By Alex Marquardt, Helen Regan, Hamdi Alkhshali, Artemis Moshtaghian and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Israel has carried out a military strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, a potentially dangerous escalation in a fast widening Middle East conflict that Iranian government officials have so far sought to play down. Iran’s air defense
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NTSB is still investigating the deadly crash that occurred near Hartsburg on Tuesday. Wade Bates, 58, of Arkansas died in the crash, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Parts of the Piper-PA-46 from the crash in Hartsburg were scattered in multiple directions with some pieces landing in residence’s yard. Pilot
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians are voting in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The first round of voting was held across parts of 21 states on Friday. Modi is seeking a rare third term in office. He
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s response if Israel takes any further military action against it would be “immediate and at a maximum level,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN Thursday, as fears rise of an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. “In case the Israeli regime embarks on adventurism
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — En un antiguo templo-pirámide maya en Guatemala, un grupo de arqueólogos descubrió recientemente los huesos chamuscados de al menos cuatro adultos que probablemente eran miembros de un linaje real. Según una nueva investigación, la quema marcó una profanación deliberada y potencialmente pública de sus restos. Los huesos ofrecen una rara muestra
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — An unfair labor complaint has been filed against the University of Notre Dame for classifying college athletes as “student-athletes.” The complaint was filed Thursday with the National Labor Relations Board by a California-based group calling itself the College Basketball Players Association. It said Notre Dame is engaging in unfair labor
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration says it has sent about 50 Haitians back to their country, marking its first deportation flight in months to the Caribbean nation struggling under surging gang violence. Authorities didn’t offer details of Thursday’s flight beyond how many deported Haitians were aboard.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court has handed setbacks to gun-right defenders and anti-abortion activists in two new rulings. Nevada’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court’s ruling that had sided with a gun manufacturer’s argument the 2021 law regulating firearm parts
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to “overrun” Ukraine, he would then attack a NATO nation, forcing the US to become directly involved. “I have no doubt in my mind having met Vladimir Putin that if Putin were allowed to
Continue Reading CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to “overrun” Ukraine, he would then attack a NATO nation, forcing the US to become directly involved. “I have no doubt in my mind having met Vladimir Putin that if Putin were allowed
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced the creation of two new Indigenous territories, bringing the total number of new reserves created during his term to 10. The Cacique Fontoura reserve will be in Mato Grosso state and the Aldeia Velha territory will be
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Rhea Mogul and Kunal Sehgal, CNN Muzaffarnagar and New Delhi (CNN) — Polls opened Friday in the first and largest phase of India’s marathon election, in which populist Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to secure a rare third consecutive term and deepen his historic transformation of the world’s most populous
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous tribes from 35 countries are criticizing the lack of informed consent for mining on or near their lands. The issue has become more acute with increased demand for minerals, which is part of the energy transition away from fossil fuels. A statement from Indigenous representatives
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Hyundai said on Thursday it paused advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, a day after an ad from the automaker reportedly appeared adjacent to an antisemitic and pro-Hitler post on the social media site. On Wednesday, user Nancy Levine Stearns posted screenshots of a paid Hyundai
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dijo este jueves que su Gobierno buscará garantizar el bienestar del exvicepresidente de Ecuador, Jorge Glas, a quien la policía de ese país arrestó en la Embajada mexicana en Quito a inicios de mes, para abrir una crisis diplomática entre ambas naciones.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court says the state attorney general’s office must pay attorney fees for using last year’s Maui wildfire tragedy to file a petition in “bad faith” that blamed a state court judge for a lack of water for firefighting. The ruling says the state
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The director of a group that advocates for female sports fans says she and other Paris Saint-Germain supporters were subjected to “abusive” searches while entering Barcelona’s stadium for a Champions League match earlier this week. Anoush Morel is the director of Her Game Too France. She told L’Equipe and RMC Sport that
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Mientras el expresidente Donald Trump lanza teorías conspirativas sobre personas infiltradas en el jurado de su juicio penal por pago de dinero por silencio, al juez del caso le está resultando difícil proteger el anonimato de los jurados. Se supone que el anonimato de los jurados como el que se está
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly two months after ex-Mizzou Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois left Columbia for the same job at Arizona, MU Athletics and the UM System Board of Curators said they are ‘slowly narrowing down,’ candidates. On Thursday, the Board of Curators met at Missouri S&T, in part, to discuss the upcoming renovations to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire was reported in a trash can at Shepard Boulevard Elementary in Columbia on Thursday. According to an email sent from Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez, firefighters were called to the school at 11:36 a.m. and the first unit arrived within four minutes. The department did not say what caused
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