By Maeve Reston, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s ability to pick winning candidates will be put to the test as the primary calendar kicks into high gear this month with a series of contentious contests starting Tuesday in Ohio. Most of this month’s GOP candidates have tried to appeal to Trump during their campaigns, which
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The Columbia Voluntary Action Center is set to begin multiple programs in an effort to help lower income residents stay cool during the summer months.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou and NFL tight end Chase Coffman in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team secured a series win over Mississippi State on Sunday, courtesy of a walkoff home run from shortstop Josh Day in the bottom of the ninth inning. The home run was Day’s seventh of the season and his first since April 1. Big day at the plate for multiple
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team finished up the regular-season home schedule with an 11-6 win over Texas A&M on senior day. https://youtu.be/V38u0Q2JosI Six Tigers finished the day with at least a hit against the Aggies, but an eight-run third inning is what really propelled MU to the win. After the game, Mizzou honored
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By Megan Thomas and Chris Boyette, CNN Actor and comedian Bill Murray addressed the production shutdown of his latest film, “Being Mortal,” in the wake of reports of a complaint against him. Fox Searchlight told the film crew in an email last month that the film was being shut down due to an unspecified complaint
Continue ReadingTonight: Skies remain mostly clear with winds calming down to 5-10 mph out of the west. Overnight lows bottom out around 50. Tomorrow: The ABC17 Stormtrack Team has issued a Weather Alert Day ahead of incoming storms Monday evening. Monday morning begins dry before late morning showers and light storms push in from the southwest.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Come HOME Tour Caravan and Mizzou Athletics has spent the past few weeks traveling with administration, coaches and players to unify Tiger nation and this weekend they stayed in Columbia. Fans gathering outside the Hearnes Center Saturday afternoon to talk with Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois, Head Football Coach Eli Drinkwitz, Head Men’s
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Reporting can be a risky profession, and in many parts of the world, it is becoming more dangerous than ever. This year to date, at least 17 journalists have been killed — and the real number is probably higher, CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. The
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff President Joe Biden spoke Saturday at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, marking his first appearance at the widely attended Washington event since taking office and the first time a US president has attended the dinner in six years. Read his remarks as released by the White House, lightly edited for style: Thank
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff President Joe Biden spoke Saturday at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, marking his first appearance at the widely attended Washington event since taking office and the first time a US president has attended the dinner in six years. Read his remarks as released by the White House, lightly edited for style: Thank
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday doubled down on his request for migrants not to attempt to enter the US through its southern border, saying his message to them is clear: “Do not come.” “Because our border is not open,” Mayorkas told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday doubled down on his request for migrants not to attempt to enter the US through its southern border, saying his message to them is clear: “Do not come.” “Because our border is not open,” Mayorkas told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Nadia Romero, Maria Cartaya and Theresa Waldrop, CNN An Alabama corrections official who was last seen with a man held on murder charges now has a warrant out for her arrest. A warrant was issued for Vicky White, an assistant director of corrections for Lauderdale County, on charges of permitting or facilitating
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said Sunday that he’s weighing a White House bid in 2024 and that he would still consider running even if former President Donald Trump enters the race. “You’ve got to get through, of course, this year. But that’s an option that’s on the table,” Hutchinson,
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By Chloe Melas and Sonia Moghe, CNN Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial concluded its third week in a Virginia court on Friday. Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Continue ReadingBy Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN Because SS soldiers used the Nożyk Synagogue as a warehouse and horse stable during World War II, it was the only major Jewish synagogue the Nazis did not destroy in Poland’s capital city of Warsaw. Now, it is once again a house of worship, led by the chief
Continue ReadingOpinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives Every time a host leaves an established late-night show, the guessing game begins: Who will be the successor to Johnny Carson or David Letterman? Or, in this most recent case, James Corden at CBS? Corden announced Thursday that he will leave “The Late Late Show” next year.
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TODAY: Clouds exit with highs near 70. Expect another breezy afternoon with wind gusts near 30 mph. TOMORROW: Storms return late morning, with a severe threat by the evening. Temperatures hover in the 60s. EXTENDED: Monday will already see the next severe threat as a low pressure system forms over Oklahoma and moves east during
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By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN Country music legend Naomi Judd — one half of the duo The Judds — has died, her daughter Ashley Judd announced Saturday. She was 76. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered,” Ashley Judd said
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