By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If an automaker finds a minor safety problem with your vehicle, you’ll likely receive a recall notice to get it serviced at your convenience. But in some extreme cases, car companies may offer to buy back your vehicle to help reduce the hassle. That option was recently presented to about 260
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Etant Dupain and Brice Laine CNN The rounds bounced off the armored vehicle, as police carried a limp civilian to the sidewalk — another victim of the brutal, daily shootings that plague the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area. Here, inside the gang-held territory of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti’s SWAT
Continue ReadingBy Jo Shelley, Jason Carroll, Charbel Mallo and Daria Markina, CNN Fourteen-year-old Serhii Sorokopud is still haunted by what happened when Russian tanks rolled into his village five months ago. He lifts his T-shirt to show the deep scars across his back — a reminder of a trauma both hidden and visible. Russian troops set
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The Missouri Chamber of Commerce made public its opposition to the Inflation Reduction Act moving through Congress, saying it would mean a tax increase on the state’s business.
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The Columbia Board of Education will meet Monday night to discuss updates to its public speaking policy, a proposal some are concerned may discourage the community’s participation in future meetings.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) In entering his second season at Capital City, Joe Collier says he is working to build a “blue family” culture amongst his team. Last year, the Cavaliers only won one game and Collier says this offseason has come with a different mindset. “We’re been going through the process of learning plays
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Jays hit the field Monday looking for who will step up and be the team’s voice in the 2022 season. As head coach Damon Wells enters his second season at JC, he says the group seems to be looking for it’s identity after losing a big senior class
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN A Texas church performed “Hamilton” this weekend, but the team behind the Tony-award winning production says it shouldn’t have happened. “‘Hamilton’ does not grant amateur or professional licenses for any stage productions and did not grant one to The Door Church,” Shane Marshall Brown, a spokesperson for “Hamilton,”
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from the New York attorney general at a scheduled deposition Wednesday. “Under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN In the wake of then-President Donald Trump’s infamous photo-op at the height of the George Floyd protests, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley penned a lengthy and vociferous critique of Trump in a resignation letter he ultimately never sent, The New Yorker reported on Monday. On June
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Most Mid-Missourians have felt the effects of high heat this past July into early August. When breaking down the recorded statistics for Columbia, Mo., the average departure from normal temperatures wanes on the positive side indicating temperatures averaged above average for July of 2022. Many days indicate substantial increases in temperatures averaging out to 2.4
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TONIGHT: Scattered showers and storms becoming more widespread overnight. A Flood Watch is in effect for areas south of Highway 50 through Tuesday morning. Lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Clouds decreasing with highs in the lower to mid-80s with lower humidity. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a cold front moving slowly across the
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Searchers have found a body believed to be a missing man in Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation area north of Columbia.
Continue ReadingBy René Marsh, CNN Some of the world’s richest men are funding a massive treasure hunt, complete with helicopters and transmitters, on the west coast of Greenland. The climate crisis is melting Greenland down at an unprecedented rate, which — in a twist of irony — is creating an opportunity for investors and mining companies
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN Hundreds of tips poured in after Albuquerque police sounded an alarm about the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in the city, leading to an arrest, authorities said Tuesday. Though authorities are still searching for a motive and working to confirm whether all four of the killings are
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN Olivia Newton-John, the singer and “Grease” star who died on Monday in the United States, will receive a state memorial service in Australia, Victorian state Premier Dan Andrews announced Thursday. In a Twitter post, Andrews said he had spoken with Newton-John’s family and they had accepted the offer of a state
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN A senior founding leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed Sunday night in a targeted attack, according to two sources within the group’s leadership. The Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), is a US-designated foreign terrorist organization operating in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. TTP sources told CNN that
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Approximately two years’ worth of text messages sent and received by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have been turned over to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. The messages were handed over to the committee by Mark
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Alta Spells, CNN Gregory and Travis McMichael, the White father and son convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, were sentenced Monday to life in prison for their federal convictions on interference with rights — a hate crime — along with attempted kidnapping and weapon use charges. Their neighbor William “Roddie”
Continue ReadingToday: A slow moving cold front will continue to pass through Central Missouri leading to scattered showers and storms throughout the day. Storms will begin to become the focal point this afternoon after 5 PM. Isolated heavy downpours and lightning will be the main threats. Afternoon high’s top out at 90 degrees. Tonight: Scattered showers
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