By Travis Caldwell, Tina Burnside, Rosalina Nieves and Rosa Flores, CNN For the first time in almost 300 days, Brittney Griner, the American basketball star detained by Russian authorities in February, will spend the night in a bed in her home country. Griner, 32, returned to the United States early Friday after being released from
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise decision to become an independent has Democratic leaders struggling to answer a basic question: How should they deal with her if she runs for reelection in Arizona? In interviews with top party leaders and rank-and-file members on Monday, Democrats were sidestepping the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Trevor Noah’s final night as host of Comedy Central’s satirical news report “The Daily Show” celebrated his 7-year anchoring tenure and featured a packed audience, full cast of correspondents and star-studded farewell messages. “Don’t be sad,” Noah said in his closing monologue, adding, “It doesn’t feel like seven years. Well, not
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Dakin Andone, CNN The “Boy in the Box” finally has a name. Police on Thursday publicly identified a boy found dead in a box in Philadelphia 65 years ago as four-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli, the victim of what police say is one of the city’s oldest unsolved homicides. The identification, made
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Missouri courts began the process of clearing criminal records of certain marijuana charges Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is set to host rival Kansas on Saturday, but head coach Dennis Gates says the game plan and preparation is no different than any other game this season. “My job is to prepare our team for every game no matter the opponent,” Gates said. “Consistently as a
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL OWENSVILLE (48) SOUTHERN BOONE (61) FINAL HARRISBURG (63) MACON (78) FINAL VAN-FAR (63) HALLSVILLE (64) FINAL SALISBURY (62) BOONVILLE (47) FINAL HERMANN (54) CALIFORNIA (39) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is set to take on Omaha Friday afternoon, but head coach Robin Pingeton said a big part of the team’s week has been focusing on the upcoming finals week. “This was a big week academically, we gave them Monday and Tuesday off,” Pingeton said. “I think sometimes
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden had already personally informed Cherelle Griner that her wife was being released from Russian detention when aides arrived with more news: Brittney Griner was now securely out of Russia — and on the telephone. “It’s Joe Biden,” the president said when the call was patched
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden had already personally informed Cherelle Griner that her wife was being released from Russian detention when aides arrived with more news: Brittney Griner was now securely out of Russia — and on the telephone. “It’s Joe Biden,” the president said when the call was patched
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Thursday marked the first day of legalized recreational marijuana in Missouri, but a few asterisks have followed. Missourians first approved Amendment 3 in last month’s midterm election with more than 53% of votes in favor. The legislation went into action Thursday and Missouri residents 21 years old and older can now legally possess up to
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Long Covid leaves some people with long-term symptoms, but it can be deadly, too. It played a part in at least 3,544 deaths in the United States in the first 30 months of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report says. The report is the first official attempt by the US Centers
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Tonight: Scattered showers remain across northern portions of Mid-Missouri thanks to an exiting low pressure system tonight while overnight lows cool to the lower 40s. Winds remain out of southwest at 5-10 mph. Tomorrow: Conditions begin to dry up with some sunshine poking through tomorrow afternoon thanks to partly cloudy skies. Afternoon highs warm into
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN The investigation into the killings of four University of Idaho students has received an overwhelming amount of tips related to their search for a white sedan seen near the crime scene around the time of the deaths last month, police said Friday. Due to the amount of tips received, calls are
Continue ReadingBy Raenu Charles, CNN Stiff person syndrome is a rare neurological condition that can take years to diagnose and tailor treatment. Singer Celine Dion announced in an Instagram video Thursday that she is canceling some performances because she has been diagnosed with the condition. “While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Back-to-back-to-back systems will make their way across the United States over the next few days, with the last — and largest — storm bringing heavy rain, blizzard conditions and the potential for tornadoes. While wintry weather is spreading into the Plains Thursday and will push into the upper Midwest on
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is striking a cautiously optimistic tone about 2023, predicting a major inflation cooldown and stressing that a recession isn’t required to get prices back under control. “I believe by the end of next year you will see much lower inflation, if there’s not an unanticipated shock,” Yellen
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday was freed from Russian detention after a prisoner exchange for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner, a championship-winning player with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury who for years played for a Russian basketball team in the WNBA’s off-seasons, had been held in the country since February
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Celine Dion is postponing several Europe tour dates after the recent diagnosis of a rare neurological disorder that doesn’t allow her “to sing the way I’m used to,” she announced. The superstar singer has stiff-person syndrome, which affects “something like one in a million people,” Dion, 54, said in an
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