By Jillian Sykes and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters got the upper hand on a grass fire that began Saturday afternoon in San Joaquin County, California, but dangerous heat threatens to worsen the situation in the coming days. The Corral Fire began in the City of Tracy around 2:30 p.m. and had consumed 14,000 acres
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, se reunió con el presidente de Ucrania, Zelensky, al margen del Diálogo Shangri-La en Singapur este domingo. Austin reiteró “el apoyo inquebrantable de Estados Unidos a Ucrania frente a la agresión rusa”, según una lectura del Secretario de Prensa del Pentágono, mayor
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press Voters in at least three South Dakota counties will decide whether ballots in future elections will be counted by hand. It’s a rare step even as others in the U.S. have considered a move to counting by hand in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Throughout the seven-month Israel-Hamas war, Israel has been heavily criticized for alleged wrongdoing by its forces. Israel says it can investigate itself and has launched many probes into the conduct of its soldiers. But in the wake of a deadly strike on a tent
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By Kathleen Magramo and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — North Korea said it was stopping sending trash-filled balloons to South Korea after Seoul reported hundreds more airborne waste deliveries floating across the border. North Korea’s vice-defense minister Kim Kang Il said that the country will “temporarily halt dropping trash over the border,” after claiming to
Continue ReadingBy LISET CRUZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Marchers chanted for the release of hostages in Gaza at a New York City parade for Israel that drew thousands of people under heightened security. Sunday’s parade along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan toned down the usual celebratory atmosphere of the annual event. The parade was the
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press After his historic guilty verdict in his hush money case, Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system, making unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial that echoed remarks from the Kremlin. “If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone,” Trump said Friday, speaking from his
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Dos personas murieron, entre ellas un agente de Policía, tras un tiroteo durante un “disturbio” en el sur de Arizona la madrugada de este sábado. Otro Policía se encontraba entre los otros cuatro heridos durante el incidente. El tiroteo tuvo lugar cerca de las 2 de la madrugada, hora local, cuando
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Early last year, Caroline Ikendi was in distress after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section to remove a stillborn baby and save two others. Doctors said one of the preterm babies had a 2% chance of living. If the babies didn’t get breast milk — which she
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused China of helping Russia to disrupt a Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine. Speaking Sunday at a news conference at the Shangri-La conference in Singapore, Zelenskyy said that China is pressuring other countries and leaders not
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — On one side of the classroom, students circled teacher Maria Fletcher and practiced vowel sounds. In another corner, children read together from a book. Scattered elsewhere, students sat at laptop computers and got reading help from online tutors. For the third graders at Mount Vernon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, June 1, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER HELIAS (1) NOTRE DAME DE SION (3) FINAL MIDWEST PREMIER LEAGUE SANTA FE (3) AFC COLUMBIA (1) FINAL WOMEN’S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE SIDE FC 92 (0) MISSOURI REIGN (1)
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FENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias Girls Soccer might have fell just one win short of clinching its first state championship in program history, but the Crusaders did match the program’s best finish in the MSHSAA State Tournament on Saturday. Jon DeSha’s team lost 3-1 to Notre Dame de Sion in the Class 2 State Title Game
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate died at the Cole County Jail on Saturday, according to Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler. A press release states at approximately 3:41 p.m., Cole County deputies found an inmate unresponsive in their cell. The identity of the inmate was not shared. The release said staff started life-saving measures and
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country’s 200-year history. Sheinbaum, the favored successor of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, vowed to continue on the direction set by the populist leftist leader. But the cool-tempered
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Caen, France (CNN) — At 99 years old, Jack Foy is considered the youngster among his group of friends that fought in World War II. But their advanced age isn’t going to stop them from making the transatlantic journey to honor their fallen comrades on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Removing a long-time defense minister from his post is nothing out of the ordinary. Arresting five of his senior staff, however, is clearly more than just a search for fresh blood — especially in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. After the shock ouster, two weeks ago, of Sergei Shoigu as
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Corea del Sur amenazó con tomar duras medidas contra Corea del Norte por enviar más globos de basura durante el fin de semana, dijo este domingo un funcionario de la oficina presidencial. Hasta la 1:00 p.m. hora local del domingo (12 a.m. ET), se habían descubierto alrededor de 720 globos de
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Panthers advanced to the team’s second consecutive NHL Stanley Cup Final following a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday. The Panthers started scoring early in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final in front of their home fans at the Amerant Bank Arena in
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Taiwan is pursuing independence incrementally and those who support it will “end up in self-destruction,” China’s new defense minister warned Sunday in a wide-ranging speech at a security summit in Singapore where the extent of regional tensions was on stark display. Minister of
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