By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — A gas truck explosion that generated a “shock wave” in Mexico City on Wednesday killed at least six people and left 90 injured, according to the city’s government. Those who were injured were taken to hospitals in the city, many in a a serious condition, Mexico City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Douglas Barnes, a Moberly man who died in a crash on July 15, has reached a settlement in a wrongful death case. Barnes’ family reached a $100,000 settlement with Dora Marie Jones. A petition to approve the settlement was filed on Wednesday in Randolph County. Previous reporting indicates a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A flurry of reactions occurred in social media and other places after the death of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk was announced. Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA – which is a political group aimed at promoting conservative causes on college campuses – was shot to death Wednesday while speaking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A porch that caught fire Tuesday night in the 7400 block of Oakley Drive in southwest Columbia was caused by “improperly discarded smoking materials,” according to a Wednesday press release from the Columbia Fire Department. “While the Columbia Fire Department reminds residents to utilize extreme caution when approaching hazards such as this,
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Three female student athletes sued their Southern California school district and state Department of Education, claiming they suffered sex discrimination under Title IX and civil rights violations when the defendants allowed a transgender athlete to compete on their high school track and volleyball teams. The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) will be pausing all public events, including town halls, after Wednesday’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk, a controversial figure and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed during an event Wednesday at a Utah college. Alford – who represents Missouri’s fourth district
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Tesla CEO Elon Musk just lost his title as the “world’s richest person.” The new No. 1? An AI tech star. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Shedding jobs President Donald Trump promised tariffs would revive
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Tesla CEO Elon Musk just lost his title as the “world’s richest person.” The new No. 1? An AI tech star. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Shedding jobs President Donald Trump promised tariffs would revive American
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By Max Saltman, Caitlin Danaher, Mitchell McCluskey, Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Qatar’s prime minister excoriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an exclusive interview with CNN on Wednesday, calling Israel’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Doha “barbaric.” “We were thinking that we are dealing with civilized people,” Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin
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By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter says. The extent of Kirk’s injuries were not immediately clear. Kirk is one of the most prominent pro-Trump activists and conservative media personalities in the United States. He has garnered
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, has died after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. He was 31. As Trump remade the Republican Party, Kirk embodied the party’s newfound populist conservatism
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery County man was charged with four felonies after he allegedly told investigators he had been viewing child pornography for 25 years. Matthew Thomson, of High Hill, was charged with three counts of promoting child pornography and a lone count of child porn possession. A warrant has been served and an
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The suspected shooter who critically wounded two students at Evergreen High School in Colorado during their third week of classes this semester appeared to have been “radicalized by some extreme network,” officials said Thursday. The suspect, a student at the school, took the school bus that morning and brought
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By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke of Sussex reunited with his father, King Charles III, for their first face-to-face meeting in 19 months on Wednesday, triggering speculation the royal family’s long-running rift might soon come to an end. CNN understands that the King had a private tea at the royal
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By Saskya Vandoorne, Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — Nationwide unrest broke out across France on Wednesday as protesters blocked roads, set fires and clashed with police, who responded with tear gas, as anger grows against the country’s political class. The interior ministry said 473 people had been detained, with 80,000 police deployed nationwide, including
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By Karina Tsui, Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, Jennifer Hansler, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — A flight carrying hundreds of South Korean workers who were detained by US immigration authorities in Georgia last week departed late Thursday morning, according to CNN Correspondent Gustavo Valdes, who witnessed the plane take off at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport in Atlanta.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN The US government is selling a mega yacht that was seized on the shores of Fiji. It can be yours for just $100 million … if you can undock it from legal limbo Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The US government is selling a mega yacht that was seized on the shores of Fiji. It can be yours for just $100 million … if you can undock it from legal limbo Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.
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By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — What began as a Gen Z-led social media movement against the lavish lifestyles of “Nepo Kids” led to the ousting of a prime minister and the deadliest social unrest Nepal has seen in years. Now comes the complicated question of what happens next. Plumes of dark smoke towered above
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By Holly Yan, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the grisly slaying of a young woman on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train now faces a federal charge in a case that has turned into a political lightning rod in the country where she had come to seek safety. Iryna Zarutska fled
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