By Issy Ronald and Camille Knight, CNN (CNN) — More than 150 migrants were rescued in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a boat caught fire in the English Channel in an attempt to travel from France to Britain. The boat’s engine caught fire and its “condition deteriorated very rapidly,” forcing French and British
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By Billy Stockwell and Camille Knight, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of World War II shells and munitions have been discovered in the French village of Le Porge, as residents return to the ravaged community in the wake of last month’s blazes, according to local authorities. Explosions were heard near the village in France’s Gironde region
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CNN, KREM, NEARMAP, SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, STASIA HAZELWOOD, FACEBOOK , SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, KHQ, KING, Facebook / Spokane Valley Fire Department By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected of arson in one of three wildfires tearing through eastern Washington state was formally charged Tuesday,
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected of arson in one of three wildfires tearing through eastern Washington state was formally charged Tuesday, as firefighters race to contain flames before they obliterate more homes. Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, appeared in Spokane County Superior Court via video
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Primary Election Day is here — often one of the slower elections in terms of turnout. But not this year. Boone County’s clerk is predicting 40% turnout for the August primary, driven in large part by a public safety sales tax vote in Columbia. But statewide Constitutional amendments are also likely to drive large numbers
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WEAR, ERIC JORDAN, CNN By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane on a training flight that made an emergency landing on a Florida interstate Monday morning, narrowly missing highway signs and vehicles. The single engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee was preparing to land at Pensacola International Airport just
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By Alex Stambaugh, Lauren Mascarenhas, Maria Santana, CNN (CNN) — A Salvadoran man being held at a controversial immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died, federal officials said Monday, marking the latest death of an immigrant in ICE custody. Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a migrant detained at the Delaney Hall detention center, was pronounced dead
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By Rocio Munoz, Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The United States sent back more than 100 Venezuelans on a repatriation flight on Monday, the first time since deadly earthquakes ravaged the South American nation in late June. The Trump administration had been deporting hundreds of Venezuelans per week prior to June, but its deportation drive
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Editor’s note: How a 2020 Freightliner truck and a 2010 Harley Davison Street Glide were involved in a fatal crash has been corrected MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people have died in two separate crashes in the same area of Interstate 70 on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed. The first crash occurred at
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By Yumi Asada, Jessie Yeung, Briana Waxman, CNN (CNN) — Three lions at a Tokyo zoo died within a week of suspected heat stress, as extreme temperatures sweep across Japan and other parts of East Asia. The Tama Zoological Park, located in Hino city in the greater Tokyo metropolis, closed its lion exhibit in late
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia residents will see higher utility bills beginning Oct. 1 after the Columbia City Council approved increases to electric, water and trash rates Monday night, while delaying a decision on proposed parking rate changes. The council approved a roughly 6% increase to electric utility rates in a 4-2 vote. Council members Valerie
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A major addition to Columbia Public Schools will officially be welcomed Monday afternoon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Eagle Bluffs Elementary School. The district’s newest elementary school is located on 5400 S. Sinclair Road next to John Warner Elementary School. The new two-story, $36 million facility spans 76,5000 square feet
Continue Reading By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane on a training flight that made an emergency landing on a Florida interstate Monday morning, narrowly missing highway signs and vehicles. The single engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee was preparing to land at Pensacola International Airport just before 11 a.m., when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parking rates in Jefferson City will change during the course of four years after the Jefferson City Council approved changes during its meeting on Monday night. The council approved the measure with a 7-2 vote. Among several of the changes made was adding Juneteenth as a day for holiday parking exemptions. Parking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The judge in an appeals case wrote in a Friday decision that a decades-old murder case that has been reinstated may proceed as scheduled. William “Chris” Niemet, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree murder in a 1991 death of his classmate in Russellville. Judge Emily Fretwell had dismissed his charge last month,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Leaders from Boone Health and Boone County Fire Protection District said Monday that a new ambulance station in south Columbia could cut down response times by several minutes. Boone Health held a dedication ceremony and open house for Ambulance Station No. 12, located on Route K near South Bethel Church Road, on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The lawsuit Boone Health filed against the Missouri Heart Center was formally dismissed on Wednesday. Court filings show Boone Health filed to dismiss the case on July 24 without prejudice. Boone Health announced the split with Missouri Heart Center at the end of March and subsequently filed a lawsuit alleging breaches of contract, misuse of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump has given his nod of approval to a candidate in the District 5 U.S. House Republican primary. Trump on Monday gave an endorsement of state Sen. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) on his social media site Truth Social. “Rick Brattin has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Representative
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By Koko Nakajima, Renée Rigdon, Sam Hart, Matt Stiles, Alex Leeds Matthews, Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa, Sara Smart, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — The American West is battling a persistent wildfire season, with the Pacific Northwest bearing the brunt as dozens of massive blazes rage in Oregon and Washington, forcing residents from their homes and shutting down
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shooting took place at the Interstate 70/Highway 63 Connector and Conley Road on Sunday, and the Columbia Police Department is still looking for the shooter. CPD is still looking to identify the suspect involved and is asking anyone with information to contact them for a reward. A CPD spokesperson declined to
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