By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a waiting car, half-dragging him as she shields his eyes. Other family members follow with heavy suitcases, averting their eyes too. They’re leaving the city, even though the drive through gang-controlled roads is
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses. County supervisors this week advanced a proposal to try and fix the problem. Officials say the LA County Sheriff’s Department currently has only 23 operable buses
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Leah Thomeer, CNN (CNN) — No charges will be filed the death of Nex Benedict, a non-binary Oklahoma 10th grader who died last month by suicide following a fight at school the day before, according to a news release from the Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler. The district attorney’s office reviewed reports
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off Indonesia’s west coast is a reminder of the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. Desperate survivors were pulled to safety from their capsized boat
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) –– El exfutbolista brasileño Robson de Souza, también conocido como Robinho, fue arrestado en la ciudad de Santos, en el estado de Sao Paulo, por la Policía Federal este jueves, dijo su abogado a CNN Brasil, afiliada de CNN, mientras se veían autos de policía saliendo de su residencia en Santos.
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Nestled among the lush rolling terrain of the Philippines’ famed Chocolate Hills, the Captain’s Peak Garden and Resort offered travelers scenery that few hotels could compete with. But now the resort has been temporarily shuttered after public outcry over what one legislator has called a “blatant abuse of our natural resources,”
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. Moore, best known as a short-story writer, won the fiction prize for her novel, “I
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Paul Rudd has described himself in a new interview as somebody who lives his life “like someone’s grandfather,” but he does find ways to keep things young and fresh, including listening to the music of pop superstar Taylor Swift. In an interview with MTV posted to YouTube on Thursday,
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Francisco Sebastián Barreiro Abad, hijo de la vicepresidenta de Ecuador, Verónica Abad, fue detenido por autoridades ecuatorianas este jueves y acusado de tráfico de influencias, informó la Fiscalía de ese país. El parentesco del detenido con la vicepresidenta fue confirmado a CNN por una fuente de la Fiscalía. Barreiro
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, March 21, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL JOPLIN (3) HICKMAN (11) FINAL WAYNESVILLE (0) CAPITAL CITY (13) FINAL/5 NORTH CALLAWAY (14) HALLSVILLE (4) FINAL/5 FULTON (2) FATIMA (1) FINAL NORTH SHELBY (2) SALISBURY (9) FINAL COLE CAMP
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the City of Columbia looks toward creating an Office of Violence Prevention, a city spokesperson said the City Manager’s Office has met with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to help determine how to move forward. The NICJF works to reduce incarceration and violence in communities through research, consulting, advocacy,
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been asked to testify in court July 2 in the trial of two men who are accused of making deepfake pornographic images using her face and posting them online. Meloni, who is listed as an injured party in the trial in Sassari in Sardinia, is seeking 100,000
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La muerte de la activista e “influencer” mexicana Elena Larrea ha acaparado la atención de los medios nacionales y generado pesar y desconcierto en sus seguidores en las redes sociales, luego de que el equipo de Cuacolandia, santuario para animales que fundó en Puebla, informó el martes que falleció
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CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The original “Road House” has long been the guiltiest of pleasures, a movie that seems to be in a perpetual loop on cable, with Patrick Swayze as the philosopher-bouncer immortalizing lines like “Pain don’t hurt.” A 35-years-later update brings some of that allure to Amazon, with Jake
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo en un comunicado este jueves que la situación en la frontera “está controlada” después de que un gran grupo de inmigrantes atravesara las barreras de alambre de la Guardia Nacional de Texas, en El Paso. La agencia añadió
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with attempting to sexually assault two people on two separate days. Jimmie Sanders, 60, was charged with first-degree attempted rape and first-degree attempted child molestation. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Thursday he won’t run in the Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges, but he left open the possibility that he would reenter the race as an independent later this year if he is exonerated at a
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Ante la alta demanda, la Embajada de Estados Unidos en México lleva a cabo un programa que permitirá a ciertos solicitantes adelantar su cita para tramitar la visa estadounidense. “Los solicitantes que tengan citas para visa de visitante programadas para 2025 o fecha posterior y hayan pagado su tarifa en
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The joint fundraising agreement that Donald Trump has inked with the Republican National Committee and state parties first sends donors’ money to his campaign committee and then to the leadership PAC that pays his legal bills before the national party gets its share, an invitation to an upcoming fundraiser
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