By Ivana Kottasová, Uliana Pavlova and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — For more than nine years, Russian tourists vacationing in Crimea didn’t need to give much thought to the fact that their country was waging war on Ukraine – or that their sun lounger was parked on occupied territory. But with Kyiv’s counteroffensive underway, the
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Arianna Barajas never thought of herself as the outdoors type. The daughter of Mexican immigrants who grew up in Chicago’s suburbs, her forays into nature usually amounted to a bike ride to a community park. She was interested in wild animals but had no idea she
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico and chronic laryngitis from repeated exposure to the hot sun while on various other jobs. But last summer, while on a construction crew in
Continue Reading By Irene Nasser (CNN) — North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in an easing of its coronavirus-era border controls. But it will still require them to do a one-week quarantine. The country has decided to “adjust the anti-epidemic degree in reference to the eased worldwide pandemic situation,”
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The contents of a long-forgotten time capsule recently discovered inside the base of a monument at West Point and believed to have been left by cadets in the late 1820s are set to be revealed. The container to be pried open Monday was discovered in May during restoration to a
Continue Reading By Eleni Giokos and Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece’s capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman standing in front of a burned house, its black, skeletal roof beams reaching imploringly into the smoldering sky
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide. The North’s State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters said Sunday that returnees will be put in quarantine for a week for “proper medical observation.” The announcement
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, Brad Lendon, Angus Watson, Jake Kwon and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Three US Marines have been killed and several others seriously wounded after an Osprey aircraft crashed during military exercises in Australia. Of the 23 Marines on board the MV-22B Osprey aircraft, three died and five others were taken to the
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The howling winds and perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter were easing to a frozen spring when mechanic Liz Monahon at McMurdo Station grabbed a hammer. If those in charge weren’t going to protect her from the man she feared would kill her, she figured,
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Many women who work at McMurdo Station, the main United States research base in Antarctica, say the isolated environment and macho culture have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish. The National Science Foundation, which oversees the U.S. Antarctic Program, published a 2022 report in
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facundo Torres scored twice in the second half, the second on a penalty kick in stoppage time, and Orlando City escaped with a 2-1 victory over St. Louis City, upping its unbeaten streak to 10. Neither team scored until Torres found the net three minutes into the second half for Orlando
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Josef Newgarden will be looking to make IndyCar history Sunday as he seeks his sixth consecutive win on an oval track at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Newgarden is looking to become the second driver to win six straight races on oval tracks and the first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After losing the first two sets, the Mizzou volleyball team made the first major comeback of the Dawn Sullivan era to down Central Arkansas 3-2 in the five-set match. The Tigers were led by St. Louis native Jordan Iliff finishing with 15 kills, seven digs and a block. Dilara Gedikoglu also had
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — For the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, managing the ever-growing volume of radioactive wastewater held in more than 1,000 tanks has been a safety risk and a burden since the meltdown in March 2011. Its release marks a milestone for the decommissioning, which is expected to
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La “Messimanía” tuvo una gran presentación en el área de Nueva York el sábado después de que Lionel Messi hiciera su debut en la temporada regular de la Major League Soccer (MLS). Sin embargo, los aficionados que asistieron al partido entre el Inter Miami de Messi y New York
Continue ReadingBy AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Wheeler struck out 10 while pitching into the eighth inning, and Bryson Stott, Nick Castellanos and Brandon Marsh all went deep as the Philadelphia Phillies set a club record for home runs in a month and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-1. Bryce Harper doubled among
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After clouds clear tomorrow morning and early afternoon, mid-MO will be observing a UV index of 9 tomorrow. This means that without protection of sunscreen that’s SPF 50 or higher, it only takes 15-25 minutes of consistent exposure to receive a sunburn. Pollen levels are staying high into next week after rainfall exits mid-MO.
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, Shirin Faqiri and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner in the country’s presidential elections on Saturday after securing an absolute majority in a tense presidential contest that was marred by delays. “The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has announced the 2023 presidential election results. His Excellency
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hawaiian Bros, a new casual dining restaurant in Columbia, created a traffic jam near Grindstone Parkway as people lined up for free food. The line outside Hawaiian Bros in Columbia Sunday afternoon The island grill offered free food as a sort of soft opening, which lead to people lining up for several
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. BOYS SOCCER BATTLE (2) TOLTON (3) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (6) CLINTON (0) FINAL HELIAS (3) FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH (2) CAMDENTON (2) JEFFERSON CITY (0) FINAL HICKMAN (2) KICKAPOO (1) FINAL ROCK BRIDGE (3)
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