By Gul Tuysuz and Nadeen Ebrahim CNN (CNN) — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Istanbul on Wednesday leading to scenes of panic in the Turkish metropolis, officials said. The quake occurred in the Sea of Marmara close to Silivri, which lies around 70 kilometers (40 miles) to the west of the city,
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Multiple people, including children, were injured after a car plowed through a crowd outside a school in eastern China on Tuesday, according to a report from a state-controlled broadcaster. The car knocked down pedestrians and students outside the school in the city of Jinhua in the province of Zhejiang
Continue Reading CNN By Caitlin Danaher, Christopher Lamb, Lauren Kent, Antonia Mortensen, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral Saturday, expected to be attended by world leaders including US President
Continue Reading KYW, X, @LAKEWOODSCOOP, CNN, X/@LAKEWOODSCOOP By Taylor Romine, Taylor Ward and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Weather conditions are improving Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle a still-growing wildfire that has burned at least 13,250 acres in southern New Jersey since it ignited on Tuesday, prompting about 5,000 evacuations and briefly shut down part of
Continue Reading By Caitlin Danaher, Christopher Lamb, Lauren Kent, Antonia Mortensen, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, with the sunshine glinting across the bronze canopy that towers over the main altar, thousands of Catholic pilgrims streamed in to glimpse the body of Pope Francis on
Continue Reading By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A picture of Dr. David Walt, a pioneering scientist whose research helped significantly lower the costs of DNA sequencing, greets visitors to Harvard University’s website right next to a large headline: Research Powers Progress. Since Harvard has become embroiled in an ideological battle with the Trump administration, Walt has
Continue Reading By Todd Symons, Rob Picheta and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump slammed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday for his comments that Ukraine wouldn’t recognize Russian control of Crimea, calling the remarks “very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia.” “It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that makes it so difficult to settle
Continue Reading CNN By CNN’s Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann (CNN) — The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian population, the phone call from Pope Francis was a ray of hope that shone through the horrors of war. Every day since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of MU Alerts to students last week did not include a location and an MU spokesperson says a software glitch was to blame. University of Missouri spokesman Christopher Ave wrote in an email on Tuesday that alerts sent on April 12 and 13 failed to include a location of possible
Continue Reading By CNN’s Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann (CNN) — The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian population, the phone call from Pope Francis was a ray of hope that shone through the horrors of war. Every day since the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City crews have been working the past two days to get electricity and fiber up and running at the city landfill, after the recycling facility was destroyed in a storm on Sunday. The City of Columbia declared a disaster on Monday after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported on Tuesday after a fire broke out in the attic of Columbia United Church of Christ. Fire officials at the scene told ABC 17 News that a small fire in the attic was reported after 3 p.m. and was brought under control within 10 minutes. Church office manager
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, Taylor Ward, Mary Gilbert and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old man has been arrested on arson charges in connection with a southern New Jersey wildfire that has scorched more than 15,000 acres, prompted about 5,000 evacuations and briefly shut down part of the Garden State Parkway, officials said. Joseph Kling
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is seeking input from the public on expanding westbound Highway 54 in Jefferson City and reconfiguring its interchange with Airport Road, according to a Tuesday press release. An open-house meeting is set for 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, at the Jefferson City John. G. Christy Municipal Building, located at 320
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia has issued just its second emergency declaration in the last 15 years. The City of Columbia declared a disaster on Monday after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down Sunday in northeast Columbia. Then-city manager John Glascock signed a disaster declaration on March 20, 2020, at the start
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe joined officials from AAA, the Missouri Department of Transportation and Missouri State Highway Patrol at the Capitol on Tuesday to highlight positive impacts from the new hands-free law. The latest data from Cambridge Mobile Telematics says the law has prevented more than 1,000 crashes. It also has reduced distracted driving
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County and the University of Missouri are looking for recycling alternatives after the recent Sunday storm took out Columbia’s recycling facilities. Because the Columbia processing plant is the county’s main facility, Boone County had to suspend operations at its own recycling drop-off sites. “The City’s loss is to a lesser extent
Continue Reading CNN By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Bill Owens, the executive producer for CBS News’ flagship “60 Minutes” program, announced he will resign from the top job on Tuesday, saying he no longer has control over the show. In a memo obtained by CNN, Owens said to “60 Minutes” staff that the last few months
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who pleaded guilty last month to a pair of child sex crimes has been sentenced. Jesus Hernandez, 38, pleaded guilty in Boone County on March 25 to second-degree statutory rape and second-degree statutory sodomy. He is being held at the Boone County Jail on an immigration detainer. He was sentenced on
Continue Reading By Claudia Rebaza (CNN) — On March 13, 2013, Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican: a new pope was elected. As with millions of Catholics in Latin America, he was curious to know who would succeed Pope
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