By 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
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
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the lower 40s. Wind gusts up to 20 mph. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds but still mild with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. EXTENDED: Clouds begin to increase on Wednesday ahead of a cold front, but we still manage to make the low 60s across much
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team held its first spring practice on Tuesday afternoon. The team will hold practices all the way up until the annual Spring Game on March 18. You can watch extended highlights from practice in the video player below. https://youtu.be/KszHGZxla-Q Just as head coach Eli Drinkwitz said on Monday, quarterback
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View a replay of the ceremony in the player above. FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Corrections officers at the Fulton Diagnostic Center said the differential pay in the emergency spending budget will help fill overnight shifts. Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday visited the Fulton Diagnostic Center for a ceremonial signing of H.B. 14. Parson on Monday signed
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The last several days Mid-Missouri has seen highs into the 50s and 60s exiting the month of February. Much of February followed a warmer than average trend. What’s the reasoning behind this science? More than half of the month saw a departure from normal in the warmer sector. The average temperature for Columbia, Missouri (KCOU)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Columbia City Council leaders reviewed the results of a survey on trash pickup in the city during its Tuesday night work session. During the meeting Council members were presented with the results from Columbia’s Solid Waste Utility’s roll cart survey. Council members offered feedback to the group, who will now prepare to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pool of more than 60 jurors were questioned and filtered down Tuesday to a narrow selection in a sexual assault case involving a Columbia psychologist. Kurt Bumby, 53, was indicted by a grand jury in 2020 for sex crimes. Bumby is accused of two counts of second-degree sodomy in 2010 and
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan, with several conservative justices appearing skeptical of the government’s authority to discharge millions of dollars in federally held loans. If the conservatives do ultimately rule in favor of the
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