By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators on Thursday shared updates on their probe into the cause of the catastrophic 2021 condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, providing key insights into the factors that may have led to the deaths of 98 people under a mountain of rubble. Investigators have identified hundreds of possible points
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The clock is ticking for Donald Trump to pony up roughly half a billion dollars to satisfy two recent courtroom losses. The cash crunch challenges Trump’s long-projected image of a successful businessman with deep pockets and a maverick’s ability to outmaneuver legal and financial troubles. He rode that reputation to the
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, the Chinese foreign minister trumpeted the export of Chinese cars to Russia and Russian natural gas to China. The
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A Columbia man was given a five-year prison sentence Friday for his role in a fight at Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center last June.
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TODAY: Friday will be increasingly cool, as we find ourselves on the north side of passing low pressure. We’ll start in the 50s, and end the day in the 40s around the dinner hour. Spotty showers will continue of and on through the morning, with drier weather expected in the afternoon. Some spotty showers may
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By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Red Bull has suspended the female employee who accused F1 team principal Christian Horner of inappropriate behavior, according to multiple reports. Speaking with reporters in Jeddah ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, Horner said he couldn’t talk about the reported suspension due to “confidentiality restrictions.”
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — It was on her third day of running consecutive ultramarathons in Antarctica that Donna Urquhart felt the full force of the continent’s brutal conditions: violent winds, bitter cold and such poor visibility that she couldn’t even see her feet. Frequently stumbling as she struggled to put one foot in
Continue Reading CNN By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — It was on her third day of running consecutive ultramarathons in Antarctica that Donna Urquhart felt the full force of the continent’s brutal conditions: violent winds, bitter cold and such poor visibility that she couldn’t even see her feet. Frequently stumbling as she struggled to put one foot
Continue ReadingKYIV (AP) — Ukraine’s former military chief has been appointed the country’s new ambassador to the United Kingdom. It comes a month after he was sacked as head of the armed forces by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy announced that he has approved the appointment of Valerii Zaluzhnyi to one of Ukraine’s most important diplomatic positions.
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By Gisella Deputato and Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Rem Koolhaas is always looking for an exit. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect behind the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, and De Rotterdam in his homeland of the Netherlands, is prone to claustrophobia, and won’t risk triggering it with one of his own buildings. This fear has reshaped
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has reported large increases in arrests and cases of phone and internet scams last year, as leaders showcase the ruling Communist Party’s determination to safeguard national security and public order. Top judicial officials presented reports from China’s Supreme People’s Court and from its top prosecutors on
Continue ReadingBy NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children’s agency. In the last eight years, some 30 million people have undergone the procedure, in which external genitalia
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leaders have pledged to achieve an ambitious growth rate this year, while reshaping its economic model to focus on technology innovation. But how Beijing will implement this vision remains unclear, and its resistance to any major stimulus measures to increase income and spur consumption has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address on Thursday night. Did you watch the address? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.N. fact-finding mission says Iran is responsible for the “physical violence” that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the country’s mandatory headscarf laws and its ruling theocracy. The U.N. mission published its findings in the
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. The opening of
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — This version of Joe Biden could beat Donald Trump. At the State of the Union address on Thursday night, the 81-year-old president set out to defuse his biggest liability: deep-seated fears among millions of Americans that he’s too old to serve a second term. There is nothing worse
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular anime who influenced Japanese comics, has died, his studio said Friday. He was 68. Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga series, which started in 1984, has sold millions of copies globally and was adapted into hugely popular
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By Mai Nishiyama, Sophie Jeong and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Akira Toriyama, the Japanese manga artist who created the enormously popular and influential Dragon Ball series, died of a brain condition last week at the age of 68, his production studio said Friday. Toriyama was the mind behind the fantasy martial arts franchise featuring Son
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s government unveiled a new suite of powerful national security laws on Friday that critics and foreign governments warn could deepen the ongoing crackdown in the city and further undermine its reputation as an international business hub. The 212-page draft bill tabled into the city’s opposition-less
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