By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Foraging for fungi may not only mean mushrooms are on the menu. New research has shown that mushroom skins could provide a biodegradable alternative to some plastics used in batteries and computer chips, making them easier to recycle. Researchers from the Johannes Kepler University in Austria were working on flexible and
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Apple announced at its closely-watched September product launch event that it would soon introduce an Emergency SOS feature powered by a network of satellites orbiting above Earth, Brooklyn probably wasn’t the secluded location most had in mind for using it. But on a rainy afternoon last week, I
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Oscar Mayer. Velveeta. Capri Sun. Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio admits: Some of the company’s iconic products had become “a little bit dusty.” “For a while, we were apologetic about the brands that we had,” Patricio told CNN Business. “We got distracted believing that the future was launching new small
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US has intelligence that Russia may have delayed announcing its withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson in part to avoid giving the Biden administration a political win ahead of the midterm elections, according to four people familiar with the intelligence. Senior Russian officials
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Kathleen Magramo China on Thursday reported a record number of daily Covid infections, as a nationwide surge in cases heaps pressure on the country’s increasingly unpopular zero-tolerance approach to the virus. The National Health Commission (NHC) recorded 31,444 locally transmitted cases on Wednesday — surpassing the previous peak of 29,317
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving Manchester United with immediate effect, the English Premier League club announced on Tuesday. In a brief statement, United said the decision, which comes a week after Ronaldo gave an explosive TV interview about his frustrations at the club, was made by mutual agreement. “The club thanks him
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao is once again in the global spotlight, this time as the self-appointed white knight of crypto as the industry is embroiled in crisis. The Canadian billionaire has made headlines this week for offering to come to the aid of entrepreneurs who are facing a
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Many House and Senate Republicans recoiled on Monday at the prospect of former President Donald Trump launching a third run for the presidency this week, a sign of his waning support on Capitol Hill after years of controversy and scandal and following their party’s disappointing midterm
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, Alex Rogers and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican senators are grappling to find the reasons why they failed to take back the Senate in the 2022 midterm elections despite President Joe Biden’s unpopularity and fears about the state of the US economy, saying on Monday that candidate recruitment and Donald Trump’s election lies
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With three players scoring into the double-digits, the Mizzou women’s basketball team captured its fourth win of the season against Western Kentucky on Monday night. The victory puts MU at 4-0 to start the season. You can watch extended highlights of the win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/duVXEkbQBNs Senior Lauren Hansen
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN After a near three-year absence from the world stage, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has embarked on a whirlwind of face-to-face meetings with Western leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Bali, as he looks to reassert China’s global influence. Following a three-hour meeting on Monday with US President Joe Biden
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Rebekah Riess, CNN Angry relatives of some of the children killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre are demanding that the acting police chief from that day, Lt. Mariano Pargas, quit his role as a Uvalde county commissioner. “He was made aware that people were injured
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Two people are dead after a semi-truck and a car crashed on Highway 63 in northern Boone County on Monday afternoon, a Boone County Fire Protection District spokesman said.
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a newly released interview clip that he and his family are giving “prayerful consideration” to whether he should run for president in 2024 and that the US will have “better choices in the future” than former President Donald Trump. Asked by ABC News’ David
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN As she contemplates a run for the US Senate, Republican Kari Lake continues to make false claims about her loss in Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial election. Lake’s speech at a Sunday rally in Scottsdale highlighted the serial election dishonesty that has been a central feature of her campaign rhetoric. Among other things,
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of accumulating snow between Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Watch live weather cameras and get weather updates in the player. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for counties north of I-70 as these areas have the greatest chance
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Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of DWI and resisting arrest in his first court appearance Monday in Randolph County.
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TONIGHT: Light rain showers quickly turn over to snow showers after sunset as temperatures drop. Expect snow showers to continue overnight into early Tuesday morning. Accumulation between 1-3″. Lows around 30. TOMORROW: Snow showers coming to an end early, but clouds and flurries stick around. Roads may be slick through mid-late morning. Highs reaching the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Charlie Baker, the moderate Republican governor of Massachusetts, said former President Donald Trump‘s influence hurt their party in this year’s midterm elections as voters demonstrated they “aren’t interested in extremism.” In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Baker said Trump “hurt the party’s chances on Election Day, not just here in
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jay Leno is recovering from burn injuries following a gasoline fire, according to a statement from the hospital where he is getting treatment. Aimee Bennett, a spokesperson at the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, told CNN that Leno was in stable condition, being treated for “burns that he received to
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