COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) For the second-straight season, the No. 15-seeded Mizzou softball team will host an NCAA Regional at its home stadium. The Tigers will meet Missouri State, Arizona, and Illinois in the home regional. You can watch extended highlights of Mizzou’s practice ahead of the NCAA Regional in the video player below. https://youtu.be/Kh3vF6b-uVI Mizzou’s
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’re planning to enjoy the outdoors this weekend, meteorologists say proceed with caution. An unrelenting, early season heat wave will reach the eastern and southern tiers of the US over the next few days — and nearly 60% of Americans are expected see temperatures at or above 90 degrees. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Toner, CNN There’s a flurry of construction activity outside Luvinia Williams’ one-story home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Some workers measure and saw lumber while others drill it into place, building a ramp to the front door. The busy scene is unremarkable except for one detail: None of the people doing the work
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN A convicted murderer who was being transported in a Texas prison bus last Thursday allegedly cut through metal, attacked an officer and ran into woods nearby. He has not been seen since — prompting what officials say is one of the largest search efforts for an escaped inmate in the state’s
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on boosters for 5- to 11-year-olds following the independent vaccine advisers recommendation for an additional dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine following a primary series. The CDC’s vaccine advisers voted 11-1, with 1 abstention Thursday to support recommending a booster dose,
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As mid-Missourians plan their Memorial Day trips, you may want to budget a little extra for gas this year.
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The suspect in this week’s bomb threat at a Columbia daycare has been prosecuted for other felonies in the past, including in connection with the shooting death of a family member.
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and mild with lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy, warm, and humid with highs in the lower 80s. EXTENDED: Storms are clearing the area as we speak with the last of the rain exiting by 5:00 or so. The rest of the night is quiet with temperatures
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN Several Republican senators told CNN Thursday that despite their votes against a $40 billion military aid package for Ukraine, they do intend to vote to admit Finland and Sweden into NATO when and if that question comes before the Senate. But some indicated they have not decided whether to approve the
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, Jeremy Grisham and Devan Cole, CNN Oklahoma’s legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would ban abortions from the stage of “fertilization” and allow private citizens to sue abortion providers who “knowingly” perform or induce an abortion “on a pregnant woman.” The legislation is among the nation’s strictest bills on abortion and
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A vigil Thursday morning hopes to bring attention to removing more than a dozen pin oak trees from the University of Missouri’s campus.
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Amanpour, Jo Shelley, Ahmet Mengli and Maddie Araujo, CNN It’s a somber Thursday morning at TOLOnews, Afghanistan’s leading independent news channel. The staff was told the day before that the Taliban have ordered female presenters to cover their faces on air. The devastating directive came on Wednesday from the Ministry for the Propagation
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday that it is investigating a Tesla crash in Newport Beach, California, this month that killed three people in the vehicle and injured three construction workers. The NHTSA team that conducts in-depth crash investigations is examining the crash’s circumstances, including whether Tesla’s driver-assist
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz and MJ Lee, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday that it had secured its first batch of infant formula from overseas and was preparing to fly it through the newly created Operation Fly Formula program, as White House officials face pressure to provide important details on how they
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an empty lot in a nearly all-Black neighborhood of this upstate New York city, drew prominent visitors. They included Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, the two US senators from the state
Continue ReadingToday: Storms will begin to push into southern Central Missouri this afternoon with the possibility of all severe threats. Storms will last through 8 Pm today following the I-44 corridor. Tonight: Skies remain mostly cloudy slowly clearing tonight as temperatures cool to the lower 60s. Extended: More chances of showers and storms begin after a
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an empty lot in a nearly all-Black neighborhood of this upstate New York city, drew prominent visitors. They included Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, the two US senators from the state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Wednesday, May 18, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player below. https://youtu.be/Mxmh7B4PCbY HS BASEBALL Harrisburg (3) Salisbury (10) FINAL St. Elizabeth (9) Wheatland (1) FINAL Father Tolton (5) South Callaway (2) FINAL California (7) Eldon (5) FINAL St. Francis Borgia (3) Helias Catholic
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an empty lot in a nearly all-Black neighborhood of this upstate New York city, drew prominent visitors. They included Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, the two US senators from the state
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Watch the preview, then see the full story Thursday, May 19 on ABC 17 News at 10 on KMIZ.
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