By Sophia Saifi and Julia Horowitz, CNN Muhammad Radaqat, a 27-year-old greengrocer, is worried. He doesn’t know how much an onion will cost next week, let alone how he’ll be able to afford the fuel he needs to heat his home and keep his family warm. “All we’re being told by the government is that
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN M. Night Shyamalan’s forays into adapting other material came up limp with “Old” but fare considerably better with “Knock at the Cabin,” a crisp and creepy thriller based on Paul Tremblay’s novel. Economically told and cleverly calibrated to maximize its claustrophobic setting, it’s among the most effective films the director
Continue ReadingBy CNN Meteorologist Monica Garrett Punxsutawney Phil — the legendary groundhog weather watcher — woke up and saw his shadow Thursday morning, calling for six more weeks of winter. Each February 2, on Groundhog Day, the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club make the pilgrimage to Gobbler’s Knob, Phil’s official home. The group waits for
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TODAY: We’re increasingly sunny today, with the addition of a south wind to warm us into the upper 40s this afternoon. A cold front approaches this evening to interrupt this warmup. TONIGHT: Some extra clouds will enter from the north this evening behind a cold front, but skies will remain partly clear. The temperature drop
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN While you were sleeping this week, many sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere were up overnight trying to catch a glimpse of a rare green-hued comet passing by Earth. Take a look at some of the photos they captured of the celestial object swinging through our cosmic neighborhood. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Happy Groundhog Day! This morning, many Americans woke up early to see whether Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, a sign that supposedly determines whether we can expect six more weeks of winter or an early spring. For what it’s worth, that’s according to a groundhog’s nonscientific forecast — and his accuracy
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Happy Groundhog Day! This morning, many Americans woke up early to see whether Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, a sign that supposedly determines whether we can expect six more weeks of winter or an early spring. For what it’s worth, that’s according to a groundhog’s nonscientific forecast — and his accuracy
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over concerns about national security, in the latest indication of mounting scrutiny on the short-form video app from members of Congress. In a letter sent to the two tech giants on
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN An NFL fan has started an online petition to allow the mother of Travis and Jason Kelce, Donna, to perform the coin toss ahead of Super Bowl LVII. It is gaining significant traction ahead of the February 12 showdown, closing in on 35,000 signatures — which would make it one of
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal and Joe Sutton, CNN Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero are set to blast the Northeast as the number of deaths linked to an ice storm in the South rose to eight. The mind-numbing wind chills set to wallop New England
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN Up to 20 hours of additional footage relating to the deadly Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man has yet to be released, a prosecutor said Wednesday as his office contemplates whether to file more charges in the case. The unreleased footage surrounding Tyre Nichols‘ brutal January 7 traffic stop
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team hit 13 3-pointers in the win against LSU on Wednesday night. The 87-77 win snapped MU’s eight-game losing streak in the series against the other Tigers. 11 of the Tigers’ 13 total 3-pointers came in the first half of play. More than that, five of those first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) New members arrived at City Hall on Wednesday for the Columbia Police Citizens Review Board’s first scheduled training session. The CPRB was disbanded in August after several contentious meetings. The first training session focused on discussions on the form of government, Sunshine Law, conflicts of interest and the board’s operations and procedures.
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Attorneys for Hunter Biden on Wednesday asked state and federal agencies to investigate a computer repair shop owner, Rudy Giuliani and number of right-wing political figures involved in disseminating contents of his laptop, alleging that they committed computer and other criminal violations in their effort to
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski The transformation of George Santos began in 2019, the year he went from Anthony Devolder, just another New Yorker sharing political musings on social media, to a Republican congressional candidate with a compelling fictional resume. His improbable rise to the House of Representatives started as he joined a group of pro-Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy Randi Kaye, Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Two witnesses in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh told the court Wednesday they are “100%” certain that Murdaugh’s voice is on footage prosecutors say undermines the disgraced former South Carolina attorney’s claim he was not at the scene of the killings when his
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Drug overdose deaths have been on the rise in Missouri since 2018, according to data on the Missouri Health and Senior Service website.
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Fred Pleitgen and Sana Noor Haq, CNN A fresh barrage of missiles ripped through the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine Thursday, sending flames and thick plumes into the air as screaming civilians scrambled to find shelter. A CNN team had just arrived at the scene and heard the first incoming strike
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy to mostly clear with lows in the low to mid-20s. Breezy with wind gusts up to 20 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny early with highs in the mid-upper 40s. Breezy with clouds moving in late in the day. EXTENDED: Winds pick up from the west/southwest tomorrow, sending our temperatures into the mid-upper 40s
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Missouri senators spent hours debating the legislation known as the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” Wednesday afternoon.
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