By Matt Egan, CNN Business Covid fears are rocking the oil market Monday as China’s planned lockdown of Shanghai raises concerns about energy demand. US crude tumbled 7% and Brent lost 6.8% on the Covid news, giving back most of last week’s big gains. The heavy selloff comes after officials in China announced plans to
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Written by Julia Hollingsworth Graphics by Henrik Pettersson and Krystina Shveda Millions of people in China are under lockdown. Hong Kong morgues are overwhelmed. And South Korea is reporting the most cases per capita worldwide. For much of the pandemic, these places were held up as Covid-19 success stories, as stringent border rules helped them
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By Scottie Andrew and Leah Asmelash, CNN So … those Oscars were somethin’, huh? Though a certain slap heard around the world may have stolen the show, this year’s Academy Awards were full of moments that filled us with joy and even moved us to tears. From Troy Kotsur’s history-making win to a full performance
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Criticism of Justice Clarence Thomas’ refusal to recuse himself from a case involving White House January 6 records the Supreme Court considered this year has increased in the wake of recently revealed texts Thomas’ wife had sent about the bid to overturn the 2020 election. Democrats are calling for ethics legislation
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla shares have been on a tear in recent weeks as Elon Musk marked the company’s first deliveries from its new Berlin factory, easing investors’ fears about whether the EV maker would receive the necessary approvals from the German government. “I’d say 30% of investors we talked to over the
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By Nathan Hodge, CNN Business Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of being “frightened” by journalists “who can tell the truth” after the Kremlin attempted to prevent Russians seeing an interview he gave about the war in Ukraine. Moscow’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor issued a statement Sunday warning Russian news outlets against rebroadcasting or distributing
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN About 150 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada have taken the 30×30 Pledge, making the commitment to increase the representation of women in their ranks to 30% by 2030. Currently, women make up just 12% of sworn law enforcement positions in the US. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN About 150 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada have taken the 30×30 Pledge, making the commitment to increase the representation of women in their ranks to 30% by 2030. Currently, women make up just 12% of sworn law enforcement positions in the US. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN About 150 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada have taken the 30×30 Pledge, making the commitment to increase the representation of women in their ranks to 30% by 2030. Currently, women make up just 12% of sworn law enforcement positions in the US. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts has long trumpeted the Supreme Court’s institutional integrity, saying the nine justices differ from elected politicians and calling out anyone who threatens to undermine that message. He has rebuked former President Donald Trump and members of Congress. But now the threat
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Chris Rock will not be pressing charges against Will Smith following their onstage altercation at this year’s Oscars, the Los Angeles Police Department has said. Smith appeared to strike Rock at Sunday night’s ceremony after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head as he presented
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County deputy was shot on Sunday morning while attempting to make an arrest. According to MSHP Troop B Public Information and Education Officer Cpl. Justin Dunn, Moberly Police and the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department were sent to the 600 block of Adams Ave. in Moberly for a disturbance around 1:54
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN As global travel continues to reopen in 2022, there will soon be another addition to the “world’s longest flights” list — a direct route between Melbourne, Australia and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) operated by Qantas. The Australian airline, which is nicknamed “the flying kangaroo,” announced the new route will begin
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on co-host of KTGR’s “The Big Show” Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and cold with lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy with a cool breeze up to 20 mph. Highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds are hanging over the region as a weak disturbance continues to roll across Mid-MO, but no rain is expected with dry air in place. It’s cold tonight with temperatures
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Russia’s independent news network, TV Rain, shuttered its Moscow operations in early March — its newsroom empty, broadcast signal shut off. The decision followed the draconian “Fake News” law the Kremlin enacted, effectively making it a crime to report the truth about the war in Ukraine. But the husband-and-wife team behind
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Alex Marquardt, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday that he was not announcing a change in US policy when he said during a speech over the weekend that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” “I just was expressing my outrage — he shouldn’t remain in power, just
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN At nearly the same moment President Joe Biden declared him a “butcher,” Vladimir Putin’s missiles began falling in Lviv, Ukraine. Sending black smoke and flames billowing into the air, and injuring at least five people, the strikes on a fuel depot pierced what had been relative calm in the western hub
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By Yong Xiong, Simone McCarthy and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Shanghai has said it will lock down each half of the city by turns for mass Covid-19 testing starting Monday amid surging infections. The eastern half of the city — comprising around 11 million residents — will go into lockdown at the start of the week
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City truck driver charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Boone County Fire Protection District official is now behind bars. Kevin Lee Brunson Kevin Brunson was indicted by a grand jury for his role in the death of Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Bryant Gladney. He was killed
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