By Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter’s timeline page appeared to experience a prolonged outage on Wednesday morning, marking the latest service disruption for the platform under new owner Elon Musk. Some Twitter users who opened up their “for you” timeline were greeted with a blank screen and a message saying, “welcome to your timeline,” encouraging them
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was grilled last week over his decision to remain on the board of directors of Fox News’ parent company after damning court documents showed that the right-wing network knowingly peddled election lies to its audience. In the interview, conducted by conservative commentator Charlie Sykes at
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TODAY: A cold front is moving through mid-MO this morning, but all is still well with our warmer than normal forecast for the day ahead. Despite a wind shift, still-mild air will allow the region to warm back to nearly 60 or higher. The cold front will bring a light breeze, and push rain to
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Air traffic controllers stopped a departing private jet from running into a JetBlue flight as it was coming in to land Monday night in Boston, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says it is investigating the incident. This is the fifth close call involving a commercial airliner on a
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for a second term Tuesday, failing to make a top-two runoff in the latest demonstration of growing concerns about crime in one of the nation’s largest cities. Paul Vallas, a long-time public schools chief who ran on a tough-on-crime message, and Brandon Johnson, a
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for a second term Tuesday, failing to make a top-two runoff in the latest demonstration of growing concerns about crime in one of the nation’s largest cities. Paul Vallas, a long-time public schools chief who ran on a tough-on-crime message, and Brandon Johnson, a
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Vermont girls high school basketball team forfeited an out of state tournament after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player. Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) was set to play Long Trail School on February 21, but MVCS forfeited the game due to a
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday acknowledged that the bureau believes the Covid-19 pandemic was likely the result of a lab accident in Wuhan, China. In his first public comments on the FBI’s investigation into the virus’ origins during an interview with Fox News, Wray said that “the FBI has for
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN At least two commercial flights this week made unscheduled loops in the sky to give passengers a view of the northern lights. Some pilots were praised for shifting course to showcase the natural phenomenon as passengers welcomed the diversion to take pictures out the window. Here’s what else you need to
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Russian oil is still finding its way to buyers around the world. But even those who spend their days tracking its movement across oceans struggle to work out exactly who is ferrying it. As Western sanctions against Russia have escalated over its invasion of Ukraine, more ships have joined an existing
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised clear concern that the Supreme Court may decide to strike down his student debt cancellation program, one day after several conservative justices expressed skepticism about the administration’s authority. “I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law,” Biden told CNN when
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Elinda Labropoulou, Heather Chen, Eleni Giokos, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores. At least 36 people were killed when a passenger train carrying more
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Russia’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday accused Ukraine of launching a spate of attempted drone strikes targeting infrastructure deep inside Russia, including near the capital, after a fire broke out at an oil depot and authorities abruptly closed airspace above the country’s second-largest city. Moscow region Gov. Andrey Vorobyov claimed a Ukrainian
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia College men’s basketball team claimed an AMC Championship win over Central Baptist College, 62-53, on Tuesday night. It is the first time the Cougars have won the championship since 2016. Montgomery County alum Collin Parker and Marlon Allen co-led the team with 12 points apiece. Tony Burks and Trendon Tisdale
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL HALLSVILLE (56) MEXICO (41) FINAL FULTON (46) MARSHALL (52) FINAL ELDON (63) OSAGE (37) FINAL BOONVILLE (55) KNOB NOSTER (39) FINAL FATIMA (53) VERSAILLES (20) FINAL KIRKSVILLE (47) MACON
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke, Larry Madowo and Jessie Yeung, CNN A Nigerian opposition party has said it will launch a legal challenge after Bola Ahmed Tinubu was on Wednesday declared the winner of Nigeria’s controversial presidential elections. Tinubu, 70, represents the ruling All Progressives Congress party, which received close to 8.8 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – City of Columbia staff plan to set up a new process to report water testing results for lead and copper. A memo from Utilities Director David Sorrell on Monday said the water division’s lab supervisor will now report weekly to the department’s assistant director on water testing. Sorrell said the lab
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team routed Lindenwood in a 17-2, run-rule win in seven innings on season-opener at Taylor Stadium on Tuesday. St. Louis native Luke Mann hit the lone home run for the Tigers, however, multiple guys brought in runs. Dalton Bargo, Helias alum Trevor Austin, Hank Zeisler, Ross Lovich, Ty Wilmsmeyer
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Clay and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The New College of Florida’s reshaped board of trustees voted Tuesday to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the school after a heated public comment session — events that follow Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to move the college in a conservative direction. The vote will
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN Every room has its own bathroom and a little kitchen area. Downstairs there’s a common room with a TV, a pool table and a baby grand piano. And every resident is a previously homeless veteran. This once crumbling building on a vast Department of Veterans Affairs campus in a lovely, leafy
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