By Brad Lendon, CNN NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday asked South Korea to reconsider its rule on not exporting weapons to countries in conflict so it could help arm Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion. “I urge the Republic of Korea to continue and to step up the specific issue of military support,” he
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN The Empire State Building was lit in green and white to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory in the NFC Championship game on Sunday — a decision that’s sparked a bit of a backlash in the Big Apple. The Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday asked South Korea to reconsider its rule on not exporting weapons to countries in conflict so it could help arm Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion. “I urge the Republic of Korea to continue and to step up the specific issue of military support,” he
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was violent and made claims that were contradicted by video later released by police. Nichols was subdued on the ground yet continuously beaten after the stop by Memphis police on
Continue ReadingBy Fred Pleitgen, Tim Lister and Matthias Somm, CNN Dug in amid the rolling hills west of Bakhmut, the tanks of the Ukrainian army’s 28th Mechanized Brigade are helping to hold the line against a growing Russian offensive. They are battered and bruised by nearly a year of combat, but despite their age they are
Continue Reading
BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than two dozen dogs were killed in a fire that started in a kennel at a private animal rescue early Sunday morning, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. Wayne Cummins, with the Boone County Fire Protection District Captain, said crews were dispatched to a structure fire on the
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on Rock M Nation’s Mizzou hoops beat writer Parker Gillam in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about the Mizzou men’s basketball team’s dominate performance Saturday taking down No. 12 Iowa State. Gillam said the Tigers found their rhythm at Ole Miss and kept
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, Annie Grayer and Jack Forrest, CNN Lawmakers have invited the parents of Tyre Nichols and the man who disarmed a gunman in a Southern California mass shooting to attend President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on February 7. Nichols’ death days after being beaten by police in Memphis on January
Continue ReadingBy Erin Hahn, CNN If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you’ll know I wear a lot of hats: romance author, parent of funny tweenagers, part-time teacher, amateur homesteader, grumbling celiac and the wife of a seriously outdoorsy guy. Because I’m an author with a major publisher in today’s competitive market, I’ve been tasked
Continue Reading
TONIGHT: Another round of a freezing drizzle/rain mix is heading into the forecast area late tonight. The highest chances for Missouri are just to the south of us, but that doesn’t mean we are completely out of it. Amounts are less that 1/10th of an inch once again, but because of the fact that surfaces
Continue Reading
LEXINGTON, Ky. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is still trying to work its way through a rough patch taking its sixth straight loss Sunday 77-54 at Kentucky. Mizzou won the first meeting between the two teams on Dec. 29 at Mizzou Arena 74-71. The Tigers struggled out of the gate scoring just nine points
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s position that cuts to Medicare and Social Security are not on the table in exchange for a debt ceiling increase has drawn skepticism from his primary negotiating partner: The White House. McCarthy is set to meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday in a
Continue Readingby Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Michael B. Jordan is giving full insurance coverage a whole new meaning. The actor portrayed an interloping version of State Farm’s popular spokesperson, Jake, in a hilarious sketch during his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on January 28. In what began as an all too familiar State Farm commercial, the sketch
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc and Daniella Diaz, CNN The trio of Democrats whom House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has targeted for removal from committee assignments offered a unified rebuke in a joint interview on CNN that aired Sunday. Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, who were stripped of their positions on the House Intelligence Committee, and
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc and Kit Maher, CNN GOP Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire said Sunday he is considering a White House bid in 2024, citing the Granite State’s “live free or die” spirit as a model for the Republican Party. “Yes,” Sununu said when asked by CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union”
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Drones attacked a military plant in Iran‘s central city of Isfahan, Tehran said on Sunday. “An explosion has occurred in one of the military centers affiliated to the Ministry of Defense,” the deputy head of security for Isfahan governorate Mohammad Reza Jan-Nesari told the semi-official Fars News Agency.
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN When Susan Collins first arrived in the Senate in 1997, a male colleague approached her about committee assignments and assumed that the Maine Republican would want to serve on education and child care panels. “I said, ‘Yes, those are really important,’” Collins recalled. Then she told her colleague:
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Jonathan Pulliam has been working at Disney World since 2018, dressing up as everything from beloved Disney cartoon characters to Star Wars villains. And while he loves his job, he says he can’t afford it any longer. “Me loving it, that’s not enough to pay the bills,” he
Continue Reading
TODAY: Conditions will be drastically different than the start of the weekend with morning temperatures in the teens. Some folks in northeastern Missouri saw light ice accumulation overnight but no road impacts are expected Sunday. Highs today remain below freezing thanks to cloudy skies and wind chills will be in the teens through the afternoon.
Continue Reading
By Steve Almasy, Mark Morales, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN Fallout from the deadly police beating of Black motorist Tyre Nichols now includes the firing of three Memphis Fire Department personnel, and an announcement that a total of seven police officers were placed on leave, as critics nationwide call for police reform. Two emergency
Continue Reading