By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A summer of joy is what we need… now. Like many of us, you may be disheartened — maybe even overwhelmed — by America’s bitter political divides. But with 90 or so days of summer ahead, this season is still an opportunity to grab hold of some goodness. Summer festivals are
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Some of the world’s wealthiest nations are banning the import of Russian gold to further tighten the vise on Russia’s economy. US President Joe Biden announced Sunday that the United States will ban Russian gold, the country’s second most valuable export after energy. Gold exports were worth £12.6 billion ($15.5
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN Top Biden administration officials will be dispatched across the country this week to reassure Americans that combating inflation remains a top priority for the White House as prices soar and economic concerns mount, a White House official tells CNN. The travel blitz by Cabinet members and senior officials comes as President
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN With its strawberries and cream, grassy slopes, and peaceful setting in a leafy part of London, Wimbledon is a world away from Ukraine, where the bombs still fall four months after Russia invaded. For the Ukrainians competing at SW19, however, the war never truly leaves them. On Wednesday, Anhelina Kalinina will
Continue ReadingStory 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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