By Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner. Heriberto
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was renting an Airbnb in Columbia was arrested on Tuesday after authorities said they found him with 51 pounds of methamphetamine. Ronald Dale Thornton III, 32, was charged on Wednesday with second-degree drug trafficking. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Elizabeth man was charged on Monday with child porn possession. Dylan Alexander Ash, 21, is being held at the Miller County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A hearing was held Wednesday and a case review is set for 9 a.m. Monday, April 8. The probable cause statement says the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of penance called Lent. Easter is considered the most important season in the Christian year.
Continue Reading By CNN Staff, Lou Robinson, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson and Gillian Roberts (CNN) — Russia’s invasion has pitted Ukraine against a country with a massive military and one of the world’s biggest economies. More than $380 billion in aid, committed by mostly Western nations since January of 2022, has helped Ukraine keep the fight going. That
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball Tournaments. The single-elimination tournament is nicknamed “March Madness” or “The Big Dance.” 2026 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Finals April 6, 2026 – Men’s Finals – The Michigan Wolverines defeat the UConn Huskies 69-63 in the national championship
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A group of suspected bank robbers the FBI referred to as the “little rascals” are now in custody – and one of them is only 11 years old. “They are 11, 12, and 16-year-old boys charged locally with robbery by threat,” the FBI’s Houston field office announced Tuesday. The
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hospitals back to Gaza. The decision follows a petition by the Israeli non-profit organization Physicians for Human
Continue Reading By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes before Missouri primary voters on Saturday, and much has changed since the last time he was on the state’s ballot seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. It’s the first Democratic presidential contest since the state canceled government-run presidential primaries in 2022 and turned the
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One lane of eastbound Interstate 70 will close overnight Wednesday for repairs.
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Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz was set to take questions from reporters Wednesday morning.
Continue Reading WOIO, CNN By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Jailyn’s cries echoed through the quiet streets of Cleveland in the dead of the night. The toddler whimpered and howled, but no one came to her rescue. Her mother, Kristel Candelario, was away on a 10-day summer vacation and had left Jailyn alone in a playpen with
Continue Reading By Leah Collins, CNN (CNN) — Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has announced that he will be writing and directing an upcoming short film in an ongoing commitment to empower Africa’s creative economy, slated to star music icon Seal and backed by Nigerian superproducer Mo Abudu. Backed by Nigerian superproducer Mo Abudu, the short film
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized one of the most significant pieces of its ambitious climate agenda: the strongest new tailpipe rules for passenger cars and trucks that will decisively push the US auto market toward electric vehicles and hybrids. But in a concession to automakers
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A former head swimming and diving coach at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, sexually harassed male athletes and discriminated against female athletes, and the university failed to protect them, a US Justice Department Title IX investigation found. “Numerous male student-athletes were subjected to sexual abuse and assault by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County Sheriff candidate Victor Pitman released a statement after former sheriff Clay Chism’s peace officer license was revoked on Tuesday. Chism was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated in Randolph County in October 2022. In the statement from Pitman, he said that it is his responsibility to answer questions about
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Ray Sanchez, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — A fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday, as accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a federal courtroom. A
Continue Reading CNN, AFPTV, VIRGIN MEDIA NEWS, GETTY IMAGES., POOL By Niamh Kennedy and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation, citing “personal and political, but mainly political reasons” in a surprise move. Flanked by colleagues outside government buildings in Dublin on Wednesday, Varadkar said he felt he was no
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of health, environmental and climate problems, according to new analysis. The numbers are staggering. In 2022, the world generated
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — It’s late summer 2,850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving river that weaves though the wetlands of eastern England. The tightly packed roundhouses, built from wood, straw, turf and clay just nine months earlier, go up in flames. The inhabitants flee, leaving
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