By Hanna Ziady, John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Oil prices plummeted and stocks surged Wednesday after a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran took effect, spurring hopes that oil tankers would be allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. WTI, the US crude benchmark, tumbled 16.41% to settle at $94.41 per barrel.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump wrote on his social media website on Tuesday afternoon that a ceasefire is imminent with Iran. Trump had stated earlier in the day on Truth Social that “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”
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By Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian man working for the World Health Organization was killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza on Monday, according to his relatives and a doctor who received his body. Majdi Aslan, 54, was driving an “internationally assigned vehicle with international markings” along Salah
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A charter school looking to operate in Boone County has refiled its application. An item on the Missouri Board of Education’s April meeting agenda says Frontier Schools are looking for the state to approve its application for a STEM academy in Columbia. Saint Louis University had pulled its application in January after
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Get ready to hear a lot more about El Niño in the next few months — and maybe even longer — as the infamous climate cycle returns again. This time it could be supercharged. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.
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By Max Saltman, Eyad Kourdi, Kylie Atwood, Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released by a pro-Iran militia in Iraq. Kittleson was received by the Iraqi government, which is processing her travel arrangements, a senior Iraqi government official told CNN.
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday signed into law a bill banning state judges from delaying divorce proceedings because a spouse is pregnant. The measure, HB 1908, which passed unanimously in both the state House and Senate, will modify a state measure enacted in the 1970s requiring couples to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe signed three bills in his office Tuesday afternoon. Kehoe signed bills that allow a woman to get a divorce or separation while she is pregnant, one that attempts to cut down on child sexual grooming and one that could make it easier for juveniles to be prosecuted as
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, Danya Gainor, Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — A man who was shot by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Central California last week was arrested by the FBI upon release from the hospital Monday, according to his lawyer. Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez’s lawyer has pushed back against claims by the Department
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About 6-7% of Cole County voters had cast their ballot by noon Tuesday, according to Cole County Clerk Steve Korsmeyer.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Coretta Scott King, civil rights and peace activist. Personal Birth date: April 27, 1927 Death date: January 30, 2006 Birth place: Marion, Alabama Birth name: Coretta Scott Father: Obidiah Scott Mother: Bernice (McMurray) Scott Marriage: Martin Luther King Jr. (June 18, 1953-April 4,
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By Chris Boyette, Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — An American woman is missing at sea in the Bahamas after reportedly falling overboard during an evening dinghy ride with her husband, prompting a recovery mission and investigation, police said. Lynette Hooker, 55, and her husband, Brian Hooker, 58, both US nationals from Michigan, were heading back
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It is Election Day in Missouri, and Missourians are preparing to vote on local council and school board races, propositions, and bond issues across the state Polling locations across the state are open until 7 p.m. Tuesday. To check your local polling location or to see if it has changed, go to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN After weeks of war rattling supply chains, some businesses are beginning to pass along higher costs to consumers with sneaky — and not-so-sneaky — price hikes. Several airlines, for example, have raised checked baggage fees, while Amazon and other companies have introduced fuel surcharges. Here’s what else you need to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN After weeks of war rattling supply chains, some businesses are beginning to pass along higher costs to consumers with sneaky — and not-so-sneaky — price hikes. Several airlines, for example, have raised checked baggage fees, while Amazon and other companies have introduced fuel surcharges. Here’s what else you need to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN After weeks of war rattling supply chains, some businesses are beginning to pass along higher costs to consumers with sneaky — and not-so-sneaky — price hikes. Several airlines, for example, have raised checked baggage fees, while Amazon and other companies have introduced fuel surcharges. Here’s what else you need to know
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CNN By Jessie Yeung, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The clock is ticking down to US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to strike a deal and open the Strait of Hormuz – or be heavily bombed and face “hell.” Trump had set 8 p.m. ET Tuesday (Wednesday 3:30 a.m Tehran time) as the time
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The clock is ticking down to US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to strike a deal and open the Strait of Hormuz – or be heavily bombed and face “hell.” Trump had set 8 p.m. ET Tuesday (Wednesday 3:30 a.m Tehran time) as the time by
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India has kicked off a mammoth exercise to count its entire population – all 1.4 billion of them, give or take a few, in a census initially delayed by the pandemic then administrative issues. Over the next year, more than three million people will go door-to-door, traveling through megacities
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As rain poured on the northern provinces of Iran in late March, a somber crowd snaked through the mountain ranges of Asara carrying the coffin of Mohammad Reza Kia. The city of just a few thousand people was draped in banners now hailing the young nuclear scientist
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