By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN A major storm system is bringing early-season snow, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms to the US this weekend and into early next week. The storm begins in the western US this weekend, bringing with it the first significant snowfall of the season to the Intermountain West. “The stretch
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Neanderthal is an insult still lobbed about to suggest someone is dim-witted and out of touch. The more we learn about our Stone Age cousins, however, the more it appears the opposite is true. Neanderthals weren’t brutish cave dwellers — they made sophisticated tools, yarn and art, and they buried their
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN If you have always suspected that you might just be a mosquito magnet, scientists now have evidence for you: Mosquitoes indeed are attracted to certain humans more than others, according to a new study. A research team led by Leslie Vosshall, a professor at Rockefeller University and head of its laboratory
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Today: Hot and sunny with highs hitting the mid-80s. Expect a nice cooling breeze with gusts up to 30 mph throughout the day. Tomorrow: Warm again as highs track towards the mid-80s. More cloud cover will mitigate the warmup somewhat, though gusty southerly winds continue. Extended: A Red Flag Warning is in effect for The
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun, CNN A Houston-area couple was arrested in Louisiana on Tuesday after two abused children turned up at a home early that morning near their Texas neighborhood, according to authorities and a court document. Harris County deputies responded around 5:30 a.m. ET Tuesday to a home in Cypress for a welfare check on
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Video by Jarrod Williams, CNN To get a sense of how vast Australia really is, just ask Nedd Brockmann. He found out the hard way. When Brockmann arrived at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Monday — his unmistakable, bleach-blonde mullet pinned down under a baseball cap — it signaled the end of
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church and Becky Anderson, CNN Ukrainian soccer legend Andriy Shevchenko has thanked AC Milan for its “incredible effort” in offering support to his country amid the war effort. Shevchenko, who played over 300 times for the Italian team, says the help from his former club has provided much needed respite for Ukrainians fleeing
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Steven Jiang, Yong Xiong and Wayne Chang, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has formally stepped into his norm-breaking third term ruling China with an iron grip on power, as he revealed a new leadership team stacked with loyal allies. On Sunday, a day after the close of the five-yearly Communist
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Keep up with local high school football scores. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scores from Week 9 of Mid-Missouri high school football.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS VOLLEYBALL HICKMAN (0) ROCK BRIDGE (3) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (0) HELIAS (3) FINAL BOLIVAR (3) ROLLA (1) WARSAW (1) RUSSELLVILLE (3) FINAL HS BOYS SOCCER CAPITAL CITY (2) BRANSON (1) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has partnered with local law enforcement agencies and first responders to patrol Downtown Columbia during the school’s homecoming festivities. Mizzou’s Homecoming parade will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday. The parade will block off multiple roads downtown and on Mizzou’s campus. “We are partnering with the Columbia Police
Continue ReadingBy Valentina Di Donato, Antonia Mortensen, Sugam Pokharel and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sparked controversy this week when audio released by Italian news agency LaPresse revealed the 86-year-old speaking about his “re-established” relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Berlusconi says in the audio that Putin sent him 20 bottles of
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, Jeremy Diamond and Maegan Vazquez, CNN In the days and even weeks after President Joe Biden took the dramatic step to order the cancellation of student loan debt for up to 40 million Americans, it wasn’t clear that he’d ever focus publicly on the issue again. Passing references deep into broad policy
Continue ReadingBy Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Tim Lister and Scott McWhinnie, CNN The letter had just three words: mama, alive, healthy. But Olena Yuzvak had no doubt that it was from her son, Dima. The 23-year-old biotech graduate was taken by Russian forces from their front yard in the Kyiv suburb of Hostomel along with Olena
Continue ReadingBy Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Tim Lister and Scott McWhinnie, CNN The letter had just three words: mama, alive, healthy. But Olena Yuzvak had no doubt that it was from her son, Dima. The 23-year-old biotech graduate was taken by Russian forces from their front yard in the Kyiv suburb of Hostomel along with Olena
Continue ReadingBy Boris Sanchez, CNN With the midterm elections less than three weeks away, immigration remains a top issue among Latino voters — but views on legal and illegal immigration vary greatly. “I think it’s been misunderstood,” said Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who has studied Latino voter preferences for decades.
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Students at a Jefferson City high school got a lesson in paying attention and being buckled up while driving Friday.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild with lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and breezy with wind gusts up to 30 mph. Highs in the lower 80s. EXTENDED: The weekend looks windy and hot with lows falling to around 60 tonight, and highs tomorrow getting into the lower 80s. It will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) A pair of advertisements supporting the recreational use of marijuana were removed from YouTube following a cease-and-desist letter was issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The Missouri State Highway Patrol claimed on Thursday that the ads — one lasting 30 seconds, the other 15 seconds — contained unauthorized use of the MSHP name
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Meilhan and Richard Roth, CNN The Ukrainian military said it used anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups to destroy Russian cruise missiles during a string of attacks on energy infrastructure across the country Saturday morning. “18 enemy cruise missiles were destroyed by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups,” a post
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