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.
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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds gathered at Boone County Courthouse Saturday evening chanting “We won’t go back,” and “Vote them out,” to protest Friday’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling. This comes as Friday’s U.S Supreme Court 5-4 decision in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade has caused many Americans to protest and express whether they are pro-abortion
Continue ReadingTonight: Showers and storms will begin to fire up ahead of an approaching cold front moving in from the northeast. The main threat tonight will be stronger winds up to 60 mph. Storms will become more widespread tonight after 2 am with chances for strong to severe diminishing. Overnight lows bottom out into the lower
Continue ReadingBy John Blake, CNN Both cite the same Bible. Both follow the same Jesus. And both talk about the sanctity of life. And yet both stand on opposite sides of the contentious debate over abortion. Trent Horn, an author, speaker and podcaster, is a Roman Catholic and an opponent of abortion rights. Laura Ellis supports
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of the most contentious policy issues in Washington. “God willing, it’s going to save a lot of lives,” Biden said at the White House as he
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TODAY: Scattered showers and storms possible during the day. This doesn’t stop the heat as temperatures reach the mid-upper 90s with the heat index soaring to triple digits. TOMORROW: Another round of showers early in the day before drying up in the afternoon. Highs plummet to below-average in the low 80s. EXTENDED: An incoming cold
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN With Roe v. Wade now overturned, tribal lands are again coming up in conversations on social media and elsewhere as potential safe havens for those seeking abortions. In Oklahoma, which has enacted some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt previously warned Indigenous tribes against setting up
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A ceremony was held Friday afternoon to welcome a woman and her kids to their home, which is the second one to be built.
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN When President Joe Biden received word from his chief of staff in the Oval Office on Friday that the Supreme Court had decided to strip away the nationwide right to abortion, he quickly began to execute a plan his advisers had been crafting for months. Top
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Both sides of the political aisle are divided over what this could mean for Missouri women.
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Missouri became the first state to ban abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on Friday, setting off a celebration by anti-abortion activists and vows of a political fight by abortion-rights supporters.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Gabby Orr and Eva McKend, CNN The fight over abortion moved to the forefront of this fall’s midterm elections on Friday, as Democrats urged voters to view November as their best hope to halt the erosion of reproductive rights set off by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells and Natasha Chen, CNN The owner of the only abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi vowed at a news conference Friday afternoon to stay open and continue providing services for women for the next 10 days, hours after the US Supreme Court issued a ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion
Continue Reading Over one hundred people came out to the Boone County Courthouse to rally following the overturn of Roe V. Wade.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Melissa Alonso, CNN After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion, protesters and supporters of the ruling gathered at the high court’s building in Washington, DC, and in other cities nationwide. Similar demonstrations are planned across
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou point guard Phil Pressey announced Friday that he will be returning to Columbia to join Coach Dennis Gates’ coaching staff. Pressey finished his career as MU’s all-time leader is assist with 580 and tied for the career lead in steals. He was also apart of Mizzou’s 2012 Big 12 Tournament
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