat
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The rest of the world has finally caught up to the United States. The once-dominant Americans crashed out of the Women’s World Cup on penalties after a scoreless draw with Sweden in the Round of 16 on Sunday. It was the earliest exit ever
Continue Reading
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A Russian and Chinese naval patrol consisting of several vessels operated off the coast of Alaska last week, defense officials and lawmakers said over the weekend – a show of force that prompted a US military response but did not pose a threat to the US or Canada, a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — En tiempos electorales, las conversaciones sobre política suelen ser cotidianas, ya sea en el ámbito familiar, académico o laboral. En el marco de la coyuntura argentina, hay un nombre que no pasa desapercibido: Javier Milei, el precandidato presidencial de La Libertad Avanza. El economista irrumpió en la escena mediática con
Continue Reading
By Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s airspace closed on Sunday, the day imposed as a deadline by a group of African countries for Nigerien military coup leaders to release power and reinstate the country’s democratically-elected president. As that deadline expired, Niger’s airspace closed due to “the threat of intervention from neighboring countries,” according to
Continue Reading
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (KMIZ) Home runs off the bats of Bryson Stott, Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos sealed the series loss for the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon. The Phillies topped KC 8-4 in the rubber match. Despite the loss, Kansas City had no shortage of offense to start the game. MJ Melendez hit a
Continue Reading
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals barreled up eight hits on Sunday afternoon, however, the club went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position, leading to a 1-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies. The defeat also resulted in a series loss for STL. Former Cardinal pitcher Austin Gomber turned out to be the story
Continue Reading CNN By Kostan Nechyporenko, Denis Lapin and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Explosions hit critical road bridges linking occupied Crimea with parts of Kherson region under Russian control, Russian authorities say, as Ukraine escalates its targeting of Russian infrastructure and territory. The blasts came on the same day the Moscow mayor said a drone had
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Mediante una sentencia emitida este viernes, el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia dictaminó que la Cruz Roja de Venezuela será reestructurada. La decisión de la sala constitucional responde a una solicitud del fiscal general, Tareck William Saab, y la sala instruyó al expresidente de Fedecámaras, federación que reúne a los principales
Continue ReadingOpinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him on Threads at www.threads.net/@deanobeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. In war, there are casualties. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “war on woke” is no
Continue ReadingBy Eli Masket and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The massive York Fire that ignited in the Mojave National Preserve is almost fully contained after more than a week of expansion in California and Nevada, according to fire officials. The wildfire, which started on July 28 in California’s San Bernardino County and is among dozens
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — US goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher stood alone holding the ball and inhaled deeply, her eyes wide in disbelief, as Sweden’s players raced pitchside to form a joyous heap of yellow on the grass. Some of her teammates were in tears. “Feels like a bad dream,” Alex Morgan would later
Continue Reading
By Thomas Schlachter and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — England had its star player Lauren James sent off in regulation time but advanced to the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals after beating Nigeria in a penalty shootout in Brisbane on Monday. James was shown a red card in the 87th minute after a moment of madness
Continue Reading