Beyond Meat suspends COO after he allegedly bit man’s nose during fight
Beyond Meat’s Chief Operating Officer, Douglas Wayne Ramsey, 53, was arrested Saturday following a fight in Arkansas where he allegedly bit a man’s nose.
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Local legends set to be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fourteen individuals and seven high school programs across Mid-Missouri were named as apart of the 2022 Missouri Hall of Fame class on Wednesday afternoon. Former Jefferson City Jay and Mizzou Tiger, Justin Gage is apart of the class thanks to his standout performances at MU and in the NFL. Gage was a
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Mizzou offense looks to keep growing ahead of SEC schedule
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the words of Brady Cook, the Mizzou offense did a lot of things well in the win against Abilene Christian, but Cook also said there are a lot of things the Tigers can improve on. As Cook praised the Auburn defense, he said the offense needs to step it up a
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Tax cuts, credits pass different chambers in Missouri General Assembly
Legislators passed three bills Wednesday cutting income taxes and providing agricultural tax credits.
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Tracking scattered showers and a few storms, much cooler air overnight
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a few showers and storms possible. Lows in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with light showers possible through about noon. Highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: Scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder will be possible into tonight, with more widespread rain into Thursday morning. I’m not expecting much
Continue ReadingQAnon fans celebrate Trump’s latest embrace of the conspiracy
By Donie O’Sullivan, Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Supporters of QAnon on former President Donald Trump‘s social media platform have celebrated what they see as his renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory over the past week after he shared a meme that was viewed as one of his most brazen nods to QAnon yet.
Continue ReadingFlorida asks Supreme Court to rule on its controversial social media law
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Florida has asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether states may force social media companies to host content they would rather remove — setting up a potential landmark battle over digital speech rights and content moderation that could reshape the country’s relationship with the First Amendment. In a petition
Continue ReadingMan facing murder charges after 2-year-old was found dead in stolen car following fatal shooting of his father, police in Houston say
By Rebekah Riess and Andy Rose, CNN Preliminary murder charges have been filed against a man arrested in the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a stolen SUV Tuesday just hours after the child’s father was shot to death, Houston police announced in a news release. The suspect, identified as 38-year-old
Continue ReadingThe Fed’s fight against inflation could cost the US 1.2 million jobs
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business In its efforts to bring down historic inflation and cool the economy, the Federal Reserve has used multiple euphemisms to describe the potential impact on Americans’ jobs, from economic “pain” to “unfortunate costs” and a “softening labor market.” Data, however, doesn’t mince words. The Fed’s latest economic projections, released Wednesday
Continue ReadingBiden commits another $2.9 billion to fight world hunger as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine takes global toll
By Tami Luhby, CNN The US will provide another $2.9 billion in additional funding to combat global food insecurity, President Joe Biden announced at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. World hunger is expected to rise this year, in part because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further disrupted supply chains and increased food prices
Continue ReadingWhat rising interest rates mean for you
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business In its continued bid to quash high inflation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the overnight bank lending rate to a range of 3% to 3.25%. It is the fifth increase by the US central bank in six months and its third consecutive 75- basis-point hike, which will put upward
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the civil fraud lawsuit Donald Trump and family face in New York
By Tierney Sneed An intricately detailed, 200-plus page civil lawsuit lays out New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case that former President Donald Trump, three of his children, his companies and his business executives defrauded lenders, insurers and other entities. “This conduct cannot be brushed aside and dismissed as some sort of good-faith mistake,” James
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the civil fraud lawsuit Donald Trump and family face in New York
By Tierney Sneed An intricately detailed, 200-plus page civil lawsuit lays out New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case that former President Donald Trump, three of his children, his companies and his business executives defrauded lenders, insurers and other entities. “This conduct cannot be brushed aside and dismissed as some sort of good-faith mistake,” James
Continue ReadingDow plunges to its lowest level since 2020 to end another dismal week
By David Goldman, CNN Business US stocks fell sharply in Friday trading as investors continued to worry about even more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that could land the US economy in a recession. The Dow closed 483 points, or 1.6%, lower in Friday trading, marking its lowest level since November 2020. The S&P
Continue ReadingRising mortgage rates hit home builders as buyers pull back
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Prospective home buyers are getting hit by a double whammy of bad news: Prices remain prohibitively high for many consumers, largely due to low supply. Mortgage rates have also skyrocketed to their highest level in 14 years. That is weighing on demand for both new home construction as
Continue ReadingDOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, appeals court says
By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court is allowing the Justice Department to continue looking at documents marked as classified that were seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and resort. The emergency intervention upends a trial judge’s order over those documents that had blocked federal investigators’ work on the
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Tracking a big temperature fall for the first day of Fall
TODAY: Wednesday is a mixed bag; we’ll start there. A cold front moves in today, and splits the region in half from north to south by mid-afternoon. This alone will have a big impact on temperatures, with mid-80s likely near Macon, and temperatures once again in the high 90s near I-44. An extra complicating factor
Continue ReadingMarcy Kaptur’s competitive race in Ohio’s 9th speaks volumes about the Democratic Party’s place in the Rust Belt
By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN It was not yet 5 p.m. on a Thursday, but the 818 Club restaurant was already packed as Rep. Marcy Kaptur walked around, greeting locals and introducing herself. For a congresswoman in office for nearly 40 years, you would think she would know more patrons in this popular
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Groups plan to host local events for National Voter Registration Day
The Missouri NAACP has partnered with the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs to hold voter registration events Tuesday, on National Voter Registration day and ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
Continue ReadingUS dollar hits new 20-year high as Russia calls up reservists
By Julia Horowitz and Anna Cooban, CNN Business The US dollar climbed to a new two-decade high on Wednesday after Russia said it was mobilizing 300,000 military reserves in an escalation of the war in Ukraine. In a televised national address Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin announced an immediate partial mobilization of Russian citizens and threatened
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