By Dana O’Neil, CNN Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — The first time Rich Ruohonen tried to make the US Olympic curling team, his current teammates weren’t born. They weren’t around when he made his second go at it, either – or the third for that matter. Ruohonen is 54, twice the age of his oldest
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 24-year-old Columbia man arrested this week in Boone County is wanted for meeting a 13-year-old girl at an Illinois hotel for sex. Clayton Newlon, 24, was charged Wednesday in Boone County with being a fugitive from out of state. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Deputy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 75-year-old woman was pronounced dead at University Hospital on Wednesday after a crash on Highway 63 in Randolph County. The woman, from Jacksonville, was driving a 2002 Buick LeSabre when she traveled into the path of a 2022 GMC Yukon at Highway 63 and Route K in Cairo a little before
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By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — Switzerland is to hold a landmark vote on a right-wing party’s proposal to restrict the nation’s population to 10 million, amid divisions over immigration. The proposal, put forward by the country’s largest political grouping the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), would require the government to act before the population –
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Only one image was released from Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Wednesday: a handshake in the Oval Office, distributed by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. Beyond that single frame, there were no reporters, no statements, no spontaneous gaggle with shouted questions. The discretion added intrigue to what was
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By Lex Harvey, Sandi Sidhu, Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in Canada’s Tumbler Ridge mass shooting posted about guns and hunting on her YouTube channel and appeared to have written about her struggles with mental health online, according to social media posts. Canadian police named 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as the shooter who
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN One mindful step at a time, a group of monks completed a 2,300-mile walk on Wednesday in the hope of spreading peace across the US and beyond. Hundreds of people gathered on the National Mall for the concluding ceremony, marking the end of their extraordinary trek from Texas to Washington,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN One mindful step at a time, a group of monks completed a 2,300-mile walk on Wednesday in the hope of spreading peace across the US and beyond. Hundreds of people gathered on the National Mall for the concluding ceremony, marking the end of their extraordinary trek from Texas to Washington, DC.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Planning and Zoning Commission is set to meet Thursday evening to go over plans for potential developments in the city. The P&Z Commission will meet at City Hall at 5:15 p.m. to go over four different requests for builds. According to the meeting agenda, Lifehouse Church is looking
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, has sparked widespread outrage for claiming the United Kingdom has been “colonized by immigrants,” with club supporters condemning his language as dangerous and divisive and the prime minister demanding an apology. Ratcliffe, who founded petrochemical company Ineos and is one of
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — This Valentine’s Day, your bouquet will likely travel thousands of miles in a jetliner’s cargo and refrigerated truck before it gets to your local florist and ultimately, your sweetheart. In the United States, most fresh cut flowers come from Colombia and Ecuador. Roses, chrysanthemums, and carnations are the
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CTV NETWORK, FILE, CNN By Lex Harvey, Max Saltman, Caitlin Danaher, Hira Humayun, Billy Stockwell, Christian Edwards, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The tiny Canadian mountain town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, suffered one of the country’s worst school shootings in recent history on Tuesday, when an 18-year-old woman killed at least eight people and
Continue ReadingPor Holmes Lybrand, CNN La continua dificultad del Departamento de Justicia con las ediciones por protección en los archivos publicados relacionados con Jeffrey Epstein siguió este miércoles, cuando se descubrió que el rostro de un empleado encubierto del FBI quedó visible en un video. El departamento solicitó a CNN que hiciera irreconocible el rostro de
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CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Lindsey Vonn said she has undergone a third surgery since the devastating crash that ended her Winter Olympics dream in Milan last Sunday, writing on Instagram that her definition of success looks a little different now. “I had my 3rd surgery today and it was successful,” the 41-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Trista Kurniawan (CNN) — Indonesia is embarking on a plan to make toll roads across the country into emergency runways for its fighter jets, giving it the equivalent of multiple aircraft carriers across the vast archipelago. The chief of staff of the Indonesian air forces, Marshal Tonny Harjono, said Wednesday that he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some of Columbia’s top leaders are looking into the possibility of implementing safety ambassadors in the downtown area. According to records ABC 17 News obtained from the city, the idea was discussed during one of the meetings between city and University of Missouri leaders. The city began having the closed-door meetings after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Howard County Sheriff’s Office has canceled an Endangered Silver Advisory after a missing man was found safe. The initial advisory said Douglas Wayne Witmer, 73, left a job site at 403 Reynolds St. in Fayette around 3 p.m. Wednesday. The updated advisory saying Witmer was found safe was sent at 8:16
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri students are noticing new, bright-and-yellow signs popping up across campus and on high-traffic streets that are bringing attention to the school’s license-plate reading cameras. The signs feature an image of a security camera and “High-Resolution License Plate Recognition In Use.” An ABC 17 News reporter found several signs and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe has promised $7.5 million to pay for students to attend classes outside their school districts, if the state legislature can pass an open enrollment bill. “Again, open enrollment is not about weakening public education, it’s about strengthening it,” Kehoe said in his State of the State Address in January.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It only took 10 seconds for a perfect summer day in Chariton County to turn into a tragedy. It was just before 1 p.m. on June 27, 2022, when a dump truck hauling materials to a nearby site was crossing the railroad tracks at Porche Prairie Avenue near Mendon when it was
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