By Daniel Dale, CNN Nikki Haley, the Republican former governor of South Carolina and the former US ambassador to the United Nations, made the first speech of her 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday. Like many kickoff speeches, Haley’s address in Charleston was heavy on broad themes and light on the kind of specific claims that
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Olaplex, a beauty brand favored by TikTok and Instagram influencers, sells hair products that dozens of customers allege caused “serious injury,” according to a lawsuit filed last week. Olaplex denies the claims, saying independent test results prove the allegations to be false. Nearly 30 women joined together to file a lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent As Russia begins a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, the US and its allies are skeptical Moscow has amassed the manpower and resources to make significant gains, US, UK and Ukrainian officials tell CNN. “It’s likely more aspirational than realistic,” said a senior US military official. Russia has
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Years before Anthony Dwayne McRae killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon — a felony count that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun if he were convicted. That felony case never
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN Like those of thousands of families across Turkey and Syria, the Fansas’ lives were shattered by last week’s earthquakes. But Nilay Fansa and her husband, Cengiz, are also holding tight to their “miracle baby.” The February 6 quakes trapped the family beneath the rubble that had been their seven-story apartment building
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee and Jack Guy, CNN Nicola Sturgeon, the figurehead of the Scottish independence movement, dramatically announced on Wednesday that she would resign after eight years as Scotland’s first minister. The Scottish National Party leader made the announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh. She will stay in office until a new SNP leader
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN A superb solo goal from Karim Adeyemi proved decisive as Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea 1-0 in the first leg of their round-of-16 clash in the Champions League on Wednesday. Adeyemi lit up a tight encounter at the Signal Iduna Park midway through the second half, running from deep inside his own
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TODAY: Wednesday is a mixed bag when it comes to temperatures. We are starting mild, and even sunny in some spots, but a cold front will move in from the northwest this morning. This will bring an increase in clouds, but also a drop in temperatures. This will make for a fairly steep temperature gradient
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Tech companies have poured billions of dollars into self-driving cars for more than a decade. Still, experts say various obstacles need to be cleared before vehicles without human drivers become mainstream. Amazon’s driverless transportation company appears to be moving in the right direction though, as it started testing its robotaxi on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Tech companies have poured billions of dollars into self-driving cars for more than a decade. Still, experts say various obstacles need to be cleared before vehicles without human drivers become mainstream. Amazon’s driverless transportation company appears to be moving in the right direction though, as it started testing its robotaxi on
Continue ReadingBy James Frater and Alex Hardie, CNN The European Union is setting up a working group to examine whether frozen Russian assets can be used to rebuild Ukraine. The group will carry out a “legal, financial, economic and political analysis” to assess this possibility, the Swedish government said in a statement Tuesday. Sweden currently holds
Continue ReadingBy Gary Tuchman, Anne Clifford and Gregory Krieg, CNN A little more than five years ago, an Amish dairy farmer in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, welcomed a nervous, fidgeting man onto his property to discuss the sale of puppies that the farmer breeds as a side business. “He says, ‘We are going to take that puppy
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Missouri man who has been serving a life sentence for nearly three decades was set free Tuesday after a judge ruled he is innocent and vacated his murder conviction. Lamar Johnson was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1995 after being convicted of murder
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Years before Anthony Dwayne McRae killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon — a felony count that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun if he were convicted. That felony case never
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Adjustment spent three hours reviewing an application for a variance submitted by 7Brew Coffee. The board was asked to consider waiving various zoning and construction rules for 7Brew during its Tuesday night meeting at City Hall. “It’s very small. So we’re trying to utilize every single inch of
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Watch a replay of the game in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman boys basketball team fell to Rock Bridge Tuesday night at home 60-42 in this weeks KZOU game of the week.
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AUBURN, Al. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team was quickly jumped on at Auburn and never got back in it falling to the Tigers 89-56 on the road Tuesday night. This loss marks the biggest deficit of the season for MU. MU was down early 19-2 and ended up only scoring 18 total points in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City student will get another chance at his lawsuit against the district. An appeals court on Tuesday sided with Joey Huerta and his mother in their lawsuit from 2017. They sued when a wrestling coach at Thomas Jefferson Middle School made Huerta cut his hair. The appeals court said
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN All niceties have been thrown out the window as DirecTV finds itself ensnared in an ugly carriage dispute with Newsmax. The satellite carrier, which refuses to buckle to pressure and pay millions of dollars to broadcast the network’s low-rated programming, unleashed on the right-wing talk channel on Tuesday. In a letter
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is looking into allegations made against Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. MSHP spokesman Capt. John Hotz said Randolph County’s prosecutor asked the Division of Drug and Crime Control to investigate the situation. Neither Hotz nor prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford elaborated on what exactly Wilson was accused of
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