By Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Near Orikhiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Pixelated in the thermal drone imagery, the quad bike races down a dirt track, its destination unclear. It swerves and is hit by a grenade, dropped from a Ukrainian drone. Russian soldiers appear to stagger away from it, one rolling. The imagery, supplied
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By Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — American administration and intelligence officials are concerned that Israel is planning a ground incursion into Lebanon that could be launched in the late spring or early summer if diplomatic efforts fail to push Hezbollah back from the northern border with Israel, senior administrations officials and officials familiar with the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, Priscilla Alvarez and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Two presidents will visit the southern US border Thursday, highlighting the centrality of migrant surges to November’s election in a spectacle that will explain why America’s polarized politics has for decades failed to fix a broken immigration system. Joe Biden and his predecessor
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has renewed his apology and vowed to hold no more fundraising events himself during his leadership as he appeared at a political ethics committee at Parliament in a bid to showcase his leadership. Kishida is struggling to survive his governing party’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Columbia officials are planning a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, to look into a violence prevention program that could be implemented in Columbia. Assistant City Manager Matt Unrein told ABC 17 News on Tuesday night that he plans to focus on public safety in his role. As part of this, Unrein said
Continue ReadingTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Authorities in Honduras say two buses collided head-on in a village in the Central American country’s west, and 17 people were killed and 14 were injured, four of them seriously. Officials say witnesses in La Montañita reported the two buses were traveling at a moderate speed when the accident happened Wednesday.
Continue ReadingDEMING, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a missing teen with autism has been found in New Mexico — about 200 miles away from his home in southern Arizona. The 13-year-old turned up at a Walmart in Deming on Tuesday after going missing the night before from his family’s home in Tucson. In hopes of identifying
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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Montgomery County firefighters pulled an injured person from a truck that crashed on Interstate 70 on Wednesday. According to the online crash report, the crash occurred at 5:45 p.m. the trailer Benjamin Albin, 43, of Ashland was pulling with his 2015 Chevrolet Silverado jackknifed and hit his truck. Troopers said this
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Led by Jordan King’s 27 points, the Richmond Spiders defeated the Saint Louis Billikens 80-64 on Wednesday night. The Spiders are now 21-7 with the victory and the Billikens fell to 10-18.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has another career record on her astounding resume: the most points by any major college women’s player to ever take the court. For Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder and her peers, this one matters the most. Iowa’s superstar guard scored 33 points to lead the
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding across the vast, ecologically important site. Aerial surveys conducted last weekend by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors in a trial over the fatal movie-set shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin have heard in courtroom testimony that a manager increased oversight of firearm safety but was only partially aware of misfires in the days leading up to it. The testimony by
Continue ReadingBy BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders say embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to hold general elections by mid-2025 as the international community pushes to raise money for a foreign armed force to fight gang violence in the Caribbean country. Members of a regional trade bloc known as
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NORMAL, Ill. — Johnny Kinziger scored 20 points and hit a buzzer-beating jumper to lift Illinois State over Missouri State 75-74. The Redbirds are now 15-15 on the season, while the Bears fell to 15-15.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Un punto para la hija de Drew Barrymore. Durante un reciente episodio de su programa de entrevistas, Barrymore y la cantante Christina Aguilera hablaron sobre la comunicación con sus hijos pequeños. Aguilera dijo que si bien es muy abierta con sus hijos, trata de encontrar estrategias apropiadas para su edad
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CNN By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down as GOP leader in November, the Kentucky Republican announced on the Senate floor Wednesday, marking the end of an era on Capitol Hill and setting up a high-stakes race for his successor. He will continue to serve
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball’s program record losing skid has swelled to 15 straight losses after the Tigers dropped a road contest at No. 24 Florida 83-74 on Wednesday night. Dennis Gates’ crew has just three regular season games remaining as Mizzou continues its hunt for its first SEC win of the season. You
Continue Reading Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Donald Trump’s claim that he should be shielded from criminal prosecution keeps the justices at the center of election-year controversy for several more months and means any verdict on Trump’s alleged subversion of the 2020 vote will not come
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By Lilit Marcus and Saki Toi, CNN (CNN) — Geisha and maiko (teenage apprentices training to become geisha) are women who perform Japanese traditional arts such as singing, dancing and playing instruments to entertain customers while they dine and drink. Many of them work and reside in Gion, an elegant and historic quarter of Kyoto,
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press CHENGDU, China (AP) — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the science fiction world was Chengdu, China. Fans traveled from around the world as Worldcon, sci-fi’s biggest annual event, was held in China for the first time. But three months later, much of that goodwill turned
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