By Brian Fung, CNN The University of Texas at Austin blocked TikTok from its IT network on Wednesday under an earlier order by Gov. Greg Abbott banning the short-form video app from state-managed electronic resources. The move makes it impossible for users of TikTok to access the app, even on personal devices, if they are
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to unblock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter tells CNN. NBC first reported the news. Trump’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were blocked following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Facebook
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos has long been a lightning rod for conspiracy theories. Extremist figures such as Infowars host Alex Jones have reliably used the event to drive up fear and paranoia about sinister schemes the “globalists” are supposedly plotting. In the past, however, these farcical
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Leslie Jones is taking a seat at “The Daily Show” desk. The “Saturday Night Live” alum will start a temporary stint as host of “The Daily Show” this week, saying she’ll bring her trademark “vulnerable honesty” to the job. “I’m not Jon Stewart. I’m not Trevor Noah, I’m Leslie Jones. So
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TODAY: Wednesday is going to be wet areawide, as rain showers are currently moving into the region, and won’t leave until this afternoon. It will rain off and on for most of the day, with light to moderate rainfall coming over an extended period. This will blanket the area with rain totals near a half
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Santa Fe, New Mexico, paid a local contractor $47,000 to round up about 3,000 shopping carts around the city in 2021 and 2022. Fayetteville, North Carolina, spent $78,468 collecting carts from May 2020 to October 2022. Shopping carts keep wandering away from their stores, draining taxpayers’ coffers, causing blight and frustrating
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you frequently find yourself stuck in a procrastination loop, there’s a good chance you’re not lazy — but rather, a perfectionist. Oftentimes, perfectionists avoid starting tasks due to a fear of failure or criticism, experts say. You can challenge those beliefs by avoiding all-or-nothing thinking and by setting achievable standards
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN With egg prices rising, more people may be shopping for their own backyard chicken flock. But before you build a coop and subscribe to Chicken Whisperer, health experts have a warning: Caring for backyard chickens is not as easy as bringing home a cute new kitten, and keeping chickens can come
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Hanna Ziady, CNN IBM and SAP are the latest tech companies to slash thousands of jobs, as they reorganize businesses and profits come under pressure from a slowing global economy. IBM announced the cuts Wednesday, saying they were related to the previously announced spinoff and sale of two business units. Some
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN The UN Secretary General has accused fossil fuel producers and their financial backers of “racing to expand production, knowing full well that their business model is inconsistent with human survival.” Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, António Guterres said the commitment to limit global warming to 1.5
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Amanpour and Ben Morse, CNN As she finished a Zoom meeting with a colleague, Dr. Céline Gounder’s phone began to buzz incessantly. The phone had been on silent, but now Gounder was inundated with numerous text messages, WhatsApp messages, Twitter messages and phone calls. It was a phone call from Gabriele Marcotti, senior
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By Andy Rose and Chris Boyette, CNN Gunfire broke out at an Oklahoma City area high school after a basketball game Tuesday night, sending game commentators ducking for cover and fans running. At least one man was shot and taken to a hospital, officials told CNN affiliate KOCO. “After the completion of the boys’ basketball
Continue ReadingBy Maria Kostenko, Sophie Tanno and Brent Swails, CNN A helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region has killed at least 18 people, including Ukraine’s entire interior ministry leadership team, according to officials. At least 29 others were injured in the incident on Wednesday in the city of Brovary, on the outskirts of
Continue ReadingBy Randi Kaye and Anne Clifford, CNN Soon after his 20th birthday, Isaac Danian disappeared from his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in early September 2020, leaving behind a note for his younger siblings that warned them “do not get the vaccine” or “you won’t make it to heaven.” His parents, Abigail and John Danian,
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Clare Foran, CNN Embattled freshman Rep. George Santos has been awarded seats on two low-level committees after House Republicans debated where to put the New York congressman, who is facing mounting legal issues and growing calls to resign for extensively lying about his resume. Several GOP sources told CNN
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Women living in states that restrict or ban abortion face greater economic insecurity than those living in states where they have access, new research finds. Since the nearly seven months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, half of all states — 26 in total — have implemented new abortion
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL HELIAS (29) JEFFERSON CITY (65) FINAL HERMANN (66) CAPITAL CITY (57) FINAL HICKMAN (59) OLATHE (57) FINAL SOUTHERN BOONE (79) VERSAILLES (65) FINAL FULTON (68) MOBERLY (66) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council unanimously voted at its meeting on Tuesday to add a sales tax question for recreational marijuana to the April 4 ballot. The question will ask voters if there should be an additional 3% sales tax for recreational marijuana sales. This would be in addition to the state’s 6% tax. The council
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The article has been updated to clarify the details of the project. KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Ameren is hoping to connect to a new solar farm in Callaway County. Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to construct,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission has opened up applications for its federal COVID-19 relief money. During the first round of applications, the county has $15 million in American Rescue Plan money it can distribute to qualifying businesses and organizations, according to a press release from the commission. The application is on the Commission’s
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