By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN Southwest of the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers Andriy and Borisych live in a candle-lit bunker cut into the frozen earth. For several weeks they have been confronting hundreds of fighters belonging to the Russian private military contractor Wagner throwing themselves against Ukrainian defenses. Disguised in
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Grether, Artemis Moshtaghian, Dakin Andone and Brian Todd, CNN Students at Richneck Elementary School navigated new safety protocols as they returned to classes Monday for the first time since a 6-year-old student allegedly shot his teacher inside a classroom nearly a month ago. Police were on campus as anxious parents dropped their children
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A Boone County judge on Monday ruled in favor of former lawmaker Chuck Basye in his lawsuit to add his name to the Columbia Board of Education ballot for April’s election.
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy with lows in the upper single digits to low teens. Wind chills in the low single digits. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy and cold with highs in the upper 20s. Wind chills in the teens. EXTENDED: Patchy sleet is possible through this evening along I-44, but the wort of it will be confined to
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Letting infants watch tablets and TV may be impairing their academic achievement and emotional well-being later on, according to a new study. Researchers found that increased use of screen time during infancy was associated with poorer executive functioning once the child was 9 years old, according to the study published Monday
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN The pine forests near the city of Kreminna have become one of the hottest combat zones in the war in eastern Ukraine. Almost every weapon seems to be at work here, artillery, howitzers, tanks and mortars. But perhaps the most important is the smallest: The reconnaissance
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Some Missouri lawmakers are working to attract filmmakers to the state.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) LiUNA Local 955 members and Missouri Jobs with Justice held a rally on Monday in protest of pending cuts to transit services and are demanding emergency wage increases. The protest started at 5 p.m. Monday in front of Columbia City Hall. Roughly 50 union members and allies attended the rally for a
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A fundraiser has started after a fire killed more than two dozen dogs at the Little Rays of Sunshine Animal rescue in Hallsville early Sunday morning.
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By Steve Almasy, Mark Morales, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN Fallout from the deadly police beating of Black motorist Tyre Nichols now includes the firing of three Memphis Fire Department personnel, and an announcement that a total of seven police officers were placed on leave, as critics nationwide call for police reform. Two emergency
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN As Lisa Marie Presley’s three daughters stand to inherit her estate and their grandmother is contesting the validity of her late daughter’s will, some close to the family say the legal dispute now in a California court reflects a Presley family history of conflict over money. Four days
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Mourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of Tyre Nichols, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers. “Mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to God when
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TODAY: Freezing drizzle overnight left some with slick roadways, not to mention a sheet of ice likely on cars, sidewalks, and patios this morning, so use caution walking outside. Roadways should improve with treatment as precipitation in mid-MO has already switched to a frozen type of precip (either snow, sleet, or both) as of around
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Amanda Watts, CNN US skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan aged 31, according to a post from his wife on Instagram. “Dear Husband and my whole world, officially married November 18, 2022, which not many people knew about,” Jenna Dramise wrote. “I’m so incredibly thankful that I
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose and Sonya Hamasaki, CNN A sweeping multi-day manhunt continues for a suspect accused of brutally beating and kidnapping a woman in Oregon who remains in critical condition, according to police. While Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, has evaded capture since Tuesday, police say he is still active on dating apps. The
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new paper adds to the mounting evidence that school-age children across the globe experienced significant setbacks in their learning progress during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students “lost out on about 35% of a normal school year’s worth of learning” when in-person learning stopped during the public health crisis, according to a
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Saleem Mehsud and Hira Humayun, CNN The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly blast in a mosque in Peshawar on Monday, the latest attack on the city in northwest Pakistan. A powerful explosion killed at least 61 people and left about 157 injured, according to Peshawar Police Chief Mohammad Aijaz
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje and Amanda Watts, CNN Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the original “The Addams Family” sitcom, has died at the age of 64. Loring “passed away on Saturday surrounded by her family,” longtime agent Chris Carbaugh told CNN in a statement on Monday. “She brought
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TODAY: Freezing drizzle overnight left some with slick roadways, not to mention a sheet of ice likely on cars, sidewalks, and patios this morning, so use caution walking outside. Roadways should improve with treatment as precipitation in mid-MO has already switched to a frozen type of precip (either snow, sleet, or both) as of around
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN Covid-19 remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Monday, but it acknowledged the pandemic is at a “transition point.” WHO’s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee discussed the pandemic on Friday at its 14th meeting on Covid-19, and Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concurred that the public health emergency
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