By Brandon Miller, Judson Jones and Ralph Ellis Severe weather struck with a violent intensity this weekend, leaving a wide path of death and destruction across eight states. There were at least 50 reports of tornadoes during the outbreak from late Friday into Saturday in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee, according
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TONIGHT: After yet another warmer than average day, temperatures overnight will stay mild. Expect mostly clear conditions, with temperatures dropping into the mid-40’s. TUESDAY: Skies will cloud up a bit on Tuesday. Some sunshine will likely peak through, but overall mostly cloudy skies are expected. Despite the extra shade, an influx of warmth from southerly
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business This month may be the last chance for high-income savers to take full advantage of the ‘backdoor’ Roth. If the Build Back Better bill, passed by the House in November and now under consideration by the Senate, becomes law, it could limit high-income savers’ options to convert their savings into
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a beating from Mother Nature — rescued a severely injured young girl by carrying her out of harm’s way on an old door. Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Chandler Siris and Sgt. Richard Edwards
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Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney Some of the world’s richest men are squaring off in what’s become a rivalry for the ages — the space race. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, the two richest men on the planet and the CEOs of SpaceX and Blue Origin, respectively, have grand designs on the cosmos. They predict a
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Britain is facing a “tidal wave” of infections from the new Omicron coronavirus variant, ministers have warned, as they sound the alarm on rapid transmission rates in London and across the country. On Monday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the country’s first death of a person with the variant. Health
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Ella Nilsen, CNN As Democrats race to finish the President’s Build Back Better legislation before the Christmas recess and convince a skeptical West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, there are other obstacles piling up that could prevent them from meeting their self-imposed deadline. With fewer than two weeks to go until the
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey, a 25-year veteran of the company, has been hearing it from disgruntled niche beverage fans. “I got a lot of emails about Tab,” Quincey told CNN Business. The complaints follow a striking decision Quincey made last year to slash the company’s portfolio of products in half
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MONDAY: We’re in for a bright start to the workweek around Mid-Missouri. All the pieces, atmospherically, are in place to warm up the next few days. Highs today will make it into the low 60’s with plenty of sunshine around. TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies will remain overhead, but we won’t cool off quite as much.
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Paul LeBlanc and Colin McCullough, CNN Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent an email saying the National Guard would be present to ‘protect pro Trump people’ in the lead up to the US Capitol insurrection, according to a new report released by the January 6 committee Sunday night. It
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN Britain is facing a “tidal wave” of infections from the new Omicron coronavirus variant, ministers have warned, as they sound the alarm on rapid transmission rates in London and across the country. On Monday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the country’s first death of a person with the variant. He
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Doctors in Minnesota took the unusual step of pleading in a full-page newspaper ad for people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and take other precautions to curb the pandemic. “We’re heartbroken. We’re overwhelmed,” the top of the Sunday ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune said in large type. “Our emergency departments
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary, Holly Yan, Elizabeth Joseph and Claudia Dominguez, CNN At least 74 people in Kentucky have died after a weekend tornado outbreak across eight states flattened homes and businesses in the Midwest and South. Gov. Andy Beshear told reporters the death toll figures come from emergency management officials and may differ from what
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary, Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph and Claudia Dominguez, CNN People who had their lives ripped apart in mere moments by violent and unforgiving tornadoes over the weekend are now dealing with a new reality — seeking the basic needs of food and shelter while surrounded by devastation and uncertainty over the fate of
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted this year in southern Israel. In a speech on stage during the pageant, Sandhu urged young people to “know that you are unique and that’s what makes you beautiful, stop comparing yourself to
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman speaks with PowerMizzou’s Gabe DeArmond in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down on the road. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team snapped its two-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers beat Alabama A&M 69-55 to improve to 9-2 on the season. Junior standout Aijha Blackwell filled up the stat sheet. She scored a game-high 20 points and brought down 20 rebounds. Hayley Frank finished with 17 points
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