By Peter Nickeas, CNN The much-anticipated report released Sunday by the Texas legislative committee probing the massacre at Robb Elementary School leaves significant gaps in the public understanding of what took place that day. The report by the Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting was written to present “factual findings” into the May 24
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After setting records at Mizzou and becoming an All-SEC player, MU baseball’s shortstop Josh Day entered the transfer portal. With one year of eligibility, Day says he hopes he doesn’t have to spend another year in college as his goal is to hear his name called in the upcoming MLB draft. You
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An ongoing labor shortage is to blame for longer response times for emergency services in both 911 dispatchers and Columbia Police Department.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council heard concerns about a shelter in the downtown area at its meeting Monday night. Members of The Downtown Community Improvement District (CID) shared a letter about proposed recommendations to the shelter at the Wabash Bus Station. Downtown CID Executive Director Nickie Davis outlines concerns on behalf of business
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and warm with lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat index between 100-102. EXTENDED: Dew points remain in the mid-upper 60s the next few days, so while our temperatures will be 7-10 degrees warmer than normal every day, the
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ATLANTA, Ga. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team opened up the first day of SEC Media Days in Atlanta on Monday by speaking with local reporters. The focus of the team continues to be on building Eli Drinkwitz’s culture. “I think going into year three there’s a lot more routine and foundation in our program,” Drinkwitz
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN America’s CEOs made 324 times more than the workers at their companies last year, according to a new report from one of the nation’s top union groups. S&P 500 CEOs on average got a roughly 18% bump in compensation — about $18 million each — while many of their workers struggle
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ABC 17 News is welcoming back a familiar face to Mid-Missouri.
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Chris Evans isn’t too sure about these daggum newfangled iPhones. During an interview with Collider, Evans groused about the bulky buttonless-ness of his new iPhone 12 Pro, saying he still prefers his dearly departed iPhone 6s. “I feel like my new phone is too heavy,” says the man famous for playing
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Students are heading to another school year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but this time, there seem to be fewer discussions and fretting about masks and other mitigation measures — despite a rise of infections sweeping the country. Most of the largest public school districts in the United States are not requiring
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson, CNN It was always going to be awkward — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s greeting with US President Joe Biden. Much speculated about, the image itself, from a camera position that was denied to the press traveling with Biden, was even more powerful than all the conjecture that preceded it. Like the
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is working on ways to protect the abortion rights of pregnant migrant minors who are in government custody following the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade last month, according to a source familiar with the discussions. The Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate a constitutional right to abortion
Continue ReadingBy Chuck Johnston, CNN The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will transfer 4,000 beagles from a research facility in Cumberland, Virginia, to humane societies across the United States where they can be adopted, under a plan approved by a federal judge last week. A series of inspections over the course of nine months found more
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s current term in office, the government’s top infectious disease expert told CNN on Monday. Fauci, who serves as Biden’s chief medical adviser and has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Continue ReadingBy Will Ripley, Iqbal Athas, Kunal Sehgal and Rhea Mogul, CNN Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s previous administration was “covering up facts” about its crippling financial crisis. Former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government did not tell the truth, that Sri Lanka was “bankrupt” and “needed to go to the International Monetary
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TODAY: Monday marks the return of a sunnier forecast, after weekend rain. After some picked up more than half an inch, little rain looks to populate the next 7 days. High pressure keeps sunshine in the forecast Monday, with a high near 90. TONIGHT: High pressure is slowly exiting overnight, but it keeps conditions ripe
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Once left for dead, Toys “R” Us is making a major comeback. The toy store brand will be just about everywhere for the holidays. Toys “R” Us will be in every US Macy’s in the next few months, part of an expanded partnership with the toy retailer’s parent company, WHP
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Jessica Dean and Kristin Wilson, CNN Ten GOP senators are needed to join all 50 Democrats in order to overcome a legislative filibuster in support of the House-passed bill to codify same-sex marriage into federal law. CNN asked all 50 Republicans where they stand on the
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian and Benjamin Schiller, CNN A West Virginia woman has awoken from a two-year coma and identified her brother as her attacker, according to police. Wanda Palmer, 51, accused her brother of attacking her at her residence near Cottageville, West Virginia, in June 2020. Police said that Palmer was “attacked, hacked, and left
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN The attorney general of the state of Ohio couldn’t match the job of a local reporter who confirmed the case of a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio to Indiana to receive an abortion, CNN analyst Bill Carter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. “There is not a damn scintilla of
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