By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Wealthier customers pinched by inflation are switching to Walmart for groceries, boosting sales at America’s largest retailer. Walmart on Tuesday reported annual US sales growth of 8.2% last quarter at stores open for at least a year. The results beat Wall Street analysts’ expectations, pushing Walmart’s stock up around 6%
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Many investors are still nursing losses for the year. But stocks have come roaring back to life in the past few weeks thanks to hopes that inflation might be really peaking and that the Federal Reserve will soon reduce or slow down its interest rate increases as a
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TODAY: Thursday starts a bit warmer than Wednesday, with temperatures in the 60s this morning. We’ll see a warm up into the mid-70s by early this afternoon, where clouds will start to pick up ahead of an approaching cold front. Winds ahead of the front will be sustained near 10-20 mph, and gust as high
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Video by John General, CNN Business In 2019, Air Company made a splash when it launched vodka derived from recaptured carbon, in an effort to reduce the amount of the harmful greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Today, the Brooklyn-based startup has begun using the same process to make fuel for
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Donald Trump wanted to catapult himself into a third presidential campaign with a wave of Republican midterm gains behind him. Instead, he emerges from Tuesday’s underwhelming election night facing questions about his political future and with the momentum behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, potentially his potential chief nemesis
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Homero De la Fuente, CNN Suspended Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving reportedly met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday, according to multiple reports, including one from the Athletic’s Shams Charania, citing unnamed sources. According to Charania, Silver and Irving met and had “a productive and understanding visit,” as Irving and
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US — even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US — even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US — even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN “The Crown” has been criticized by some for making fiction appear to be fact. Netflix’s incredibly popular retelling of the lives of the modern day British royal family is rife with drama – too much for some people’s liking. Season 5 debuted Wednesday and it was controversial even before it
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The economy was top of mind for voters in the midterm elections, exit polls showed, adding even more weight to a highly anticipated inflation report due out on Thursday. The Consumer Price Index for October, which measures the change in price of everything from pork chops to plane tickets, will
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least two people have died during the damage wrought by Nicole’s overnight landfall Thursday along Florida’s eastern shore, which knocked out power to thousands, pushed buildings near collapse and flooded the coast as the first hurricane to hit the United States in November in nearly
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Having previously swum in the world’s coldest waters wearing just his swimming trunks, for his latest challenge Lewis Pugh went to the opposite extreme. When he became the first person to swim across the Red Sea last month — a feat which took 16 days and saw him encounter crashing waves,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Voters in several states have approved progressive measures that could not get through a Democratic-led Congress or Republican-dominated statehouses. More low-income South Dakota residents will have access to Medicaid, and Arizona residents with medical debt will get more protections. Minimum wage workers in Nebraska will get a boost in pay. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN In his first speech since polls closed around the country Tuesday night, President Joe Biden called out detractors who he said doubted his “incessant optimism” about Democrats’ ability to stave off resounding Republican wins in the midterm elections — even as his presidency is now likely entering a
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN A Tyrannosaurus rex skull is expected to fetch up to $20 million at auction next month, according to Sotheby’s. The skull, which has been named Maximus, is one of the most complete of its kind ever found, the auction house said in a press release Tuesday, adding that it represents a “rare
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is asking for help in identifying a “suspected prowler” targeting women in Columbia. “We’re asking your help to identify and locate a suspected prowler,” CPD Assistant Chief of Police Jeremiah Hunter said in a video posted to social media Tuesday. “We believe his activity may be escalating and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said Missouri saw a voter turnout of 51% for Tuesday’s election. Ashcroft said his office was expecting 55-56% voter turnout. More than 2 million votes were cast in the election. Ashcroft said the total is down from the 2018 senate election. “I think that we’re
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Investigates the Mid-Missouri bus crash that injured 14 people on their way home from a church trip in Houston, Texas. Months later, questions still remain about the driver and the crash. With safety regulations in place to prevent overtired drivers, ABC 17 wants to know why the driver couldn’t
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