By Scottie Andrew, CNN In a metallic gold gown, her dual-toned hair curled into effortless waves, Evan Bialosuknia looked every bit the undisputed queen of her high school homecoming. She’d been nominated to her Orlando school’s homecoming court, with enough votes to get her name on the ballot for homecoming queen. She thought she might
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Brown, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business The Facebook whistleblower who released thousands of documents that she says shows the company knows its platforms are used to spread hate, violence and misinformation is expected to meet with the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures continue to slightly increase to a high of 73 with winds out of the northeast at 5-10 mph. Scattered showers move in from the east. Tonight: Showers die out early into the evening with mostly cloudy skies and an overnight low of 59 degrees. Extended: Wednesday, Central Missouri will see more scattered showers
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Daniel Craig knows that with all the global challenges of the pandemic, “everything has to be put in perspective.” That includes Hollywood blockbusters like his final James Bond film, “No Time to Die.” Still, Craig hopes audiences will experience his movie in a theater. “A Bond movie going into a
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN Business The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents indicating the company was aware of various problems caused by its apps, including Instagram’s potential “toxic” effect on teen girls, called on Congress to take action against the social media platform
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By Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein, Jason Hoffman and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden traveled to mid-Michigan on Tuesday as he looks to regain momentum on his twin economic packages, which remain stalled on Capitol Hill because of sharp divisions within his own party about the size and scope of the plans. During a speech
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By Whitney Wild, CNN US Capitol Police on Tuesday took into custody a suspect from a “suspicious vehicle” parked near the Supreme Court after giving the person commands and using a flash bang device. They said in a news conference Tuesday afternoon they don’t know what motivated the man who they identified as Dale Paul
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business A record setting number of mergers. Eye-popping startup fundraising. Institutional hype over bitcoin. No matter where you look, the evidence is clear: The financial system is awash with cash from pandemic-era stimulus programs, forcing money managers to find new ways to deploy it. Take mergers and acquisitions. Worldwide dealmaking has
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By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN The sister of Brian Laundrie has doubled down on her assertion she has no idea where he is, as authorities search for him after the death of his fiancée, Gabby Petito. “No, I do not know where Brian is. … I’d turn him in,” Cassie Laundrie said in
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin is back, and it has a prominent new supporter. The price of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency spiked nearly 10% Wednesday morning to around $55,000, following news that the investment firm founded by billionaire George Soros owns bitcoin. Soros, who is famous for making big money on
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Adele is opening up about making her upcoming album and finding happiness. The singer appears on the November 2021 cover of Vogue magazine, where she talks about returning to the studio to record her first album in six years. “It’s sensitive for me, this record, just in how much I love
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN In a metallic gold gown, her dual-toned hair curled into effortless waves, Evan Bialosuknia looked every bit the undisputed queen of her high school homecoming. She’d been nominated to her Orlando school’s homecoming court, with enough votes to get her name on the ballot for homecoming queen. She thought she might
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The first one hit was the new Arena Wine and Spirits at 515 S. Scott Blvd. at about 9:40 p.m. The second robbery happened at 10:25 p.m. at Arena Liquor, 208 Corporate Lake Drive.
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN A bronze bust of George Floyd, part of Confront Art’s “SEEINJUSTICE” exhibition, was defaced on Sunday morning, according to the New York City Police Department. The bust — one of the three statues at Confront Art’s installation, which debuted on Thursday but opened to the public on Friday evening — was
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By Kate Bennett and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Donald Trump’s former press secretary admitted Tuesday that she didn’t vote for him in the 2020 election, when she was still working in the East Wing for former first lady Melania Trump. Stephanie Grisham, who worked as East Wing communications director, White House press secretary and chief
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN The dragons are coming. The official teaser for “House of the Dragon” has dropped and get ready for all types of action. The “Game of Thrones” sequel looks dark, fiery and a bit of a balm to those missing “GOT” based on the teaser. “Gods. Kings. Fire. Blood,” the caption
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a spot shower in the afternoon. Highs in the low 70s. TOMORROW: Rain chances increasing with showers and storms possible throughout the day. Highs stick to the mid-70s. EXTENDED: Low pressure will be stuck just to our south the next few days to bring rain chances. Lingering showers are possible heading
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted Columbia murderer Ernest Lee Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday night in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Johnson was convicted of a triple murder at Casey’s General Store along Rice Road in Columbia in 1995. In February of 1994, Johnson robbed the convenience store after using drugs and hit, shot, and stabbed
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. After launching in November, NASA will
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Before vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had Covid-19 outbreaks. “We had been dealing with outbreaks the whole time. Everywhere, at a ton of facilities, big, small, rich, poor, it didn’t matter,” said Dr. Louise Aronson,a professor
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