By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Jenny Nguyen-Don was craving some chicken. It was earlier this year, and Nguyen-Don, who was living in London at the time, had also been talking to this guy on Hinge, a dating app, for about a month. So, she thought: Two birds, one stone. She shot him a text
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The heads of most animals are easily identifiable, but scientists haven’t been able to say the same for sea stars until now. A starfish has five identical arms with a layer of “tube feet” beneath them that can help the marine creature move along the seafloor, causing naturalists to
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The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation has removed almost 15,000 products originally recalled over the summer as of an updated list on October 20th.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and encouragement, Midwest farmers planted cover crops on only about 7% of their land in 2021.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The planet is on track to heat up at a much faster rate than scientists have previously predicted, meaning a key global warming threshold could be breached this decade, according to a new study co-authored by James Hansen — the US scientist widely credited with being the first to
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — In the middle of October, Natalia Pitaichuk packed up her four children and left her family home in the town of Beryslav in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson. Two days later, her house was destroyed in a Russian strike. “If we hadn’t evacuated, we would have been dead,” she told CNN. “It was like heavenly powers told me, it
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The September jobs report was somewhat of a shocker, with a surprise 336,000 positions added — nearly double what economists had predicted. It more than surpassed the average monthly gain of 250,000 jobs from January to August of this year. But that total was likely just a short-lived
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Passenger airplanes traveling eastbound across the Atlantic are knocking more than an hour off their flight times as they hit speeds exceeding 761 mph — the speed of sound. Thanks to the jet stream, some flights have reached cruising speeds around 200 mph faster than normal. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Passenger airplanes traveling eastbound across the Atlantic are knocking more than an hour off their flight times as they hit speeds exceeding 761 mph — the speed of sound. Thanks to the jet stream, some flights have reached cruising speeds around 200 mph faster than normal. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Measures to adapt to climate change in the developing world are slowing on all fronts even as the impacts of the crisis are accelerating, creating a widening gap that leaves billions of people increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat, worsening storms and sea level rise, a UN report published Thursday
Continue ReadingWords by Nell Lewis, video by John Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The ‘akikiki, a small, gray bird native to Hawaii, may not look remarkable, but its rarity is. Only five are thought to remain in the wild and, according to the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources, the species could go extinct within months.
Continue ReadingCNN Words by Nell Lewis, video by John Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The ‘akikiki, a small, gray bird native to Hawaii, may not look remarkable, but its rarity is. Only five are thought to remain in the wild and, according to the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources, the species could go extinct within
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As drought in Mid-Missouri continues, despite some recent rainfall, many counties are still in drought stricken areas. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor from Oct. 31, counties like Morgan, Moniteau, Cooper, Pettis, Benton and much of Cole, Camden and Miller counties are in severe drought stricken areas. Nearby counties seeing moderate drought
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers (7-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) head to Athens, Georgia, this weekend to take on the Georgia Bulldogs (8-0, 5-0) for an SEC East game. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday. In the first College Football Playoff rankings that were released on Tuesday, the Bulldogs were picked as the No.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University has canceled classes Friday to acknowledge the “extraordinary stress” its campus has been under as one of its students is accused of making violent antisemitic threats against Jewish people at the college, where unease over the Israel-Hamas war has been escalating for weeks. A
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University has canceled classes Friday to acknowledge the “extraordinary stress” its campus has been under as one of its students is accused of making violent antisemitic threats against Jewish people at the college, where unease over the Israel-Hamas war has been escalating for weeks.
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Friday after Wall Street roared higher on bets that market-rattling interest rate hikes are coming to an end. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 1.2% to 17,296.34, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.1% higher to 3,026.32. Tokyo markets were closed for a holiday.
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Zeena Saifi, Amir Tal and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military has completely encircled Gaza City, according to a spokesperson, as the United Nations’ main relief agency in the isolated enclave accused Israeli warplanes of lethally bombing UN-run schools sheltering civilians. Nearly a week after
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University has canceled classes Friday to acknowledge the “extraordinary stress” its campus has been under as one of its students is accused of making violent antisemitic threats against Jewish people at the college, where unease over the Israel-Hamas war has been escalating for weeks.
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Australian police have brought murder charges against a woman who served a lunch earlier this year that led to the deaths of three people from suspected death cap mushroom poisoning. Victoria Police confirmed a 49-year-old woman was charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder
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