By Becky Thompson, CNN World Athletics has found that female athletes were the target of 87 percent of all online abuse at this year’s Tokyo Olympics. The findings come from a study conducted during the Games and published on Thursday. It follows the launch of World Athletics’ new safeguarding policy last month, which highlights the
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By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz, Ivana Kottasová and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The discovery of a new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant by South African health authorities has sparked a forceful reaction across the world, with a number of countries banning travelers from several southern African countries. The World Health Organization announced Friday it has
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BLACK FRIDAY: Some of the coldest temperatures of the season hit this morning with lows close to the teens. A return of southerly winds will warm us quickly by the afternoon near 50 degrees. SATURDAY: The warmup continues into the weekend with highs rising to the low 60s. A minor disturbance will move across the
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By Katharina Krebs and Anna Chernova, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a group of Ukrainians and Russians is planning to carry out a coup against him next week. Speaking at a news conference in Kiev on Friday, the President said he had received intelligence information, which included audio, indicating the coup is planned for
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Many stores across Mid-Missouri are set to open early for the biggest shopping day of the year in America, after the COVID-19 pandemic limited sales and hours in 2020.
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN Atlanta. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino. Ubiquitous gun violence in the United States has left few places unscathed over the decades. Still, many Americans hold their right to bear arms, enshrined in the US Constitution, as sacrosanct. But critics of the Second
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Laura Smith-Spark and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Major travel destinations including the European Union, Japan, Australia, the United States and Canada have moved to block flights from African countries following the discovery of the Omicron variant, echoing previous emergency responses that triggered a global freeze on travel. The speed with which the new
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By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of the country. “Initially it looked like some cluster outbreaks, but from yesterday, the indication came from our scientists from the Network of Genomic Surveillance that they
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By Christine Koh, CNN I delight in finding the perfect gift for a loved one and experience joy in thoughtful personal purchases. But I bristle against spending for the sake of spending, especially for manufactured “holidays” like Black Friday. Decisions about dollars are complicated. “The consumer dilemma is the idea that the planet clearly needs
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By Matias Grez, CNN Video by Finn McSkimming, CNN Even as a three-year-old, Tom DeBlass noticed that his father sometimes looked different when he returned home. He was too young at the time to truly understand that this was the result of alcohol addiction, but his family tried to explain it to him anyway, referring
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Cederall says the Columbia Salvation Army has 23 bell ringing sites and as of Thursday, it only had five paid ringers.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ.) Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and The Salvation Army for Hope in Jefferson City hosted community meals for Thanksgiving. Father Don Antwieler, the pastor for Immaculate Conception Church, says more than 800 people signed up or dined in for a hot meal and more than 50 volunteers helped serve the large crowd.
Continue ReadingBy Becky Thompson and Pauline Lockwood, CNN The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) “remains deeply concerned” that Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai “is not free from censorship or coercion.” In an email statement on Saturday, the WTA says CEO Steve Simon has attempted to reach out to Peng “via various communication channels,” including two emails “to
Continue Reading By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of the country. “Initially it looked like some cluster outbreaks, but from yesterday, the indication came from our scientists from the Network of Genomic Surveillance that they
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BLACK FRIDAY: After a chilly Thanksgiving day, the overnight hours dip even colder. Despite relaxing winds, we keep a slight breeze out of the north and skies remain clear into the first half of the night. The one thing making early Friday more bearable will be a brief lull in wind as winds shift to
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COLUMBIA,Mo (KMIZ) People lined up inside the Columbia Senior Center on Business Loop 70 to eat a hot Thanksgivng meal. Everybody Eats is a tradition that started with former Columbia council woman Almeta Crayton. Every year for more than 20 years she provided Thanksgiving meals to those in need. Crayton passed away in 2013 and
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Police didn’t give the age of the boy who was shot in the 2600 block of Old 63 S. at about 2 a.m. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.
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By Robert Shackelford, Derek Van Dam, Gene Norman, and Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologists Now that your bellies are full and the leftovers are nearly gone, it’s time to warm up the car for that long ride home. People returning home from Thanksgiving festivities may encounter travel delays as a series of storms crisscross the country.
Continue Reading By Robert Shackelford, Derek Van Dam, Gene Norman, and Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologists Now that your bellies are full and the leftovers are nearly gone, it’s time to warm up the car for that long ride home. People returning home from Thanksgiving festivities may encounter travel delays as a series of storms crisscross the country.
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By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN The mass of Thanksgiving travelers has set a new pandemic-era air travel record. The Transportation Security Administration says it screened 2.3 million people (2,311,978) at airports across the country on Wednesday, making it the busiest day at security checkpoints since March 2020. The number is 88% of the
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