TODAY: Wednesday is a Weather Alert Day, as storms this morning and afternoon may pack a severe punch. While damaging winds are the most likely threat from this system, all severe types are possible, including the possibility of tornadoes. For more detail, read our latest blog. Otherwise, Wednesday will be warm, with temperatures approaching low-to-mid 60s
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business For those who have ever felt the urge to whip off a TikTok video from inside their car, Mercedes-Benz owners might be able to do that from inside the 2024 E-class without even having get out their phones. That means dance moves could be possible using both hands, as long
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN More than 50 years after Rita Curran’s roommate found her strangled to death in her room, police in Vermont say they have identified the killer using DNA found on a cigarette butt and Curran’s clothing. Investigators identified William DeRoos, a man who lived in Curran’s Burlington apartment building,
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged Tuesday the freight railroad will spend $6.5 million to help those affected by the release of toxic chemicals from its derailment nearly three weeks ago in East Palestine, Ohio. But in a plan released earlier this year, the company said it’s planning to spend more
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Under Amendment 3, Missourians can now legally grow their own marijuana.
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A Weather Alert Day is in effect for all of Mid-Missouri on Wednesday for the potential of severe storms between late morning and mid-afternoon. UPDATE: As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, the remaining areas suitable for any strong storm potential are shrinking. The latest SPC update highlights this area well. This is where some potential for
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN The head of the Environmental Protection Agency threatened expensive consequences if Norfolk Southern fails to fully clean up its toxic train wreck and pay for the fallout in East Palestine, Ohio. The EPA’s new, legally binding order — set to take effect Thursday — “will ensure
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Russia carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears to have failed around the time President Joe Biden was in Ukraine, according to two US officials familiar with the matter. Russia notified the United States in advance of the launch through deconfliction lines under its
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN At a major international defense exhibition in the United Arab Emirates this week, tucked away in a distant corner, a large purple structure featuring Russia’s name has been erected far from the sight of most visitors. The biennial International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi is the largest
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced in a Tuesday press release that his office has asked the state Supreme Court to set an execution date for a man convicted of killing two people in 2006.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden barely slept as he rolled in the dark toward Kyiv earlier this week, sitting awake as his curtained-off train car crossed into the warzone that has come to shape so much of his presidency. Biden departed Europe three days later having loudly recommitted to backing Ukraine as it
Continue ReadingBy Paula Hancocks, Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo, David Hawley, and Charles Miller, CNN North Korea is a “clear and present danger,” the foreign minister of South Korea has told CNN in an exclusive interview. Kim Jong Un’s frequent missile tests and repeated warnings that he would consider using tactical nuclear weapons were a display of
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TODAY: Wednesday is a Weather Alert Day, as storms this morning and afternoon may pack a severe punch. While damaging winds are the most likely threat from this system, all severe types are possible, including the possibility of tornadoes. For more detail, read our latest blog. Otherwise, Wednesday will be warm, with temperatures approaching low-to-mid
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Taylor Ward, CNN A powerful winter storm set record low temperatures in the northern Plains of the US, while a heat wave in the Southeast set record highs for the month of February — leaving the country with an unusually stark temperature difference of more than 100 degrees. Much
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN In 2015, millions of people around the world tuned in to hear President Jimmy Carter announce that his cancer — metastatic melanoma — had spread to his brain, but he didn’t focus solely on his own disease. Rather, he used the international attention to talk about an illness he did not
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Haley Britzky, CNN China’s navy has significant advantages over its US rival, including a bigger fleet and greater shipbuilding capacity, as Beijing seeks to project its power across the oceans, the head of the United States Navy said Tuesday. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US Navy Secretary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team was able to secure an overtime win 66-64 credit to a Nick Honor 3-pointer with seven seconds left to play. The game came down to the wire, but the Tigers managed to get it done to end a two-game losing streak. The Tigers were led by Kobe
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL JEFFERSON CITY (68) BATTLE (70) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (49) CAPITAL CITY (47) FINAL VERSAILLES (39) ELDON (67) FINAL CENTRALIA (42) HALLSVILLE (68) FINAL MOBERLY (52) FULTON (68) FINAL SOUTHERN BOONE
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The Ashland Board of Aldermen reviewed its police department’s proposed budget during its Tuesday night budget work session. The board is currently in the process of listening to the head of the department to review its fiscal year 2024 budget, as it works to finalize its preliminary budget. The department is looking to increase its
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Katie Carver and Devan Cole, CNN The foreperson of the Atlanta-based grand jury that investigated former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election told CNN on Tuesday that the panel is recommending multiple indictments and suggested “the big name” may be on the list. “Can you imagine doing this for
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