COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Saturday afternoon Team COMO held its Heart of the Community Summit to discuss how to steer youth community away from violence. City leaders and Columbia residents gathered at todays summit and discussed ways to help children in the community succeed. The main focus of Saturday’s summit: Columbia’s youth. “The youth and that was really the heart
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With the exception of another possible round of storms moving in tomorrow late morning/early afternoon, skies will clear up on both ends, giving us a UV index of 10 in mid-Missouri. Without protection of SPF 50 sunscreen or higher, it only takes 15-25 minutes of exposure to receive a sunburn. With off and on rain
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON and SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Texas Rangers have acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets, an all-in move for the surprise AL West leaders. Both teams announced the deal Sunday after news of the agreement broke
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s recruit who was struck by an SUV during a training run last year has died. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday that Alejandro Martinez fought for his life for the past eight months. About 75 recruits, from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and several
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By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce bilingual road signs featuring both the English and te reo Maori languages have sparked a divisive, racially charged debate ahead of the country’s looming general election. New Zealand – or Aotearoa
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Esta es una conclusión del verano de 2023: el clima en el que creciste se ha ido, y ha sido reemplazado por algo nuevo y cambiante, pero también inalterablemente diferente: donde el Océano Atlántico puede alcanzar la temperatura de un jacuzzi, el calor es un problema de salud pública recurrente y
Continue ReadingCANMORE, Alberta (AP) — Canadian police say six people have died in a small plane crash west of Calgary, Alberta. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the plane with a pilot and five passengers aboard took off from Springbank Airport, just west of the city, on Friday night and was headed for Salmon Arm, British
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Half-time and thousands of tiny cellphone lights are swaying in time to Coldplay’s “A Sky Full of Stars” on a mild winter night at Brisbane Stadium for Australia’s World Cup match against Nigeria. Sitting across two rows, not far from the pitch, are players from the exiled
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Con una capacidad para 100 furgones, cada martes y viernes operará un ferry entre Costa Rica y El Salvador a partir de agosto y desde El Salvador cada lunes y jueves. Así lo confirmó el ministro de Obras Públicas y Transportes de Costa Rica Luis Amador, quien aseguró que
Continue ReadingOSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Two people were killed and two others injured Saturday in a midair collision at an airport in Wisconsin. Authorities say a Rotorway 162F helicopter and an ELA Eclipse 10 gyrocopter collided shortly after noon local time at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The aircraft belonged to individuals attending the Experimental Aircraft
Continue ReadingOpinion by Susannah Hills (CNN) — As a practicing physician, my life revolves around caring for my patients, helping them stay healthy, educating them about diseases and picking up on the signs of health concerns that need to be addressed. A few weeks ago, however, it became painfully obvious that I had missed the signs of
Continue Reading By Heather Law and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning, according to a statement
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Clary, CNN Washington (CNN) — Severe thunderstorms caused damage across the Washington, DC, region Saturday, with downed trees and power lines and suspended service on parts of the Metro train system. DC Fire EMS said on its Twitter account it is responding to multiple emergency calls for trees and wires down, and is
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Phoenix Mercury superstar Brittney Griner will not travel with the team on its two-game road trip to focus on her mental health, the team announced on Saturday. “The Mercury fully support Brittney and we will continue to work together on a timeline for her return,” the team said in
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un juez federal en Florida desestimó el viernes una demanda por difamación de US$ 475 millones que presentó el expresidente Donald Trump contra CNN, en la que acusaba a la cadena de difamarlo al usar la frase “la gran mentira” y supuestamente compararlo con Adolf Hitler. El juez de
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A firefighter has been killed while fighting a massive wildfire in northeastern British Columbia, marking the second such fatality in the Canadian province this month and the fourth in Canada during this year’s record fire season. A release from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Saturday the 25-year-old man from
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Frisco, Texas, police chief issued an apology on Friday after a family from Little Rock, Arkansas, who were headed to a basketball tournament in Grapevine, was mistakenly pulled over in a “high-risk stop,” after a Frisco officer ran the car’s plates as being from Arizona, instead of Arkansas,
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man with schizophrenia is back on after an appellate court reversed course Saturday. Johnny Johnson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing 6-year-old Casey Williamson after trying to sexually assault her in 2002.
Continue ReadingBy the Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday appeared to downplay not attending an economic summit in Johannesburg next month amid a controversy over an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court. The Russian leader said he doesn’t think his presence there is “more important than my presence here, in
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Online records show the man known as New York City’s “Preppy Killer” is again out of prison, after spending 15 years in custody on drug and assault charges. Robert Chambers was arrested on those charges about five years after being released from prison in 2003 for killing Jennifer Levin in Central
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