By Livia Borghese and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Pope Francis is gradually resuming work, is walking, his blood tests are “satisfactory” and “he is continuing the prescribed treatment” following last week’s surgery, according to a spokesperson for the Holy See on Saturday. The 84-year-old pontiff entered surgery in Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Sunday, hours after conducting
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By Aya Elamroussi and Ray Sanchez, CNN The death toll from the Surfside, Florida, condo tower collapse rose to 86 on Saturday as recovery efforts were briefly halted after a lighting strike, officials said. Search teams have been recovering victims more quickly now that a portion of the tower that remained standing was demolished and
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN On Thursday, Zaila Avant-garde became the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But 85 years ago, there was another little Black girl from Ohio who came close. In 1936, MacNolia Cox was a 13-year-old eighth-grader at the Colonial School in Akron, Ohio. She was the first Black
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN A historic neighborhood threatened by plans for a sports arena, a bodega that became a hub for Dominicans in Rhode Island and a park where Mexican American students gathered to call for equitable access to education. Those locations are among the seven Latino heritage sites that preservation scholars say are in
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The Columbia Police Department along with the Crime Scene Investigation team were seen investigating after a shots fired call.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple utility companies are reporting power outages affecting customers in Mid-Missouri. In Audrain County, multiple providers are reporting over 1,368 customers without power. Most reports without power are coming from Ameren in the Mexico area where over 1,300 customers are without power. Boone Electric Cooperative is reporting eight outages affecting 103 customers.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former corrections officer has sued the state of Missouri, alleging she was sexually harassed and subjected to retaliation when she complained about a hostile work environment at Potosi Correctional Center. The lawsuit by Patricia Lawson is the latest in a string of complaints about harassment within Missouri’s prisons that
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F Twitter account reports a 98-year-old man has drowned after falling off a dock at the Lake of the Ozarks residence near the 6-mile marker of the Grand Glaize. Troop F reports Louis Janowski attempted to lean against a dock post and missed
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By Madeline Holcombe and Ray Sanchez, CNN The death toll in the Champlain Towers South collapse now stands at 79, after another victim was recovered Friday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in an evening news conference. Of those, 53 victims have been identified, she said. Currently, 61 people are potentially unaccounted for, the
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The Randolph County prosecutor filed charges Friday morning against a Moberly man in connection with a Thursday night shooting.
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14 more victims have been recovered from Champlain Towers South site, mayor says
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A Hong Kong police officer is in critical condition after being stabbed in the back in what Hong Kong Security Chief Chris Tang called a “lone wolf” attack. The attacker died in hospital after stabbing himself in the chest following the attack. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports.
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger, Lauren Lau and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN They came with white flowers to honor a man accused of attempted murder. His victim was a seemingly random police officer — and for some in Hong Kong, that not only justified the violence, it was cause for commemoration. Over the past week, a steady trail
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Binx, a cat who lived on the ninth floor of the Champlain Towers South, was reunited with his family on Friday after volunteers found him near the site of the collapse, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a news conference. “After 16 long and extremely difficult days, I’m happy
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A strong earthquake hit near Lake Tahoe and could be felt in Northern California and Northern Nevada. Brett Durrant, who was traveling on highway 395 near Coleville, California, captured the effects of the earthquake on camera.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) investigated reports of a large fish kill event just west of Columbia, along Interstate 70 and the Missouri River floodplain. MDC determined receding floodwaters caused the large fish kill of mostly nonnative, invasive silver carp. “As floodwaters receded, many fish did not return to the river,
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Allyn Kilsheimer, the structural engineer hired by the city of Surfside, Florida, to investigate the collapse of Champlain Towers South, took CNN’s Rosa Flores on a tour of sister building Champlain Tours North. Crews pulled samples of concrete for testing to determine whether it was a factor in the south tower’s fall.
Continue Reading By David Shortell and Rosa Flores, CNN With his baseball cap and thick white beard, Allyn Kilsheimer could be mistaken for a retiree if it weren’t for the team of construction workers trailing him and the long metal pole he carried as he surveyed the ground floor outside of the Champlain Towers North building. “Here,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Queen Consort Camilla, wife of King Charles III. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1947 Birth place: London, England Birth name: Camilla Rosemary Shand Father: Major Bruce Shand, retired British Army officer, later a wine merchant Mother: Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of the 3rd Baron of Ashcombe
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the British Open. July 14-17, 2022 – Cameron Smith wins the 150th Open Championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, for his first major title. July 15-18, 2021 – Collin Morikawa wins the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, Kent, England. Originally scheduled
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