COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Wednesday approved the contract of new athletic director Laird Veatch. Veatch was announced as the new athletic director on Tuesday. Veatch signed the contract on Monday. UM System President Mun Choi signed the curators’ side of the contract on Tuesday. According to the contract,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El ADN antiguo está desvelando más secretos sobre los ávaros, un pueblo temible que construyó un misterioso imperio que gobernó gran parte de Europa Central y Oriental durante 250 años a partir de mediados del siglo VI. Conocidos principalmente por los relatos de sus adversarios, los ávaros desconcertaron a los bizantinos con
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In the past, we’ve gone over some of the basic elements needed to create and drive thunderstorm development. Some of those ingredients include energy in the environment known as CAPE ( Convective Available, Potential, Energy), moisture to create the clouds and rain, and even shear ( changing of wind direction and speed over different heights).
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — 7.912 extranjeros han sido expulsados de Guatemala por el lugar donde ingresaron de forma irregular, tras ser “localizados durante operativos”, de acuerdo con un comunicado del Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración. Las estadísticas corresponden del 1 de enero al 16 de abril de este año. Las nacionalidades con más extranjeros rechazados
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Ford’s electric vehicle unit reported that losses soared in the first quarter to $1.3 billion, or $132,000 for each of the 10,000 vehicles it sold in the first three months of the year, helping to drag down earnings for the company overall. Ford, like most automakers, has
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By Daniel Dale and Kate Sullivan, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is a famed exaggerator of the size of his crowds. For years, he has lied about how many supporters attended his presidential inauguration and numerous campaign rallies. Now he’s pushing a wildly inaccurate claim about how many supporters have attempted to show up
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The family of Dexter Reed, a 26-year-old Black man who was killed in a hail of bullets fired by police during a traffic stop in Chicago last month, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and five police officers on Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingKISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — The longtime boyfriend of a central Florida mother whose teenage daughter was reported missing in February has been charged with the 13-year-old girl’s murder. Court records show Stephan Sterns was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Madeline Soto. She was reported missing in February after her mother, Jennifer Soto,
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By Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Wednesday that he was cancelling his public duties until next week to “reflect” on whether to continue leading the government, just hours after a Spanish court said it had opened a probe against his wife. In the surprise move, Sanchez said on
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 33-year-old Texas man was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge in the February 2022 killing of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez – nearly two years after another grand jury had declined to indict him in connection with the child’s fatal shooting. Tony Earls Jr. was released after
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand and stop the growing outbreak. Officials say the risk to humans remains low. Scientists fear that the virus that’s been detected in cattle in
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft already has traded hands, with Carolina sending it more than a year ago to Chicago in a trade to move up to take Bryce Young first overall in 2023. Based on recent history, plenty more first-round picks should change hands
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — ¿Enviar mensajes de texto en la Luna? ¿Transmitir desde Marte? Puede que no esté tan lejos como crees. Esa es la visión compartida de la NASA y Nokia, que se asociaron para establecer una red celular en la Luna para ayudar a sentar las bases de la presencia humana a largo
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Many moms and dads say parenting hinders their ability to connect with other adults, according to a new survey. About two-thirds reported that the demands of parenthood sometimes or frequently left them feeling isolated and lonely. Experts urged parents who are burned out or overwhelmed
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with showers moving in by late afternoon. A few thunderstorms possible. Highs in the mid-60s. EXTENDED: Low pressure tracking across the Plains will bring our first of many rounds of rain and storms by Thursday. Showers will have to fight dry air, so
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese citizen who threatened and harassed an individual who advocated for democracy in China has been sentenced to nine months in prison and three years of supervised release, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced Wednesday. Xiaolei Wu, 26, who attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston,
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By Tami Luhby and Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking aim at the high prices of the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. The Vermont senator, an independent who has long called out drug manufacturers for their costly products, is launching an investigation into the “outrageously high prices” Novo Nordisk charges for the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Cole County Sheriff’s deputy’s discrimination lawsuit against the county has been sent back down to the Cole County Circuit Court. David Barrett filed a lawsuit in June 2022, alleging he was fired due to racial discrimination. According to previous reporting, Barrett believed he was fired in 2021 after coworkers learned
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted clemency to 16 people who were convicted of non-violent drug crimes. Biden used his clemency powers under the Constitution to issue pardons to 11 men and women. The Democratic president shortened the sentences of five others. Biden says he acted because April
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