By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When you fill up your coffee machine or humidifier, is tap water your choice? Naturally, many of us question how sterile our tap water is — or maybe even get a bit anxious thinking about the microorganisms in our faucets. Despite some misconceptions, tap water is generally harmless when ingested during
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN When you fill up your coffee machine or humidifier, is tap water your choice? Naturally, many of us question how sterile our tap water is — or maybe even get a bit anxious thinking about the microorganisms in our faucets. Despite some misconceptions, tap water is generally harmless when ingested during
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN China’s economy expanded by just 3% in 2022, far below the government’s own target, marking one of the worst performances in nearly half a century. Growth was impacted heavily by months of widespread Covid lockdowns and a historic downturn in the property market. Still, the number came in slightly better than
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Officials are still trying to figure out exactly what led to the Federal Aviation Administration system outage on Wednesday but have traced it to a corrupt file, which was first reported by CNN. In a statement late Wednesday, the FAA said it was continuing to investigate the outage
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN As central California floodwater swept away their SUV Monday morning, 5-year-old Kyle Doan, now missing, encouraged his mother. “Don’t worry, Mommy,” the boy said, his father, Brian Doan, recalled Wednesday. “He wasn’t quite processing what was going on,” Doan told CNN. “But he was so calm talking to my wife while
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republicans are spotlighting the issue of abortion as they roll out their legislative agenda in the new Congress — a move that comes after the Supreme Court’s highly consequential decision last summer to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. The GOP-led House voted on Wednesday
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball couldn’t find its rhythm Wednesday night in College Station falling to Texas A&M 82-64. The Tigers got off to a rough start giving up a 21-2 run to the Aggies to go into the half down 43-25. The Mizzou defense stepped up in the second half forcing
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL TOLTON (67) HICKMAN (60) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL HARRISBURG (41) FULTON (26) FINAL LUTHERAN ST. CHARLES (56) HELIAS (53) FINAL CALIFORNIA (65) MOBERLY (56) FINAL SOUTH CALLAWAY (17) NORTH
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Gregory Krieg and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN A Republican strategist alleges that Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American Conservative Union, groped and fondled his groin as he drove Schlapp back to an Atlanta hotel several weeks before the November midterm election. The strategist, a male in his late thirties who was
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) During Wednesday’s motion hearing, a woman accused of killing a 4-year-old boy in 2018 was granted a motion of continuance. Givens was charged with first-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child, abuse or neglect of a child, and abandonment of a corpse in relation to the death of 4-year-old Darnell
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 Reading
Scattered showers are expected to begin around midnight heading into Thursday morning. These showers are expected to transform into a wintery mix bring the possibility of snow, rain, and sleet to Central Missouri. Thankfully, two things are working against this incoming low pressure system to aid in safer travels for the Thursday commute. The first
Continue Reading
Police arrested a Columbia woman Tuesday after an investigation that started at a University of Missouri residence hall led to finding a body in a residential area far from campus.
Continue Reading
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with showers moving in late. Rain changes to snow by morning, leaving light accumulation by late Thursday morning. Lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Rain changing to snow early, making roads wet and slushy. Snow accumulation between a dusting and 0.5″. Highs come early in the morning with temperatures holding in the
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is coming off of a tough loss against Arkansas and are looking to get back in the win column Thursday against No. 5 LSU. Head coach Robin Pingeton commented on team shooting just 29% from the field, but she said that wasn’t the worst part. “The frustrating
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan The federal government isn’t going to take away your gas stove, a top consumer regulator told CNN on Wednesday. Richard Trumka Jr, a US Consumer Product Safety commissioner, set off a firestorm this week by suggesting the agency could ban gas stoves because they have been linked to childhood asthma. Trumka confirmed
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House on Wednesday asserted that President Joe Biden does not support a ban on gas stoves after a federal consumer safety official suggested that such a proposal was on the table. The White House response follows a recent Bloomberg interview with Biden-appointed US Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka
Continue ReadingToday: Afternoon highs warm into the upper 50s with mostly cloudy skies. Winds remain out of the west at 4-8 mph. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the mid-30s with late showers beginning by midnight. Just after 4 AM, showers switch to a wintry mix becoming light snow showers. Extended: Light snow pushes out by 10
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Christopher Hickey, CNN More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices, according to a CNN analysis, reflecting a wave of recent clampdowns by governors and state agencies targeting the short-form video app. The accelerating backlash by states against TikTok, which has at least
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Shania Shelton, CNN Leaders of the Nassau County Republican Party on Wednesday called for Rep. George Santos, elected to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District in November, to resign from office over his lies to voters and fabrications about his personal life. Santos, however, swiftly rejected the calls to resign, and
Continue Reading