By CARLOS MUREITHI, LUCA BRUNO and SARA LEMLEM Associated Press TRENTO, Italy (AP) — An Italian science museum has created a butterfly forest inside a tropical mountain greenhouse in the city of Trento. The forest is modeled on Udzungwa Mountains National Park in south-central Tanzania. The park is one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots. The purpose of the
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Graceland puede permanecer en manos de la familia de Elvis Presley por el momento, después de que un canciller de la corte de Tennessee dictaminara este miércoles que una misteriosa compañía que intentaba venderla probablemente cometió fraude. El canciller JoeDae Jenkins dijo que una venta por ejecución hipotecaria planificada de Graceland,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department’s swift water rescue team held a training at Perry Phillips Lake on Wednesday afternoon. Team members practiced boat operations, victim pick-ups and rope skills. CFD Capt. Tommy Goran said the department hasn’t had any water rescues so far this year, but one way to avoid needing to be rescued is
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Facing a room of Arab American activists from across the country angry at President Joe Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, a well-known adviser to Donald Trump was asked this week what the former president would have done differently had he been in office. Richard Grenell,
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled five of the massive, power-producing towers, including one that burst into flames. But experts say fortunately such incidents are rare. Video of the direct hit on the wind farm near
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man was found guilty on Wednesday of multiple child sex crimes. Joshua Steven Shackley, 45, was found guilty by a Miller County jury of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and one count of second-degree child molestation, according to a press release from the Miller County Prosecutor’s Office. He is
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Alrededor de 1,2 millones de personas emigraron de México entre 2018 y 2023, según la Encuesta de Dinámica Demográfica publicada este miércoles por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Inegi). En relación con el período 2013–2018, representa un aumento de casi 58%, es decir unas 459.000 personas más. De
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A marine who was attending Fort Leonard Wood for specialty school is missing, according to a Facebook post from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. Private First Class Kavian Elder, 19, was last seen on May 3. He is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds, according to the post. “a Marine,
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A five-month-long slumber party. A college dorm. An introvert’s hell. Those are just some of the words residents of Antarctica use to describe life in the world’s coldest, most mysterious continent. In 1959, 12 countries – including Chile, Japan, Australia and the United States – signed the Antarctic Treaty,
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — En el marco de una expansión de tiendas, Walmart anunció este miércoles la inversión de US$ 700 millones en los próximos 5 años en Guatemala. El mensaje se dio en el marco de la colocación de la primera piedra de la tienda El Naranjo en el municipio de Mixco, y
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged in Callaway County on Wednesday after he allegedly broke into a Helitech parking lot on Tuesday and setting fire to a trailer. Josef Wayne Black was charged with knowingly burning or exploding, two counts of first-degree property damage and one count of first-degree trespassing, a
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Ecuador decretó un nuevo estado de excepción en siete provincias y un cantón porque se han agudizado los hechos de violencia perpetrados por el crimen organizado, de acuerdo con una resolución publicada este miércoles. El nuevo decreto de excepción rige en las provincias de Los Ríos,
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By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced his bid to be the next Senate GOP leader on Wednesday, putting him in a three-way secret ballot race that will be decided after the November elections. Scott has been a longtime supporter of former President Donald Trump and has maintained an icy relationship with GOP
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A group representing the families of hostages held in Gaza has released new video footage showing Hamas’ capture of five female Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on Oct. 7. The video shows several of the young soldiers bloody and wounded. In one scene, a militant tells
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ health department has appointed an outspoken anti-abortion OB-GYN to a state committee that reviews pregnancy-related deaths. The appointment of Dr. Ingrid Skop to the Texas Maternal Morality and Morbidity Review Committee last week comes as patients and doctors have been warning that the state’s restrictive abortion ban puts women’s lives
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he will run for Senate Republican leader when Mitch McConnell steps down from the post, becoming the third Republican in the race. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the current No. 2 Republican in the Senate, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the band Train, best known for their early-aughts hits like “Drops of Jupiter” and “Meet Virginia,” has died. He was 58. Colin’s sister Carolyn Stephens confirmed her brother’s death to The Associated Press on Wednesday. He died after slipping and falling in the shower while
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hay ciudades que Ucrania simplemente no puede darse el lujo de perder, y Lyptsi es una de ellas. Pero el control que mantiene la nación es frágil: las calles están en llamas después de un ataque aéreo que se había producido momentos antes, cuando nos dirigimos hacia allí, al amparo de
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By Svitlana Vlasova and Radina Gigova The Russian military opened fire on civilians trying to evacuate the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, killing a woman while she was being pushed in a wheelchair by her husband, Ukrainian prosecutors said Tuesday. Another civilian was also killed during the shooting, which took place on May 15, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said, as intense battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces for control of the border
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, after running a campaign in which he vowed to be tough on crime. One of District Attorney Mike Schmidt’s deputies, Vasquez was endorsed by several police groups.
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