The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team is tracking the potential for isolated strong storms and heavy rain for parts of Mid-Missouri tonight into Friday. A cold front worked its way south through much of the state this morning, leaving many of us north of the Lake of the Ozarks in the 40s with cloudy skies.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN An “American Idol” contestant has called out judge Katy Perry for a joke that is being slammed as “mom shaming.” In an episode aired earlier this month, 25-year-old Sara Beth Liebe tried out for the singing competition in front of Perry and her fellow judges, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan.
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu and Paula Newton, CNN Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out a three-pronged vision of engagement, competition and confrontation with China in a CNN interview on Thursday, ahead of a much-anticipated meeting with US President Joe Biden in which the two Western leaders are expected to cover a number of security issues.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City chapter of the NAACP held a community gathering today at the Jefferson City Historic Community Center to promote voting in the April 4 election. The NAACP partnered with Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin, faith leaders and community members to get the importance of voting across to those in
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Democratic-backed Janet Protasiewicz will win Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, CNN projects, flipping majority control in liberals’ favor in what could be the most consequential election of the year with abortion access, election rules and more on the line in the key swing state. Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County circuit court judge, will
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John Lyman grew up in Columbia and graduated from Rock Bridge High School and says that experience will help him as a member of the school board. Lyman’s wife is also a Columbia Public Schools teacher. He has been endorsed by the Sierra Club and has promoted social equity in the schools.
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside and Eric Levenson, CNN Five mischievous boys had to be rescued from a Staten Island sewer system on Tuesday after they crawled into a tunnel, ventured deep inside and then got lost, according to the New York City Fire Department. The FDNY received an emergency call around 6 p.m. Tuesday regarding children
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Many of the first responders who helped fight the fire that erupted after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month were ill-equipped and untrained to fight the massive chemical blaze that some now call “the hell fire.” In testimony Wednesday before the US Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee,
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Today: Afternoon highs top out into the mid-40s as winds have switched out of the northwest due to a passing cold front earlier today. Winds gust up to 20 mph. Afternoon showers and storms begin after 5 pm down to the south spanning from Camden county and east towards Rolla. Tonight: Heavier showers are expected
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN In what will surely delight action movie audiences worldwide, it looks like John Wick isn’t going anywhere any time soon. The notoriously unkillable assassin played by Keanu Reeves — who has portrayed the character in four films thus far, most recently in last month’s well-received “John Wick: Chapter 4” — will
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Kocha Olarn, CNN Some thrill seekers describe bungee jumping as a near-death experience, but few come quite as close as one man who managed to survive his cord snapping in Thailand. Footage of the terrifying ordeal went viral this week after the 39-year-old tourist from Hong Kong went public with his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring starting pay up for teachers in Mid-Missouri this year. In the Mid-Missouri area, rural districts ranging in size were most dependent on the money, from the more than $150,000 spent in North Callaway to the $52,000 spent in Southern Boone. Schools may
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN Hungary says it would not arrest Russian president Vladimir Putin if he entered the country, despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for him last week, accusing him of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, said on
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Jason Kravarik, CNN Allene Jue used to vote in a simple, rapid manner — scan the names on the ballot and pick the Asian sounding names. That was before 2020. “Something turned on during the pandemic and lit a fire,” said Jue, a Chinese American mother of two girls, ages 3
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Startup Relativity Space sent what it’s calling the “world’s first 3D-printed rocket” toward space on Wednesday, vaulting it into the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Though, it suffered an engine issue after launch and failed to reach orbit. Terran 1, a 110-foot-tall (33.5-meter) vehicle designed to haul lightweight satellites into orbital
Continue ReadingSerena Maria Daniels, CNN Mexican food is among the most loved cuisines on the planet, known for its confluence of indigenous and European influences. Corn, vanilla, chocolate, tomatoes and chile peppers are all ingredients native to Mexico that have informed recipes all over the world for generations. It’s consistently among the top five most popular
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TODAY: Rain and thunder remain in the forecast, this morning as a cold front is already pushing through the region today. A cold front is draped across the northern half of the area early this morning, and as it progresses south it is expected to spur scattered showers and thunderstorms. These storms will be modestly
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least one person was injured after a rare tornado hit a city just southeast of Los Angeles Wednesday, local officials said. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado “briefly touched down” in an industrial park and warehouse district in the city of Montebello and rated
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday as it attempts to fight stubbornly high inflation while addressing risks to financial stability. Investors and economists had widely anticipated the quarter-point increase despite the recent meltdown in the banking sector. Still, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In his first appearance before Congress on Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Chew was grilled by lawmakers who expressed deep skepticism about his company’s attempts to protect US user data and ease concerns about its ties to China. It was a rare chance for the public to hear from the Chew, who
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