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Local commission urges Columbia to opt out of 23-hour alcohol sales during 2026 World Cup

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A local substance use prevention group is asking the City of Columbia to reject extended alcohol service hours during next year’s FIFA World Cup. The City’s Substance Use Prevention Advisory Commission warns that nearly 24-hour alcohol sales could strain service industry workers and first responders, while also posing risks to public safety.

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Australia’s gun laws were already among the world’s toughest. The Bondi massacre could spark even tighter controls

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed. Restrictions were tightened almost 30 years ago after a lone gunman armed with semiautomatic

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence

By Jessie Yeung, Kristie Lu Stout, Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule. Self-made billionaire Lai,

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