By Sonia Moghe, CNN Amber Heard took the stand again on Thursday, with at times emotional and graphic testimony in her defense against a defamation claim brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. In her second day of testimony, Heard described alleged physical abuse by Depp that she said escalated into the couple mistreating each other.
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN Karine Jean-Pierre will become the new White House press secretary when Jen Psaki departs her role next week, President Joe Biden announced in a statement Thursday, becoming the first Black and out LGBTQ person to hold the position. Jean-Pierre currently serves as the White House’s principal deputy press secretary. “Karine not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tolton basketball guard Tahki Chievous announced his commitment William Woods University on Thursday, following a standout senior season. Chievous helped lead the Trailblazers to the Class 4 state championship game, where the team finished as the state runner up. Chievous is also the son of Mizzou hoops legend Derrick Chievous.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that women’s golf coach Stephanie Priesmeyer will be stepping into a new role within the athletic department. She will now work in a development role. https://youtu.be/FyA1MWe2eRA “This University has been a part of my heart and sole for more than 30 years,” Priesmeyer said in a press release on
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Most Americans say now is not the time to end a pandemic-era border restriction that the Biden administration hoped to drop this month, but those who say it ought to continue are divided over how long it should remain in place, according to a new CNN poll conducted
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The Missouri legislature has only one day left to get a 2023 state budget on the governor’s desk, and both chambers have yet to pass the 15 budget bills.
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A Columbia man is charged with several crimes after police say he ran inside a business naked on Bernadette Dr. on Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed parts of several roads in Mid-Missouri due to flooding. On Thursday morning, the department closed Highway 94 from Highway 19 to Rhineland, Missouri due to water over the road. The Missouri River east of Jefferson City is near flood stage at Hermann and near Chamois,
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Former Missouri governor Eric Greitens can have access to his ex-wife’s cellphone records in a child custody case, a judge ruled last week.
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TONIGHT: Cloudy with showers and storms moving back in, especially south of I-70. Lows in the low to mid-50s. Watch for flooded roads in prone areas by sunrise. TOMORROW: Lingering showers early with clouds holding on through the day. Highs in the lower 60s. EXTENDED: Showers and storms off to our southwest will push in
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Henry Klapper, CNN The commanding officer stood before the sailors of the USS George Washington’s security team. One of their own, Xavier Sandor, had taken his life a few weeks earlier in mid-April, and the captain had come down to speak with the 110 or so young men and women who
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business DoorDash, which went public amid a pandemic-fueled delivery craze in late 2020, said its business continues to boom even as people increasingly return to their lives outside the home. The on-demand delivery company said its order volume grew 23% to 404 million in the first three months of this
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business This newsletter yesterday highlighted warnings that market enthusiasm after the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting was misplaced. Investors quickly came to the same conclusion. What’s happening: After the S&P 500 rallied 3% on Wednesday, logging its best day in almost two years, it plunged 3.6% in an ugly trading session on
Continue ReadingBy Meg Dunn, CNN Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, attacks on Asian Americans have surged across the country. In the first half of 2021, New York City alone saw a 395% increase over the previous year in reported anti-Asian hate crimes. Michelle Tran, a Chinese and Vietnamese American medical student living in the
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By Brian Fung, CNN The president of the Amazon Labor Union warned Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday that he risks ignoring the concerns of workers at his own political peril. At the opening of a Senate Banking Committee hearing focused on Amazon (AMZN), in which Graham used his initial remarks to blast the “demonization of
Continue ReadingToday: Mid-Missouri will remain dry throughout the afternoon hours with highs nearing 60. Skies remain overcast with winds out of the east at 2-5 mph. Tonight: Showers and storms returning back to Central Missouri after 9 tonight with the main threat being isolated flash flooding. Storms will stick throughout Mid-Mo until mid-morning Friday before slowly
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Maria Cartaya, CNN Chief Justice John Roberts said Thursday that the leak of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade is “absolutely appalling” and stressed that he hopes “one bad apple” would not change “people’s perception” of the nation’s highest court and workforce. In his first public
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter When Supreme Court justices gather on May 12 for their next closed-door conference to discuss pending petitions and outstanding opinions, everything will have changed. At their conference, secrecy is so guarded that no one else is allowed in the room. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, as the junior-most
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By Rishi Iyengar Since Elon Musk announced he was buying Twitter last month, the billionaire has sent out tweet after tweet outlining his plans for the platform, touching on everything from new features to security updates to monetization. But Musk’s overarching reason for committing billions of dollars to buy Twitter is to ensure the platform
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Sanyo Fylyppov, CNN Russian forces are stealing farm equipment and thousands of tons of grain from Ukrainian farmers in areas they have occupied, as well as targeting food storage sites with artillery, multiple sources have told CNN. The phenomenon has accelerated in recent weeks as Russian units have tightened their grip
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