By Jen Christensen, CNN The brains of US teens have physically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, a new study says. The young study participants also reported more severe symptoms of anxiety, depression and what scientists call internalized problems — meaning feelings of sadness, low self-esteem and fear and trouble regulating their
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN In the final undecided Senate contest of 2022, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker among those likely to vote in a runoff election Tuesday, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The survey shows that Walker faces
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN In the final undecided Senate contest of 2022, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker among those likely to vote in a runoff election Tuesday, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The survey shows that Walker faces
Continue ReadingBy David Culver, Anna-Maja Rappard, Aya Elamroussi and Mallika Kallingal, CNN As the world’s largest active volcano oozes molten rock here on the Big Island, a blend of concern and awe has emerged among visitors. People were pulling over in their cars throughout the night to get a glimpse of the striking scene — a
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Protests this week across China show just how unpopular Beijing’s zero-Covid policy has become. Now, even as the country signals it may loosen pandemic controls, it faces another challenge: Local governments charged with conducting mass testing and enforcing quarantine are running short of cash and could be forced to cut
Continue ReadingBy Rob McLean, CNN Business Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended early Friday morning after Elon Musk said it violated the platform’s rules on inciting violence. “I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended,” Musk tweeted in a reply. CNN could not confirm which
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Mallika Kallingal, CNN The Moscow Police Department said on Friday that they don’t believe a sixth person listed on the lease at the residence, where four University of Idaho students were killed last month, was involved in their deaths. “They have spoken to this individual and confirmed they moved out prior
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, CNN Chinese authorities are using cellphone data to track down protesters who demonstrated against the government’s stringent Covid restrictions in Beijing, according to a recording of a phone call between a protester and police heard by CNN. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered along Beijing’s Liangma River on Sunday night, calling
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (42) BOONVILLE (62) FINAL LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH (51) JEFFERSON CITY (67) FINAL HELIAS (58) PARKVIEW (55) FINAL MEXICO (66) HERMANN (64) FINAL TIPTON (58) CAMDENTON (65)
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN Former President Barack Obama on Thursday warned Democrats against becoming complacent in the final days of Georgia’s Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, describing the GOP nominee as unfit to represent the state and stressing the value in adding a key vote to the slender
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a running list of college volleyball transfers on Twitter, Mizzou outside hitters Anna Dixon and Kaylee Cox have entered the transfer portal. This comes just four days after Mizzou parted ways with head coach Josh Taylor after the team finished 9-19 last season, which was last in the SEC. As
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a name so iconic, he comes with his own theme song, and boy, is it a sweet sound. In the new teaser trailer for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” Harrison Ford returns as the titular hero archaeologist, this time alongside “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. In this fifth installment,
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN After a very long wait, the closing chapter to the “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy is almost here. The first trailer for “GOTG Vol. 3” dropped Thursday on YouTube, after premiering at Brazil Comic Con, again revealing the group of unlikely heroes who have relatively esoteric origins in the Marvel comic
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed In a major defeat for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court on Thursday halted a third-party review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. The ruling removes a major obstacle to the Justice Department’s investigation into the mishandling of government records from Trump’s time in the White House. The three-judge
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN Ann Johnson gave birth in the spring of 1984 in the hospital at Camp Lejeune, the sprawling Marine base on the North Carolina coast. But doctors did not bring baby Jacquetta straight to her mom. “I guess they were trying to prepare me for what she looked like,” Johnson told CNN.
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Thursday evening, the City of Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission met to discuss a topic that’s been on the table for four years now: Short-term rental regulations. City leaders began discussing the issue in 2018. A revised version of those regulations has been in the works since a proposition was shot down in 2020. The
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy with lows in the upper 30s to around 40. Breezy with gusts up to 20 mph. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy and very windy with gusts up to 40-45 mph. Highs in the upper 50s to around 60. EXTENDED: Tonight, a few clouds and breezy south winds keep temperatures in the mid-upper 30s. Tomorrow
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Thursday passed legislation to avert a rail shutdown following a grave warning from President Joe Biden about the economic danger posed by a strike. The House passed the tentative rail agreement on Wednesday. The measure can now be sent to the president to
Continue ReadingFaith Karimi, CNN Pantone has spoken. The color that will shape the year ahead is — drum roll, please — Viva Magenta. The global color authority reveals its Color of the Year every December, and its 2023 choice, announced Thursday, is a vibrant relative of the red family. Described as “a nuanced crimson tone” that
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Convictions for marijuana possession and paraphernalia will begin to be expunged next Thursday.
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