By Tierney Sneed The state-by-state patchwork of abortion restrictions that a reversal of Roe v. Wade would render will be even more complicated by the approaches of local prosecutors and law enforcement officials charged with enforcing abortion bans. Abortion rights advocates fear overzealous law enforcement officials will target crackdowns on the most vulnerable communities in
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Bouquets of flowers, decorated Sunday brunches and sentimental cards don’t always hold the same emotions for everyone. “There are different experiences that could lead up to why Mother’s Day would be difficult for somebody,” said clinical psychologist Naomi Torres-Mackie, head of research at the Mental Health Coalition. It could be because
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In this week’s travel news roundup, we look at space hotels through the ages, Sicily’s new “Little America” and a new glass-bottomed bridge in Vietnam that might just be the world’s longest. Connection restored CNN Travel often covers beautiful and touching moments between passengers on life’s journey. But every so often,
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By Mallika Kallingal, CNN An Alabama corrections officer who disappeared late last month with an inmate — with whom authorities believe she may have had a romantic relationship — died of a gunshot wound. Officer Vicky White, 56, and inmate Casey White, 38, were arrested in Evansville, Indiana, on May 9 after a nationwide manhunt
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A river otter has been spotted in the Detroit River for the first time in a century. Eric Ste Marie, a marine ecologist studying at Windsor University in Ontario, told CNN that the remarkable sighting happened after his partner suggested they go for a walk before starting work. Ste Marie lives
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN In their search for a missing former corrections official and an inmate facing murder charges, authorities announced a key discovery Friday: they located the car they previously believed the pair was traveling in. The car had been in a Tennessee tow lot for about a week, after local officials found it
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The school district confirmed that Jones will receive a stipend while on leave.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, May 6, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Cor Jesu Academy (3) Rock Bridge (0) FINAL Wright City (0) Battle (3) FINAL Lindbergh (2) Helias Catholic (1) FINAL Capital City (2) Ozark (1) FINAL HS BASEBALL Odessa
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Lawmakers in Jefferson City convened at the Capitol for a rare Friday session to work on the state budget, due Friday evening.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 1-seeded Columbia College softball team captured its fifth-straight AMC Tournament title on Friday afternoon, courtesy of two dominant wins over No. 6-seeded William Woods. You can watch extended highlights of the championship win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/UeBgwa3eANs The Cougars run ruled the Owls, 9-1, in six innings in
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The Salt Creek Bridge on the Katy Trail is now back open after a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Politico’s explosive scoop about a draft opinion revealing that the Supreme Court had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade has become the most-trafficked story in the outlet’s 15-year history, a spokesperson for the outlet told CNN on Friday. The article, written by Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward, had originally published
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Department of Defense fought to prevent Mark Esper, the former secretary of defense, from revealing in his forthcoming book that former President Donald Trump had proposed launching missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs. The passage in the book, “A Sacred Oath,” which is out Tuesday, was a “major”
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Grocery stores have begun to limit the amount of baby formula parents can purchase as a formula shortage continues.
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The teen driver killed in a crash Wednesday night on Highway 42 in Miller County was Baily Luttrell, a student and athlete at the School of the Osage, the district superintendent said Friday morning.
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TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds and cool with lows in the mid-upper 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and beautiful with highs in the lower 70s. EXTENDED: Rain has finally exited Mid-Missouri, and we’ll balance out the above average rain this week with a major pattern shift starting by the end of the weekend. Winds look to stay northerly
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By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator, is on the cusp of winning the Philippines presidential election by a landslide, according to preliminary and unofficial results, potentially returning the Marcos dynasty to the Malacañang Palace 36 years after the family fled a mass uprising. With more than
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By Jennifer Korn and Clare Duffy, CNN Business A wave of new legislation taking aim at abortion rights across the country is raising concerns about the potential use of personal data to punish people who seek information about or access to abortion services online. In some of the most restrictive states, digital rights experts warn
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A man charged in Boone County with five felonies went on a rampage of attempted rape and assault that started at a hotel and continued outside other businesses Wednesday night, according to a probable cause statement.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN Two months into Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Biden administration has increased the amount of intelligence it shares with Kyiv, contributing to successful strikes against senior Russian leaders and the Russian Navy’s flagship, the Moskva, sources familiar with the intelligence sharing tell CNN. But the
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