By Luke McGee, CNN Liz Truss officially became the third female prime minister in British history on Tuesday following a transfer of power from her predecessor, Boris Johnson, who bowed out in a defiant speech following a series of scandals. Truss, 47, enters office after winning the most votes in the Conservative Party leadership contest
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz, CNN Antarctica’s so-called “doomsday glacier” — nicknamed because of its high risk of collapse and threat to global sea level — has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years, scientists say, amplifying concerns over the extreme sea level rise that would accompany its potential demise. The Thwaites Glacier, capable of
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge threw a wrench Monday in the Justice Department investigation into potential mishandling of documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House by granting his request for a special master to review evidence seized from his Florida home last month. The win for Trump
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN The Israel Defense Forces have admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli fire while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in May, the IDF announced Monday. “[I]t appears that it
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Kathleen Magramo, Philip Wang and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At least 65 people are confirmed dead after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV. Aftershocks were still being felt on Tuesday, state media said, a day after the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said a 6.6-magnitude
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Eric Levenson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Myles Sanderson, the suspect in the mass stabbing in Canada, died Wednesday after going into “medical distress” after his arrest, according to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore. Sanderson’s death means both suspects in the attack that rocked the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are
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National chains such as Chipotle, Starbucks and Amazon are seeing workers organizing across the country. But so are local organizations.
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Tonight: A few isolated light showers are expected to gradually dissipate late Monday night as skies remain mostly cloudy. Winds remain out of the northeast at 4-8 mph. Overnight lows cool to the mid-60’s. Tomorrow: Skies become partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon as winds remain out of the northeast at 5 mph. Afternoon highs warm to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday and hear a report about possible changes to utility bill late fees and due dates for residents on fixed incomes. Right now, the city requires customers to pay their bill every 20 days from the billing date. If their bill is not paid
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Three days after a brutal mass stabbing devastated a rural Indigenous community in Saskatchewan, the two brothers who were wanted in the violent attacks are dead, though witness accounts indicate that one of the men, Myles Sanderson, was responsible for the deaths of 10 of the victims, according to a law
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge threw a wrench Monday in the Justice Department investigation into potential mishandling of documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House by granting his request for a special master to review evidence seized from his Florida home last month. The win for Trump
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COLUMBIA,Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol started its counting period Friday, and it’s set to end at 11:59 p.m. Monday. So while troopers have pushed traffic safety and water safety, crashes have still taken place. Patrol crash reports show at least 73 traffic crashes since 6 p.m. Friday. At least three crashes have been fatal and 10
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Romero and Kevin Conlon, CNN Shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, opened. Brown vs Board Education angered White segregationists at the time, and the school and others across the South were a result of the opposition to desegregation. Decades
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Julia Roberts and George Clooney have a lot of history together. The actors have been friends for decades, which, according to the two stars, made filming a kiss for their upcoming romantic comedy quite funny. “Yeah. I told my wife, ‘It took 80 takes,’” Clooney told The New York Times. “She
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Brendan Fraser has entered the Oscars chat. The actor is squarely back in Hollywood and already on the minds of those thinking about the Academy Awards, thanks to his performance in “The Whale,” which reportedly received a six-minute standing ovation after its screening at the Venice Film Festival. Video shared
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team answered some questions in its season-opening win against Louisiana Tech on Thursday night. The defense started much hotter than it did in 2021 and the offense was efficient, thanks to a slew of newcomers. You can watch ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones’ full recap from a high
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department on Thursday appealed a court-ordered special master review of the materials seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago — including more than 100 classified documents — as it argued the order was putting US national security at risk. The government has halted the intelligence community’s risk assessment of classified
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TODAY: Many will see a mostly dry day, as rainfall should be sparsely scattered, if not isolated. Thunder may also accompany some showers. Otherwise, Monday is rather cool, with highs near 80 thanks to a northeasterly breeze and clouds. TONIGHT: Shower activity will die down after sunset, and skies will become mostly clear. Temperatures fall
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TODAY: Labor day starts quiet with partly to mostly cloudy skies early on. Some spotty showers are possible areawide today, starting this morning and persisting into the afternoon. Shower activity will likely start east of HWY 63, and meander westward slowly. Many will see a mostly dry day, as rainfall should be sparsely scattered, if
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