By Tara John, Oleksandra Ochman and Sandi Sidhu, CNN When Russian troops invaded Ukraine and began closing in on its capital, Kyiv, Andrii Dereko begged his 22-year-old stepdaughter Karina Yershova to leave the suburb where she lived. But Yershova insisted she wanted to remain in Bucha, telling him: “Don’t talk nonsense, everything will be fine
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Cole County Emergency Medical Services is building a new headquarters on the northeast corner of McCarty and Adams Street.
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, CNN A coalition of civil rights groups has filed the first lawsuit in Florida against the recently enacted congressional map put forward by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis that eliminates two districts represented by Black Democrats while giving Republicans the advantage in as many as 20 of 28 seats. The GOP-controlled Florida legislature
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The University of Missouri System Board of Curators met on Thursday to discuss the Five-year Capital Plans for MU, and to address the rising inflation rates.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Father Tolton basketball’s Aaron Rowe came in at No. 15 in ESPN’s inaugural list of top-25 players from the class of 2025. The guard just wrapped up his freshman year with the Trailblazers, making it all the way to the state championship game. Rowe was an integral part of the group that
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The Columbia police continue to investigate a home invasion after responding to a shots fired call on Wednesday evening.
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By Elissa Garay After two years of navigating relentlessly choppy seas, the cruise industry — one of the sectors of tourism hardest hit by the pandemic — is forecasting significantly smoother sailing ahead. Facing persistent pandemic pressures and increasingly urgent demands around climate action, industry innovation and adaptation has been the name of the game.
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By Jamiel Lynch and Emma Tucker, CNN Texas executed its oldest death row inmate by lethal injection on Thursday, shortly after the governor of Tennessee granted a temporary reprieve in what would have been the state’s first execution since the pandemic began. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was executed at 6:39 p.m. CT on Thursday, according
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Former President Barack Obama on Thursday called on tech companies to provide greater transparency about the way they promote content and for stricter regulation of the industry to combat what he called the “disinformation problem.” Obama, speaking in the heart of Silicon Valley in Stanford, California, has been making the fight
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For the last 13 years, cabs from Taxi Terry’s have been a common sight in Columbia.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with a few storms possible through midnight. Lows remaining in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds with gusty winds up to 30 mph. Highs reaching the lower 80s. EXTENDED: As storms fill in and push north, not all of us will see rain, but a few locations could pick up some small
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By Eric Levenson and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Friday that would eliminate the special legal setup that allows Disney to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme parks. The move comes as Florida’s Republican-led government has taken aim at Disney — the largest single-site employer
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By Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Coconino County due to the 20,000-acre Tunnel wildfire. The blaze started Sunday just north of Flagstaff and is 0% contained, according to the InciWeb website, a national wildfire clearinghouse. At least two dozen buildings have been
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Ali Zaslav, CNN Lt. Gov. John Fetterman swung by the heart of Republican country in Southwestern Pennsylvania, in the reddest of red districts, where then-President Donald Trump trounced Joe Biden by more than 55 points and MAGA signs are still apparent on seemingly every other street corner. But rather
Continue ReadingBy Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Galina Nikolaevna is weeping in the wreckage of her home in the village of Kamyshevakha in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Two days ago, a couple of Russian shells landed on the house and the garage, making it uninhabitable. But Nikolaevna and her husband are
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Lauren Fox, CNN Republican Sen. Mike Lee is defending himself against criticism that he obscured what he knew about efforts to overturn the 2020 election in light of newly-revealed text messages showing he communicated for weeks about the effort with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. The texts, first reported
Continue ReadingBy Allie Torgan, CNN When Shirley Raines was named the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year in New York City last December, she wasted no time bringing the honor back to her Skid Row community in Los Angeles. “It’s just a really amazing opportunity for the homeless to be seen, helped … for people to
Continue ReadingBy Allie Torgan, CNN When Shirley Raines was named the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year in New York City last December, she wasted no time bringing the honor back to her Skid Row community in Los Angeles. “It’s just a really amazing opportunity for the homeless to be seen, helped … for people to
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon announced Thursday that it will let third-party merchants offer Prime membership benefits such as free and fast shipping directly to Prime customers through their own online stores rather than solely through the e-commerce giant’s platform. The option, called Buy with Prime, will initially be available by invitation only for
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Jacob Lev and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A junior college baseball pitcher in Texas is no longer on the team after he attacked an opposing team’s baserunner during a game, Weatherford College head baseball coach Jeff Lightfoot said Thursday. The opposing player had just hit a home run Wednesday and was rounding the
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