By Dan Merica, Jessica Dean and Jeff Simon, CNN When Mehmet Oz was vying for the GOP Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, his argument was simple: He could do better than any other Republican in the populous and politically moderate counties around Philadelphia in a general election. The argument — along with an endorsement from former
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during their search last month. Judge Raymond Dearie, the court-appointed special master, said in a filing Thursday that Trump’s team needs to
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Uliana Pavlova and Chris Liakos CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted former NSA contractor Edward Snowden Russian citizenship, according to an official decree published on the Russian government portal Monday. Snowden is accused of espionage and theft of government property in the US for leaking troves of information on American intelligence
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL ROCK BRIDGE (14) HICKMAN (0) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (0) CAPITAL CITY (10) FINAL HALLSVILLE (7) SOUTHERN BOONE (1) FINAL NORTH CALLAWAY (12) MONTGOMERY COUNTY (3) FINAL HS VOLLEYBALL HICKMAN (3) BATTLE
Continue ReadingTonight: Skies remain mostly cloudy with isolated light showers. Overnight lows cool to the lower 50s with winds remaining out of the northeast. Tomorrow: Scattered showers begin early Friday morning before becoming more widespread for the northern half of Mid-Missouri. Rainfall totals look to remain below 0.25″ in most areas with chances of weak storms
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Dianne Gallagher, CNN A former top state official in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to state and federal charges in connection to an embezzlement scheme that auditors say misused millions of welfare dollars, including funneling funds into projects linked to prominent Mississippians like former NFL star Brett Favre. Officials from the US
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The Police Foundation of Hallsville is scheduled to host its second annual Brews & BBQ charity event, including a gun raffle.
Continue ReadingBy Maria Santana, CNN The migrant says he had been living on the streets of San Antonio for nearly a month when he met a woman named “Perla” who made a compelling offer. She offered him clothes, food and money, he told CNN, and in exchange, he would go out and find other migrants to
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN A passenger who allegedly took psilocybin — the hallucinogenic chemical found in certain mushrooms — before boarding a United Airlines flight in Miami last week was arrested after allegedly assaulting two members of the flight crew. Cherruy Loghan Sevilla is charged with interfering with a flight crew and assaulting two flight
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as local health officials, are warning of a dangerous new trend on social media.
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A dump truck overturned at a job site in west Columbia on Thursday, trapping the driver inside until rescuers arrived at the scene.
Continue ReadingBy Ivan Watson, Masho Lomashvili, Simone McCarthy, Tim Lister and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilization” of citizens for his war in Ukraine has already set in motion sweeping changes for many Russians, as drafted men bid their families emotional goodbyes, while others attempt to flee, scrambling to make it across land border crossings
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones tangled Thursday in an explosive courtroom exchange with an attorney for families of Sandy Hook victims who have sued him in Connecticut, prompting an admonishment from the judge and warning that they could be held in contempt if they violate court rules moving forward. The warning
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Railroad company BNSF is asking a federal court to throw out lawsuits over a deadly Chariton County Amtrak crash in a move some passengers’ attorneys are calling “unconstitutional.”
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ortega, Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash and Drew Griffin, CNN Months after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Donald Trump in Michigan had been certified, and confirmed by audits and voting reviews, a clerk in rural Barry County received an unusual and confusing request from Matthew DePerno, an attorney in Kalamazoo. DePerno, who’d
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN French President Emmanuel Macron is warning about a “crisis of democracies,” including in the United States, following years of “pressure” and “destabilization” efforts in an exclusive US interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Asked by Tapper if he’s worried about American democracy, Macron replied, “I worry about all of us.” “I hate
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Vladimir Putin’s announcement of increased military conscription to bolster Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine shows that the Russian President “has been outsmarted” by Kyiv, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss told CNN in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview. The new British leader, who takes power at a time of historic upheaval, told
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Alaa Elassar, CNN More than a million people in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are without power or running water again Thursday as crews work to repair critical utilities disabled by Hurricane Fiona, which is now a Category 4 monster heading toward Bermuda. The first major hurricane of this year’s
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during their search last month. Judge Raymond Dearie, the court-appointed special master, said in a filing Thursday that Trump’s team needs to
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business It began by mailing out DVDs, then evolved to become a production and streaming powerhouse. Now Netflix appears to be making its next big bet on the future of gaming. The streaming giant is building its first in-house video game studio in Helsinki, Finland, as it expands its empire over
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