TODAY: Thursday is a stark contrast to Wednesday. Where we were warm and rainy Wednesday, Thursday is dry as cold air sinks into the region. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and a west northwest breeze around 15-20 mph. This will likely keep temperatures from climbing much at all today. Expect highs in the
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN Five people who worked for an environmental response consulting firm were killed in a plane crash Wednesday in Little Rock, Arkansas, while on their way to a metal factory explosion site in Ohio, officials said. The plane was carrying employees of the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health when it took
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher, Randi Kaye and Alta Spells, CNN Alex Murdaugh took the stand to testify in his double murder trial Thursday morning, admitting he lied to investigators when he said he was not at the scene of the killings of his wife and son minutes before the state says the fatal shootings
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN In the milk section of your grocery store, there are likely shelves of plant-based dairy alternatives: oat, almond, soy, cashew, coconut, flaxseed, hazelnut, hemp seed, macadamia nut, oat, pea, peanut, pecan, quinoa — and the list goes on. To help streamline the confusing array of products, the FDA issued new guidance
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN In the milk section of your grocery store, there are likely shelves of plant-based dairy alternatives: oat, almond, soy, cashew, coconut, flaxseed, hazelnut, hemp seed, macadamia nut, oat, pea, peanut, pecan, quinoa — and the list goes on. To help streamline the confusing array of products, the FDA issued new guidance
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Residents of a small Ohio town whose lives have been upended since a train hauling toxic chemicals derailed there earlier this month pressed top officials on the long-term health concerns and expressed their mounting distrust Wednesday night during a CNN town hall. Following the February 3 crash, angry and frustrated residents
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin are not going to celebrate their first wedding anniversary this Friday. The Ukrainian couple got married on the day Russia launched a full-scale attack on their country. A year later, Ukraine is still at war. Russian missiles are still falling from the sky and people are
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN Seattle is explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of caste, making it the first city in the US to take such a step. The Seattle City Council approved an ordinance on Tuesday that amends the city’s municipal code to include caste as a protected class, alongside categories such as race, religion
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Jessie Gretener, CNN Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15, has lost her appeal against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. Judge Robert Jay gave the decision on Wednesday following a five-day hearing in November, during which her lawyers argued the UK
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Jessie Gretener, CNN Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15, has lost her appeal against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. Judge Robert Jay gave the decision on Wednesday following a five-day hearing in November, during which her lawyers argued the UK
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Jessie Gretener, CNN Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15, has lost her appeal against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. Judge Robert Jay gave the decision on Wednesday following a five-day hearing in November, during which her lawyers argued the UK
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By Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris and Nicki Brown, CNN Federal investigators released a spate of new details Thursday about the fiery train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals and wreaked havoc in East Palestine, Ohio. The initial fire started February 3 when a Norfolk Southern rail car carrying plastic pellets was heated by a hot axle,
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris and Nicki Brown, CNN Federal investigators released a spate of new details Thursday about the fiery train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals and wreaked havoc in East Palestine, Ohio. The initial fire started February 3 when a Norfolk Southern rail car carrying plastic pellets was heated by a hot axle,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Day one of the 2023 Missouri State Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena kicked off on Wednesday and many Mid-Missouri wrestler punched their tickets through to the semifinals. Class 2 boys The Class 2 boys quarterfinals were dominated by several local athletes. Kirksville managed to send three wrestlers onto day two. That list
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By Amy Simonson, Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Michelle Watson, CNN A gunman in central Florida killed a woman Wednesday, returned to the scene and killed a TV journalist covering that death, and then fatally shot a 9-year-old girl nearby before he was arrested, authorities said. Spectrum News 13 in Orlando identified the slain reporter
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated with relevant information. ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday night, the City of Ashland Board of Aldermen revealed its plan to install about 1,400 feet of sidewalk near a high school, a trail and other safety features for a cross walk would no longer be financially feasible. “Engineering costs
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of the global economy. But China, which has declared “no limits” to its friendship with its northern neighbor, has thrown the Kremlin an economic lifeline, tempering the impact of
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of the global economy. But China, which has declared “no limits” to its friendship with its northern neighbor, has thrown the Kremlin an economic lifeline, tempering the impact of
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of the global economy. But China, which has declared “no limits” to its friendship with its northern neighbor, has thrown the Kremlin an economic lifeline, tempering the impact of
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms are expected to deliver snow, blizzard conditions or icing across strips of the US from California to the Northeast on Thursday, part of a multiday event that has already closed roads and caused numerous power outages — even as the Southeast basks in
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