By Deidre McPhillips, Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — Florida will move to end all vaccine mandates in the state, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced Wednesday. The move would make Florida the first state to end a longstanding – and constitutionally upheld – practice of requiring certain vaccines for school students. The state health
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TODAY: Wednesday is a warmer day with highs reaching the mid-80s thanks to more sunshine and some westerly flow. Most of the day will be dry, but shower and storm chances return by early afternoon north of HWY 24, and by 4 p.m. at the soonest between I-70 near and HWY 24. This places the
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CNN By Randi Kaye and Rachel Clarke, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — For many of the women victimized by Jeffrey Epstein, their lives are divided into two parts: before and after they were sexually abused by him. Change was obvious to Ashley Rubright’s friends after she met Epstein. But she didn’t recognize the
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC NewsOne) A bipartisan group of House members, including Democrat Ro Khanna and Republicans Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, joined victims of Jeffrey Epstein in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to push for more transparency over the case of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers at the Shangri-La Dispensary in south Columbia are no longer unionized. Union workers collectively negotiate with their employer for better wages, benefits and working conditions. Workers fought to unionize at the south Columbia dispensary in early 2023. Workers told ABC 17 News at the time claimed the company retaliated against workers
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By Lauren Kent, Anna Chernova, Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping was caught chatting about the possibility of living to 150 in a hot-mic moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday. The conversation between China’s 72-year-old leader and his Russian and North Korean counterparts
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By Michelle Watson, Mark Morales, Rebekah Riess, CNN Riverhead, New York (CNN) — Evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology that prosecutors say points directly at Rex Heuermann being the Gilgo Beach serial killer will be admissible at his trial, a Suffolk County judge ruled Wednesday. The decision by Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Timothy Mazzei
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp are back for the 40th annual Farm Aid festival. For the first time, Farm Aid, a nonprofit agricultural organization, will bring its annual music and food festival to Minneapolis. Board members Nelson, Young, Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds) and Margo Price are
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s annexation of any part of the occupied West Bank would be a “red line” that would “end the pursuit of regional integration,” warned the United Arab Emirates, the main signatory of the landmark agreement that saw Israel normalize relations with three Arab nations. “Annexation in the West Bank
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members was unlawful, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The court also shot down Trump’s claim that there was a “predatory incursion” by members of the gang Tren de Aragua in the US, which he
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By Danya Gainor, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Eleven-year-old Julián Guzman and his cousin had been hanging out at a family party late Saturday when they decided to branch out on their own. But what started as innocent fun would soon take a devastating turn. They took to the streets of their east Houston neighborhood
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By Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon, Jessie Yeung, Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Xi Jinping staged a staggering show of China’s military power on Wednesday before some of the world’s most powerful authoritarian leaders, rallying them behind his vision for a new world order as US President Donald Trump wages a global trade war and
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is escalating. With US troops patrolling Washington, DC, after a similar National Guard deployment in June to Los Angeles, President Donald Trump is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After months of wage negotiations, the city of Columbia has reached a deal with local union LiUNA 955 to implement new pay adjustments. However, the union says it still has concerns about the agreement. The deal includes a 3.5% raise for the roughly 300 city workers LiUNA represents. All eligible members will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) GoCOMO bus riders will be token-free for another year after the Columbia City Council approved another year of suspended bus fares at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Transportation operation costs that were adopted for fiscal year 2025 were over $7.8 million in the City of Columbia’s budget. Both the council memo and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some local pharmacies and health care providers are working to determine their vaccination protocols after new federal regulations limit who can receive them. The Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season. The regulations now state that Americans will be required to get a prescription
Continue Reading By Randi Kaye and Rachel Clarke, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — For many of the women victimized by Jeffrey Epstein, their lives are divided into two parts: before and after they were sexually abused by him. Change was obvious to Ashley Rubright’s friends after she met Epstein. But she didn’t recognize the stark
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped off his armored green train in Beijing on Tuesday, greeted by Chinese officials shaking his hand and leading him down a red carpet, many observers noticed a young girl walking behind him, smiling politely, dressed in black with her hair tied
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe is bringing lawmakers back to the Capitol for Wednesday’s special session to approve not just a new congressional map, but also a ballot measure that would reform Missouri’s initiative petition process. “For far too long, Missouri’s Constitution has been the victim of out-of-state special interests who deceive voters to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri is now part of a multi-state attempt by the Department of Justice to access, physically inspect, and take physical custody of election equipment used in the 2020 November election. Jasper County Clerk Charlie Davis said he was contacted about a week and a half ago by a Department of Justice official
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