By Eoin McSweeney, CNN Four-time NBA champion and 2000 NBA MVP Shaquille O’Neal has sent out a cryptic message reiterating his wish to invest in an NBA team, after rebuffing reports earlier this month that he wanted to buy the Phoenix Suns. “I don’t know if I’m allowed to say,” the eight-time All-NBA First Teamer
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Today: Temperatures will continue to rise into near 80 degrees as skies remain mostly sunny. Winds remain out of the southwest. Tonight: Lows cool to the upper 40s before scattered showers and isolated storms move in from the southwest after midnight. Extended: Showers become widespread Tuesday morning with isolated storms possible during the afternoon hours.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Colonoscopies are a dreaded rite of passage for many middle-age adults. The promise has been that if you endure the awkwardness and invasiveness of having a camera travel the length of your large intestine once every decade after age 45, you have the best chance of catching — and perhaps preventing
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Selena Gomez is opening up even more about her health struggles. In the trailer for her Apple TV+ documentary “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me,” the “Only Murders in the Building” star is seen dealing with various issues, including trying to get a handle on her mental health. “After years
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN After a rare six months of relative calm, Yemen’s warring sides last week failed to renew a truce deal, with calls from the United Nations for an extension falling on deaf ears. With one side backed by Iran and the other by Saudi Arabia, it remains to be seen whether the
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN During a private meeting last summer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told two police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the mother of a third who died after the riot, that former President Donald Trump had no idea his supporters were carrying out the attack, according
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN During a private meeting last summer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told two police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the mother of a third who died after the riot, that former President Donald Trump had no idea his supporters were carrying out the attack, according
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, Taylor Romine and Holly Yan, CNN Los Angeles City Council member Nury Martinez resigned from her seat on Council District 6, two days after stepping down from her post as president for making racist remarks. “To my constituents – Serving you has been a privilege and one that I don’t give up
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Kanye West will not be featured on “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, taped an episode of the YouTube conversation series from Lebron James and Maverick Carter earlier this week. In a statement to CNN on Wednesday, Carter said the episode will not air. “After
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN The influence of celebrities on culture is undeniable, but would you trust a pop star to help give you advice on mental health? The latest celebrity venture in the mental health field comes from rapper Megan Thee Stallion with Bad B*tches Have Bad Days Too, a free resource hub of lifelines,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri fire departments are teaming-up with the National Fire Protection Association for National Fire Prevention Week. The week started on Sunday and will end this Saturday. This week marks the 100th anniversary of National Fire Prevention Week and the campaign’s theme is “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape”, pushing everyone to have a quick
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TODAY: Monday continues our warming trend, with south wind and plenty of sunshine. Expect today to start clear, with partly cloudy skies by this afternoon. With the aforementioned southwest breeze in the 5-10 mph range, temperatures will climb to near 80 for highs. TONIGHT: Low level winds are pulling in warm air, but also more
Continue ReadingDavid McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN Asmani Dadi had heard rumors about the insurgents. Then, one day, they came true. It was July 2020 and Dadi was a student in the town of Mocímboa da Praia, northern Mozambique. “They came … from the forest and began to kill people. When they found children, … they
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is Columbus Day, one of the most inconsistently celebrated holidays in the US. For some, the day marks Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to America. But in more than 100 US cities, the day is recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Either way, it’s a federal holiday, so many will have the
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace, Sean Lyngaas, Pete Muntean and Michelle Watson, CNN More than a dozen public-facing airport websites, including those for some of the nation’s largest airports, appeared inaccessible Monday morning, and Russian-speaking hackers claimed responsibility. No immediate signs of impact to actual air travel were reported, suggesting the issue may be an inconvenience for
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is Columbus Day, one of the most inconsistently celebrated holidays in the US. For some, the day marks Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to America. But in more than 100 US cities, the day is recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Either way, it’s a federal holiday, so many will have the
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Kelly Murray, CNN Investigators are working 18-hour days as they scramble to find a toddler who was last seen Wednesday morning at his home in Savannah, Georgia, Chatham County police said. The FBI is also assisting with the investigation, according to police. The child’s mother, 22-year-old Lelani Simon, told police she
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities reported blasts and power outages on Monday morning, as Russia lashed out with a massive wave of violent airstrikes that carried echoes of the initial days of its invasion. Moscow had fired 75 rockets towards Ukraine by midday on Monday, the Commander-in-Chief
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN Emily Sisson set a new record for an American woman when she finished second at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Sunday. Sisson finished with a time of 2:18:29, beating Keira D’Amato’s record by 43 seconds, the Chicago Marathon tweeted. D’Amato set the previous record at the Houston Marathon earlier this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The battle against Alzheimer’s starts at home, and the ABC 17 News team is helping support that work with the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the disease is a type of dementia that affects a person’s memory, thinking and behavior. The dementia symptoms eventually grow to be severe
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