By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to an office cubicle where he worked a customer service job. Then he started posting random jokes and commentary about pop culture and politics on TikTok. Just over 2.5 million
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight was discovered to be missing an external panel on the aircraft after it landed in Medford, Oregon, Friday afternoon after taking off from San Francisco, California, according to the airline. The plane carrying 145 passengers and crew landed safely and was parked at the gate
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. And nowhere is that more so than in the United States, where parades take place in cities around the
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s her choice — but one on which the hopes of millions of Venezuelans fighting to restore their democracy depends. Barred from running for office, opposition leader María Corina Machado is facing pressure from foreign leaders and fellow government opponents to abandon
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A law that would allow Texas law enforcement to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. is back on hold. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Tuesday issued an order preventing its enforcement, just hours after the Supreme Court allowed the strict new
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of
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Story and audio by Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because while the Irish language uses the same Latin alphabet
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — About 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine and more than 4 million require food aid. Sometimes people are eating only once a day or not at all. Officials are trying to rush food, water and medical supplies to makeshift shelters
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tamin Lipsey grew up in the shadows of Iowa State, always dreaming of playing for the Cyclones, and he has vivid memories of watching his favorite team on television as it captured Big 12 Tournament championships. Two of them under Fred Hoiberg. Two more
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers had probable cause to confiscate the firearms from Robert Card and take him into protective custody before he went on a shooting rampage in northern Maine, but failed to invoke a state law that could have been used to disarm him, according to an independent report
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football fans will get their first glimpse at Eli Drinkwitz’s 2024 team in game action on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers are getting set for the annual Black & Gold Spring Game and are excited to compete against each other for some bragging rights. “The core value in the building is always
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — La epidemia de dengue aumenta en Brasil, donde el número de casos registrados en lo que va de 2024 ya superó el registrado durante todo 2023, de acuerdo con las cifras del Ministerio de Salud del país sudamericano. En las primeras 10 semanas de este año, el Ministerio contabilizó 1.684.781 casos,
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s new ride is a Russian luxury limousine gifted by President Vladimir Putin. Kim’s sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, said Saturday that the car’s unspecified “special function” is perfect and that the limousine symbolizes deepening bilateral ties. In
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Incarnate Word Academy athletic director and head girls basketball coach Dan Rolfes suffered a medical emergency following the team’s semifinal win over Rock Bridge on Friday night, according to a social media post from the school’s athletic department. “IWA Athletics Director and Head Basketball Coach Dan Rolfes suffered a medical emergency while
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Touting bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of the city’s iconic Monument to
Continue Readingmacamilarincon Puerto Príncipe, Haití (CNN) –– En una ciudad silenciada por las pandillas, todos escuchan el ruido de un helicóptero sobrevolando en la noche: una breve señal de que alguien muy afortunado ha podido salir de Puerto Príncipe. CNN pudo aterrizar en la capital de Haití en un helicóptero este viernes, luego de días de
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge Girls Basketball fell just one game short of returning to the MSHSAA Class 6 State Championship, losing to Incarnate Word Academy 65-41 in the semifinal round on Friday evening. The Red Knights have now won 130 straight games, a winning streak that dates back to Feb. 2020. Despite taking the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — L.J. Cryer hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points as top-ranked Houston used a big second half to rout No. 25 Texas Tech 82-59 in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The Cougars will play seventh-ranked Iowa State for the title on Saturday
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Varios “pandilleros” murieron durante una operación policial en un barrio de Puerto Príncipe donde vive y opera el líder Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, anunció este sábado la Policía Nacional de Haití. Las autoridades dijeron que intercambiaron disparos con los hombres de Cherizier en el operativo, que se llevó a cabo el viernes para
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By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Evelio Contreras and Tara John, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — In a city silenced by gangs, everyone notices the thrum of a helicopter beating overhead in the night – a brief sign that someone very lucky has been able to leave Port-au-Prince. CNN was able to land in the
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