By Brett Roegiers and Allison Collins, CNN Dozens of people are feared dead after at least 30 tornadoes tore through at least six states late Friday and early Saturday. Among the collapsed buildings is a candle factory in Kentucky, a nursing home in Arkansas and an Amazon warehouse in western Illinois. “It’s changed the landscape
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EDWARDSVILLE, Il. (KMIZ) At least six people died after the Amazon warehouse collapsed in Edwardsville, Illinois when storms rolled through Friday night. This information came from the Edwardsville Fire Department at a press conference Saturday evening. The building collapsed as a result of severe weather around 8:33 Friday night, according to Edwardsville Police. Workers were
Continue ReadingTonight: Skies remain clear Saturday night with temperatures falling near freezing or below. Winds remain out of the southwest at 5-10 mph Tomorrow: Temperatures slowly warm above average into the lower ’50s with mostly sunny skies. Extended: Tuesday morning cloud cover pulls back into the area from the south allowing for moisture to return to
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team was no match for No. 8 Kansas in the return of the Border War. The Jayhawks beat the Tigers 102-65 on Saturday afternoon. https://youtu.be/s0u5Fj1Mzsk Watch a replay of the press conference in the stream below. Columbia native Dajuan Harris made his presence known against his home town
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By Ashley Vaughan and Jennifer Grubb, CNN Late Friday and early Saturday there were at least 50 tornado reports across Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee. They struck overnight, catching families asleep and unable to prepare. At least 100 people are feared dead, most in Kentucky. “This is the deadliest tornado that
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf and Reuters At least two people have died at an Amazon warehouse building collapse in Illinois, Edwardsville police chief Michael Fillback confirmed to reporters Saturday morning. A tornado Friday caused major structural damage to the building. Fillback added one person who worked at the warehouse is hospitalized but said he did not
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Romero, Paul P. Murphy and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Kyanna Parsons-Perez was in a storm shelter with other employees at a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Friday night when she felt wind, even though she was deep inside the building. Someone was taking attendance, “and then the next thing you know, there was
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, sent Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, the daughter of famed astronaut Alan Shepard, and four paying customers on a supersonic joy ride to the edge of space Saturday morning. The group blasted off aboard Blue Origin’s suborbital space tourism rocket at 9:01 am
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The Norm Stewart Classic, a high school basketball tournament consisting of 48 hours straight of basketball with over 25 matchups is set to continue throughout Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden lamented hyper-partisanship in Washington in his first late-night interview since taking office, saying that while he used to have a cordial relationship with Republicans, “the Big Lie … makes it awful hard.” Biden appeared on “The Tonight Show” on Friday, telling host Jimmy Fallon that “QAnon and extreme
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The “West Side Story” in theaters now isn’t the movie you’ve seen before — and that’s a good thing. The original 1961 film won 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. But for decades this retelling of “Romeo and Juliet” through the lens of White and Puerto Rican gangs in New York
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TODAY: Breezy with clouds exiting in the morning; wind gusts will peak up to 30 mph. Highs reach the mid-40s. TOMORROW: Bright and warmer. Highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: A cold front brought dangerous storms to end the workweek and will bring back winter-like chill for Saturday. This is short-lived with winds shifting out of
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business New car prices are skyrocketing at the fastest pace on record. And Senator Elizabeth Warren says a lack of competition in the semiconductor industry is at least partially to blame. The world is in the midst of an epic computer chip shortage, one largely driven by Covid outbreaks and skyrocketing
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph, Claudia Dominguez, Susannah Cullinane, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN More than 100 people are feared dead after a series of tornadoes ripped through several states in the Midwest and South and transformed homes and businesses into piles of rubble late Friday into Saturday. In Kentucky alone, the death toll
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While several health departments across the state are changing orders due to the attorney general’s threat, Mid-Missouri health departments are either avoiding the question or experiencing no effect.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Day 2 of the Norm Stewart Classic on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. HS GIRLS HOOPS Battle 72 | Tolton 27 FINAL HS BOYS HOOPS Capital City 69 | St. Elizabeth 39 FINAL Crane 61 | North Shelby 62 FINAL South Callaway 52 | New Bloomfield 37
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LATE FRIDAY UPDATE: SEVERE CLEAR! A Tornado Watch is in effect until 11PM for most of Mid-Missouri excluding counties along Highway 65. A powerful storm system is taking shape today bringing a whole host of possible impacts to Mid-Missouri. This strengthening area of low-pressure will eventually swing a cold front through the region later tonight.
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By Derek Van Dam and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A powerful storm raced across the central US late Friday, unleashing at least 19 tornadoes in five states and causing widespread damage, according to officials. At least two deaths in Arkansas were attributed to the wave of tornadoes. One person was killed and several injured in
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By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN Ghislaine Maxwell is charged with six counts in her federal trial in New York related to what prosecutors say are her efforts to groom and traffic underage girls to be sexually abused by her close companion Jeffrey Epstein. She has pleaded not guilty to six federal counts:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou basketball coach Cuonzo Martin and the Tigers are ready to renew the Border War rivalry with Kansas. We spoke with the team this afternoon. MU will play at Kansas on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. We’ll have full highlights and reaction from the game on Saturday at 6 p.m. https://youtu.be/vmQwZ0o7RWY Mizzou has
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