By 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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By Tim Lister, Paul P. Murphy and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Just over a month after the first ballistic missiles slammed into Kyiv’s international airport, the Russian campaign has been disrupted and derailed by stubborn Ukrainian resistance — and in the last few days by agile Ukrainian counterattacks on several fronts. Russian forces retain considerable —
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Pet owners, can get their furry friends microchipped Sunday for free at an event held by Unchained Melodies Dog Rescue in Columbia.
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Today: Freezing to start with a few clouds moving in. Highs in the upper 40s. Tomorrow: Cloudier and mild in the mid-50s. Extended: Temperatures finally begin to rebound early week, reaching near 70 on Tuesday. With the return of moisture as well, showers and storms will be possible Tuesday night. The rain lasts all of
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Alex Rogers, CNN Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama repeated his claim Thursday that former President Donald Trump has personally asked him to work to rescind the 2020 election, remove Joe Biden from office and install Trump in his place. “The President has asked me to rescind the election of
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN A funding shortfall in the latest Ukraine aid package could affect the Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations unit that tracks the luxury yachts, apartments and other hidden assets of Russia’s elite, raising the possibility that the US enforcement of sanctions might have some gaps or pull resources from other priorities. The
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Sen. Roy Blunt made some stops in a few Mid-Missouri cities Saturday to speak on topics like broadband, energy cost, jobs and the economy. Sen. Blunt stopped at the Farm Bureau Office in Versailles at 10:30 a.m., the Co-Mo Connect Operations Center in Tipton at 11:30 a.m. and Taylor’s Bake Shop in
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN A multi-faceted cyberattack at the onset of Russia’s war on Ukraine knocked out internet service for tens of thousands of satellite modems in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe, the US-based telecommunications provider that owns the network said Wednesday. It’s the most detailed public account yet of one of the most consequential
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TONIGHT: As the sun goes down, our temperatures will drop steadily into the 30’s by midnight. Cooling will slow into the early morning hours as clouds move in, but still, expect lows, early Sunday, around freezing. SUNDAY: Tomorrow is another cool and bright day. Temperatures will continue to fight a northwest breeze. Expect highs in
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By Sara Smart, CNN On Tuesday, a 9-year-old girl set up her drum kit outside of the Foo Fighters’ hotel in Paraguay, hoping to impress the band. Surrounded by other fans who cheered her on, her skills soon caught the ears of the late Taylor Hawkins, who came down to see the young drummer. Emma
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Kyle Feldscher, CNN President Joe Biden used a last-minute trip to Europe this week to rally the world’s democracies and announce more actions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, while also causing a geopolitical stir with one of the final lines from his speech in Poland. The President’s four-day stint
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Blaine President Joe Biden on Saturday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “butcher” after visiting with refugees in Warsaw, Poland, in an intense criticism of the Russian leader’s actions in Ukraine that have seen millions of refugees flee to neighboring countries. During the visit, Biden was asked by reporters what seeing the Ukrainian
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Machine Gun Kelly has shared his experience hanging out with Taylor Hawkins days before the Foo Fighters drummer tragically passed. Hawkins died while on tour in South America with the band. He was 50. Kelly told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show that he and his band were on the
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By Nathan Hodge, Julia Kesaieva and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN At least five people were reportedly injured Saturday after at least two missiles struck Lviv, a city in western Ukraine that had been previously spared the worst of Russia’s brutal onslaught, local officials said. One of the strikes hit a fuel storage facility, causing it to
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN Beekeeper Dmitry Mulyar was tending to his hives outside his home in eastern Kyiv when the Russian shelling hit on Thursday morning. His elder brother Andriy Mulyar, who roasts coffee for a living, was standing next to him when it happened. “A shell hit, from the — so-called
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Today: Mostly sunny and cool with highs in the low 50s. Tomorrow: Temperatures below freezing in the morning; highs near 50. Clouds return early as a weak disturbance passes through. Extended: Next week starts off warmer with a warm front lifting north Monday into Tuesday, bringing us to near 60 on Monday and into the 70s by Tuesday. A strong low
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