Rocheport bridge project on track to finish end of 2024
The new Interstate 70 Rocheport Bridge is on track to be finished in December 2024.
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Columbia organization provides Thanksgiving dinner for those in need
COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Powerhouse Community Development passed out food boxes to the community Saturday as an effort to make sure everyone had a meal for the Thanksgiving holiday as part of its “A Time to Give Thanks” holiday event. The giveaway took place at Parkade Plaza on Business Loop 70 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
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Tracking gradually warming temperatures
TONIGHT: Northwest winds are still sticking around, making temperatures feel a lot cooler than it actually is outside. The wind chill that will be present throughout the night is making temperatures feel 10 degrees lower than measured. TOMORROW: Northwest winds start to die down and shift to the Southwest, bringing warmer air, helping us get
Continue ReadingJill Biden and Naomi Biden featured in Vogue magazine
By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden and her granddaughter, Naomi Biden, are featured on the cover of the new digital version of Vogue magazine, which will be released Tuesday, a person familiar with the details told CNN. The photos and story will also appear inside the print edition of the upcoming February issue,
Continue ReadingThis bird hadn’t been documented by scientists since 1882. Then they captured video of it in Papua New Guinea
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in 1882, according to a news release from nonprofit Re:wild, which helped fund the search effort. Rediscovering the bird
Continue ReadingLauren Sánchez on going to space, philanthropy and trying to bring light to the world
By Chloe Melas, CNN For four years, Lauren Sánchez has been quietly working behind the scenes to help Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, strategically give away his vast wealth to a variety of causes. In their first sit-down interview as a couple at their sprawling Washington, D.C. home, Sánchez got candid about her philanthropic projects, space
Continue ReadingAppeals court is dubious of Trump’s arguments for special master review of Mar-a-Lago search
By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A panel of federal appeals court judges — all appointed by Republican presidents — on Tuesday were dubious of former President Donald Trump‘s arguments for why the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago required a special master to review the materials that were seized. During 40 minutes of oral arguments
Continue ReadingEngland’s Harry Kane and several other European captains told not to wear ‘OneLove’ armband at World Cup
By George Ramsay and Zayn Nabbi, CNN The captains of several European teams will not wear “OneLove” armbands at the World Cup in Qatar due to the danger of receiving yellow cards. England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Wales were set to participate in the “OneLove” campaign to promote inclusion and oppose discrimination.
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Tracking a bitterly cold gameday ahead of a warmup next week
TODAY: Sunny and breezy with highs in the low 30s. Wind chills in the teens at kickoff this evening. TOMORROW: Chilly in the morning with lows in the teens. Temperatures recover by the afternoon due to southwesterly winds, with highs reaching the mid-40s. EXTENDED: Winds will be somewhat strong from the northwest on Saturday as
Continue ReadingHow Jell-O lost its spot as America’s favorite dessert
Story by Nathaniel Meyersohn, Video by John General, CNN Business Way in the back of the grocery store, at the end of the sleepy baking aisle, sits a brand decades past its prime: Jell-O gelatin. Today, Jell-O is served to patients at hospitals. Or schoolchildren throw it around during food fights at lunch and college
Continue ReadingWorld leaders met all week to address global issues. Putin appears to no longer have a seat at the table
By Simone McCarthy, CNN The three major summits of world leaders that took place across Asia in the past week have made one thing clear: Vladimir Putin is now sidelined on the world stage. Putin, whose attack on Ukraine over the past nine months has devastated the European country and roiled the global economy, declined
Continue ReadingWorld leaders met all week to address global issues. Putin appears to no longer have a seat at the table
By Simone McCarthy, CNN The three major summits of world leaders that took place across Asia in the past week have made one thing clear: Vladimir Putin is now sidelined on the world stage. Putin, whose attack on Ukraine over the past nine months has devastated the European country and roiled the global economy, declined
Continue ReadingKim Jong Un’s daughter makes first public appearance at new missile launch
By Philip Wang, Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of “a new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, alongside his young daughter, whose existence had not previously been confirmed. Striking photographs released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) appear to show Kim hand in
Continue ReadingA week after 4 University of Idaho students were killed, there are mounting questions in the investigation and few answers
By Travis Caldwell, CNN One week after the the bodies of four University of Idaho students were discovered in their shared off-campus home in the town of Moscow, authorities do not have a suspect in custody nor has a weapon been found, according to Moscow Police Captain Roger Lanier. Police have fielded 646 tips and
Continue ReadingHere’s what we know — and don’t know — about the killings of 4 University of Idaho students as a suspect has yet to be identified
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the University of Idaho mourns the loss of four students killed in an attack at an off-campus home last weekend, a community remains in crisis over few known details surrounding the students’ deaths and the lack of an identified suspect. The four students — Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21;
Continue ReadingA week after 4 University of Idaho students were killed, there are mounting questions in the investigation and few answers
By Travis Caldwell, CNN One week after the the bodies of four University of Idaho students were discovered in their shared off-campus home in the town of Moscow, authorities do not have a suspect in custody nor has a weapon been found, according to Moscow Police Captain Roger Lanier. Police have fielded 646 tips and
Continue ReadingFact check: Trump responds to special counsel news with debunked claim about Obama and the Bushes
By Daniel Dale, CNN In former President Donald Trump’s first extended response to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Friday announcement that he had appointed a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into Trump’s retention of government documents after he left office, Trump defended himself with dishonesty — repeating his false and thoroughly debunked claims about
Continue ReadingWhat it means that a special counsel is running the Trump investigations
By Tierney Sneed The legal jeopardy former President Donald Trump faces in two federal criminal investigations took on a new tenor Friday with the appointment of a special counsel at the Justice Department. Jack Smith, a DOJ alum known for his work in international war crimes prosecutions, will take over the investigation into sensitive government
Continue ReadingTravel news: Animal encounters, 2023 vacation inspiration and the world’s most expensive restaurant
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The world’s population hit eight billion this week, and sometimes it can feel like they’re all packed on the same flight as you. As airlines shell out more than $600 million in refunds to pandemic-hit US passengers, travelers have been warned to brace for a very busy Thanksgiving season. Here are
Continue ReadingSwimming with bull sharks: Cuba’s underwater tourism bet
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching bull shark, the species considered by many scientists to be the most aggressive in the world. I am beginning to have second thoughts about this assignment. Before we entered
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