April 8, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Aditi Sangal, Amy Woodyatt, Ben Church, Melissa Macaya, Jason Kurtz and Meg Wagner, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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Tracking some lingering showers and flurries
FRIDAY Showers and even a few snowflakes mixing in will stubbornly stay with us this morning. We’ll switch over to all rain after midday but they’ll be off and on until this evening. Temperatures will only reach the low to mid 40’s this afternoon. TONIGHT Clouds will take off as winds settle down. Temperatures
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How Bourdain’s favorite songs, movies and books inspired a film about his life
By Janelle Davis and Foren Clark, CNN His mission was a complicated one: Tell the complex story of the late Anthony Bourdain, a man he had never met. Documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville said when he researches a film subject, he tries to get inside the person’s head as much as possible. While researching “Roadrunner: A
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Eccentric Japanese billionaire now betting that ’emotional’ robots can heal your heart
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Nearly two years before Japanese fashion titan Yusaku Maezawa embarked on his recent tourist visit to the International Space Station, he made global headlines for launching a worldwide search for a “life partner” to go to the moon with him. In his online appeal for love, Maezawa, who was 44
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At least 30 killed in train station missile strike in eastern Ukraine as civilians try to flee Russian onslaught
By Olga Voitovych and Nathan Hodge, CNN At least 30 people, including two children, were killed after Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used by civilians trying to flee the fighting, Ukrainian officials said Friday. Tetiana Ihnatchenko, a spokeswoman for the region of
Continue ReadingOhio GOP Senate primary remains all about Trump as candidates hope for late endorsement
By Eric Bradner, CNN Nearly all the Republicans vying for the party’s Senate nomination in Ohio are embracing former President Donald Trump‘s message, touting their closeness to him and cozying up to the elements of the GOP that he propelled as they joust for a late endorsement. All that’s missing is Trump himself. The former
Continue Reading5 things to know for April 8: Supreme Court, Ukraine, Covid-19, Trump, North Korea
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Spring break vacations are supposed to be fun, relaxing, and carefree. But unfortunately, many Americans during this peak travel season are encountering issues reaching their destinations due to severe weather. On the East Coast, thunderstorms pushed back thousands of flights yesterday and more delays are expected going into the weekend. Here’s
Continue Reading5 things to know for April 8: Supreme Court, Ukraine, Covid-19, Trump, North Korea
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Spring break vacations are supposed to be fun, relaxing, and carefree. But unfortunately, many Americans during this peak travel season are encountering issues reaching their destinations due to severe weather. On the East Coast, thunderstorms pushed back thousands of flights yesterday and more delays are expected going into the weekend. Here’s
Continue Reading5 things to know for April 8: Supreme Court, Ukraine, Covid-19, Trump, North Korea
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Spring break vacations are supposed to be fun, relaxing, and carefree. But unfortunately, many Americans during this peak travel season are encountering issues reaching their destinations due to severe weather. On the East Coast, thunderstorms pushed back thousands of flights yesterday and more delays are expected going into the weekend. Here’s
Continue ReadingA Covid worker beat a dog to death in Shanghai after its owner tested positive
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau A pet dog was beaten to death by a health worker in Shanghai in an incident that sparked fury online, offering a glimpse into the growing frustrations of locked-down residents in China’s Covid-19 hotspot. A video of the beating at a residential compound in the Pudong district of
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Members of Mizzou gymnastics team earn regional honors
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou gymnastics coach Shannon Welker and gymnast Sienna Schreiber both earned regional honors on Thursday afternoon. Welker was named the Region 3 Co-Coach of the Year and Schreiber received the Region 3 Co-Gymnast of the Year honor. The Tigers are bound for Fort Worth, Texas as the group will appear at Nationals
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By Helen Regan and Seán Federico O’Murchú, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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MU Faculty Council votes to extend test-optional admissions
The University of Missouri’s Faculty Council is set to meet Thursday at 3:30 p.m., as the group is expected to vote on whether or not to extend test-optional admissions in the university.
Continue ReadingApril 7, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Travis Caldwell, Jessie Yeung, Sana Noor Haq and Ben Church, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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Missouri courts short on diversity as Brown Jackson set to make Supreme Court history
The Senate was poised Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
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President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis speaks on the economy at MU
Jim Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis, stopped at the University of Missouri Thursday morning to discuss the economy and monetary policy.
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Election judges catch voting problems in Cole County
Election protocols caught a voting machine malfunction after Tuesday night’s election.
Continue ReadingCongress skips town without passing Covid relief
By Lauren Fox, CNN Congress punted once again on a massive Covid-19 relief package, leaving President Joe Biden’s administration in limbo on one of its top requests from Congress this spring. Lawmakers departed Washington on Thursday for a two-week recess without passing the massive $10 billion deal, the second time Congress has failed to act
Continue ReadingMichelle Obama: Ketanji Brown Jackson gives Black women and girls ‘a new dream to dream’
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former first lady Michelle Obama praised Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, thanking the judge, newly confirmed to the US Supreme Court, for giving Black women and girls “a new dream to dream, a new path to forge, and a future we can all be hopeful for.” “I was so moved to
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Fotoohighiam calls murder conspiracy prosecution “malicious” after acquittal
A Columbia man acquitted of plotting to kill his ex-wife called his prosecution “malicious” Thursday.
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