By Matt Egan and Brian Fung, CNN Business The controversial Trump SPAC surged near record highs on Tuesday after former President Donald Trump’s social media app debuted atop Apple’s App Store — even as the launch was marked with a flurry of one-star ratings, technical-support complaints and a massive waiting list. Digital World Acquisition Corporation,
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Russia’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway regions in Ukraine as “independent states” has been condemned by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN, who used Africa’s past to warn that clinging to the legacies of colonialism risked “new forms of domination and oppression.” Russia sharply escalated its military campaign against Ukraine on Monday
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN The new US sanctions triggered by Russia’s latest actions in Ukraine included targets that in the past have gone untouched: the family members of those in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. By designating the sons of two powerful players close to the Russian president, the Biden administration sent a clear
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Bob Galyen has spent his career building electric car batteries. And he thinks the United States has a problem. Galyen, who engineered the battery for the General Motors EV1, the first mass-produced electric vehicle, and also served as chief technology officer at a Chinese company that’s the top battery producer
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WEDNESDAY We’re waking up in the cold, but sunshine will start us off on a bright note this morning. Clouds will return by midday as our next system pushes in. A wintry mix of sleet and snow will return this afternoon and evening, impacting the evening commute. Minor accumulations are expected with this round as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people are hyped about the transition away from cars that run on gasoline, but some experts say we should pump the brakes on all the excitement. The US isn’t ready for a full switchover to electric because the precious metal needed to build electric car batteries is just as hard
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people are hyped about the transition away from cars that run on gasoline, but some experts say we should pump the brakes on all the excitement. The US isn’t ready for a full switchover to electric because the precious metal needed to build electric car batteries is just as hard
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The emergency overnight warming center located at the Wabash bus station in Columbia is set to open through Friday, according to a press release, as the city deals with below freezing temperatures.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team lost to No. 17 Tennessee 80-61 on Tuesday night. Kennedy Chandler led the Volunteers with a game-high 23 points and six assists. He was 9-for-12 from the field. https://youtu.be/FUW6wlBTh4w Meanwhile, MU struggled to make shots all night. The Tigers were 19-for-52 from the field. MU went seven
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The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that the 16-year-old boy was detained Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree murder, assault and armed criminal action in connection with the shooting early Saturday in the 1800 block of McKee Street.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou wrestler Jeremiah Kent is the Big 12 wrestler of the week. The former Hickman star upset No. 7 Marcus Coleman in MU’s loss to Iowa State on Feb. 16. It was Kent’s highest ranked win of his collegiate career. The Columbia native is the fifth MU wrestler to earn Big 12
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football player Stacy Brown is suspended from the team following his arrest early Monday morning. According to MUPD, an officer stopped Brown for a traffic violation near the intersection of Rock Quarry Road and Rolling Rock Road at 1:09 a.m. on Monday. He was allegedly going 16-to-19 miles per hour over
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A review of death certificates each week has added hundreds of cases to January’s toll, making it one of the pandemic’s deadliest months.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN The first two days of the Conservative Political Action Conference featured a parade of speakers who described President Joe Biden as weak and incompetent, Democrats as leftist ideologues and Donald Trump’s presidency as a smashing success. Aside from such subjective assertions, the speakers in Orlando made some objectively false and misleading
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By Michelle Watson, CNN Two Utah National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a training accident Tuesday morning, crashing near a popular ski resort, the Utah National Guard said. No crew members or skiers at the Snowbird ski resort were injured, according to Jared Jones, chief warrant officer 5 with the Utah National
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Ukraine’s foreign minister on Tuesday said that “no sanctions will be enough” until Russian forces leave Ukraine, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two separatist regions in the country as independent and announced he would deploy “peacekeeping” forces there. “No sanctions will be enough until Russian boots withdraw from
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Tagen is currently unable to feel anything below the waist and he has been told that he will not be able to walk again.
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