By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery when Australia’s Parliament made a national apology for what was described as one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the apology Wednesday on the 62nd anniversary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was arrested and charged on Tuesday after allegedly ransacking a convenience store and causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. La Shaunda Angeline Johnson, 31, was charged with first-degree property damage, misdemeanor stealing and first-degree trespassing, a misdemeanor. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. The Mizzou men’s basketball team remained undefeated on the road in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge out in the Steel City, on Tuesday night. The Tigers got past the Pitt Panthers 71-64 to improve to 6-2 to start the year. You can watch the postgame Zoom with head coach Dennis Gates and guard Sean
Continue ReadingOpinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — Picking through the rubble of the 2016 election, journalists not only peered deep into the rural red counties of Trump country and the ragged remains of the Clinton campaign, but also turned inward, toward themselves. There had been so much newsprint acreage devoted to Hillary Clinton’s emails and so many hours devoted
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Overweight and obese adults who took the injected medication Mounjaro lost more weight and were more likely to meet specific weight loss targets than people on a similar competitor, Ozempic, according to a new study of people taking the drugs in the real world. Both Ozempic, or semaglutide, and
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Parece que la secuela de la película “Barbie” no llegará tan pronto, si es que llega a producirse… Aunque su directora Greta Gerwig no lo descarta por completo. “Quiero decir, en este momento estamos en cero”, respondió Gerwig a Entertainment Tonight en la alfombra roja de los Premios Gotham este lunes
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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — French hotelier Michel Chertouh arrived in Hong Kong during an unusual time: it was 2021 and the city was in the thick of pandemic lockdowns. Even the taxi driver picking him up from his quarantine hotel was curious. “Welcome to Hong Kong. What brings you to
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Will it be a picture that reflects the pristine beauty of the natural world, or one that shows the potentially devastating impact of human beings on their surroundings? The choice is yours, as fans of wildlife photography around the world are being urged to vote for the Wildlife
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The “interview phase” for the search for the next Jefferson City park director will take place over the next two or three weeks, according to an email from Chris Leuckel, president of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Leuckel said 44 people have applied for the position. The position became open after former
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Holiday season is in full swing here in Columbia Missouri which means that holiday light displays are starting to pop-up soon. The Bright Lights Holiday Nights light show hosted by Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia is doing their yearly display beginning December 5th-17th from 7-10:30 each night. Each year, long lines of traffic can
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By Kareem Khadder and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — The head of Médecins Sans Frontières said Tuesday that he had been “trapped” with staff inside a hospital in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp amid an ongoing Israeli raid in the densely populated area. Two Palestinians died from their wounds after ambulances could not
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Christmas Tree in front of the White House fell down Tuesday afternoon amid high winter winds. The tree, a 40-foot Norway spruce from West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, had been planted just two weeks ago on the White House Ellipse, an area known as President’s
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Shannen Doherty isn’t letting cancer stop her from living. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star, 52, is set to debut the new iHeartRadio podcast “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty” early next month, which will cover many aspects of her life, both professional and personal. Doherty told People in an
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CNN By Paul R. La Monica and Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Billionaire investor Charlie Munger, the long-time friend and business partner of Warren Buffett, has died. He was 99 years old. Berkshire Hathaway, the investment firm where Munger served as vice chairman, said in a press release that Munger passed “peacefully” on
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — There will be no strike by American Airlines flight attendants around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Federal mediators have rejected a request by the attendants’ union to begin a 30-day countdown toward a strike. The National Mediation Board instead directed the airline and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from the state of California was charged on Tuesday in relation to a Nov. 19 shooting that was reported in Versailles. Stephen Michael Brayley, 39, was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful gun possession. Brayley appeared in court on Monday and pleaded not guilty. He is being
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Washington (CNN) — La esposa del máximo responsable de la inteligencia militar de Ucrania fue hospitalizada por aparente envenenamiento con metales pesados, según funcionarios ucranianos y occidentales. Marianna Budanova es la esposa de Kyrylo Budanov, cuya agencia de inteligencia militar GUR ha estado involucrada profundamente en los esfuerzos de Ucrania para expulsar a
Continue Reading By Chris Lau and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures are one step closer to learning their fate in the city’s largest national security case to date, as prosecutors and lawyers returned to court Wednesday to make closing speeches almost three years since the mass arrests.
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CNN, KWCH-DT, POOL, US COAST GUARD ACADEMY, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, NBC, UNTV By Daniel Strauss, Fredreka Schouten and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — An endorsement by a powerful conservative political advocacy group of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has created an opening for the 2024 candidate to elevate her position as she tries
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Jill Filipovic es periodista con sede en Nueva York y autora del libro “OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind”. Síguela en Twitter. Las opiniones presentadas en este artículo le pertenecen exclusivamente a su autor. (CNN)– Elon Musk está intentando enmendar sus errores, o al menos hacer
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