United Way of Central Missouri launches fundraising drive
The United Way of Central Missouri embarked Thursday on a drive to raise more than $2 million to help community organizations.
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Coach dives into pool to rescue American swimmer Anita Alvarez at World Championships
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN American swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after she lost consciousness. Coach Andrea Fuentes jumped into the pool after she saw the 25-year-old artistic swimmer sink to the bottom at the end of
Continue Reading‘Elvis’ drowns Austin Butler’s spot-on performance under a frenetic flood of style
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Elvis” has entered the theaters, but in a package that often recalls the excesses associated with his Vegas-residency years: Looking bloated, gaudy and at times bordering on self-parody. Those missteps, courtesy of director Baz Luhrmann and an ill-used Tom Hanks, squander Austin Butler’s brilliant moments in the title role, which
Continue Reading5 takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings
By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The January 6 select committee’s latest public hearing on Thursday shed considerable new light on former President Donald Trump’s attempts to weaponize the Justice Department in the final months of his term as part of his plot to overturn the 2020 election and stay in power.
Continue ReadingTracking scattered showers before a major cooldown ahead
Today: Highs looking to top out into the upper 80’s this afternoon with skies slowly becoming partly cloudy by late afternoon. A few scattered light showers are possible this evening into tonight as storms off to the west towards Kansas will lose moisture and energy leading to rainfall near a tenth of an inch in
Continue ReadingPredatory lenders are making money off rising gas and food prices
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business In the last few months, Yumekia Jones, a legal assistant at the Mississippi Center for Justice’s Indianola office, has fielded an unusually high number of calls — a roughly 400% spike — from people in dire need of immediate financial assistance. Most want to avoid payday loans, which offer quick
Continue ReadingTesla posts rare drop in sales in second quarter
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Covid lockdowns in China resulted in a rare drop in production and sales for Tesla in the second quarter. The electric automaker reported that completed sales dropped nearly 18%, to about 255,000 vehicles in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year. Production fell 15% to
Continue ReadingEx-Manchester United star Patrice Evra wants to end violence against children and details his own experience of sexual abuse
By Ben Church, Zayn Nabbi and Darren Lewis, CNN Former Manchester United and France star Patrice Evra says he wants to use his platform to tackle violence against children after detailing the sexual abuse he says he received as a teenager. In his autobiography ‘I Love This Game,’ Evra writes about abuse that he says
Continue Reading‘Outrageous.’ New York leaders react to the US Supreme Court ruling on state gun law
By Dakin Andone, CNN New York leaders are condemning the US Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to knock down a century-old state law that placed restrictions on carrying a concealed gun outside the home, with Gov. Kathy Hochul calling the ruling both reckless and outrageous. “It is outrageous,” she said on Twitter, “that at a moment
Continue ReadingJune 23, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Helen Regan, Hafsa Khalil, Jeevan Ravindran, Aditi Sangal, Ed Upright and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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Tracking a warmup into the weekend, and a cooldown into next week
TODAY: Thursday starts cooler than Wednesday, with temperatures and dewpoints both in the mid-60s. High pressure has kept skies mostly clear as well, but with approaching showers to the west, we may inherit a few clouds through the morning. These will struggle to make it into mid-MO this afternoon, and even if they do, rain
Continue ReadingCoach dives into pool to rescue American swimmer Anita Alvarez at World Championships
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN American swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after she lost consciousness. Coach Andrea Fuentes jumped into the pool after she saw the 25-year-old artistic swimmer sink to the bottom at the end of
Continue ReadingKatie Ledecky wins 1,500m free, earning record-extending 17th world title
By Issy Ronald, CNN Katie Ledecky won a record-extending 17th swimming world title with a comfortable victory in the 1,500m free in Budapest on Monday. With this latest gold medal, Ledecky also tied fellow American Natalie Coughlin for the women’s record of 20 career medals at the world championships. “It’s pretty wild because I feel
Continue ReadingRussia is gaining advantage in eastern Ukraine as forces learn from earlier mistakes, US officials say
By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent Russian forces are gaining an advantage in eastern Ukraine as they learn from mistakes made during the earlier stages of their invasion of the country, including better coordinating air and ground attacks and improving logistics and supply lines, two US officials with direct knowledge of US intelligence assessments
Continue Reading‘Hang them all’: January 6 committee members target of violent rhetoric on right-wing social media platforms
By Donie O’Sullivan and Whitney Wild, CNN Business Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found. Users on these platforms are openly calling for the execution of committee members,
Continue ReadingWhat Americans are saying about the Jan. 6 hearings
By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Before the congressional hearings this month, Franzetta Ivy offered private prayers for the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, hopeful that all Americans would watch the historic proceedings with open minds. “I prayed for the best outcome — that God’s will,
Continue ReadingElmo is now vaccinated for Covid-19
By Rachel Fadem, CNN Elmo, everyone’s favorite red Muppet, has received the Covid-19 vaccine. In a public service announcement released on Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, Elmo’s dad Louie — also a Muppet — shared his questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5. Elmo is 3 and
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 23: Extreme weather, January 6, Gun laws, Uvalde, Covid-19
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 23: Extreme weather, January 6, Gun laws, Uvalde, Covid-19
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 23: Extreme weather, January 6, Gun laws, Uvalde, Covid-19
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
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