By Karla Cripps, CNN As Australia reopens to international travel for the first time in nearly 20 months, resulting in some emotional reunions, the country’s flag carrier is setting its sights on recovery. That doesn’t mean it’s given up on Project Sunrise — a Qantas plan to operate the world’s longest nonstop flights, which would
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By Angela Dewan, Angus Watson, Lauren Kent and Phil Black, CNN Graphics by Daniel Wolfe and Christopher Hickey Video by Tom Nicholson, Paul Devitt and Charlie Bell On a quiet Sunday morning, an ear-splitting roar reverberated across the English village of Eggborough as four giant concrete cooling towers imploded and crashed to the ground, transformed
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By Cheri Mossburg and Alexandra Meeks, CNN “Rust” movie crew member Serge Svetnoy has filed a lawsuit against several key figures including Alec Baldwin at the center of the fatal on-set shooting that claimed the life of the film’s cinematographer. Svetnoy’s lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles against various companies and individuals involved with the
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The trial of Joseph Elledge is expected to continue Wednesday morning, as teams will argue whether or not Elledge intended to kill his wife, Mengqi Ji.
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The City of Columbia’s Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) will hear from the public Wednesday about federal funding to support the homeless.
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a major shift, announced Wednesday that four weeks of paid family and medical leave will be added back into the social spending bill, after Democrats had previously scrapped the provision from the package. The California Democrat is pushing for a vote on both the $1.75 trillion
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Here are the local scores from Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. HS BOYS SOCCER Rock Bridge 0 | Blue Springs 3 FINAL Capital City 0 | Rockwood Summit 6 FINAL Tolton 0 | St. Francis Borgia 1 FINAL Osage 1 | Logan-Rogersville 3 FINAL Southern Boone 3 | Winfield 0 FINAL Fulton 1 | Christian 2
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge and Blair Oaks volleyball teams left for the Final Four on Wednesday. The Falcons and Bruins both had sendoffs at their respective schools as they get set to compete in Cape Girardeau. This will be both teams first ever trip to the Final Four. Rock Bridge will face
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is getting set for its toughest test of the season as the Tigers will play at No. 1 Georgia on Saturday. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz addressed the media at his weekly news conference on Tuesday. You can watch his full interview in the video player below. https://youtu.be/PuOMYamBOA4 Drinkwitz
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former MU football coach Warren Powers died on Tuesday night in St. Louis, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 80 years old. Powers led the Tigers for seven seasons, 1978-1984. During that time he was named the 1983 Associated Press Coach of the Year and finished the season ranked in
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and MJ Lee, CNN New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has become the first Democratic governor in more than four decades to win reelection in the Garden State, CNN projects Wednesday, narrowly surviving a closer-than-expected race that dragged well past Election Day. Murphy’s victory over Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, albeit slim, defied the
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According to the CDC starting Nov. 8 children between the ages of 5 and 11 are eligible for a low dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN Democrat Eric Adams has been elected the 110th mayor of New York City, CNN projects, defeating Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Adams, a retired New York Police Department captain who embraced a public safety message, will be the second Black mayor in the city’s history, after the late David Dinkins. “I wanted
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Camden and Miller counties voted against a 30-cent increase for every $100 of value. That money would have funded new equipment and a new location for the fire department to reduce response times. The new location of the fire department would have been a mile and a half away
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri leaders sent an email to employees Tuesday warning of the possibility that workers will be required to get vaccinated as soon as December. President Joe Biden’s executive order requires those with federal contracts to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine by Dec. 8. At the same time, an executive order from
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the low 30s. Frost is likely in most areas, so plan ahead for ice scraping and cover up sensitive plants tonight. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: Temperatures drop to about 30 degrees overnight, and with the growing season effectively done
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN After a year of contentious debates over mask mandates, social distancing rules and curriculums regarding race, new candidates challenged incumbent school board members Tuesday in elections across the country. Usually elected and unpaid, members of school boards found themselves on the front line of Covid politics and culture wars. Protests have
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN With his victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race, Glenn Youngkin wrote a new Republican playbook for keeping Donald Trump’s base engaged without alienating the voters who were repelled by the former President in recent elections. That’s despite running against a rival, Democratic former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, whose closing message — in
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By Tina Burnside, CNN Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was traveling more than 150 mph — his alcohol level more than twice the legal limit — before his car rear-ended another car, killing a 23-year-old woman, prosecutors said. The Raiders released Ruggs on Tuesday night after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Ford will mandate vaccines for most of its 32,000 US salaried employees, a spokesperson for the company said Wednesday. Those workers have until December 8 to be fully vaccinated. Employees who refuse to do so and do not have an approved religious or medical exemption could be put on unpaid leave
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