Story by Reuters Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of disease, an Afghan health ministry official said on Sunday, days after a United Nations agency warned of a cholera outbreak in the region. At least 1,000 people were killed, 2,000
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN At least four people were killed and hundreds injured, about 30 of them seriously, after part of a stadium in El Espinal in Colombia’s western state of Tolima collapsed during a bullfight Sunday, government officials said. “At this moment, we have four (dead) victims confirmed — two women, an adult man
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary and Holly Yan, CNN Abortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They’re not backing down. From Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council will hold a special meeting Monday night to discuss a 5 percent raise for all city employees. The council tabled the vote at its meeting last week. The meeting is open to the public Monday, and starts at 5:30 pm at the Jefferson City Municipal Building. Council
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on KSHB 41 Action News’ Aaron Ladd in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
Continue ReadingTonight: Winds will remain breezy out of the north overnight at 10-15 mph. Overnight lows will cool to the upper 50’s and lower 60’s. Skies remain partly cloudy. Tomorrow: Skies remain partly cloudy with winds out of the northeast helping aid our cooler afternoon highs into the lower 80’s once again. Extended: Tuesday Central Missouri
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A grandmother was killed and an 8-year-old boy was among four others injured when they were struck by a vehicle fleeing police Saturday night, officials in New York City said. New York Police Department officers had attempted to stop the vehicle around 7:10 p.m. because it had mismatched
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Gregory Krieg, CNN Several states are working to protect abortion rights — and efforts were ramping up among Democratic leaders and lawmakers on Sunday — following the US Supreme Court’s ruling eliminating the federal constitutional right to an abortion, with Saturday marking the first full day without the nationwide protection in
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN The overturning of Roe v. Wade is “one of the most important stories of our lifetime,” CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. But in 1973, the day after the decision came down, the main headline on many major newspapers was that former president Lyndon B. Johnson
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger and Tim Lister, CNN Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from Severodonetsk, effectively ceding the city to Russia and putting the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk almost fully under Russian control following months of grueling and bloody fighting Severodonetsk was one of the last major Ukrainian strongholds in the area. Serhiy Hayday, a top
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pfizer announced Saturday that they could be rolling out an updated booster after updating two vaccines targeting the Omicron variant. CNN reported the company said the modified boosters showing a higher immune response to the variant. According to reports, the company tested a vaccine that targets Omicron BA.1 subvariant and bivalent booster which targets
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to succeed in his invasion of Ukraine would have “absolutely catastrophic” consequences for the world, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned in a CNN interview on Sunday. Speaking to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” hours after Russian missiles hit Kyiv, shattering what had
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to succeed in his invasion of Ukraine would have “absolutely catastrophic” consequences for the world, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned in a CNN interview on Sunday. Speaking to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” hours after Russian missiles hit Kyiv, shattering what had
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Gregory Krieg, CNN Efforts to protect abortion rights are underway in some states — and were ramping up among Democratic leaders and lawmakers on Sunday — following the US Supreme Court’s ruling eliminating the federal constitutional right to an abortion, with Saturday marking the first full day without the nationwide protection
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Gregory Krieg, CNN Several states are working to protect abortion rights — and efforts were ramping up among Democratic leaders and lawmakers on Sunday — following the US Supreme Court’s ruling eliminating the federal constitutional right to an abortion, with Saturday marking the first full day without the nationwide protection in
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva, Salma Abdelaziz, Pierre Bairin and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with a series of missile attacks Sunday, as leaders of the G7 nations gather in Germany for the first day of their annual summit. One person died and at least six were wounded in a
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TODAY: Scattered showers and storms possible through midmorning. Northerly winds and clouds this afternoon keep highs in the low 80s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy with winds continuing to flow in from the north. Highs top out in the mid-80s. EXTENDED: Below-average temperatures are in store through midweek thanks to a cold front currently digging south. Be
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis and Nicole Chavez, CNN Civil and reproductive rights groups say the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is yet another attack on communities of color which will leave millions of Black and brown women without access to abortion care. Since the ruling became public Friday, leaders of Black, Latino,
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN She’s massive, invasive and covered in scales: A record breaking 215-pound, 18-foot-long Burmese python has been captured in Florida. The python is the heaviest ever captured in the state, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced on Wednesday. The huge reptile was captured by the conservancy as part of its invasive Burmese
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts has long piloted America’s highest court, securing majorities on controversies over religion, race, voting rights and campaign finance regulation. But on fundamental abortion rights and in the defining case of his generation, Roberts came up short. Friday’s decision in Dobbs v.
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