By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. With China set to host the 2022 Winter Games in two weeks’ time, Olympic broadcaster NBCUniversal says it will acknowledge the “geopolitical context” of the games, but the athletes will
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Here are the local scores from Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Battle 61 | Tolton 84 FINAL https://youtu.be/NB4wmKUfRWY Mexico 80 | Macon 50 FINAL HS WRESTLING Jefferson City 31 | Helias 32 FINAL
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US military released videos Wednesday of the botched August 29 drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children. The newly released videos show the view from above Kabul as the military tracked a white Toyota Corolla through parts of the city, believing that
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In his 2022 State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson proposed raising the starting pay for Missouri teachers.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean depths are as mysterious as the infinite abyss of space beyond our planet. Every time we dive beneath the waves, or those waves surface an unusual creature, we learn something new about the water covering more than 70% of Earth’s surface. Only around 20% of the ocean floor has
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Democrats suffered a major defeat Wednesday evening in their efforts to pass voting rights legislation — a key issue for the party, which is under pressure to take action ahead of the midterm elections just months away. An attempt by Democrats to change filibuster rules
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) In Missouri, many students have returned back to class from their winter break, but not all students will continue their education inside a classroom this semester. Columbia College announced its plan to deliver courses virtually at the beginning of the Spring 2022 semester. The district said in a press release, “Due to
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Thanks to the Supreme Court, the House select committee investigating January 6 has now received all the pages from the National Archives that former President Donald Trump had tried to block. The defeat of Trump’s legal challenge was resounding, though the Supreme Court left the door open to
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Gov. Mike Parson wants to keep pushing on rebuilding Missouri’s workforce.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House on Thursday sought to clarify President Joe Biden’s answer a day earlier that this year’s midterm elections may not be “legit” if new voter protections aren’t passed in Congress. Press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden, answering a question during a marathon news conference, was raising concerns about states
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By Miguel Marquez, Aaron Cooper and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Dr. Aaron Parker Banks gets emotional when talking about the toll Covid-19 has taken on his tightknit rural community in northeastern Kentucky, where he works as the only physician at a clinic. “I’ve held the hands of people dying of Covid,” he said. “I’ve had close
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play four games in an eight-day stretch to make up for a COVID-19 postponement earlier in the season. In January, Mizzou had to postpone its matchup with Mississippi State due to COVID-19 concerns within the program. The game will now be played on Feb. 20. That
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Cold air will continue to rush in overnight into tomorrow morning. This will create dangerous conditions late tonight that will persist into early Friday. A common danger with cold like this is frostbite, as it doesn’t take long to do damage. With windchill values in the negative teens early tomorrow, the top layers of your skin can
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, windy, and frigid with lows in the single digits. Wind chills falling to -5 to -10. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the upper teens. Wind chills in the single digits. EXTENDED: A Weather Alert Day is in effect late tonight through midday Friday for dangerously cold low temperatures and wind chills.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old accused of shooting and killing a man in northeast Columbia on Monday night says he didn’t know the gun was loaded. Shawn Long admitted to police in an interview on Tuesday that he picked up the gun and pointed it at Roberto Lauer, 18, in a “playful manner” before it
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The Columbia City Council agreed Tuesday night to delay the discussion on changing the temperature threshold to open emergency warming shelters until they receive input from experts.
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By Jackie Wattles and Pete Muntean, CNN Potentially abysmal air travel interruptions were narrowly avoided this week when wireless carriers made a last-minute change to their planned 5G rollout in response to fears that new cell service towers could interfere with a key component on passenger jets that allows them to safely land in low
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said firmly that Vice President Kamala Harris will be his running mate should he run for reelection in 2024. Asked by a reporter whether he was satisfied with Harris’ work leading the voting rights effort for the White House and whether he will commit to putting
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly pushed back Thursday on US President Joe Biden’s comments that a “minor incursion” by Russia into Ukraine would prompt a lesser response than a full-scale invasion, in an implicit rebuke of Biden’s comments. “We want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions
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by Amanda Watts, CNN The biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday a massive web of seizures across several states of “counterfeit and tampered Gilead HIV medication within the U.S. supply chain.” In a statement on its website, Gilead said “in coordination with the US Marshals and local law enforcement, Gilead has executed seizures at 17
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