ATLANTA (AP) — Eleven people on a Delta Air Lines flight were taken to the hospital on Tuesday after the plane hit turbulence while heading to Atlanta, officials said. Flight 175 had left Milan, Italy, and was about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when the crew reported severe turbulence, according
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By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — It’s no secret young South Koreans are increasingly shunning marriage and parenthood – the country’s steeply falling birth rate is clear evidence of that. But a new government report underlines how drastically that trend has accelerated over the past decade, spelling demographic trouble
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a two-run homer with two out in the eighth inning, helping rally the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. Hayes hit his 11th homer of the season 424 feet to left-center to erase a one-run deficit. In
Continue ReadingBy STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Willson Contreras homered twice, pinch-hitter Tommy Edman singled in the deciding run in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 6-5 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Edman slammed the first pitch from Josh Hader (0-2) to
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly’s Jackson Engel and Gage St. Clair are our Week 6 SportsZone Football Friday player of the week winners! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – Moberly will take a road trip to Osage for week two of the high school football season. Kickoff is at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Hurricane Idalia looms over Florida, American Red Cross responders from across the state are answering the call to help. Ten Red Cross responders from Missouri will assist in the response to Hurricane Idalia. John Mathews, of Mexico, Missouri, is one of those volunteers, and the only one from Central Missouri. The
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian officials have criticized Pope Francis’ recent address to Russian youth, calling his remarks “imperialist propaganda.” The pontiff made a video address to the 10th All-Russian Catholic Youth Assembly in St. Petersburg on Friday, during which he urged them to view themselves as descendants of the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians will vote on Oct. 14 in a referendum that would enshrine in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that effect their lives known as the Voice. Proponents say embedding the Voice in the constitution would recognize the special
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new COVID-19 could be made available soon. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet Tuesday, Sept. 12 and is expected to vote on recommendations for a monovalent vaccine. Dr. Laura Morris — MU Health Care physician — said Missouri is seeing a late summer uptick in COVID-19 cases, but the number
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los abogados del expresidente Donald Trump han sugerido que intentarán implementar varias maniobras legales para entorpecer el caso federal de interferencia electoral que presentó en su contra el fiscal especial Jack Smith. La posibilidad de que estas maniobras retrasen los plazos rápidos que fijó la jueza de distrito Tanya Chutkan para
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine sent waves of drones deep into western Russia in more than four hours of nighttime attacks that struck military assets, Russian officials and media reports said Wednesday. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians will vote on Oct. 14 on a proposed law to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the nation’s first referendum in a generation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced the referendum date, triggering six weeks of intensifying campaigning by both sides of
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia has set the date for its first referendum in 24 years as polls suggest the government is on course for failure unless it can reverse declining support. On October 14, more than 17 million registered voters across the country will vote on whether to change the
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The two men found dead earlier this month in wildfires around Spokane, Washington, have been identified. The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a news release that 86-year-old Carl Grub died Aug. 18 near an intersection in Medical Lake west of Spokane in the area of the Gray fire. His
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Preston Mutanga has found fame as a teen wunderkind whose creativity resulted in the ultimate gig. While other teens were crowding into movie theaters to watch this summer’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” the 14-year-old was reveling in the fact that he got to work on the movie’s animation,
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has an open investigation into Ashland’s police chief, according to a patrol spokesman. Patrol Sgt. Darrin Haslag told ABC 17 News on Tuesday that the Division of Drug and Crime Control had an active investigation involving Chief Gabe Edwards. Haslag did not say what the nature
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — ESPN’s lead tennis analyst John McEnroe said he tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 and will miss some time covering the US Open tennis championships. “Unfortunately, after feeling a bit under the weather, I tested positive for Covid,” McEnroe said in a statement Tuesday. “I’m watching the
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — The cast of “Breaking Bad” has reunited to call upon Hollywood studios to resume negotiations with striking screen actors. “We want you to come back to the table with us,” Bryan Cranston said in a plea to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Menos de un año después de que el huracán Ian devastara la costa oeste de Florida, los residentes de Pine Island siguen reconstruyendo sus casas, mientras esperan la llegada del siguiente ciclón. El huracán Idalia continúa fortaleciéndose y sus efectos ya empiezan a golpear Florida, donde se pronostica que partes de
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Crews in Hawaii have all but finished searching for victims of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, authorities said Tuesday, and it is unclear how many people perished. Three weeks after the fire devastated Maui’s historic seaside community of Lahaina, the count of the
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