COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri tested its emergency communication system on Monday. It was one of multiple tests the University holds throughout the year to look at various systems put in place to keep the campus safe. The Monday test looked at the system that sends out text and email alerts as well
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By Jimena de la Quintana, CNN (CNN) — Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison on Wednesday ahead of the completion of his sentence for authorizing the operation of a death squad in his country, according to court documents and images of the ailing ex-leader outside a Lima prison. The Constitutional Court of
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was charged on Wednesday after allegedly stabbing a woman on Tuesday. Cameron Rogers, 20, was charged with first-degree domestic violence, armed criminal action, resisting arrest, unlawful use of a weapon and two misdemeanors – fourth-degree assault and second-degree property damage. He is being held in the Morgan County Jail
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US military is grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys, a week after an Air Force CV-22 crashed off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, resulting in the deaths of all eight airmen aboard the aircraft. Air Force Special Operations Command said in a release Wednesday evening that
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Kirkland and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — The name of a seventh Memphis police officer who was fired shortly after the fatal January beating of Tyre Nichols is revealed in a March document collected by a state law enforcement training and certifying commission, CNN learned this week. The officer, Adrian Blakes, was fired
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: El siguiente reportaje incluye contenido explícito. Se recomienda la discreción del público. (CNN) — Simchat Greyman tuvo que parar varias veces al describir las pruebas de violencia sexual que vio al recuperar los cadáveres de las víctimas del ataque terrorista de Hamas contra Israel del 7 de octubre. Uno de
Continue ReadingMAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Former NFL Player Sergio Brown pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of first-degree murder and concealing a homicide in the September death of his mother. The body of 73-year-old Myrtle Brown was discovered Sept. 16 near a creek in Maywood, about 12 miles west of Chicago. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s
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Water rescues have taken place in Washington and Oregon as heavy bands of rainfall the last several days have piled on in the Pacific Northwest. Two people have died as a result of this flooding caused by an atmospheric occurrence known as a Pineapple Express. This occurrence happens when a long narrow band of water
Continue ReadingWALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a driver in a suburb of Boston crashed into at least two individuals and a police officer before stealing a police car, fleeing the scene and then crashing the cruiser. Police say they arrested the suspect after a foot pursuit. Officials have not released the name of
Continue Reading By CNN staff (CNN) — An investigation by Amnesty International alleges that a US-made weapons guidance system was used in two Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in October in which 43 civilians are said to have been killed. Fragments of the US-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions guidance system were found in the rubble of destroyed homes
Continue ReadingBy MARDI ROSA TANJUNG Associated Press BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — The search has ended for any more victims among climbers who were caught by a weekend eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 people and injured several others, officials said Thursday. About 75 climbers started up the nearly 2,900-meter (9,480-foot) mountain in
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CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Israel is taking some “important steps” to better protect civilians during its offensive in southern Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on CNN’s “King Charles” Wednesday. In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with Charles Barkley and Gayle King, the top US diplomat suggested Israeli forces are heeding his call
Continue Reading By Annette Choi, Molly English, Ethan Cohen and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — We tracked how long each candidate talked at the fourth Republican primary presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Former President Donald Trump once again didn’t participate in Wednesday evening’s event, while he remains the frontrunner in the GOP field ahead of the other candidates. Read
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CNN By Osmary Hernández, Fernando Almánzar and Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s president ordered the creation of a new state called “Guayana Esequiba” on Tuesday, following a controversial Sunday referendum which saw Venezuelan voters approving the annexation of land from neighboring Guyana. The area in question, the densely forested and oil-rich Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El expresidente Alberto Fujimori, de 85 años, salió este miércoles de prisión, luego de que el Tribunal Constitucional de Perú ordenara su libertad inmediata un día antes. Su salida de prisión ocurre debido a que la sentencia del alto tribunal ratifica a un fallo anterior de la misma corte, emitido en
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer President Joe Biden is pushing for the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to be able to play under its own flag when the sport returns to the Olympics in 2028. Biden’s position, being announced at the White House Tribal Nations Summit, is a request for the International Olympic Committee
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland jury has acquitted a police officer who had been charged with murder after shooting a handcuffed man. The jury acquitted Michael Owen Jr. on Wednesday of all four charges he faced, including second-degree murder, first-degree assault, voluntary manslaughter and misconduct in office. It took the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Solid Waste will hold an open-house style meeting next week about potential requirements on roll cart storage, according to a Wednesday press release. The release states that the city is looking for public input on roll cart storage at residences between collection days. The meeting is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Thursday,
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Israel is taking some “important steps” to better protect civilians during its offensive in southern Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on CNN’s “King Charles” Wednesday. In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with Charles Barkley and Gayle King, the top US diplomat suggested Israeli forces are heeding his call to
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen in public that the 23-year-old Black man had “excited delirium,” a disputed condition critics say is unscientific and rooted in racism. McClain died after being stopped by police
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