By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Candyman” director Nia DaCosta has become the first Black female director to have a film debut in the top spot in the US box office, Universal Pictures announced Tuesday. According to Box Office Mojo, the horror film, a sequel of the 1992 movie, made over $22 million over the weekend. The
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By Amanda Sealy, CNN Mandating Covid-19 vaccines for children to attend school in person is a “good idea” due to a strong benefit-risk ratio, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. “I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea,” Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” Fauci
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By Jason Hoffman and Chandelis Duster, CNN The US, along with about 100 other countries, said they will hold the Taliban to their promises that they will allow people to leave the country after August 31, according to a joint statement released Sunday. “We are all committed to ensuring that our citizens, nationals and residents,
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By Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that if American citizens and Afghan allies are left in Afghanistan following the planned withdrawal of US troops there this week that would represent “a moral stain” on the US. “Leaving Americans behind and leaving our Afghan friends behind who’ve worked with us would put
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Days after taking control of Afghanistan earlier this month, the Taliban used its first press conference to take a swipe at Facebook in response to a question about freedom of speech. “This question should be asked to those people who are claiming to be promoters of freedom of speech, who
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Ongoing rehabilitation work of the Perche Creek Bridges in Boone County is expected to cause lane closures this week.
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By Laura Smith-Spark, Saskya Vandoorne, Oren Liebermann, Nick Paton Walsh and Sandi Sidhu, CNN Nine members of one family — including six children — were killed in a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, a relative of the dead told a local journalist working with CNN. The US carried
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TODAY: Chances for isolated showers all day, with the most activity picking up late afternoon and early evening. Highs in the low 90s with a heat index a couple degrees warmer. No severe storms are expected but there could be isolated downpours and high winds. TOMORROW: A cold front will waver near the area to
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By Michael Warren, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in a stand-off with local school officials in the rural Cherokee Nation, with the school board insisting they can require that students wear masks in their Covid-ravaged community and the GOP governor claiming the board is in violation of state law. Stitt is one of eight
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By Ben Church, CNN Three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray says he hopes more tennis players decide to get a Covid-19 vaccine in order to keep the “wider public” safe. The 34-year-old said he was happy he had got the vaccine but is aware not everyone on the tennis tour is as keen. “Ultimately I
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Anastasia Pagonis is, in many ways, a typical teenage girl. The New Yorker loves trying out TikTok dance trends and is obsessed with her dog. But Pagonis is far from average. She’s a record-breaking swimmer who made it to the Tokyo Paralympics. She has more than 2 million followers on TikTok.
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By Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden on Sunday watched stoically as 13 flag-draped cases carrying the remains of American service members killed in Afghanistan arrived in the United States. The President’s attendance at the “dignified transfer” is among the gravest responsibilities for any American commander in chief. After meeting
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By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan days after receiving doses from a batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines whose use was suspended Thursday following concerns over a contamination risk, the country’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Saturday. A causal link between the vaccine and the deaths has
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Car accidents are the number one reason teens die. A national nonprofit visiting mid-Missouri is trying to change that.
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits expire this coming weekend in the 26 states still offering them. But that probably won’t make a huge difference in the job market. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Saturday, August 28, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS SOCCER: Southern Boone (0) Capital City (5) FINAL Christian (1) Father Tolton (6) FINAL Battle (3) Fulton (4) FINAL 2/OT Rock Bridge (1) Nixa (2) FINAL/OT Camdenton (0) Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team is still on the hunt for its first win of the season after going 0-3 in the Mizzou Invitational on Saturday. The action started on Friday morning, when the St. Louis University Billikens swept MU, 3-0, to start the tournament and it all ended on Saturday with another
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Silvia Marchetti, CNN Ciao ciao, Alitalia. Italy’s storied flag carrier has announced it will no longer issue tickets, triggering a countdown of just a few weeks until its familiar red and green livery vanishes from our skies for good. The nationally owned airline is to be replaced in October by ITA, a smaller company with
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Tonight: Southwesterly flowing winds at 5-10 MPH lead to a warmer night in Central Missouri with a low of 74 degrees. Skies will be mostly clear as a high-pressure system parked overhead keeps our atmosphere dry. Tomorrow: Winds continue to flow out of the south, while a low-pressure system slides into the area allowing afternoon
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The rate of Covid-19 deaths has increased in 42 US states in the last week, according to new data, as the spread of the more virulent coronavirus Delta variant has upended a spring of reopenings and led to increasing concern headed into autumn. In 14 states, Covid-19 deaths increased by more
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