By Julia Horowitz, Luke McGee and Mark Thompson, CNN Business UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has fired finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and ditched a big part of her discredited economic strategy in a desperate bid to rescue her month-old premiership. At a Downing Street news conference, Truss said she was scrapping plans to reverse a
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN George Clooney needed a rom-com just as badly as the rest of us. The “Ticket to Paradise” star joins CNN’s “Who’s Talking To Chris Wallace?” this week, where he explained why he chose to return to the romantic comedy genre with his pal and co-star Julia Roberts. “I got sent the
Continue ReadingLisa Morrow, CNN A rich palette of shimmering caramel swirls, ochers, creams and pinks unfolds across the landscape like an enormous handwoven carpet. Stands of poplars line paths carved by ancient lava flows from three now extinct volcanoes, crisscrossing valleys studded with conical peribacı. This is Cappadocia, central Turkey, famous for its whimsical “fairy chimneys,”
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business In the past two months, Apple, Google and Samsung have all unveiled their newest smartphones and other devices with the goal of getting consumers to upgrade ahead of the holidays. But in the process, these and other companies may also be adding to a growing problem: electronic waste. The limited
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A man who authorities say lured officers to a deadly attack fired over 80 rounds at police before he was killed by a wounded officer, the Connecticut inspector general’s office said. Bristol police Sgt. Dustin Demonte and Officer Alex Hamzy were responding to a domestic violence call Wednesday
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TODAY: Friday is another dry and windy day, with sustained winds in the 15-20 mph range, and gusts as high as 30 mph. Sunshine early in the day will help lower humidity enough that critical fire weather may again be in place for most. Read more about that here. By noon, a boundary slides in
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales in the US declined for the eighth month in a row in September as surging mortgage rates and high prices pushed buyers out of the market. Sales of existing homes — which include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops — were down 23.8% in September from a year
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Iana dos Reis Nunes was 43 when she told her husband that she could feel something like a bubble in her abdomen when she lay on her side. An ultrasound scan found spots on her liver, which led to blood tests and a colonoscopy. “There was a tumor the size of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The future of some of America’s beloved retail stores is looking questionable right now amid fierce competition online. Bed Bath & Beyond, Rite Aid, Party City, Tuesday Morning and Joann are among several chains that may not survive a recession due to their elevated risk of bankruptcy, according to credit agencies.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen Never-before-seen footage, obtained exclusively by CNN, shows in vivid new detail how congressional leaders fled the US Capitol on January 6 and transformed a nearby military base into a command center, where they frantically coordinated with Vice President Mike Pence and Trump Cabinet members to quell the insurrection and finish certifying the
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN Black, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic adults are more likely than their White peers to be hospitalized for the flu, but less likely to be vaccinated against it, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. The CDC Vital Signs report released Tuesday finds that Black,
Continue ReadingBy Alasdair Howorth, Darren Lewis and Zayn Nabbi, CNN For many, the name Patrick Vieira brings to mind one of the most dominant midfielders in English Premier League history. For others, it conjures an image of a player at the heart of a French national side that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, Ryan Young, Devon Sayers and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A 15-year-old suspect is in custody after five people were killed and at least two others wounded in a mass shooting Thursday in Raleigh that North Carolina’s governor called a “moment of unspeakable agony.” A handgun and long gun were recovered after the shooting,
Continue ReadingBy Alasdair Howorth, CNN After six years of preparation, struggle and sacrifice, Felix Baumgartner found himself quite literally on the edge of the world. “I’m standing there on top of the world outside of a capsule in space and in the stratosphere. I looked around the sky above me was completely black,” Baumgartner told CNN
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Earlier this year, Iran flaunted a new patriotic song targeting school children around the country. Titled “Salute, Commander,” the song was a tribute to Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Imam Mahdi, a descendant of Prophet Mohammed who Shiite Muslims believe went into hiding in the 10th century and
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Uliana Pavlova, Mick Krever and Olga Voitovich, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he had “no regrets” over his deadly missile attacks on civilian targets across Ukraine earlier this week, but said there was no need for more “massive” strikes for now. The wave of missile attacks on cities across Ukraine
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL WARRENSBURG (0) CAPITAL CITY (10) FINAL JEFFERSON CITY (1) HELIAS (3) FINAL GRAIN VALLEY (1) ROCK BRIDGE (8) FINAL NORTH CALLAWAY (1) FAYETTE (6) FINAL BOWLING GREEN (5) MEXICO
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One Boone County mother and her 11-year-old daughter were left shocked after an artificial intelligence texting app began sending them in-appropriate messages. Novi Limited’s application, Journey: New Relationship & AI, is marketed on the Apple App Store as a “deep AI mind that always listens, responds and connects with you emotionally.”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A representative for Missouri Voter Protection Coalition and the ACLU said they will not back down after a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s new voter identification law. Cole County Judge Jon E. Beetmen dismissed the cases filed by the NAACP and Missouri League of Women Voters on Wednesday. Both groups
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Last Thursday, at precisely 5:29pm Pacific Time, a mysterious Twitter account with the handle @LAunionLaundry posted secretly taped audio of now-former Los Angeles County Federation of Labor chief Ron Herrera. The account tagged two reporters at the Los Angeles Times, as well as the newspaper’s politics account. The move successfully
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