By Gloria Pazmino, CNN As New York continues to grapple with a growing influx of asylum-seekers, two buses carrying migrants arrived in the city Sunday, with at least 10 to 15 more buses expected over the next few days, according to an email from Mayor Eric Adam’s office obtained by CNN. The email sent Sunday
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy New Twitter owner Elon Musk offered several of the journalists he banned from the social media website earlier this week the ability to return to the platform if they deleted the tweets he falsely claimed shared his “exact real-time” location. The move from Musk came after he posted an unscientific poll on
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN This year’s World Cup was a tournament of firsts — the first to be held in the Middle East, the first to be held in November-December and the first where a woman refereed a men’s World Cup match. From surprise victories, to tears and spectacular goals, this tournament will stick in
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TODAY: Cloudy to start, with more sunshine by the afternoon. Steady breezes keep the wind chill in the teens. TOMORROW: Winds relax early Sunday though temperatures don’t recover – expect another chilly day with highs in the 30s. EXTENDED: Monday will see a chance for wintry precip, though accumulations look light. Temperatures will actually be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Grain Valley (46) Rock Bridge (51) FINAL Lutheran St. Charles (50) Hickman (42) FINAL Lutheran South (53) Southern Boone (45) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is one week out from playing Wake Forest in the Gasparilla Bowl, and the team is preparing to have some different lineups in Tampa. With many players entering the transfer portal and others declaring for the NFL Draft, wide receiver Barrett Banister has spent the past few weeks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team has been working through finals week to get ready for the Braggin’ Rights matchup with Illinois on Sunday. “They’ve added a couple of key players in the transfers that have really elevated their program,” Pingeton said. “I really don’t see a lot of weaknesses on that roster
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City leaders in Columbia are looking into ways to make streets safer for pedestrians.
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Local college students officially wrapped up their fall semesters this week. For students who finished up their degrees, winter graduations started up too. Families of out-of-state students sometimes spend a couple days in Columbia to watch their student’s graduation, Megan McConachie, spokesperson for the Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau said. “Even though these winter graduations
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Increased salaries for sheriff’s deputies and other emergency employees are a priority in the 2023 Boone County budget approved Thursday, with officials citing the need to reverse “unprecedented employee turnover and lengthy vacancies.”
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with temperatures dropping back down into the low 20s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with winds still hanging on, wind chills making it feel about 10 degrees cooler than it actually is. EXTENDED: Sunday we see a brief warmup, but the system that passes over us tomorrow will cause for more winds, making it
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, is expected to announce it will refer at least three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department, including insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government, according to a source familiar
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 2,500 students are set to graduate this weekend from colleges and universities in Mid-Missouri. Schools holding ceremonies: Columbia College Lincoln University Stephens College University of Missouri Central Methodist University University of Missouri The University of Missouri expects more than 1,900 students to graduate with more than 2,000 degrees. That includes
Continue ReadingBy Jon Sarlin, CNN Donald Trump’s entrance into the NFT world came at the worst possible moment. The former president’s hyped-up “major announcement” turned out to be a set of digital trading cards for $99 a pop, sparking widespread mockery from late-night hosts to even some Trump loyalists like Michael Flynn and Steve Bannon. But
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TODAY: Friday is shaping up COLD, with temperatures nearly 5 degrees colder than Thursday. Winds will be sustained near 20 mph, with gusts at times near 30, keeping wind chills in the low 20s. Clouds could produce a flurry or two, but no accumulations are expected. TONIGHT: Cold air drops us into the low 20s
Continue ReadingOpinion by Allison Hope, CNN It started with one person releasing a long, productive unmasked cough into the stale, recycled air on the rush hour train. The bodily fluids hung in the air like a certified holiday wrecking ball. In a matter of days, that single exhalation had transformed into a chorus of viral aerosols
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell, CNN This was never going to be a traditional World Cup. Breaking ground in the Middle East and played for the first time in the European winter, it was always going to look and feel different. Qatar was described by some as the most controversial World Cup tournament host, with criticism ranging
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been reunited with his mother in Lyon, France, and is on his way back to the US, according to a French diplomatic official. DeLand Jr., who was reported missing more than two weeks ago in France, told relatives on Friday that he was safe
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN The global energy crisis caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed global demand for coal — the most polluting of all fossil fuels — to a record high in 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Demand for coal is set to grow 1.2% and top 8 billion
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan The plunge in gasoline prices hit another milestone on Friday, with the national average sinking to the lowest level since September 2021. The sharp decline in pump prices is encouraging news for consumers after a year of high prices for groceries, rent and other essentials. A gallon of regular gas now sells
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