Union favorability rises as local, national organizations unionize
National chains such as Chipotle, Starbucks and Amazon are seeing workers organizing across the country. But so are local organizations.
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Tracking drier conditions this week
Tonight: A few isolated light showers are expected to gradually dissipate late Monday night as skies remain mostly cloudy. Winds remain out of the northeast at 4-8 mph. Overnight lows cool to the mid-60’s. Tomorrow: Skies become partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon as winds remain out of the northeast at 5 mph. Afternoon highs warm to
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Columbia City Council set to discuss fees on utility bills for some residents
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday and hear a report about possible changes to utility bill late fees and due dates for residents on fixed incomes. Right now, the city requires customers to pay their bill every 20 days from the billing date. If their bill is not paid
Continue ReadingKey questions remain after the death of a second Canada stabbing suspect, who police say might be responsible for 10 victim fatalities
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Three days after a brutal mass stabbing devastated a rural Indigenous community in Saskatchewan, the two brothers who were wanted in the violent attacks are dead, though witness accounts indicate that one of the men, Myles Sanderson, was responsible for the deaths of 10 of the victims, according to a law
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the ruling granting Trump’s request for a special master in Mar-a-Lago probe
By Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge threw a wrench Monday in the Justice Department investigation into potential mishandling of documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House by granting his request for a special master to review evidence seized from his Florida home last month. The win for Trump
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Missouri State Highway Patrol sees some crashes in counting period
COLUMBIA,Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol started its counting period Friday, and it’s set to end at 11:59 p.m. Monday. So while troopers have pushed traffic safety and water safety, crashes have still taken place. Patrol crash reports show at least 73 traffic crashes since 6 p.m. Friday. At least three crashes have been fatal and 10
Continue Reading2 years after a pledge to rename Confederate-named schools, some students left wondering when will the change come
By Nadia Romero and Kevin Conlon, CNN Shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, opened. Brown vs Board Education angered White segregationists at the time, and the school and others across the South were a result of the opposition to desegregation. Decades
Continue ReadingGeorge Clooney and Julia Roberts couldn’t stop laughing when they had to film a kiss for ‘Ticket to Paradise’
By Chloe Melas, CNN Julia Roberts and George Clooney have a lot of history together. The actors have been friends for decades, which, according to the two stars, made filming a kiss for their upcoming romantic comedy quite funny. “Yeah. I told my wife, ‘It took 80 takes,’” Clooney told The New York Times. “She
Continue ReadingBrendan Fraser gets emotional after 6-minute standing ovation for ‘The Whale’ at Venice Film Festival
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Brendan Fraser has entered the Oscars chat. The actor is squarely back in Hollywood and already on the minds of those thinking about the Academy Awards, thanks to his performance in “The Whale,” which reportedly received a six-minute standing ovation after its screening at the Venice Film Festival. Video shared
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RECAP: Mizzou football transfers, freshmen shine in season opener
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team answered some questions in its season-opening win against Louisiana Tech on Thursday night. The defense started much hotter than it did in 2021 and the offense was efficient, thanks to a slew of newcomers. You can watch ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones’ full recap from a high
Continue ReadingDOJ appeals decision to order special master to review evidence seized in Mar-a-Lago search and says it’s halted intelligence review
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department on Thursday appealed a court-ordered special master review of the materials seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago — including more than 100 classified documents — as it argued the order was putting US national security at risk. The government has halted the intelligence community’s risk assessment of classified
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Tracking scattered showers for Labor Day
TODAY: Many will see a mostly dry day, as rainfall should be sparsely scattered, if not isolated. Thunder may also accompany some showers. Otherwise, Monday is rather cool, with highs near 80 thanks to a northeasterly breeze and clouds. TONIGHT: Shower activity will die down after sunset, and skies will become mostly clear. Temperatures fall
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Tracking spotty Monday showers
TODAY: Labor day starts quiet with partly to mostly cloudy skies early on. Some spotty showers are possible areawide today, starting this morning and persisting into the afternoon. Shower activity will likely start east of HWY 63, and meander westward slowly. Many will see a mostly dry day, as rainfall should be sparsely scattered, if
Continue Reading1 suspect in mass stabbing in Canada found dead, the other is still missing
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Artemis Moshtaghian, Jamiel Lynch and Holly Yan, CNN Damien Sanderson, one of the suspects in a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan, Canada, that left 10 dead and 18 injured, was found dead Monday morning on the James Smith Cree Nation in a heavily grassed area near a house, according to Royal Canadian Mounted
Continue ReadingMore than 80 million people are under flood watches today, from Alabama to Maine
By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Moisture streaming in from the Gulf of Mexico, combined with a stubborn, nearly stationary storm system, will cause slow-moving thunderstorm activity and the possibility of flash flooding across 20 US states Monday. “Scattered to numerous flash floods (are) possible early this week from southern New England to the southern Appalachians,”
Continue ReadingBlack Lives Matter executive accused of ‘syphoning’ $10M from BLM donors, suit says
By Michelle Watson, CNN An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of “syphoning” more than $10 million from donors, the grassroots arm of the BLM organization said a court filing this week. The suit is against executive Shalomyah Bowers, the foundation itself, Bowers’ consulting firm and unnamed individuals. Bowers was
Continue ReadingFire conditions are ‘extremely dangerous’ in California, officials say, with 2 dead and thousands of acres scorched
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Prolonged drought has exacerbated fire conditions throughout California, where six active wildfires have consumed tens of thousands of acres in less than a week, and led to the deaths of at least two residents, officials say. In all, fires burning across the state have collectively burned more than 23,000 acres since
Continue ReadingConservatives join liberals in ‘quiet and polite’ Idaho protest to protect their library from book-banners
By Nick Watt, CNN A couple of dozen men, women and children are silently reading books in the shade of apple trees one sunny morning in beautiful little Bonners Ferry, Idaho. But this is a protest. “We’re having a read-in in support of the library,” explains Billie Jo Klaniecki, a spry 70-something wearing a broad
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Multiple crashes take place during Labor Day Weekend
The Labor Day weekend has been busy for Missouri State Highway Patrol with multiple crashes on the roads and the water since the counting period started Friday.
Continue ReadingBritons to learn who will succeed Boris Johnson as their country faces looming crisis
By Luke McGee, CNN Britons will find out later Monday who will be their next prime minister as the country faces a looming economic and humanitarian crisis, almost two months after Boris Johnson quit in the wake of a series of scandals. At approximately 12:30 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET) the ruling Conservative Party
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