By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Major retailers are facing a backlash for selling themed products in an attempt to monetize Juneteenth, the upcoming federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US. Inclusion experts say “tone deaf” marketing campaigns — including Walmart’s Juneteenth ice cream and Dollar Tree’s Pan African-themed plates and napkins — promote
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN The signs of Donald Trump‘s next White House run are there. He has hosted wannabe campaign managers at Mar-a-Lago and quizzed golf partners between shots on who he should put in charge, though no formal interviews have been conducted. His interest in 2024 polls — especially how he stacks up against
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated his support for Moscow on “sovereignty and security” matters in a call with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, upholding his backing for the countries’ partnership despite the global backlash against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Speaking on his 69th birthday, Xi also pledged to deepen strategic coordination
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam and Helen Regan, CNN Two American volunteers fighting for Ukraine were taken into detention by Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk after being captured last week, according to Russian state media. US citizens Alexander John-Robert Drueke, 39, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, from Hartselle, Alabama, were interviewed by Russia’s RT
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Jason Hanna and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Yellowstone National Park could partially reopen as early as Monday as officials continue to assess the damage caused by historic flooding, which now threatens to hamper the peak of the summer tourist season. Heavy rains and rapid snowmelt caused rivers to swallow bridges, sweep away entire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Federal Reserve made the largest interest rate increase since 1994 on Wednesday. The increase comes as a response to the record-high inflation rates. The Consumer Price Index reported that inflation increased to 8.6% in May, and CPI reported that Shelter has risen by 0.6% putting it at 5.5%. Joe Haslag, a
Continue ReadingBy Sara Sidner and Jack Hannah, CNN Karen Amsden hoped that being arrested and accused of criminal conspiracy to riot would change her son’s heart. When he stood by his hateful views, she says she told him to get out of her house. Jared Boyce was one of 31 men arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
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A suspect has now been taken into custody, after making threats to commit a mass shooting in the Kansas City metro area.
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Boone Electric Cooperative is asking members to conserve energy Thursday and Friday due to high temperatures.
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House January 6 committee will use its third June hearing to make the case that then-President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on his vice president to overturn the 2020 presidential election “directly contributed” to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, which
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) This week representatives of the submarine USS Jefferson City are in town through Friday. The sailors along with one of their officers were welcomed by the governor in his office. The sailors will be spending more time in Jefferson City this week, all part of the navy’s namesake visits. Chief of
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Powerhouse Community Development is set to host its first Summer Weekly Pop-Up, an event to give out free food to families with multiple activities weekly.
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TONIGHT: Storms developing along a cold front north of I-70. Some storms could be strong to severe after sunset through about midnight with damaging winds and hail. Lows in the mid-70s. TOMORROW: Hot and humid with highs in the mid-90s and heat indices in the low 100s. Storms move back in after sunset. EXTENDED: A
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen and Nadia Kounang, CNN The US Environmental Protection Agency issued health advisories Wednesday for common “forever chemicals” that are found in hundreds of household items and pollute drinking water systems across the country. The update is based on the most recent science, which suggest that these chemicals are much more hazardous to
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on Wednesday said European leaders must not be deterred by a fear of provoking Russian President Vladimir Putin and the international community must not pressure Ukraine into making concessions to end the war. In an exclusive interview with CNN in Washington, DC, Rinkēvičs also outlined Latvia’s
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Hao Jia was so convinced in the potential of cryptocurrencies that he passed up a job at a large tech firm, Oracle, to take another offer he received in early April to be a software engineer at one of the buzziest crypto startups, Coinbase. But last week, Jia was one
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Another indication the hot housing market is cooling off? New residential construction and the number of permits issued for building homes both fell in May. The number of housing starts fell for the second month in a row in May, dropping 14.4% from April and 3.5% from the year before.
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The mission of the Federal Reserve is to foster the stability of US monetary systems. It’s the reason the central bank was created in 1913, and it’s the reason it still exists today. So when inflation threatens to potentially destabilize the dollar, it’s the Fed’s job to spring to action.
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite one man’s recent cancer scare. They took photo No. 9 on Wednesday, 40 years after they shot the first in 1982 at a prefabricated cabin at Copco Lake along the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday in an aggressive move to tackle white-hot inflation that is plaguing the economy, frustrating consumers and stifling the Biden administration. It’s the largest rate hike since 1994, and will affect millions of American businesses and households,
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