By Katie Hunt, Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Officials at NASA selected a team of 16 scientists and experts who will delve into the mysteries surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena — more popularly known as unidentified flying objects or UFOs. The independent study kicked off Monday. The group will include experts across numerous disciplines —
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters have contained an outside fire that broke out in a wooded area in south Columbia Monday morning. At least five Columbia Fire Department and Boone County Fire Protection District vehicles responded to the area near Manhanttan Drive and Norman Drive at about 9 a.m. Crews at the scene tell ABC 17
Continue ReadingFiona Sinclair Scott, CNN | Interview by Christiane Amanpour, CNN; produced by Harry Hullah, CNN British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful has addressed speculation that he’s next in line to take the editorial seat at Vogue magazine currently occupied by Anna Wintour. “Everybody focuses on American Vogue. Everybody wants to know what I’m doing, but I
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday agreed to temporarily freeze a lower court order requiring the testimony of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in front of an Atlanta-area special grand jury that is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. Thomas acted alone because he
Continue ReadingToday: Afternoon highs meander into the low to mid 70s as winds remain strong out of the south gusting up to 28 mph. Showers continue to traverse throughout Central Missouri driven by an incoming cold front. Tonight: Heavier bands of showers remain throughout much of Mid-Missouri as the cold front slowly pushes just to the
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Gallman, CNN If your parents name you “Adventure,” they probably hoped you’d do some adventurous things. Sam Adventure Baker understood his assignment. The Colorado 8-year-old sets out Tuesday to become the youngest person to reach the summit of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park. The journey is expected to take four days
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team came close to letting a win slip through their fingers on homecoming at Faurot Field, but the defense made a big stop on fourth down to stop the Vanderbilt Commodores from charging down the field with about a minute left. The Tigers had more than 200 yards of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton softball team will return senior shortstop Madison Uptegrove for one more season, after she helped the Trailblazers win their first-ever state title in her freshman season. Since then, head coach Taylor Bartlett said she has grown into a leader for the team. “She’s the real deal. She’s talented, a lot
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters contained another fire early Monday morning near the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River. An ABC 17 News crew saw the small fire from the bridge in Cooper County around 4:15 a.m. There were no reports of injuries, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. Over the weekend,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, their death is not included
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Rebekah Riess and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The 19-year-old gunman who killed two people and wounded several others at his former high school left a note saying his struggles led to “the perfect storm for a mass shooter,” St. Louis police said. Orlando Harris graduated from Central Visual and Performing Arts High School
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Prosecutors said in opening statements of Harvey Weinstein’s second criminal trial Monday that eight women will testify in court they were sexually assaulted by the powerful Hollywood mogul. “Each of these women came forward independent of each other, and none of them knew one another,” prosecutor Paul Thompson
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The storm system crisscrossing the country right now may be one of the most robust we have seen in a while. It came onshore in the Pacific Northwest last Friday, bringing rain to the region for the first time since July and clearing out the smoky skies in Seattle in
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Last week, Stephen Balka found himself living a parent’s nightmare. His 2-month-old son Adrian was struggling to breathe, sometimes going as long as seven seconds between gasping breaths, the father said. “It’s a very terrifying situation,” Balka said. “It’s one of my biggest fears.” After rushing
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Orange and pink fireworks colored the skies over south London on Monday, as members of the local South Asian community celebrated Diwali. This year, the holiday aligned with Rishi Sunak, 42, becoming Britain’s first prime minister of Indian descent, as Hindus like him celebrated the festival of lights. Sunak’s rise
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Former finance minister Rishi Sunak will be the United Kingdom’s next prime minister after his lone remaining rival dropped out of the fast-tracked race to become Conservative party leader on Monday. This is a breaking story, more to follow… The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational assessment showing the devastating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on America’s children. The alarming findings are based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading and math exams, often called the
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks will face the huge challenge of projecting stability after a period of historic political and financial market chaos. But their other task — shepherding the country through a recession — is poised to be just as daunting. Rishi Sunak emerged over the weekend
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Today: Scattered showers move in from the west by midmorning. Widespread showers and storms continue all afternoon as temperatures hover in the mid-70s. Tonight: More showers possible overnight as a cold front slowly slugs eastward. Low pressure tracking along this boundary will lead to a resurgence in storm activity early Tuesday. Temperatures steadily drop all
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN NASA has a team in place that will begin a study today on unidentified aerial phenomena, commonly known as UFOs. The group of 16 people — consisting of astronomers, astrophysicists, biologists, former pentagon officials, and a former astronaut — will gather data on unidentifiable events in the sky and release its
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