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Columbia city leaders to discuss several items including strategic plan and violence prevention

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia leaders will discuss several topics at Monday night’s City Council meeting, including the city’s strategic plan and updates from the Office of Violence Prevention. The first item on the council’s agenda is the city’s strategic plan. This comes after city leaders voted to keep Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion language in the

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Portland police officers talk to a man near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland Sunday.

A federal judge blocked Trump from sending the National Guard to Oregon — again. Here’s what we know

By Kelly McCleary, Josh Campbell, Danya Gainor, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — We’ve moved to Live Updates for coverage of this developing story. Follow the latest here. For the second time in two days, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon delivered a blow to the president’s effort to send National Guard troops into Portland, temporarily

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The deported activists were greeted by relatives and supporters at the airport in Madrid on October 5

Returning Gaza flotilla activists claim mistreatment in Israeli detention, fear for remaining prisoners

By Catherine Nicholls and Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — An Italian activist who was part of the Gaza aid flotilla and subsequently detained by Israel has described allegations of being mistreated and humiliated while in Israeli custody, with little access to legal assistance. Lorenzo D’Agostino is one of a number of flotilla participants deported by

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Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes over Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport for hours

Story by Associated Press Vilnius, Lithuania (AP) — Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius Airport, delaying flights for hours, authorities said. The balloons interfered with 30 flights, impacting some 6,000 passengers, according to Lithuania’s National

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Trump authorizes National Guard in Chicago as judge temporarily blocks his plan to deploy federal troops in Portland

By Karina Tsui, Michelle Watson, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The ongoing battle between the Trump administration and Democrat-led cities intensified this weekend, with the White House announcing authorization for hundreds of National Guard members to be sent to Chicago and a federal judge in Oregon hitting pause on the president’s plan to deploy federal

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