Jury selection starts Monday for New York R Kelly trial
Jury selection starts Monday for another R Kelly trial. This time it’s in New York.
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Chicago mourns fallen Officer Ella French
Flags are at half-staff for fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French.
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Mask requirement in Columbia city buildings could extend to all of city in Monday night vote
COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Starting Monday, the City of Columbia will require masks in all city buildings, regardless of vaccination status. However, the mandate could be expanded to the rest of the city pending a Monday night vote. The Columbia City Council is holding a special meeting Monday night to discuss and vote on requiring face
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As the Tokyo Olympics ends, all eyes are now on the Beijing Winter Games
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN With the Olympic flame extinguished in Tokyo, all eyes are now on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Games less than six months away. Scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20, the Winter Games is seen as a major moment of pride in China, with Beijing poised
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Key takeaways from the UN report on the climate crisis
By Brandon Miller, CNN Monday’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most comprehensive and conclusive “state of the science” on the climate crisis: why it is happening, how it is impacting every region of the planet, how much worse things are set to get and what must be
Continue Reading Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes
By Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it. The state-of-the-science report from the United
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Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes
By Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it. The state-of-the-science report from the United
Continue Reading Key takeaways from the UN report on the climate crisis
By Brandon Miller, CNN Monday’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most comprehensive and conclusive “state of the science” on the climate crisis: why it is happening, how it is impacting every region of the planet, how much worse things are set to get and what must be
Continue Reading As the Tokyo Olympics ends, all eyes are now on the Beijing Winter Games
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN With the Olympic flame extinguished in Tokyo, all eyes are now on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Games less than six months away. Scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20, the Winter Games is seen as a major moment of pride in China, with Beijing poised
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Mizzou names new athletic director
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s official, Mizzou has a new athletic director. On Sunday, the school announced that UNLV AD Desiree Reed-Francois will be taking the helm of Mizzou Athletics. Reed-Francois will not only be MU’s first female athletic director, but also the first female director of any public institution in the SEC. “This is a
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Taliban seize fifth Afghan provincial capital since Friday
By Kareem Khadder, Nick Paton Walsh and Jessie Yeung, CNN The Taliban have seized the city of Taloquan in northeastern Afghanistan, marking the fifth provincial capital to fall under their control in just a matter of days, a local journalist confirmed to CNN on Monday. Taloquan, the capital of Takhar Province, is just the latest
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Sunday Sit-down with Battle football coach Jonah Dubinski
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Battle’s new football coach Jonah Dubinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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Tracking overnight showers and dangerous heat this week
Tonight: Showers will begin to redevelop to the west of Central Missouri and slowly filter throughout much of the viewing area. The main threat with these showers is the possibility of isolated flash flooding. The overnight low will drop to 71 as winds continue out of the southwest. Tomorrow: Showers will begin to push to
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HEALTH MINUTE: BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS IN THE FULLY VACCINATED
A top US health official says while breakthrough Covid-19 infections can and will happen in people who’ve been vaccinated, the majority won’t get seriously ill or be hospitalized because the vaccines work. In today’s Health Minute, we have what you need to know if you’re vaccinated and get infected.
Continue Reading An Ohio judge ordered a man to get a Covid-19 vaccine as a condition of his probation
By Kay Jones and Amanda Watts, CNN An Ohio man says he will not get vaccinated despite a judge ordering him to get a Covid-19 vaccine shot as a condition of his probation. Judge Christopher Wagner ordered defendant Brandon Rutherford to get vaccinated within 60 days of his court appearance August 4 or face jail
Continue Reading Australia’s lockdown hasn’t let her see her mom since March 2020
Kateryna Dmytriyeva hasn’t seen her mother since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown in Australia. She aims to help other families reunite with their loved ones as Australians urge the government to change travel restrictions.
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Covid-19 cases are rising in countries praised for stopping outbreaks. Do they need to change their strategies?
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A year and a half since the first Covid-19 cases were identified, many countries in Asia-Pacific feel right back where they started. While Britons hit the nightclubs after a long winter of coronavirus restrictions, millions of people in Australia and China are back in lockdown. Health systems in Malaysia, Thailand and
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Columbia Chamber of Commerce advocates against a mask mandate for businesses
COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) The Columbia Chamber of Commerce sent a letter on Friday to city council regarding a possible business mask mandate. The letter advocates for businesses asking that they not be responsible for enforcing a new mask order. The letter says they must make known the numerous concerns from the business community about enforcing
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Jazz Fest cancels 2021 event due to Covid-19
By Kay Jones, Gregory Lemos and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Rising cases of Covid-19 in Louisiana have led to the cancellation of the New Orleans Jazz Fest for the second year running, organizers announced Sunday. Louisiana broke its own record for Covid-19 related hospitalizations on multiple days last week, with 2,421 individuals hospitalized with the virus
Continue ReadingJulie Bowen of ‘Modern Family’ helped rescue a hiker who fainted in a Utah national park
By Liam Reilly, CNN Actor Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” and her sister helped rescue a hiker when she fainted last week at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, the hiker told CNN. “They could have just ignored me, passed on, but they didn’t,” Minnie John said Saturday. “She could have gone on — she
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