By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Alderney, a quiet British island in the English Channel known for its outstanding natural beauty, was once the site of the only Nazi camps on British soil – and a hell on Earth for its thousands of inmates. A fresh inquiry, ordered by the UK’s Special Envoy for Post Holocaust
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — NASA has launched the first of two research satellites to measure how much heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. The shoebox-size satellite lifted off Saturday at 7:42 p.m. local time (3:42 a.m. ET) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s launch complex in
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Three bodies have been recovered after a landslide in Papua New Guinea, local officials told CNN on Saturday, adding that the death toll was likely to rise to a “significant” total. The disaster hit the remote village of Kaokalam, about 600 kilometers (372 miles) northwest of the capital Port Moresby,
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Trinity Cannon knocked in five runs, and No. 16 seed Texas A&M stunned the top-seeded Longhorns 6-5 in Game 1 of the Austin Super Regional. The teams will meet again Saturday for Game 2 of the best-of-three series. A Texas A&M win would send the Aggies to the Women’s
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and JIM SALTER Associated Press The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a young missionary couple from the U.S. were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group activity at a church, a family member told The Associated Press. Thursday’s killings of Jude Montis, the
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s new electoral system — with open primaries and ranked-choice voting — has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. But an initiative set
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations. It all started in January, when thieves cut the original statue off at
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Multiple police and fire units were parked outside a Columbia Walmart store Friday evening.
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Quaker Windows and Doors announced on Friday that it will invest more than $30 million to expand its Eldon manufacturing facility, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The release states that 220 new jobs are expected to be created. The new facilities are expected to be
Continue ReadingCNN By Andy Rose, AnneClaire Stapleton, Hande Atay Alam and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — Three missionaries, including a married couple from the US, were killed in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday evening. Davy and Natalie Lloyd “were attacked by gangs this evening and were both killed,” Natalie Lloyd’s father, Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker, said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals was rained out and was rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on July 13. The day game was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. CDT and the night game for 7:15 p.m. Chicago, third in the NL Central at 27-24,
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A 16-year-old in Bothell, Washington, suffered from a severe allergic reaction to medication for months before she collapsed and died in front of her parents. Her family alleges discrimination and negligence contributed to her death. The family of Sahana Ramesh filed a lawsuit in Washington’s King County Superior Court against Seattle Children’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The “pledge dad” at a University of Missouri fraternity who pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in the hazing of Danny Santulli was sentenced to six months in jail and six months on house arrest on Friday. Ryan Delanty, 22, of Ballwin, pleaded guilty on May 10 to hazing and suppling alcohol to
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Seth Lugo became the American League’s first eight-game winner, Michael Massey and Bobby Witt Jr, homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-1 on Friday night for their seventh consecutive victory. Lugo (8-1) allowed one run and four hits, lowering his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Francis Catholic Worker House is up for sale and will close once the building is sold, Ruth O’Neill — trustee of St. Francis Catholic Worker Community and director of Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen — said the building has been operating as an overnight homeless shelter since 1984. O’Neill said
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The No. 7-seeded Mizzou softball team got itself into a one-game hole in NCAA Super Regional action, with a 6-3 loss to No. 10-seeded Duke on Friday afternoon. The Tigers will now have to win on Saturday, in order to stay alive.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is hosting Duke this weekend in the 2024 NCAA Columbia Super Regional, but there’s another team who’s got an important role of their own out at Mizzou Softball Stadium. The University of Missouri Athletics Sports Turf and Grounds Crew puts in hours of work preparing the field for
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Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year, but this year AAA says it will be “record-breaking”.
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson, Gabe Cohen and Celina Tebor, CNN Louisville police released two videos Thursday showing some of the arrest of star golfer Scottie Scheffler last week and announced the detective who arrested him was disciplined for not turning on his body-worn camera at the time. One video from a fixed pole camera positioned
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A Columbia man was charged Friday with two counts of murder in the investigation into two missing Columbia women.
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