By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Friday after Wall Street roared higher on bets that market-rattling interest rate hikes are coming to an end. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 1.2% to 17,296.34, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.1% higher to 3,026.32. Tokyo markets were closed for a holiday.
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Zeena Saifi, Amir Tal and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military has completely encircled Gaza City, according to a spokesperson, as the United Nations’ main relief agency in the isolated enclave accused Israeli warplanes of lethally bombing UN-run schools sheltering civilians. Nearly a week after
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University has canceled classes Friday to acknowledge the “extraordinary stress” its campus has been under as one of its students is accused of making violent antisemitic threats against Jewish people at the college, where unease over the Israel-Hamas war has been escalating for weeks.
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Australian police have brought murder charges against a woman who served a lunch earlier this year that led to the deaths of three people from suspected death cap mushroom poisoning. Victoria Police confirmed a 49-year-old woman was charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Ivan Prosvetov made 28 saves in his first start for Colorado, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and the Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1. Ross Colton, Artturi Lehkonen and Bowen Byram also had goals, and Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon had two assists
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is cracking down on weather stations it says are spying for foreign countries, the latest measure in a broad counter-espionage campaign under leader Xi Jinping amid intensifying geopolitical tensions. The country’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security, said Tuesday it had discovered hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Suspended Aurora, Colorado, police officer Nathan Woodyard took the stand Wednesday in his manslaughter trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, stating in a back and forth with his defense attorney that he would handle the situation differently if he had it to do over. “If you could go back knowing what you
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Blackpink star Lisa’s Weibo page appears to have been taken down, weeks after she performed a burlesque routine in Paris that sparked a huge debate on China’s tightly regulated internet. On Wednesday afternoon, the Thai star’s verified account @lalalalisa_m was no longer searchable on the site, one
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The Columbia Fire Department has released the final condition reports from an outside firm after reports of possible mold inside Fire Stations 2 and 6 last month.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with kidnapping and other felonies on Wednesday after allegedly beating a woman in a vehicle on Tuesday. Kristopher Johnson, 22, was charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree robbery, first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and second-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Cole County
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal safety investigators say the automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to prevent more derailments. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a report Wednesday urging the Federal Railroad Administration and the industry to keep developing new technology that can
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By MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The turbulent and brilliant basketball coach Bob Knight has died. Knight’s family made the announcement Wednesday night on social media, saying he was surrounded by family at his home in Bloomington, Indiana. Knight led the Hoosiers to three NCAA championships. He was among college basketball’s
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A manhunt is ongoing in northern Mexico after state police were ambushed driving out of Santa Ana, Sonora. No officials were reported wounded and the injured assailants fled onto a nearby mountain, where the search continues. It is the second shootout in two days in the
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Another November begins with the familiar sight of Southeastern Conference teams in lofty places in the initial College Football Playoff rankings. And much like a year ago, two-time defending national champion and top-ranked Georgia is looking up from second after Tuesday night’s release. (The Bulldogs began third last
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A Columbia apartment complex where two children died last year no longer has the proper city licensing for rental properties.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple people were arrested in Mid-Missouri on Tuesday on suspicion of not complying with sex-offender Halloween restrictions. In Chariton County, Timothy Schnetzler, 42, of Salisbury, was arrested on suspicion of several charges. He was charged with failure to register as a sex offender, drug possession, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare
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The Columbia Sewer Utility is asking residents to weigh in on a planned sewer improvement project at Forest Hill Court and Ridge Road.
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A man is in police custody after an overdoes led to one person’s death and detectives found evidence of child endangerment.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at the Cooper County Jail was found dead on Friday in a cell, according to a Monday social media post from the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said Brooke Bailey, of Jefferson City, was found dead on Friday. She was 33. The post says she was being held
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday she plans to establish an independent commission of experts to probe the Lewiston mass shooting, the “months preceding the shooting and the police response to it.” “I know that the Maine State Police are working hard to conduct a thorough
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