By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Job growth is outpacing economists’ expectations, and there’s still a long way — and 6.8 million jobs — to go before the nation’s labor market returns to levels seen before Covid-19. Economic recoveries, however, are not created equal, especially during a global pandemic that significantly altered the employment landscape. Many
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By Duarte Mendonca, Nina Avramova, Chris Liakos, Hada Messia and Rob Picheta, CNN Devastating wildfires have spread across parts of southern Europe, tearing through the Spanish and Greek countryside and forcing around 1,000 people from their homes on the Italian island of Sardinia. Sardinia’s local government declared a state of emergency on Sunday, due to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Oklahoma Sooner and the Texas Longhorns have officially submitted a request to join to the Southeastern Conference. On Monday morning the schools both told the Big 12 that they would not be renewing their media contract, which run through 2025. The formal application to the SEC does ask if the schools
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By Deanna Hackney and Hollie Silverman, CNN An officer and a sergeant with the Atlanta Police Department have been relieved of duty after a video surfaced on social media allegedly showing the sergeant kicking a woman in the head, authorities said Monday. The action was taken after Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant and commanders within
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Deputies with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed they served a search warrant at a Columbia home Tuesday morning. ABC 17 News crews saw several deputies with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office in the 1100 block of Jewell Avenue near the intersection with Highview Avenue at 7:30 a.m. An armored vehicle was
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A 15-year-old boy from Richmond, Missouri, was seriously injured in a UTV crash Monday night.
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By John Allen, CNN In what many are calling the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” a Vatican court on Tuesday opened proceedings against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the Pope’s former chief of staff, and nine other defendants charged with fraud and embezzlement, principally for their roles in a controversial $400 million real estate deal in
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By Omar Jimenez and Brad Parks, CNN Chicago’s police superintendent on Monday blamed the state court system for another spate of deadly weekend shootings in the city, singling out judges for releasing on bail too many people charged with violent crimes. But in a year where the number of shootings in Chicago have been up
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By George Ramsay, John Sinnott and Rebecca Wright, CNN Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s team gymnastics final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Tuesday, citing mental heath concerns as she attempts to protect “her body and mind.” After the final — won by the the Russia Olympic Committee (ROC) — Biles broke down in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged for the sixth time in two months for invasion of privacy after allegedly taking unwanted pictures of women. According to a probable cause statement, Ronald Dameron is most recently accused stalking and attempting to take pictures up a woman’s skirt on July 7 at the Daniel Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation’s project to improve the driving surface of Stadium Boulevard in Columbia is impacting entrance and exit ramps on I-70 throughout the week. The I-70 eastbound exit ramp and the westbound entrance ramp were closed Monday night through the morning and will be closed again Tuesday starting at 7
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Another heat wave is rolling in this weekend, and it will affect the Pacific Northwest — again. About 35 million people from there to the Louisiana Gulf Coast will be under heat alerts. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue ReadingThe first person to be tried under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law faces life in prison after being found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism in a landmark court ruling. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout reports from the High Court in Hong Kong.
Continue ReadingFires in the West continue to burn, bringing smoke and haze all the way to parts of New England, but monsoon rains will shift north and bring some much needed assistance for firefighters. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the latest.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Chris Cuomo presses Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds about vaccine hesitancy in his state, and spikes in cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant among the unvaccinated.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Arwa Damon report.
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN If you thought we were done seeing — and hearing — cicadas in the United States, think again! The lesser-seen annual cicadas are here. And no, they aren’t just like the periodical ones with red, beady eyes that carpeted the East Coast earlier this year. “(Annual cicadas) are clearly recognized by
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By Jessie Yeung and Chermaine Lee, CNN The first person to be tried under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law faces life in prison after being found guilty on Tuesday of inciting secession and terrorism, in a landmark court ruling that is likely to have profound implications for the city’s legal system. Tong Ying-kit, 24,
Continue Reading Texas and Oklahoma are reportedly taking steps to leave the Big 12 conference, and their target is the SEC.
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The news release did not say why the two were parting ways, but praised Sterk for his accomplishments since becoming the athletic director in 2016, coming to MU from San Diego State University.
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