By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Investors are gearing up for a week of big ticket economic data, including a first look at economic growth between January and March and more inflation numbers. America’s economic activity, measured by gross domestic product, is forecast to have only grown at an annualized pace of 1% in the first
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By Joshua Berlinger, CNN French voters will choose between two very different visions for their country during Sunday’s presidential runoff election, as the centrist President Emmanuel Macron seeks to fend off a challenge from his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen. Macron, 44, is pitching voters on an innovative, globalized France at the head of a
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Isa Soares, Madalena Araujo, Sofiya Harbuziuk, Oleksandra Ochman and Marc Seeman, CNN They’ve endured intense battles, brutal airstrikes and unimaginable loss, but this weekend many Ukrainians will attempt to celebrate one of their most important holidays of the year: Orthodox Easter. Traditionally a time of reflection and rebirth, this Sunday will also
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) held an event in Jefferson City Saturday evening with the Harlem Wizards to heighten the awareness around the need for more affordable and safe housing for low-income families in Jefferson City. The event was held in the Jefferson City High School gymnasium from 5 p.m. to
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, April 23, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Eldon (6) Boonville (16) FINAL South Callaway (6) Centralia (0) FINAL Rock Bridge (7) Francis Howell (6) FINAL Linn (11) Cuba (10) FINAL California (8) North Callaway (3) FINAL Hallsville
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KMIZ) A settlement was reached Thursday after Edith Vogel sued the city of Jefferson City in late March for removing two of her stone pavers from the Deborah Cooper Park on Adrian’s Island. Vogel said she bought two pavers last summer for the section at the park but they were removed shortly
Continue ReadingTonight: Overnight showers and storms will begin to push in from the northwest thanks to a cold-front located over much of Kansas and Nebraska. The main threat tonight will be strong winds and the possibility of hail up to 1″ in diameter in the northwestern counties of Mid-Missouri. Storms will begin to push in after
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine could be at risk of being bogged down in the immigration battle brewing on Capitol Hill between Republicans and the Biden administration. The Biden administration is expected to send another supplemental request to Congress this week for Ukraine after warning that money
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jonny Hallam and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. “I don’t think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State Secretary Mr. Blinken and
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By Michelle Watson, Rebekah Riess and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A 4-year-old girl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has died after her grandmother forced her to drink whiskey, police say. The girl’s blood alcohol content was 0.680%, a “lethal dosage,” according to the arrest warrant. A level of .25% can cause alcohol poisoning, and anything higher than
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN “This is planet Earth, you’re looking at planet Earth.” So go the lyrics of Duran Duran’s first hit single. While not strictly an Earth Day song, it nevertheless inspires you to think of new beginnings. The holiday in honor of our world cannot be separated from the climate crisis, as CNN’s
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By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Dashcam video shows the terrifying moments when a truck driver near Cleveland, Ohio, lost control of his tractor-trailer and nearly crashed into a school bus loaded with students. The incident unfolded Tuesday around 8:25 a.m. as a school bus was finishing its morning rounds on its way to Ralph E. Waite
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN If the Supreme Court reverses its long-standing abortion precedent later this year and lets states ban abortions within their borders, it will unleash a new legal and legislative fight over how far anti-abortion lawmakers can reach to target conduct that happens outside their state lines. A draft majority opinion published by
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By Rebekah Riess and Jennifer Henderson, CNN The bodies of a New Hampshire couple were found shot to death in a wooded area in Concord, police say. Djeswende Reid, 66, and Stephen Reid, 67, had been shot multiple times, according to Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Mitchell Weinberg. They had left their apartment to go for
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TODAY: Partly cloudy and breezy with gusts from 30 to 40 mph. Highs in the mid-80s. Evening storms may bring heavy downpours and strong winds. TOMORROW: A boundary will creep across Mid-MO on Sunday. Areas north of I-70 stay warmer and drier near the 70s, while those to the southeast see more rain and cooler
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Crawford, Jessica Schneider and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A man who set himself on fire Friday on the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, has died, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The man was identified as Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colorado, an MPD spokesperson said Saturday. Bruce had
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The US mask mandate for planes and public transportation has been struck down, Venice is introducing an entry fee for tourists, and Chicago O’Hare International Airport is getting an $8.5 billion makeover. Here are the big stories in travel this week. Masks and mayhem Canceled flights. Understaffed airports. Soaring car rental
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