By Annie Grayer, CNN Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney said at The Texas Tribune festival Saturday that if former President Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 2024, she will not remain a Republican. “I’m going to make sure Donald Trump, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure he
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink, Dakin Andone and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Floridians are bracing for Tropical Storm Ian, which is expected to rapidly intensify and become a hurricane on Monday before hitting western Cuba, bringing with it the threats of strong winds and storm surge as high as 9 to 14 feet, according to the National Hurricane
Continue ReadingRichard Quest, CNN I have seen countries change before, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like the change taking place in Saudi Arabia. It is not like the fall of Soviet Europe, nor the upheaval recently witnessed in Sri Lanka. Saudi’s change is deliberate, deep-reaching and dramatic. It is difficult to visit
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuba has legalized same-sex marriage after Cubans voted in favor of a family code that increased protections for minorities on the island, the country’s National Electoral Council announced on Monday. The Electoral Council said 74.1% of those eligible to vote in Sunday’s national referendum had turned out to cast their ballot.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department invited the community to an open house event at their regional training center at 5001 Meyer Industrial Drive on Saturday. The event was a part of CPD’s ongoing recruitment drive to fill 21 open positions at the department. “This is not only a prime recruiting opportunity, but also a great chance
Continue ReadingTonight: Skies remain partly cloudy tonight ahead of an incoming cold front tonight that will lead to overnight lows into the upper 50s. Winds return out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Tomorrow: Skies become mostly sunny Sunday as afternoon highs peak into the upper 70s. Winds increase with gust up to 25 mph possible.
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Columbia’s water treatment plant was built in 1970 and while it’s expanded since then, it has not been upgraded.
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Paradise Afshar, CNN Colorado police have released videos showing a train hitting a police cruiser in which a detained suspect was handcuffed. The Fort Lupton Police Department released body camera and dashcam video on Friday showing Yareni Rios-Gonzalez inside the patrol car that was hit by a train. Rios-Gonzalez is hospitalized
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday presented Sir Elton John with the National Humanities Medal, surprising the music icon following a performance on the South Lawn of the White House. “I’m never flabbergasted, but I’m flabbergasted,” a visibly moved John said, thanking the President and saying that he will
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN Police encounters with people dealing with mental health issues can go very wrong, very quickly. Often, the presence of a law enforcement officer can escalate the situation. “A lot of people with special needs may not react very well to a police in uniform, but they may just react very well
Continue ReadingBy Derek Van Dam and Haley Brink, CNN meteorologists Tropical Storm Ian, the ninth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to reach up to Category 4 hurricane strength before hitting Florida next week. If it does, it will be the first major hurricane to impact the state since 2018. Ian was
Continue ReadingBy Jean Casarez and Brandon Griggs, CNN The threatening letters began in March 2007. They came in the mail to Eva LaRue’s Southern California house — sometimes handwritten, sometimes typed — from an unknown sender who called himself “Freddie Krueger” and vowed to rape and kill her and her young daughter. The letters — more
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Missouri Department of Transportation crews continue work on the Interstate 70 Rocheport bridge connecting Boone and Cooper counties.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sorisohn, CNN A series of text conversations between Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre and former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant appear to show Favre repeatedly pressing the then-governor about funding the construction of a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi, even after Favre was told misuse of state funds was
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The Columbia Police Department has added several new officers but is looking to fill 21 additional vacancies as it continues to combat a staffing shortage.
Continue ReadingTonight: Temperatures will remain into the upper 50s tonight as skies remain partly cloudy as isolated showers continue to dissipate tonight. Winds shift out of the south thanks to a passing warm front at 5-10 mph. Tomorrow: Winds pick up out of the southwest sustained at 8-12 mph with gust up to 20 mph possible.
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The NAACP and the Missouri League of Women Voters made their case to a judge Friday that the state’s new voter ID law should be blocked.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale During a campaign-style Friday speech at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, President Joe Biden boasted about the three-month decline in gas prices and about the unemployment rate. But he used inaccurate figures on both subjects. Gas prices Biden said: “Gas prices — I know I got criticized for going into
Continue ReadingBy Jason Carroll and Lisa Respers France, CNN James Cameron has water on the brain. Not literally, just his love for the ocean. It’s evident in his forthcoming film, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” the sequel to his Oscar-winning hit 2009 film. Cameron spoke to CNN’s Jason Carroll about how the movie, which will debut
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN An alarming trend is emerging in south Florida where officials are seeing a rising number of migrants, primarily Haitians and Cubans, journeying to US shores on makeshift boats. US Coast Guard crews have intercepted more than 6,000 Cubans since last October, according to the agency, the most in a fiscal year
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