QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is Apple a monopoly?
The Justice Department announced a historic antitrust lawsuit Thursday against one of the world’s biggest companies.
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Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you watch the State of the Union address?
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address on Thursday night. Did you watch the address? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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WATCH LIVE: President Joe Biden delivers State of the Union address
WASHINGTON (KMIZ) Watch the State of the Union address in the web player above.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did the Supreme Court rule fairly in the Colorado ballot case?
The U.S. Supreme Court dropped a major ruling Monday — one day ahead of the biggest day of the primary campaign.
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Understanding ‘SOS mode’ on iPhones after AT&T national outage
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 74,000 AT&T customers across the nation reported being without service Thursday morning after the company’s network went down, according to reporting from CNN. For many iPhone users, the word “SOS” appeared in the top right corner of phone screens, where the device’s cell signal is typically located. The word indicates
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AT&T says service has been restored after massive, nationwide outage. Authorities are investigating
By Catherine Thorbecke, Melissa Alonso and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — AT&T’s network went down for many of its customers across the United States Thursday morning, leaving customers unable to place calls, text or access the internet. By a little after 3 pm ET, roughly 11 hours after reports of the outage first emerged, the
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Kansas woman describes seeing gunman and first people shot during Chiefs rally
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Bridget Barton, her husband Jason and their 13-year-old daughter Gabriella were at Union Station celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl on Wednesday when things took a turn for the worst. Twenty-two people were shot at the end of the rally — including nine children — and one woman died. Barton described being overly
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you agree with the verdict in Jennifer Crumbley’s trial?
A jury on Tuesday convicted Jennifer Crumbley on four counts of manslaughter related to her son Ethan’s school shooting in Michigan.
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Jennifer Crumbley, mother of school shooter, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the teenager who killed four students at an Oxford, Michigan, high school in 2021, was found guilty of all four counts of involuntary manslaughter in a novel legal case that stood as a test of the limits of who’s responsible for a school shooting.
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U.S. launches retaliatory strikes on Iranian-linked militia targets in Iraq and Syria
The US has begun conducting airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria, the start of what will likely be a series of larger-scale US strikes on Iranian-backed militias who have carried out attacks on US troops in the Middle East, according to two US officials.
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US carries out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
The US military has launched strikes against multiple Houthi targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, a US official told CNN.
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Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty Thursday on federal charges he faces in California for allegedly failing to pay more than a million dollars in taxes. The embattled son of the president made his initial appearance Thursday in a federal courthouse in Los Angeles in the case brought
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A 17-year-old gunman killed a sixth-grader and wounded five people at an Iowa school. The shooter is also dead
By Andy Rose, Dakin Andone, Evan Perez and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old gunman killed a sixth grade student and wounded five other people Thursday morning at Perry High School near Des Moines, Iowa, authorities said. The five people wounded include four students and one school administrator, officials said. The school’s principal, Dan
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US charges Russian soldiers with war crimes against an American in Ukraine
By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Four Russian soldiers have been charged with war crimes against an American who was living in Ukraine during the Russian invasion, according to a historic indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Virginia. The case against the Russian soldiers marks the first time the
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Deal reached to extend Israel-Hamas truce by two days, Qatar says
By Mostafa Salem and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — The truce that saw the return of 50 Israeli women and children from captivity in Gaza, as well as dozens of other nationals, has been extended for two more days, officials said Monday, as the hard-negotiated initial four-day pause concluded successfully following a late-night release of
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General Motors becomes 1st of Detroit automakers to seal deal with unionized workers
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious and lengthy labor dispute. A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with
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Suspect in Maine shooting rampage is dead, sources say
he US Army reservist accused of killing 18 people and injuring 13 more in a shooting rampage across a small Maine city is dead, authorities said.
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WATCH: Police give update on hunt for Maine mass shooting suspect
Authorities in Maine give an update on the hunt for a suspect in a mass shooting that killed at least 18 people in a small town.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the US give more assistance to Israel and Ukraine?
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden this past week released proposals requesting more than $105 billion, which will include assistance for Israel and Ukraine, according to reporting from CNN and the Associated Press. Do you think it’s a good idea to give more assistance to Ukraine and Israel? Let us know in the poll and
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