By Jack Forrest, CNN Several key Republican senators on Tuesday pushed back against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent comments that US support for Ukraine is not a “vital” national interest, exposing a key intraparty fault line ahead of the 2024 election. “To say this doesn’t matter is to say that war crimes don’t matter,” South
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TODAY: Tuesday will start mostly cloudy as Monday’s cloud cover will still be overhead early. These clouds will break apart and exit throughout the morning. Skies will be mostly clear by this afternoon. This partnered with some south wind later in the day will put temperatures in the mid-40s by the afternoon. TONIGHT: Winds will
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Investors are searching for clarity in the wake of Friday’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank — the biggest failure of a US bank since 2008. And as they attempt to predict what comes next — be it wider financial chaos, more government regulation, a pause in Fed hikes or something else
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Make sure you’re getting a long, restful night’s sleep before you head to the doctor’s office for a vaccination. A new study finds you should aim for at least six hours of quality slumber in order to maximize your body’s response to a vaccine. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan The shocking implosion of Silicon Valley Bank should not deter the Federal Reserve from its war on inflation, according to former FDIC and Fed official Thomas Hoenig. “The Federal Reserve is in the hot seat. It’s a no-win situation for them,” Hoenig, the former vice chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Bell and Saskya Vandoorne, and Maria Avdeeva, CNN The artillery fire gets worse at night, so Liuba and her husband hold hands. It keeps them safe, she says with a sad nod of her head. She’s standing in what’s left of her garden after it was hit during a particularly bad night a
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood and Sugam Pokharel, CNN The International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning to open two war crimes cases tied to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and issue arrest warrants against “several people,” according to the New York Times (NYT) and Reuters, citing current and former officials with knowledge of the decision who were
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Last week, the Federal Reserve’s biggest concern was a stubbornly high inflation rate and how much to crank up monetary policy tightening. In recent days, a new bogeyman emerged in the form of a trio of bank failures and the chilling specter of a financial crisis. To stave off the latter,
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A man was hospitalized after a zebra attacked him and bit his arm in Ohio Sunday before a deputy shot and killed the animal, according to law enforcement. Deputies were dispatched to a home in Circleville, Ohio, after getting a call from a man who said “his arm had been bitten
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education reviewed the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Annual Performance report at its meeting Monday night. Columbia Public Schools received a 70% score on this year’s state education report card. “It includes the general performance of the district around the number of times including math, attendance,
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Police took a man into custody in Hermann on Monday afternoon, ending a standoff that lasted more than 12 hours after two officers were shot, one fatally, during an armed confrontation at a gas station.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the final AP Poll of the season, the Mizzou men’s basketball team landed at No. 23 in the nation. The ranking comes after MU made history by appearing in the program’s first ever SEC Tournament semifinals. The Tigers will tip off in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon in California. Mizzou
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Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the lower 20s as winds remain out of the northwest at 5 MPH. Skies remain partly cloudy. Tomorrow: Tuesday welcomes additional sunshine as highs climb into the mid-40s with mostly sunny sky conditions. Winds remain out of the northwest at 5 mph. Extended: Winds switch out of the southwest heading
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) Local businesses in the Downtown Hermann area are closed following a shooting that lead to the death of one police officer, and severely injured another Sunday night at a Casey’s gas station. Those officers were identified Monday as Sgt. Mason Griffith and Officer Adam Sullentrup. Griffith, 34, died from his injuries. He
Continue ReadingBy Polo Sandoval and Sarah Boxer, CNN On a snowy March afternoon, a small convoy of taxis and hired cars rolled north along a New York country road that dead-ends at the Canadian border. Among those onboard: a Nigerian family of five, a Russian man traveling alone and a tearful South American woman named Giovanna.
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A Jefferson City man was given two life sentences Monday in the shootings of a boy and a woman on Thanksgiving in 2019.
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THIS AFTERNOON: Clouds keep conditions cold with highs in the 30s. A northwesterly breeze will keep the feels-like in the 20s all day. TONIGHT: Clouds will start to break up overnight, especially in the west. This will allow temperatures to drop very efficiently by the early morning hours, leaving many of us in the low
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN The question on so many bank customers’ minds in the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s stunning collapse: Is my money safe? What is happening? A bank run on Silicon Valley Bank led the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to take control of the bank Friday in the second-largest bank failure in US
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN China’s Andon Health, a maker of medical devices, says it has full access to funds parked at Silicon Valley Bank, after the US government intervened to backstop all the deposits at the failed lender. The Tianjin-based company, which manufactures consumer health devices and supplied Covid test kits to the United States
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Investors dumped European bank stocks for a third straight day Monday, despite dramatic moves over the weekend by the US and UK governments to shore up confidence in the financial system following Friday’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Europe’s benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index, which tracks 42 big EU and
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