By Alisha Ebrahimji and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A migrant surge continues to overwhelm authorities at the US-Mexico border — and in US cities where many asylum seekers are being sent. Here are the latest developments: After attempting to pump the brakes on “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off migrants by the thousands, the mayor of New
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s wizardry in the Sugar Bowl got the Huskies into Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game. It also earned him a spot on the Associated Press’ all-bowl team. There were enough memorable individual performances in this postseason to cause us to expand our team a
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 300,000 lives could be saved from the nation’s wave of gun violence over the next decade if every US state enacted gun control laws like those held by states such as California and New York, according to a new study announced Friday by a gun violence prevention non-profit group.
Continue ReadingBy Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — La Niña is present again this winter, which can have significant impacts on winter weather around the United States. La Niña, a natural ocean and weather pattern in the tropical Pacific, causes colder and stormier than average conditions across the northern US and warmer, drier and less stormy conditions
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Americans spent a record $222 billion shopping online during the holiday season. This shows that US consumers are spending aggressively — despite telling pollsters they have an unfavorable outlook on the economy. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Raja Razek and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Moments before a 17-year-old unleashed gunfire at Iowa’s Perry High School, killing a sixth grader and wounding five other people, the student is believed to have posted a foreboding TikTok video. On the morning shooter Dylan Butler opened fire, a TikTok post believed to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Americans spent a record $222 billion shopping online during the holiday season. This shows that US consumers are spending aggressively — despite telling pollsters they have an unfavorable outlook on the economy. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Americans spent a record $222 billion shopping online during the holiday season. This shows that US consumers are spending aggressively — despite telling pollsters they have an unfavorable outlook on the economy. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor opposes keeping Republican Donald Trump off the ballot in the battleground state, saying that those who think he should be disqualified “can vote against him.” Gov. Tony Evers also told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that in order for President Joe
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men accused of murder in two separate cases are heading to the Boone County courthouse Friday to face a judge for their hearings. The first man set to appear is Sevance Brewer, who is multiple felony charges after allegedly killing a pregnant woman in north Columbia. Brewer is facing charges
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The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing to play the final game of the regular season on Sunday.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Raja Razek, Holly Yan and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Moments before a 17-year-old unleashed gunfire at Iowa’s Perry High School, killing a sixth grader and wounding seven other people, the student is believed to have posted a foreboding TikTok video. On the morning Dylan Butler opened fire, a TikTok post believed
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean and Sophie Tanno, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter, was released from prison on parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a killing that shocked the world. A parole board granted Pistorius’ petition in November on the grounds
Continue ReadingBy Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura, Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Wajima, Japan (CNN) — The elderly woman emerged slowly on a stretcher, wrapped in blankets. Dazed but conscious, she thanked the firefighters, wearing helmets and headlamps, as they lifted her over the rubble of a collapsed house. She’s a survivor of the deadly 7.5 magnitude
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY, NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee who became a global star competing at his sport’s highest level while running on carbon-fiber blades, was released from prison on Friday after serving nearly nine years for killing his girlfriend, the model Reeva
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China saw its hottest year on record in 2023, state media reported this week, as the world’s biggest polluter confronted a series of relentless heat waves and other extreme weather events driven by the human-caused climate crisis. Daily and monthly temperature records were repeatedly shattered as the year wore on while the
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, Jessie Yeung and Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s military condemned its northern neighbor on Friday after Pyongyang fired artillery rounds that fell within a maritime buffer zone that has long been a flashpoint between the two. North Korea fired more than 200 rounds between 9 a.m. and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A few dozen coordinators from across the state gathered virtually on Thursday to receive training ahead of a count of Missouri’s homeless population. The Point in Time Count is a census of those who are unhoused on a single night. According to the Missouri Balance of State Continuum of Care website, this
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press MACOMB, Ill. — Led by JJ Kalakon’s 16 points, the Western Illinois Leathernecks defeated the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 68-61
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The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has warned the City of Moberly a second time about an odor coming from a wastewater-holding basin located just off Rollins Street near Highway 63.
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