By 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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TODAY: Thursday marks another mild day, with little change in temperature expected. Winds are light from the north and east today, as clouds move overhead from the south. This push of moisture over mid-Missouri has brought showers to areas south of I-70 overnight, and will continue to keep showers in this region through about sunrise.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Biden administration officials met virtually on Monday with Elizabeth Whelan, whose brother Paul Whelan remains detained in Russia, to discuss “next steps of the strategy” to bring him home ahead of a planned “high-level” conversation between the United States and Russia. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that “with respect
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Brittney Griner’s freedom ultimately hinged on the release of a convicted Russian arms dealer whose life story inspired a Hollywood film. The US basketball star was released on Thursday from Russian detention in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers. Bout, a former Soviet
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Brittney Griner’s release from detention in Russia ends a nine-month ordeal and allows her the chance to restart her stellar basketball career. Griner had a standout college career for the Baylor Lady Bears, where she broke numerous records, including the most blocks in a season in NCAA history with 223, her
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Jeremy Herb, MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said Thursday. Griner was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The exchange, however, did not include another American that the State Department has
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Lawmakers are demanding that Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, appear before the Senate Banking Committee next week over “significant unanswered questions ” surrounding the collapse of his companies. In a letter to Bankman-Fried and his lawyer, the committee’s Democratic chairman, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a monthly budget deficit of $249 billion in November, a 30% increase from a year earlier amid increased spending and falling revenue, the Treasury Department reported Monday. Federal budget outlays increased by $28 billion, or 6% in November, with agencies such as the Education Department reporting increased
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN News publishers are getting in on the TikTok trend. That’s according to a brand new survey published Wednesday evening by the Reuters Institute and University of Oxford. The survey found that, from a global standpoint, about half of the world’s top newsrooms are now regularly posting on the ByteDance-owned app. The
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has opened up about her distant relationship with her half-sister Samantha Markle in the highly-anticipated Netflix series, the first episodes of which aired on Thursday. In the third episode of “Harry & Meghan,” the duchess said she “truly” believed that the UK media wanted her mother’s side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, recreational marijuana use is officially legal in Missouri. This comes after Missourians approved the legalization of marijuana in last month’s midterm election. Voters approved Amendment 3 with more than 53% of votes in favor of the measure. However, medical marijuana dispensaries still have some work to do before recreational sales
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Jeremy Herb, MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said Thursday. Griner was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The exchange, however, did not include another American that the State Department has
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Raja Razek, CNN After allegedly killing five people and injuring more than a dozen others, the 22-year-old suspect in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, apologized to medical staff after being taken into custody, according to a court document unsealed Wednesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich is accused
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN More Americans are moving to places where extreme weather events are commonplace, a new study found. Hurricane-prone Florida and states in the drought-stricken West have seen exceptional population increases in recent decades, researchers say, signaling climate risks are not at the top of people’s minds when it comes to relocating. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN More Americans are moving to places where extreme weather events are commonplace, a new study found. Hurricane-prone Florida and states in the drought-stricken West have seen exceptional population increases in recent decades, researchers say, signaling climate risks are not at the top of people’s minds when it comes to relocating. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN The first few episodes of the Duke and Duchess’ highly-anticipated Netflix documentary series aired on Thursday. Here are some of the key takeaways from the first three parts: Early days of relationship The couple talked about how they first met on social media. “Meg and I had met through Instagram. I
Continue ReadingBy Ehsan Popalzai and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education confirmed the suspension to CNN on Tuesday. A letter published by
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has said she was “fed to the wolves,” and Prince Harry discusses “institutional gaslighting” in a new trailer for part two of their highly-anticipated Netflix docuseries, which airs on Thursday. In the clip, released Monday, the Duke of Sussex discusses stepping back from royal duties and ponders
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Donald Trump is facing a flurry of criticism on Capitol Hill, with Republican fury growing over their failure to take back the Senate and GOP leaders at odds over their strategy with the former president still maintaining a dominant hold on the party. The GOP reckoning
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