By Marnie Hunter, CNN Twinkling lights, glitter, Champagne and petit fours. It’s time to treat yourself to some holiday cheer. Luxury hotels serve up a glamorous way to brighten up the festive season, whether for an overnight stay or an elegant afternoon tea. These hotels are worth a closer look for a few hours of
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TODAY: Sunshine is the word of the day Monday, as we get it in abundance after a wet and cloudy weekend. Sunshine and a south breeze around 10 mph warm us into the low-to-mid 50s this afternoon. TONIGHT: Skies will add clouds overnight as more moisture works in from the south. Temperatures stay relatively warm,
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist A “regional tornado outbreak (is) possible Tuesday afternoon and evening across parts of the Lower to Mid-Mississippi Valley,” the Storm Prediction Center warned Monday morning. A Level 4 of 5, moderate risk, for severe storms has been issued by the prediction center for Tuesday afternoon and evening. The moderate risk
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN We all eat them — ultraprocessed foods such as frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals make our busy lives much easier. Besides, they are just darn tasty — who isn’t susceptible to hot dogs, sausages, burgers, french fries, sodas, cookies, cakes, candy, doughnuts and ice cream, to name just a few? If
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Rashard Rose, Pete Muntean and Nicky Robertson, CNN Moments before a small private airplane crashed into power lines in Maryland on Sunday evening, air traffic controllers urgently warned the pilot that the aircraft was flying too low, according to archived recordings. “N201RF, if you hear this transmission, low altitude alert,” said a
Continue ReadingBy Akhtar Makoii, Arash Azizi and Alex Stambaugh, CNN A top Iranian official has said that the nation’s mandatory hijab law is being reviewed, as state media played down the same official’s claim that the country’s much-feared morality police force had been “abolished” amid ongoing protests. Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said Thursday that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team captured both the Battle Line Trophy and bowl eligibility in one fell swoop with a win over the Arkansas Razorbacks on Friday. ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones recaps a game that the team said was all about the seniors. You can watch that recap in the video
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One day after the Mizzou volleyball season came to an end, Mizzou Athletics announced that head coach Josh Taylor will not be retained for next season. “We thank Coach Taylor for all he has done the past seven years for the volleyball program and University,” Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois said in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Mizzou gymnastics coach Shannon Welker in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Through the first seven games of the Dennis Gates era, the Mizzou men’s basketball team maintained an undefeated mark. All of those wins came in a home stand to start the season. In the seventh and final game, on Saturday, the Tigers put up a 100 piece on Houston Christian before their
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Beijing bureau and Nectar Gan Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday faced unprecedented dissent after thousands of demonstrators protested in cities across China over the weekend against his zero-Covid strategy — with some daring to openly call for his removal in the streets. “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” some protesters
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Deaton, CNN Business Edward Lawrence, a journalist at the BBC, was arrested by police in Shanghai at the scene of protests on Sunday night, according to the BBC and as captured on what appears to be mobile phone footage of the arrest. While he has since been released, a BBC spokesperson has expressed
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TONIGHT: Skies start to clear and temperatures are able to drop into the low 30s overnight. TOMORROW: Clear skies, starting off in the low 30s, but quickly warming up as the day goes on because of plenty of sunshine. EXTENDED: Tuesday night I’m still tracking that strong cold front moving over the area. It could
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Tara Subramaniam and CNN’s Beijing bureau After unprecedented protests swept China, several cities have taken steps to ease some Covid-19 restrictions and a top official has signaled a softer approach to virus controls — leading to speculation that an end to zero-Covid may be in sight. China’s most senior official in charge
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A new robust storm system moving into the Pacific Northwest Sunday is expected to spawn severe storms in the South this week. The Storm Prediction Center has issued an early forecast warning, calling for “a significant severe-weather event” across parts of the lower Mississippi River Valley Tuesday.
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol recovered the body of one man who drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks. Troop F said in a tweet Sunday morning a recovery of a second body was made and more information would be released at a later time. MSHP confirmed the drowning on
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who also sits on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, said Sunday that he doesn’t believe the committee’s upcoming report would focus almost entirely on Donald Trump. Schiff, a California Democrat, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” that he
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz and Michelle Watson, CNN Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said Senate Democrats don’t have the 60 votes needed to advance an assault weapons ban bill but expressed optimism on CNN’s “State of the Union” that something could get done in the next Congress if Democrats keep their seat in Georgia. “I’m
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that Donald Trump was “wrong” to recently have dinner with White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West at his Florida resort and that the former president should apologize for it. “President Trump was wrong to give a White nationalist, an
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