By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain has been found dead in a Tennessee river. Police say no foul play is suspected. Metro Nashville police officials confirmed on Friday that Strain’s body had been recovered from the Cumberland River about 8 miles west of downtown. Police
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Lauren Mascarenhas and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The body of a University of Missouri student who went missing after leaving a downtown Nashville bar two weeks ago was found Friday in the Cumberland River, police said. There were no signs of foul play. Riley Strain, 22, was
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Yulia Kesaieva, Victoria Butenko, Olga Voitovych and Radina Gigova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia launched one of its biggest missile and drone barrages on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight into Friday since the start of its full-scale invasion more than two years ago. Ukrainian officials said at least 10 of the country’s
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking damages of $108,200 (€100,000) in a civil trial after pornographic deepfake videos of her were uploaded online. Meloni has been called to testify in a Sardinian court on July 2 in the civil case she is lodging against two men, who are
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Three crew members are safe after their launch to the International Space Station was automatically aborted 20 seconds before liftoff, according to a NASA broadcast. Engineers are trying to determine the cause of the problem and resolve it before the next launch window on Saturday morning. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Three crew members are safe after their launch to the International Space Station was automatically aborted 20 seconds before liftoff, according to a NASA broadcast. Engineers are trying to determine the cause of the problem and resolve it before the next launch window on Saturday morning. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The Senate passed a government funding package early Saturday morning, averting a partial shutdown and ending a lengthy fight that has loomed over both sides of Capitol Hill for months. The legislation will next be sent to President Joe Biden to be
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The Justice Department announced a historic antitrust lawsuit Thursday against one of the world’s biggest companies.
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, Ashley R. Williams, Andy Rose and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — Two elderly Idaho men whose deaths authorities say are possibly linked to an Idaho inmate and his accomplice, who allegedly helped him escape police custody on Wednesday, have been identified, Idaho State Police announced Friday. Idaho State Police on Friday identified
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A tunnel constructed high in the mountains of northeastern India has become the latest flashpoint in a simmering border dispute between New Delhi and Beijing. The Sela Tunnel, inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month, has been hailed in India as a feat of engineering
Continue ReadingBy Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping last year, apologized in court Thursday after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges of making a false police report. “I made a grave mistake while trying to fight through various emotional issues and stress,” Russell, 26, said
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Independent investigators could find no evidence that Lincoln University played a role in an administrator’s death by suicide.
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenya’s plan to lead a multinational force in Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed mission to restore order is facing intense scrutiny and resistance at home, even as violence in the Caribbean nation spirals. President William Ruto offered to send 1,000 police officers last July to
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It started with spots dappled across people’s chests and backs. Unusual hard patches on the skin of their palms and soles of their feet. For some, a blackening of their toes. Doctors and researchers began noticing patients in Bangladesh presenting with these kinds of symptoms in the 1980s. It
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the City of Columbia looks toward creating an Office of Violence Prevention, a city spokesperson said the City Manager’s Office has met with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to help determine how to move forward. The NICJF works to reduce incarceration and violence in communities through research, consulting, advocacy,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries reported in a duplex fire on Thursday night in the 700 block of West Cunningham Road, north of Columbia. Boone County firefighters were called to the home at 8:26 p.m. for a report of a house fire, according to dispatch logs. The fire could be seen on the roof when
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more than 4.7 million animals and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of thousands of people, the International Federation of the Red Cross has warned. The severe conditions, known as dzud, are characterized by
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled about 440,500 metallic mugs included in 2023 Holiday Starbucks-branded gift sets made by Nestle.
Continue ReadingCNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a waiting car, half-dragging him as she shields his eyes. Other family members follow with heavy suitcases, averting their eyes too. They’re leaving the city, even though the drive through gang-controlled roads
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Joel Hofer made 37 saves, Jake Neighbours scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Thursday night for their fifth victory in six games as they fight for the second and final Western Conference wild-card spot. The Blues moved a point ahead of Minnesota and within
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