By Oren Liebermann, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went last week to an undisclosed airfield near the Ukrainian border that has become a hub for shipping weapons, a senior Defense Department official said, seeing firsthand the multinational effort to get weapons into Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion. While at
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By Wayne Sterling and Emma Tucker, CNN Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Women’s National Basketball Association All-Star with the Phoenix Mercury basketball team, has been arrested in Russia after customs officials detected cannabis oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow, The New York Times reported. The Russian news agency
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By Chloe Melas and Paul Vercammen, CNN Alec Baldwin’s says in a legal filing Friday that Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer on the set of “Rust,” told him to cock the gun that ultimately fired a live round of ammunition, resulting in her death. CNN has obtained the arbitration demand filed by Baldwin’s lawyer which describes
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN US and European officials have been discussing how the West would support a government in exile helmed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should he have to flee Kyiv, Western officials told CNN. The discussions have ranged from supporting Zelensky and top Ukrainian officials in a potential move to
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister in Kyiv and Olga Voitovych in Lviv, Ukraine While the Ukrainian military’s resistance against Russia’s invasion has been well-documented, the last few days have seen growing popular defiance of Russian forces. In the south of Ukraine, especially, there have been multiple protests in areas where Russian troops have arrived. At least several
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Today: Cooler with highs back in the mid-50s. Storms, potentially severe, may fire up near I-44 late afternoon before widespread heavy rain moves into the rest of Mid-MO overnight. Tomorrow: Lingering flakes early, no accumulation. Temperatures start off in the mid-20s and we’re stuck in the upper 30s. Breezes will also keep the wind chill
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN American officials on Sunday identified three areas on which the United States could soon take action in an attempt to address Russia’s intensifying war in Ukraine: a ban on Russian oil imports, a declaration of war crimes against Russia and help facilitating delivery of Polish fighter jets to Ukraine. The urgent
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The equivalent of missing what should be an easy layup, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” stumbles on the road to greatness, undermining can’t-miss subject matter for basketball fans with an uneven, at times farcical tone. Although ’80s-style excess clearly accounts for much of the sizzle, this exercise
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” kicked off this week’s episode with a Fox News “Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular,” hosted by Laura Ingraham, who was played by Kate McKinnon, and Tucker Carlson, who was played by Alex Moffat. “Good evening, everyone. I’m Tucker Carlson. I’m like if a pair of boat shoes came
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mariya Gut sipped water at a restaurant near the Baruch College campus in Manhattan — where students squinted into the cool glare of laptops and the only sign of war was a message spray painted on scaffolding across the street demanding Russia remove its “bloody hands from Ukraine!” For the 18-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray and Judson Jones, CNN meteorologists In this day and age, most of us no longer listen for a tornado siren, instead we listen for the screeching noise or buzz of our cellphones when a tornado nears. Even as meteorologists we rely on apps and notifications to warn us when danger strikes. Unfortunately,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the Columbia Water & Light outage map, the city was reporting a power outage on Saturday night which affected 755 customers. Columbia Water & Light said crews were assigned to the incidents which were located in the southeast part of Columbia. Water & Light reported on Twitter the outage stemmed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting on E Poplar Hill Drive in Columbia Saturday afternoon. Columbia Police Department officers confirmed on scene that there were multiple reports of gunshots just after 2 p.m. One couple in the area, Tom Detore and Eileen Kossak told ABC 17 News they
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton boys basketball team pulled off a huge comeback over Blair Oaks, 61-58, to capture the team’s straight district championship. You can watch extended highlights of the title win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/JfbI3Kw4uHU
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico boys basketball team captured its second-straight district championship in a 45-39 win over Macon on Saturday afternoon. You can watch extended highlights and celebration from the win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/w3gCvp4MRls
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Tonight: Storms begin to move in from Northwestern Missouri throughout the overnight hours. Chances of strong to severe storms are possible with the main threat being winds exceeding 60 mph. Storms will lose strength and die out as the night continues eventually pushing to the southeast by midnight. The overnight low falls to near 40
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team beat Georgia 79-69 on senior day. It snapped the Tigers six-game losing streak. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs have now lost 11 straight games. The Tigers outscored Georgia 49-30 in the second half. Senior Javon Pickett scored all 12 of his points in the final 20 minutes of his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 8 Mizzou softball team won both of its games on Saturday in the Mizzou Tournament. MU beat Bradley 10-1 in six innings. The Tigers also beat St. Thomas 11-2 in five innings. Mizzou is now 15-4 on the season. MU will wrap up the Mizzou Tournament against Bradley on Sunday
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN A volley of machine-gun fire erupted just as Andriy Abba’s family raised a toast to celebrate his 30th birthday in Kherson. Wine glass in hand, he rushed with his parents and younger brother to the basement. Outside, Russian troops were in the final throes of occupying their city
Continue ReadingBy Suzanne Malveaux, Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told US lawmakers Saturday his country urgently needs more assistance from the US, including the establishment of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as it fights against Russia’s invasion. During an hourlong Zoom meeting Saturday morning with members of Congress, Zelensky
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