By Kate Sullivan, CNN A new CNN poll finds 75% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters want the party to nominate someone other than President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, a sharp increase from earlier this year. The poll comes as Biden’s approval ratings remain low and most Americans are discontented with the state of
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is enjoying a lead in several polls with less than one week left before the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
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The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after shots were fired in Boone County Wednesday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wastewater testing for COVID at the University of Missouri is set to try a technique researchers have been developing over the past year to test diluted wastewater. Marc Johnson, professor of medicine and head of MU’s wastewater team, says his colleague Chung-Ho Lin led a project to find the best way to
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with storms likely after midnight, especially south of I-70. Lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Showers and storms in the morning, shifting south of I -70 during the afternoon. Highs reaching the lower 80s. EXTENDED: Most of the evening will remain dry with the exception of locations south of I-44, where scattered
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Record-setting rainfall fell across much of the St. Louis metro area on early Tuesday morning, a recipe for disaster during the morning rush hour. More than 10 inches of rain fell in a matter of twelve hours, with some isolated amounts of a foot in parts of St. Charles County. Given the many highways and
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, Scott Glover, Kara Scannell and Evan Perez, CNN In the Fall of 2018, Hunter Biden received a quick succession of emails from his accountant: They were all about his taxes. “They are late,” Bill Morgan told his client in October, noting that Biden had missed an already extended deadline of October 15.
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN Several Republican senators said Tuesday they had not made decisions about whether they will vote in favor of a bill codifying same-sex marriage, but three supporters of the legislation were upbeat they would find enough GOP votes to overcome a filibuster and eventually pass the bill. “There are
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a lengthy and candid discussion about Taiwan on Thursday as tensions mount between Washington and Beijing, despite Biden’s onetime hope of stabilizing the world’s most important country-to-country relationship. The issue has emerged as a serious point of contention, as US officials
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Evan Perez and Jennifer Hansler, CNN After months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence, as part of a potential deal to secure the release of two Americans held by Russia, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan,
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne and Tina Burnside, CNN Despite growing pleas from climate change activists, the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is moving forward with its plans to auction off a vast majority of oil and gas drilling blocks located in the country’s rainforest and peatland. In a statement, the Ministry of Hydrocarbon said 27
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The future of two American citizens detained in Russia could hinge on the release of a convicted Russian arms dealer, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers, whose life story inspired a Hollywood film. Viktor Bout, a former Soviet military officer, is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s war on inflation will eventually kill the economic recovery from Covid-19, former Fed official Bill Dudley warns. The problem is that the Fed began its quest to tame inflation late, leaving the central bank little choice other than to slam the brakes on the economy by drastically
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Anna Chernova, CNN US basketball star Brittney Griner testified in a Russian courtroom Wednesday as part of her ongoing trial on drug charges, telling the court she had no intention of smuggling drugs into the country. “I still don’t understand to this day how they ended up in my bags,” said
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Candace Cameron Bure, everything is “all good” between the actress and JoJo Siwa after Siwa pegged her as the “rudest celebrity” she’s ever met. Siwa posted a video on TikTok over the weekend that went viral in which she shared a photo of Bure, but no details about
Continue ReadingBy Payton Major and Monica Garrett, CNN Heat warnings and advisories are coating the Pacific Northwest as daily temperatures soar to record-breaking levels in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, stirring memories of the blistering heat wave that brought all-time records last year. And the heat isn’t limited to one region. Nearly 40 million people are under
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN The Dallas Police Department released edited surveillance and body camera video of a woman who fired a gun at Dallas Love Field Airport Monday and was taken down by a police officer. Portia Odufuwa, 37, has been charged with aggravated assault against a public servant, and other federal charges are possible,
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Kristin Wilson and Lauren Koenig, CNN Gun manufactures selling assault-style rifles have employed questionable marketing tactics, including appealing to White supremacists, “preying” on the masculinity of young men, and running advertisements that mimic video games, according to an investigation by the Democrat-led House Committee on Oversight and Reform. In a hearing Wednesday,
Continue ReadingJack Bantock and Benjamin Brown, CNN Saudi Arabia has unveiled designs for its ambitious urban project “The Line,” touted as a one-building city in the desert which will stretch over 106 miles and ultimately house 9 million people. Part of the Neom project, a grandiose scheme years from completion, the proposed futuristic city will be
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TODAY: Wednesday starts wet again, with temperatures generally in the low-to-mid 70s. Showers and storms will remain through the morning, and gradually weaken by the afternoon. Rain starts areawide this morning, and moves south through the day, by early afternoon, most north of I-70 are dry, and rain leaves the area by the evening. TONIGHT:
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