SUNDAY: The highest temperatures of the day will be reached early morning before sunrise and we remain steady in the low 30s this afternoon. A breeze from the north will also push wind chills to the teens and low 20s. Clouds will gradually exit today. MONDAY: More sun but northerly flow will subdue temperatures to
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN An incoming tide of patients is slowly drowning UMass Memorial Medical Center, and the US military’s National Guard is working to plug the gaps. In wave after daily wave, the emergency crews pull up to the ambulance bay, dropping off patients for which there is no room. “It’s just the perfect
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By Emma Tucker and Haley Brink, CNN More than 62 million people are under winter weather advisories across the Midwest and Northeast on Saturday ahead of a storm system bringing freezing rain over the weekend. Several Midwest states, including Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Michigan, are expected to experience either ice or rain. The Northeast
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The question hung in the air like a bad odor, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at my dinner table. “Why not just get Omicron and get it over with? It’s mild, right? And it can boost immunity?” The fully vaccinated, boosted, well-educated friend who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team started off 2022 with a top-25 win, after upsetting No. 15 Alabama at Mizzou Arena on Saturday afternoon. The game marks MU’s first conference win of the season. “We have a ways to go as a team, but I think we’ve made tremendous strides, especially in the
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Here are the local scores from Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Hickman 56 | Staley 53 FINAL/OT Battle 61 | Harrisburg 28 FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL Battle 69 | Harrisburg 35 FINAL NAIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Columbia College 66 | Missouri Baptist 51 FINAL NAIA MEN’S BASKETBALL Columbia College 72 | Missouri Baptist 62
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Tonight: Scattered showers begin to push to the southeast by midnight. Winds begin to switch out of the north at 10-15 mph following a cold frontal passage. The overnight low bottoms out at 27 degrees. Tomorrow: Winds remain out of the northwest as skies begin to clear by late morning with a high of 32
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Leah Dolan, CNN Since joining the royal family in 2011, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge — known by many as Kate — has rarely faltered on her unwritten obligation to appear manicured and immaculately dressed in the public eye. And while the duchess is renowned for her preppy tweeds and tailored blazers, she earned her true
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, Jeff Zeleny and Allie Malloy, CNN Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was remembered by a host of top Democratic politicians at his memorial service in Las Vegas on Saturday, with President Joe Biden hailing the Nevada Democrat as someone who “would always have your back” and former President Barack Obama recalling
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By David Williams, CNN DaVante Williams was just focused on getting his teenage passenger home safely to her parents during the more than five hours they were stuck on Interstate 95 in Virginia along with countless other vehicles. The part-time Uber driver told CNN he didn’t know that Monday’s severe winter storm had created a
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The New York attorney general’s office is investigating an incident in which a man died weeks after catching fire when police tased him while he was covered in hand sanitizer, new videos released on Friday by the attorney general’s office show. In the first of two videos dated October 30, 2021
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN As a kid, I thought Dr. Dolittle had a pretty good gig. The idea of being able to speak to creatures in their own distinct language was a thrilling prospect. And then there were veterinarians like Dr. James Herriot and his treasury of tales that showed he truly understood the nature
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By Dakin Andone and Adrienne Vogt, CNN Before he sentenced three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia to life in prison, Judge Timothy R. Walmsley held a minute of silence Friday, saying he hoped to contextualize the time the 25-year-old spent being chased by the defendants. “That one minute represents a fraction
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By Marianne Garvey A mother’s love knows no bounds, even if that means creating a billboard in the middle of Times Square in order for your daughter to find love. When Boston native Beth Davis was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, she treated it with chemotherapy and she was doing well. But in
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN CES, the closely-watched annual consumer electronics show, looked drastically different this year. Sure, some things were familiar: companies showed off the latest batch of flashy TVs. The onslaught of oddball gadgets got odder. And there was no shortage of next-level health trackers, including a lightbulb that tracks
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SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE: A Winter Weather Advisory has been further extended for all of Mid-Missouri. The warmup may be delayed by cloud cover today, keeping more areas below freezing into the early afternoon. SETUP Southerly flow will bring us a warmup for the weekend, but it will also bring a surge in moisture on Saturday.
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SATURDAY: Light freezing drizzle is possible in the morning. For the most details on potential impacts, head to our Insider Blog. Temperatures will start out in the 20s and teens today, allowing for wintry precip early in the day. A warmup is still on the way that will put highs near 40 by the afternoon. As
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The City of Columbia is set to have a 17-person crew in at 6 a.m. Saturday morning due to concerns that morning rain may create icy conditions.
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Adrienne Vogt, CNN Before he sentenced three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia to life in prison, Judge Timothy R. Walmsley held a minute of silence Friday, saying he hoped to contextualize the time the 25-year-old spent being chased by the defendants. “That one minute represents a fraction
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Alta Spells and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Three White men who chased and murdered 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with two having no chance of parole. Travis McMichael, 35, his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan
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