By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Marnie Hunter, CNN Summer air travel is a mess, and flight delays and cancellations show no signs of letting up. US airlines have canceled more than 100,000 flights this year, with 30,000 cancellations just since Memorial Day weekend, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware. Mounting disruptions come
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Petro Zadorozhnyy, CNN Across Ukraine, in the shimmering heat, one sight is becoming familiar this summer: Combine harvesters sweeping across fields of grain in a race against fast-spreading fires. The conflict’s front lines straddle some of Ukraine’s richest farmland. Whether caused by accident or intention, the fires darkening the summer sky
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The Department of Natural Resources has settled with the City of Columbia for $10,663.64 following multiple water main breaks between 2017 and 2019.
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Bill Irwin is one of two candidates from Hartzler’s hometown of Harrisonville. He’s running in part on his military experience and Missouri roots.
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN For years it had been one of Sri Lanka’s grandest and most heavily guarded buildings, serving as the official residence and state office of the President. But all that changed on July 9, when protesters stormed in and took control, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa before turning the palace
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Mark Alford is a former TV reporter from Kansas City. His platform includes a promise to investigate the 2020 presidential election.
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Brattin is one of two Republican candidates from Hartzler’s hometown of Harrisonville. He brings with him extensive experience in the state legislature.
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Taylor Burks is the lone Mid-Missouri candidate in the race. He’s a veteran and a former Boone County clerk, giving him insight into the elections process.
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Kalena Bruce is a farmer and CPA from southwest Missouri’s Stockton. She has the endorsement of the Missouri Farm Bureau and Gov. Mike Parson and promises to focus on agriculture in the largely rural district.
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN The House January 6 committee corroborated key details involving former President Donald Trump’s heated exchange with the Secret Service when Trump was told he could not go to the Capitol — the latest in a string of shocking revelations that have come from the summer hearings with their expected high-profile conclusion
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the low 70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with increasing clouds. Highs in the mid-90s with storms developing by early evening. EXTENDED: Most of tonight stays dry and clear with the next complex of storms just clipping us to the east overnight. We’re off to a hot start to the weekend with sunshine
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Former governor and current Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens and his ex-wife Sheena Greitens did not publicly testify during a hearing Friday in their family court case.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Betsy Klein, CNN Business Worried about supply chain problems that are already causing problems for the nation’s economy, President Joe Biden took action Friday to prevent 115,000 US railroad workers from going on strike as planned early Monday morning, A strike would have brought nearly 30% of the nation’s freight to
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday indicated to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that he believes the Crown Prince was to blame for the 2018 killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as Biden announced several new areas of cooperation aimed at reshaping US-Saudi relations. The
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN The US Senate race in Pennsylvania is one of the most competitive and potentially significant — and now, Snooki of “Jersey Shore” has unwittingly gotten involved. It started when Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat running for Senate, enlisted Snooki — real name: Nicole Polizzi — to film a personalized
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The problem with trees is that they are too slow. Part of the issue with catastrophic climate change is that, by some measures, an incredible amount of damage is already done. Even if all the coal-fired power plants were magically turned into wind and solar overnight, and all our cars
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN Soaring gas prices may have been the driving factor behind President Joe Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia, but the American effort to secure increased oil production will be more diplomatic than overt pressure, according to US officials. The approach will reflect the realities of a relationship that has been under
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several organizations will offer resources and potential job opportunities to veterans in Mid-Missouri Friday afternoon. The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) plans to host the resource fair for veterans at the Veterans Urban Farm at 1209 Smith St. in Columbia from 4 to 7 p.m. The Truman VA Hospital, Disabled American
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TODAY: Showers with a few rumbles of thunder will arrive in our northwestern most counties around sunrise. Throughout the morning, these showers will continue to weaken, bringing light to moderate rainfall primarily across the northern half of mid-Missouri. Generally less than a tenth of an inch is expected, with most of us picking up near
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Eric Levenson, CNN For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name came to represent a legal dynasty in coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office. But now, the family has been closely connected to a bloody tragedy, allegations of embezzlement and a bizarre murder-for-hire plot to score
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