Motorcycle rider hospitalized after west Columbia crash
A motorcycle rider was hospitalized Thursday after a collision with a car in west Columbia.
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Here’s who is not eligible for Biden’s marijuana pardon
By Maegan Vazquez and Aditi Sangal, CNN President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he’s pardoning individuals charged with simple marijuana possession on a federal level, but his decision does not affect broad groups of Americans and non-citizens charged with the crime. There’s historical precedent for mass application of the presidential pardon power, but the
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Roots N Blues Festival makes preparations for security, transportation
Organizers of the Roots N Blues music festival say safety is their top priority, and they make use of on- and off-duty Columbia police to make it happen.
Continue ReadingBlack residents in 2 Florida neighborhoods raise questions about hurricane relief efforts and say they’ve been left out
By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Justin Gamble, CNN Latronia Latson said she feels like she has been neglected in the recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian. Latson, who lives in the Dunbar neighborhood in Fort Myers, Florida, said she can’t get to a relief center to get bottled water and other necessities being distributed because she
Continue ReadingFat Bear Week 2022: The voting is underway in annual contest
By Forrest Brown, CNN Spring is for skinny bears and March Madness basketball. Fall, however, is for fat bears — and for Katmai National Park & Preserve’s annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a chubby champion for 2022. And unlike that bracket-busting basketball tourney, you can actually participate in and sway
Continue ReadingUvalde school district fires officer after CNN identifies her as trooper under investigation for her response to massacre
By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District fired a newly hired school officer on Thursday after CNN identified her as one of the officers under investigation for her actions during the Uvalde school massacre in May. Crimson Elizondo was one of the state troopers who arrived
Continue ReadingWaukesha parade attack defendant is representing himself. He’s repeatedly interrupted the trial with his defiant behavior
By Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN The man accused of intentionally driving his SUV through a crowd of Christmas parade attendees in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last year, killing six people and wounding dozens more, represented himself as court proceedings began at his homicide trial Thursday amid concerns over his mental health. Darrell E. Brooks, 40,
Continue ReadingMore than 2.5 million US middle and high school students say they currently use e-cigarettes, research finds
By Katherine Dillinger, CNN About 2.55 million middle and high school students in the US currently use e-cigarettes, researchers say, based on responses to a survey conducted earlier this year. Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration looked at responses from the 2022 National Youth
Continue ReadingToyota finally found a way to keep wheels from falling off its electric SUV
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Last June, Toyota warned owners of its first mainstream electric vehicle, the BZ4X, to stop driving their SUVs and have them transported to dealers because of a scary problem: the wheels could fall off after driving even just a few miles. Now, more than three months later, Toyota has announced
Continue ReadingRussian deputy in Kherson berates ‘incompetent commanders’ in unsparing critique of war effort
By Olga Voitovych, Jo Shelley and Joshua Berlinger, CNN A senior Russian-appointed official in Ukraine on Thursday blamed the country’s military setbacks on incompetence and corruption within the top ranks of the Kremlin’s defense apparatus. In a searing 4-minute video posted to the encrypted messaging application Telegram, Kirill Stremousov, the Moscow-installed deputy leader of Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingFamilies of Black people killed by police in Atlanta feel left behind. DA blames case backlog
By Nick Valencia, CNN Through the crowd of lawyers and people on their way to court, 60-year-old Jimmy Hill walks the same downtown Atlanta street every week. He’s been doing this for the last three years to get justice for his son. In January 2019, Hill’s son Jimmy Atchison was shot and killed by an
Continue ReadingUvalde school district fires officer after CNN identifies her as trooper under investigation for her response to massacre
By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District fired a newly hired school officer on Thursday after CNN identified her as one of the officers under investigation for her actions during the Uvalde school massacre in May. Crimson Elizondo was one of the state troopers who arrived
Continue ReadingGoogle unveils new Pixel 7 smartphones and first-ever Pixel smartwatch
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google on Thursday unveiled its new Pixel 7 smartphone lineup and its first-ever Pixel smartwatch, packed with tracking and health features from its subsidiary Fitbit. At a press event in New York City, Google showed off the new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro devices, which largely look the
Continue ReadingSoccer star Megan Rapinoe urges accountability after investigation finds systemic abuse and misconduct in women’s game
By David Close, CNN US Women’s National Team (USWNT) star Megan Rapinoe reiterated that women soccer players are angry and exhausted following an independent investigation report which found systemic abuse and misconduct within women’s professional soccer. Released on Monday, the report — led by former acting Attorney General Sally Yates — was based on more
Continue ReadingWhite House left looking for answers after OPEC+ announces oil production cuts
By Phil Mattingly, CNN The OPEC+ decision to dramatically cut its oil output targets has left the White House grappling with a complex — and potentially damaging — mix of geopolitical and domestic challenges with few easy answers. President Joe Biden now faces the reality that an already complex and tenuous bilateral relationship with Saudi
Continue ReadingThis Italian region will pay you to visit
Julia Buckley, CNN There are Italian villages that sell houses for the price of a cup of coffee, places that pay you to move there — and now there’s a region that will pay you just to visit. Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the far northeast of the country, will reimburse visitors’ journeys if they travel
Continue ReadingSanibel residents return to an unrecognizable island a week after Hurricane Ian’s devastation
By Amir Vera, Randi Kaye and Laura Dolan, CNN The aftermath of Hurricane Ian left Julie Emig and Vicki Paskaly devastated when they returned to what was once their “dream home” for the first time since the storm hit one week ago. Residents of Florida’s Sanibel Island — which remains cutoff from the mainland —
Continue ReadingSerena Williams ‘paved the way’ for mothers to keep playing tennis, says Martina Navratilova
By George Ramsay and Elizabeth Pérez, CNN Tennis great Martina Navratilova thinks more women will continue to play professional tennis after having children — thanks largely to Serena Williams. When she retired from tennis last month, the 41-year-old Williams left behind a legacy that stretches well beyond her 23 grand slam titles, the last of
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Roots N Blues Festival preparations underway in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Set up is underway Thursday as the Roots N Blues Festival returns to Columbia. The festival is scheduled for Friday through Sunday at Stephens Lake Park. Gates open to guests Friday at 4 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, the festival will kick off each day at noon. As of now, Roots N
Continue ReadingUK PM Truss’s leadership campaign partly funded by donors who stood to benefit from tax cuts
By Nina dos Santos, CNN Almost half of the money raised by British Prime Minister Liz Truss to fund her Conservative Party leadership campaign came from wealthy donors, according to official donation records published by Parliament on Wednesday. Truss raised nearly £432,549 ($489,472) thanks to donations largely from the business community. More than £230,000 (roughly
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