By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Survivors recalled arriving at the Wounded Knee camp three days after the fighting, finding a blizzard had buried the frozen bodies of Lakota men, women, children and infants in snow. They described horrific scenes: mothers still clutching their babies, others shot down as they fled. These were the people
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump is set to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkeys today at 12 p.m. ET, marking 78 years of the quirky White House tradition. The two birds, Gobble and Waddle, apparently spent their young lives training for the big day, getting acclimated to loud sounds, big crowds and bright
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump is set to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkeys today at 12 p.m. ET, marking 78 years of the quirky White House tradition. The two birds, Gobble and Waddle, apparently spent their young lives training for the big day, getting acclimated to loud sounds, big crowds and bright lights.
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By Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A woman who pleaded guilty to the 2014 stabbing of her sixth-grade classmate is back in custody after Wisconsin police say she vanished from a group home where she lived under supervised release Saturday night. Morgan Geyser, 23, was found over 100 miles away approximately 24 hours
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CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first known time in 10,000 years, spewing plumes of thick smoke and ash high into the sky and impacting air travel thousands of miles away in India. The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region in Ethiopia’s northeast roared
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By Natasha Bertrand, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday about a proposed plan for ending the war in Ukraine, with talks to continue Tuesday, a US official told CNN. The meetings, which follow days of intense diplomatic efforts as the US
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A “once in 300 year” storm has battered southern Thailand, bringing floodwaters more than eight feet high that in one city cut off access to a maternity ward holding 30 newborn babies, staff and officials said. At least 19 people across southern Thailand have died,
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first known time in 10,000 years, spewing plumes of thick smoke and ash high into the sky and impacting air travel thousands of miles away in India. The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region in Ethiopia’s northeast roared to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies announced at a news conference Monday they arrested 33 individuals in a “warrant sweep” in Columbia. The Department of Justice says all but one of these arrests were for felony charges. 33 arrests 19 federal indictments 21 felony state warrants 6 residential search warrants In
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who killed two women while driving on Interstate 70 in Columbia in 2024 was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison. Walter Montejo pleaded guilty to lesser charges in connection with the deadly crash in September. As part of the plea, Montejo was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Air Force drone, part of a squadron permanently assigned to South Korea amid simmering military tensions in the region, crashed early Monday off the country’s west coast, according to military and media reports. The MQ-9 Reaper drone, assigned to Kunsan Air Base, “was involved in an incident
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CNN By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 homes were damaged Monday afternoon after tornadoes ripped through Harris County, Texas, Constable Mark Herman said in a Facebook post. No serious injuries or deaths have been reported after the storms, said Brian Murray, spokesperson for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia high school football coach who has been missing since last week is wanted on child pornography possession and other charges related to soliciting a minor, Virginia State Police announced Tuesday. State police said they’d learned Thursday that Travis Turner, 46, was missing while they were
Continue ReadingBy Reuters The Trump administration said on Monday it is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar in the United States, arguing they can safely return to the war-torn Southeast Asian country and citing the military junta’s planned elections as evidence of an improving situation. The move sparked concern for individuals who may be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is accused of embezzling money from nonprofits in Boonville and Columbia is back in jail. Jennifer Waibel, 52, of Boonville, is being held at the Cooper County Jail for a Boone County warrant, according to online jail records. She was booked into the jail at 1:48 p.m. Monday and
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press Seoul, South Korea (AP) — A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that sexually exploited or abused 261 victims, including more than a dozen minors he raped or assaulted, over a four-year period before his arrest in January. The Seoul
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were accused of stealing weed, oil and thousands of dollars from a Columbia home this past weekend, hours after police had conducted a death investigation. David Stroup Jr., 51, and Uneeda Stroup, 48, both of Alaben, Missouri, were charged with second-degree burglary, stealing more than $750 and stealing drugs. They
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CNN By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN. “She had a beautiful smile on her face,” Howard said. “She loved life, she loved people.” Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin said she was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi says he is supporting the City of Columbia’s proposed median ordinance, but hopes to see other safety measures in place. “I really do enjoy working with the mayor and she has been very supportive of the police department. But, we all recognize that there’s more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Public Service Commission unanimously approved a settlement agreement Monday that focuses on protecting Ameren Missouri customers as the state works to grow its energy industry. According to a press release from the PSC, the agreement was signed by Ameren Missouri, staff of the PSC, Evergy Metro, Inc., Evergy, Missouri West,
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