By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Donald Trump may not physically be in Virginia for the commonwealth’s critical off-year elections. But to Glenn Youngkin‘s most ardent supporters, the way their candidate has kept Trump at a distance will all be worth it if he wins on Tuesday. Trump, despite not traveling to Virginia to
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by Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Fox News is not officially commenting on the record, but it seems the right-wing talk network is quietly trying to distance itself from Tucker Carlson’s 1/6 trutherism. That’s the takeaway
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democratic leaders are pushing for votes on both the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and the larger $1.75 trillion economic plan as soon as Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter. A new version of the bigger bill with revisions might be introduced as soon as
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Specifics about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to keep secret the support from his White House for overturning his loss of the 2020 election were revealed in late-night court filings that detail more than 700 pages of handwritten notes, draft documents and daily logs his top advisers
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Over The Edge, a charity event sponsored by Love Columbia is set to kick off Saturday morning, allowing participants to scale down the Tiger Hotel.
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By Kocha Olarn, Tim Lister, Scott McLean and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN The CEO of a Thai company at the heart of a CNN investigation into fake and used medical gloves has been arrested in Bangkok. Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) told CNN Tuesday that Kampee Kampeerayannon, CEO of a company called SkyMed and a former
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TODAY: Chilly and cloudy to start, with more sunshine by the afternoon. Highs reach the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Dry and seasonal for Halloween with highs in the upper 50s. Expect chilly conditions for trick-or-treating as temperatures sink back to the 40s. EXTENDED: Cloud cover increases again as we head into the workweek with more rain
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN Gunshots rang out Friday as St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was discussing gun violence prevention during a news conference — and she did not flinch. “My son and I fall asleep to the lullaby of gunshots in the distance every night,” Jones said, responding to a question on
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Here are the scores from Week 10 of area high school football.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou hosted the 2021 SEC cross country championships at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course for the very first time on Friday. The MU men’s team finished in third place after totaling its best team score in eight years. Marquette Wilhite led the Tigers with a ninth place finish. Meanwhile, the women’s
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Colorado man on Friday with attempted murder and other crimes. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Eric C. Townsend, 38, of Brighton, Colorado, was arrested on Thursday at 12 p.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested Eric C. Townsend, 38, of Brighton,
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will face a more skeptical global audience than his first day in Rome when he attends the Group of 20 Summit, which begins Saturday in the Italian capital after a day of presidential glad-handing with world leaders. Divisions within Biden’s own political party are threatening
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Ashley Footer, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Missouri, was hit by a suspected drunk driver Tuesday night at 9:20 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, Eric Bradner and Eva McKend, CNN In the increasingly nationalized race to be Virginia’s next governor, Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are closing their campaigns in decidedly different ways. McAuliffe, helped by Vice President Kamala Harris and Virginia-native performer Pharrell Williams, spent Friday highlighting the national implications of the race,
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By Mark Morales and Ralph Ellis, CNN The first witness in the civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally testified Friday, saying the attacks by angry White nationalists left her physically and emotionally scarred. Natalie Romero said she and friends were standing at the Thomas Jefferson statue on the University
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This week’s storms were a reminder, for one local EMA Director, of how vulnerable their residents are to severe weather. “We are physically a larger county, and our population is spread out.” Samantha Henley, Director of Emergency Management for Camden County, says the rural nature of her county is just one of the reasons residents
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Governor Mike Parson hopes to halt the the Biden administration’s federal vaccine mandate. Parson spoke with ABC 17 News moments before Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, along with 10 other states, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for imposing a vaccine mandate on
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog developing overnight. Gusty winds up to 30 mph. Lows in the mid-40s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Clouds slowly work their way out tomorrow, but temperatures will be able to recover into the upper 50s during the day with more sunshine. Winds die down, allowing
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Joseph Elledge’s defense team is set to appear in court again Friday at 9 a.m. ahead of his first-degree murder trial, set to begin Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN As the dust settles on Democrats’ $1.75 trillion economic framework, climate has emerged as a big winner. The framework crafted by President Joe Biden and congressional leaders includes $555 billion for climate and clean energy provisions. If passed, it would be the largest legislative investment on climate in US history, and
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