By Jen Christensen, CNN In the HBO show “The Last of Us,” characters identify zombies among them by the fungi that bursts from their bodies, and fungal parasites manipulate the humans to infect the communities around them. In real life, the fungal species that inspired the story, Ophiocordyceps, infects insects and does not cause problems
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Authorities in the US are once again warning about a rise in domestic extremists plotting to attack the nation’s power grids — which government reports have warned could cause a domino effect and leave huge parts of the country in the dark. Efforts are underway to make vulnerable energy facilities more
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, Kara Scannell and Gregory Krieg, CNN In the fall of 2020, then-New York Rep. Lee Zeldin’s campaign submitted a report to federal regulators with a series of unusual expenses: 21 payments on a single day of exactly $199.99 each. The outlays — each just one penny below the dollar figure above which
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By Rob Frehse, CNN An 82-year-old woman who’d been pronounced dead at a nursing home on Long Island, New York, was found to be alive nearly three hours later at a funeral home, authorities said, spurring investigations by police and health officials. The woman was pronounced dead Saturday at the Water’s Edge Rehab and Nursing
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Russia has potentially lost up to half of all its operational tank fleet since the start of the Ukraine war, according to information collected by a monitoring group, as its military struggles to meet the goals of Vladimir Putin’s invasion. Oryx, an open source intelligence website, has been collecting visual evidence
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden’s yearly State of the Union speech — his first in front of a divided Congress — will offer the best glimpse to date of his argument for another term, making Tuesday’s address a test run of sorts as he approaches a reelection announcement. In both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia residents can begin buying recreational marijuana Tuesday morning. The Columbia City Council — at its regular meeting on Monday — unanimously approved the authorization of new business license regulations for recreational marijuana dispensaries. The Missouri Department of Health and Human Senior Services issued an emergency rule last week, allowing Missouri dispensaries
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The Columbia City Council is expected to decide Monday night whether to approve the construction of a public campus offering services for the homeless.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 23 Mizzou softball is set to kick off the 2023 season Friday in the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Florida against some steep competition. The Tigers face two ranked opponents in the Classic in No. 6 Texas and No. 8 Northwestern. Head coach Larissa Anderson said this will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will return home Tuesday to take on South Carolina after suffering a road loss at Mississippi State. “We have shown the ability to bounce back throughout our season,” said head coach Dennis Gates. “Being 5-5 in conference is something that we look at, but you have to
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon. The Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called. “Frontier innovations
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean and Sam Kiley, CNN Traditional Ukrainian tapestries, family photos and pastoral scenes on cheap posters cover the walls of her cottage warmed by a wood-burning stove. The only record of her tragic past are her birth certificate and her memories. In her 102 years, Liubov Yarosh has survived three famines, including the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City’s Power & Light District is preparing to have crowds of Kansas City Chiefs fans gather for Super Bowl Sunday this weekend. The District is hosting events leading up to the game as, the Kansas City Chiefs are playing in their third Super Bowl in the past five years. On
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The Missouri budget sits with a $6 billion surplus after the state received federal pandemic relief funds. Now, lawmakers are proposing ways to take advantage of those funds through tax cuts.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department responded to a fire near Garth Avenue north of Interstate 70 on Monday night that started from an explosion at a homeless camp in a wooded area. Boone County Joint Communications said on its social media that Garth Avenue between Blue Ridge Road and Thurman Street closed due
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Gov. Ron DeSantis may soon get to pick the people who govern Disney’s Orlando-area theme parks, a move that would give the Republican leader new authority over the state’s largest employer and a recent political foe. Republican lawmakers on Monday unveiled a bill to turn over control of Disney’s special taxing
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
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TONIGHT: Isolated showers with gusty winds overnight. Lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 40s to around 50. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a cold front that moves in tonight and brings a few showers likely before midnight, ending before sunrise. Rain amounts will be around a trace to
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On Monday morning the 6th, a strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey just 14.2 miles east of Nurdagi. As of Monday afternoon at 6 PM there have been nearly 3,500 deaths and over 15,000 injuries in Turkey and Syria due to this earthquake and various aftershocks. The epicenter of this strong earthquake occurred 14.9 miles
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