By Martha Shade, CNN Meira Va’a Nelson is a champion surfer who has known more trauma in her life than most people will ever experience. When she was just seven years old her mother died of breast cancer. On the day of her mother’s funeral, her father, unable to deal with his own grief, left
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to 211,000 for the week ended December 10, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor. That’s a drop of 20,000 from the previous week’s total, which was upwardly revised to 231,000; and the lowest level since September. Economists were
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have detailed the breakdown of their relationship with the British royal family in the final episodes of their controversial Netflix documentary. Harry said it was “terrifying” to have his brother, Prince William, scream at him during his bitter split from the
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TODAY: An overcast day with wind from the west pulling in cold air at around 10-15 mph sustained will usher in a cold and gloomy day with highs in the low-to-mid 30s. Clouds will be low, and have a chance at producing a few flurries, especially north of I-70 in the afternoon. TONIGHT: Clouds will
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN On the first trading day of 2022, Apple hit a new milestone for the tech industry: the iPhone maker became the first publicly traded company to hit a $3 trillion market cap, with Microsoft and Google not far behind. As eye-popping as that valuation was, there were headlines speculating about how
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’ve yet to begin your holiday shopping, don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s still time to avoid the last-minute mad dash, but a lot of mail congestion is expected in the coming weeks — and inclement weather can throw a wrench in the works, forcing delivery delays or cancellations. So,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’ve yet to begin your holiday shopping, don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s still time to avoid the last-minute mad dash, but a lot of mail congestion is expected in the coming weeks — and inclement weather can throw a wrench in the works, forcing delivery delays or cancellations. So,
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the past 24 hours as severe weather moves across the South carving a path of destruction. A tornado touched down in New Orleans around 4 p.m. CT Wednesday, the
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Video of what appears to be a previously unreported violent clash between Indian and Chinese troops at their disputed Himalayan border has emerged online, offering a rare window into the long-simmering territorial tensions between the two Asian powers. The video, according to a serving Indian military officer with knowledge of the
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Amanda Watts, CNN The massive storm system that pulverized homes, killed three people in Louisiana and brought blizzard conditions to northern states is bringing a new wave of brutal weather starting Thursday. More than a foot of snow has covered parts of the upper Midwest since Monday,
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN A fresh barrage of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine on Friday morning put the entire country under air-raid alarm and sent people scrambling for shelter as explosions sounded overhead, with strikes hitting critical infrastructure and knocking out power. “They have set a goal to leave Ukrainians without light,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team took the first loss of the Dennis Gates era last Saturday against Kansas, but Gates said his experienced team is doing exactly what is needed to move forward. “Guys know that they did not play their very best,” Gates said. “We know that we did not make
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s quarterbacks coach Bush Hamdan was named the offensive coordinator at Boise State Wednesday after spending the past three seasons with the Tigers. Hamdan is a former Boise State quarterback and will return to the Treasure Valley with 14 years of coaching experience. In 2020 and 2021, Hamdan coached the Tiger receivers
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN A group of former employees suing Elon Musk’s Twitter scored an early win Wednesday when a judge ordered the company to inform any laid-off staffers of the pending lawsuit. The move ensures workers will be better informed before they are required to sign a severance agreement that includes a release of
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TONIGHT: A few breaks in the clouds and steady winds overnight bring lows to near or just below freezing. TOMORROW: Overcast skies continue, with a chance for flurries during the day. No impacts are expected and temperatures remain chilly in the 30s all day. EXTENDED: Temperatures continue to trend colder late week as highs drop
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two children died early Wednesday morning in a fire at a west Columbia apartment complex. According to the Columbia Fire Department, firefighters responded to the Columbia Square Apartments in the 1000 block of Claudell Lane for the fire and reports of people trapped at around 1:25 a.m. Crews reported heavy fire coming
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ellen DeGeneres fought back tears in her first public video statement since the death of beloved talk show personality and her friend Stephen “tWitch” Boss. “Hey everybody. I just wanted to say the past 11 days have been really tough for everyone,” DeGeneres said in a video posted to her social
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN A conservative legal group led by former top Trump aide Stephen Miller has emerged as a frequent opponent to several Biden administration initiatives by mounting court challenges, succeeding in blocking policies they say are examples of reverse discrimination. Miller touts America First Legal as “the long-awaited answer to the (American Civil
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Survivors of the Club Q mass shooting directly tied Republicans’ rhetoric to the massacre at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub and detailed their experiences on the night of the shooting, in prepared testimony read before the House Oversight and Reform committee Wednesday. “To the politicians and activists who accuse LGBTQ people of
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN When a freight train travels across the country, two people are in the cab of the locomotive working to keep the train, its often hazardous and flammable contents, and the communities they are passing through, all safe. Now the railroads are saying that, given today’s modern technology, just
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