By Jennifer Korn The business fallout from the war in Ukraine is about to extend to outer space. OneWeb, a London-based satellite startup striving for global internet connectivity and a key competitor to Elon Musk’s StarLink satellite internet constellation, was set to launch a batch of 36 internet satellites Friday as part of its plan
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Socket Telecomm in Boone County is receiving over $5 million to expand broadband infrastructure in Northern Boone County as part of a $42.2 million federal grant to the state of Missouri.
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Missouri lawmakers are moving forward with a debate on whether transgender girls should be allowed to compete on girls’ sports teams.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee Ukraine in less than a week according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, creating what some have called a humanitarian crisis and a pressing need for aid.
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Rostislav was manning the defensive post outside Kyiv’s TV tower when a Russian missile struck nearby on Tuesday afternoon. The impact pushed him to the floor. He heard glass shattering, then another explosion. And right after that, another one. And then one more, he told CNN. He was scared, he said
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will convene his Cabinet Thursday afternoon for a meeting that is expected to focus much more heavily on foreign policy than usual, officials told CNN. At 2 p.m. ET Thursday, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with top aides in the Cabinet room
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A Missouri lawmaker has filed a bill to stop state entities and private businesses from doing business with Russia and Russian interests.
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business President Biden’s State of the Union address reached more than 38 million people in the United States on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen ratings. Around the world, Biden’s message about the Russian invasion of Ukraine was seen by a far larger total audience, but there is no standardized way to
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By Jackie Wattles and Jennifer Korn, CNN SpaceX has a new deal to launch internet-beaming satellites for its chief competitor in the satellite business — British company OneWeb. The somewhat awkward pairing, announced by OneWeb on Monday, comes after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine effectively brought a halt to Russian launches of commercial Western satellites. A
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We’re talking about business taxes, anything business owners should know for filing taxes as well as some COVID related items.
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said on Wednesday that he thinks it “was a mistake” for former President Donald Trump to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a genius. “I think that was a mistake. I think I know what he was trying to say, you
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures will hover in the upper ’70s Wednesday afternoon peaking near the record high of 78 degrees. Skies remain mostly clear with winds out of the southwest. Gust possible up to 25 mph. An elevated fire risk stands today due to the low relative humidity. Tonight: Temperatures slowly decrease to near 40 degrees with
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By Brian Stelter and Bianna Golodryga, CNN Journalists from the last remaining independent news network in Russia have left the country for their own safety, one day after Russia instituted a digital roadblock against the network. The country’s Prosecutor General’s Office issued an order on Tuesday to restrict access to both TV Rain, also known
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Jeremy Herb, CNN The White House on Wednesday detailed a new slate of economic measures levied against Russia and its ally Belarus, condemning Belarus for “enabling (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.” Among Wednesday’s actions are new restrictions extending export control policies to Belarus and preventing diversion of tech and
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By Megan Marples Most people want to get rid of dirt, but this special sample of lunar dust is out of this world. Particles of lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission are up for auction this month. Bonhams, the auction company in charge of the sale, estimated the
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Felicity Ace, the cargo ship carrying cars and SUVs from brands including Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini, has now sunk. It had caught fire February 16th and its crew abandoned the ship. The largely burned out ship was being towed back to a safe port when it sank yesterday,
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By Faith Karimi and Samantha Kelly, CNN Volodymyr Bondarenko spends most of his day holed up in his apartment in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Between listening for air-raid sirens and frantically messaging family for updates, he trades messages with a flurry of Airbnb guests booking his one-bedroom rental in the heart of Ukraine’s capital.
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By Brian Lowry and Frank Pallotta, CNN After a year of simultaneously releasing movies on HBO Max and in theaters, Warner Bros. returns to exclusive theatrical releases bearing a rather sizable gift: “The Batman.” The movie, which is set to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, has wider implications for the studio
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr, Jim Sciutto and Jeremy Herb, CNN Russia’s strategy in its war on Ukraine is shifting toward a “slow annihilation” of the Ukrainian military, US and other Western officials tell CNN, warning that Russia could focus on a bloody and deadly bombardment of cities and civilian targets as the conflict
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent The Justice Department said Wednesday it is launching a special unit to help enforce sanctions against Russian government officials and oligarchs, targeting their yachts, jets, real estate and other assets. The new Task Force KleptoCapture is part of the effort by the US, the European Union and other allies
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