By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Friday claimed it had successfully tested an underwater nuclear weapons system earlier this week in response to naval drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan. According to North Korean state media, its military conducted a new test of its
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years, authorities said Thursday – including a higher number of youth and members of the North Korean elite. South Korea’s Unification Ministry recorded 196 defectors
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting that killed 21 people, multiple media have reported. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell told the San Antonio Express-News for a report published Friday that a grand jury has
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Corea del Norte afirmó el viernes que probó un sistema de armamento nuclear submarino en respuesta a los ejercicios navales realizados por Estados Unidos, Corea del Sur y Japón en aguas del extremo sur de la península esta semana, según medios estatales. Los ejercicios navales trilaterales, en los que participaron
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast on Sunday was constructed piece by piece over nearly a decade, one of tens of thousands of home-built aircraft that are part of a high-flying hobby taking off across the country. Federal investigators said
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden continues to urge top lawmakers to approve his $60 billion aid request for Ukraine, a grim realization has settled in for the administration that this is likely the last chance for any new US military funding to flow to the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has won only one 2024 Republican nominating contest. So far. But the ex-president’s political power is growing by the day, propelled by his dominance in national primary polling and the dawning sense that he might be the all-but-inevitable nominee following his resounding win in the Iowa
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A Thai appeal court on Thursday extended a man’s prison sentence to a record 50 years for insulting the monarchy, in what is believed to be the toughest penalty ever imposed under the country’s draconian lese majeste law, according to a legal rights group. Mongkol Thirakhot, 30, an online clothes
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge in Washington, DC, to sentence Peter Navarro to six months in prison for defying a congressional subpoena. Navarro – a former Donald Trump trade adviser – was convicted last year by a jury in Washington on two counts of contempt of Congress
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Damarco Minor’s 17 points helped SIU-Edwardsville defeat Lindenwood 78-59 on Thursday night. Minor added six rebounds for the Cougars (11-8, 4-2 Ohio Valley Conference). Lamar Wright scored 15 points and added eight rebounds and three blocks. Ray’Sean Taylor shot 4 for 11, including 4 for 7
Continue ReadingOpinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — In a Republican presidential nomination contest that one might occasionally mistake for a normal race, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is facing what seems to be her do-or-die moment going into the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. In a Thursday night town hall on CNN she was her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL COLUMBIA COLLEGE (81) HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE (53) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COLUMBIA COLLEGE (76) HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE (30) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL BATTLE (41) ROCK BRIDGE (57) FINAL BOONVILLE (76) BLAIR OAKS (56)
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CNN By Rachel Clarke, Shimon Prokupecz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Aaron Cooper and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Officers had many opportunities as the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was still unfolding to reassess their flawed response to the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the US Justice Department concludes in a damning
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By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — It has been a year since China reopened its borders, but despite loosening its stringent Covid-19 restrictions, foreign travelers have been slow to return to the country with numbers down more than 60% from pre-pandemic levels. China’s border authorities recorded 35.5 million entries and exits by foreign nationals in 2023,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Texas men were charged with the financial exploitation of a 78-year-old Jefferson City man after they allegedly collected thousands of dollars. Brandon Lamar Martin, 37, and Tarus Delynn Prince, 50 – both of Killeen, Texas – were arrested at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday. Warrants were issued for both and $50,000 bonds
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CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley participated in a CNN town hall Thursday in New Hampshire ahead of the state’s upcoming primary. The GOP presidential contender — who came in third behind former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis during Monday’s caucus in Iowa — took questions from New Hampshire
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley participated in a CNN town hall Thursday in New Hampshire ahead of the state’s upcoming primary. The GOP presidential contender — who came in third behind former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis during Monday’s caucus in Iowa — took questions from New Hampshire voters
Continue Reading By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The family members of the six remaining Israeli-American hostages believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas met with several of President Joe Biden’s top national security advisers at the White House on Thursday, more than 100 days since their loved ones were taken captive. Ruby Chen – the father
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than 5,000 electric vehicles were loaded onto a giant shipping carrier in China this week and sent to ports in Europe. The cars come from BYD, the Chinese carmaker that is backed by Warren Buffett and has surpassed Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of
Continue ReadingBy Stef Manchen Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (KJRH) — After serving ten months behind bars, a Tulsa woman is taking the bitter hand life dealt her and channeling her experiences into a way forward. Maria Morris was charged with child neglect after a house fire took the life of her
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