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A trial over one of the biggest acts of sabotage in decades is getting underway. Here’s a refresher

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — It started with a stream of bubbles rising to the surface of the Baltic Sea. Seven months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, explosions burst through two Nord Stream gas pipelines – Russia’s controversial gas highway into Europe – in the waters between Sweden and Poland. Investigators

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Missouri AG calls for more safeguards on Xbox Live after ‘recurring allegations’ of sexual misconduct toward minors

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway had her eyes set on Microsoft on Tuesday afternoon, claiming the online video game service Xbox Live has had “recurring allegations” of sexual misconduct involving minors. Hanaway in a post on social media claimed Xbox Live is being used “by predators to trade child sexual abuse material,

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Columbia youth advisers hear from school resource officers about safety, security

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The number of school resource officers has been corrected, and a video reporting an erroneous number has been deleted. Columbia’s Youth Advisory Council heard from two school resource officers Tuesday about their roles in schools and how students can help improve campus safety. The presentation from Columbia Police Department officers

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Woman charged in chase where deputy fired shots

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is facing several charges in connection with a chase that occurred over the weekend in Callaway County. Sydney Akers, 29, was charged on Tuesday in Callaway County with aggravated fleeing, second-degree assault, armed criminal action, first-degree property damage, leaving the scene of an accident, resisting arrest and four misdemeanors: Driving

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Pope Leo XIV has been admitted to the hospital for surgery to remove a small growth on his lung

Pope Leo recovery ‘proceeding as expected’ following surgery to remove part of his lung with cancerous growth

By Christopher Lamb, Barbie Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV’s post-operation recovery is proceeding as expected after a “successful” surgery to remove part of his right lung which was found to have a cancerous growth, according to the Vatican. Leo’s doctors are confident the cancer has been removed but are awaiting additional

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The Chi Phi fraternity house is seen on the campus of Cornell University on October 5

Cornell suspends fraternity parties for rest of the academic year amid reviews of 2024 rape allegations

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Jason Carroll, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University has suspended all parties and social events at campus fraternity houses for the remainder of the academic year as the school evaluates its response to a student’s allegations that she was gang-raped at a fraternity in 2024, Cornell’s president wrote in a letter Tuesday. The

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