By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, taking up a Republican-led lawsuit that could affect election laws in more than a dozen states across the country. It is the latest of several high-profile voting cases to make it on
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates who feared the conservative court might be ready to revisit the decade-old decision. Instead, the court denied an appeal from
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By Caroline Baum and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — As all eyes turned to the Louvre after the shocking theft of the French crown jewels, one especially stylish figure on the museum grounds caught the internet’s attention: a sharply dressed young man, wearing a three-piece suit and a fedora tilted just so. As speculation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 61-year-old Maryland Heights man is dead after crashing his truck around 8 p.m. Sunday in Callaway County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to an online crash report, the man was driving a 2001 Chevrolet S-10 west on I-70 at mile marker 156.8 when he went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old Stoutland man was seriously hurt after a head-on crash in Camden County just before 1 p.m. Sunday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states the man was driving a 2017 Dodge Journey east on Keepsake Rd., a half mile west of Route T, when he
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from prison after a Paris court ruled Monday he could be freed pending an appeal for his September conviction for criminal conspiracy, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. He was convicted for his involvement in a scheme to finance his 2007
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Flight cancellations are on the rise in the US, forcing many travelers to rethink their plans. Some are turning to trains and car rentals, while others are finding more creative ways to reach their destinations. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Flight cancellations are on the rise in the US, forcing many travelers to rethink their plans. Some are turning to trains and car rentals, while others are finding more creative ways to reach their destinations. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with
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Well more than a month into the government shutdown, movement toward a deal is finally being made. A group of Senate Democrats over the weekend broke ranks to join most Republicans in approving a deal that would end the shutdown, while also dropping the Democrats’ demand that ACA subsidies be funded. More votes are needed
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By Danya Gainor, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Tens of millions of Americans who rely on the nation’s largest federal food assistance program have been caught in a weekslong swirl of Trump administration pronouncements, court orders and anxiety since the US government shutdown has called their ability to buy groceries into question. Some recipients of
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Xavier Vega and his partner, Soluna Vega, cheered in relief as the “Welcome to Connecticut” sign came into view. It marked the end of an unplanned 17-hour highway odyssey home after their flight became one of more than 1,000 cancellations on Saturday alone tied to the ongoing government shutdown.
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CNN, KCAL, KCBS, KCAL/KCBS By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Xavier Vega and his partner, Soluna Vega, cheered in relief as the “Welcome to Connecticut” sign came into view. It marked the end of an unplanned 17-hour highway odyssey home after their flight became one of more than 1,000 cancellations on Saturday alone tied to
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CNN By Karina Tsui, Michael Williams, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin. The individuals listed in a proclamation, which Martin posted
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Sedalia will reopen the 200 block of West Main Street this week, after months of it being closed. According to a social media post, the city will remove the plywood boards over the windows of a business across the street from buildings 207 and 209. Historic buildings 207 and
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An unborn baby died in a crash in Randolph County Saturday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on U.S. 63– about two miles south of Moberly– around 11 p.m. The report says a 19-year-old man from Novelty, Missouri was driving a 2013 GMC Sierra
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety’s State Emergency Management Agency has issued a winter weather preparedness message as the state heads into the colder months. That alert has homeless shelters across Mid-Missouri making early preparations to handle an anticipated increase in demand as temperatures begin to drop. According to the Missouri Balance
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire at a hotel in Jefferson City on Sunday evening was contained to the laundry room, according to a social media post from the fire department. The post says firefighters were called to the America’s Best Value Inn in the 1600 Block of Jefferson Street around 5 p.m. Crews found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team’s undefeated start to the 2025-26 campaign continued in dominating fashion, on Sunday, as the Tigers defeated the VMI Keydets 106-68 to improve to 3-0. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Dennis Gates and players in the video player below, along with extended
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Several local businesses and companies in Mid-Missouri have been stepping up to ease the load for families by offering meal and grocery options during the government shutdown.
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By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat. Bodies scattered on blood-slicked streets. These could be scenes from a war zone. But on October 28, they unfolded not on a desolate battlefield but on the outskirts of Rio
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