By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If eating the entire pumpkin pie is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Happy Halloween, 5 Things readers! We hope your day is filled with ghoulish fun — and no tricks, just treats. Test your spooky savvy with CNN’s special Halloween quiz if you’re feeling festive. Here’s what
Continue Reading
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer The Patriots have the history. The Chiefs have the juice. New England is bringing its six Super Bowl trophies to Frankfurt. Kansas City has a yacht, not to mention the star quarterback and tight end. They’re all headed to Frankfurt to take part in two weeks of American football
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Every morning since the school year started, before teacher assistant Madelyn Cedeno shuts the front door of Peter A. Reinberg Elementary School at the start of classes, she peers out one last time. She hopes she’ll see Serabi Medina running late, with her playful smile, her big red hair
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma, Junko Ogura and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese police on Tuesday arrested an 86-year-old suspected gunman who had barricaded himself in a post office with two hostages after injuring two people at a hospital earlier in the day. The man was detained in the city of Warabi, Saitama prefecture, near
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Asian hate crimes reported in the US decreased by 33% in 2022, following a rise in such incidents in previous years, newly released FBI data shows. The data – released this month as part of the FBI’s annual hate crime statistics report – shows there were
Continue Reading
Many countries have called for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Gaza to allow aid to get in and foreign citizens to get out.
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli soldier who was abducted by Hamas has been rescued in a special joint operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN, the first successful hostage extrication since the militant group’s October 7 rampage. In its initial announcement, the IDF said Pvt. Ori Megidish was
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, Artemis Moshtaghian and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — The entire population of Gaza is “being dehumanized,” the chief of the main UN agency operating there told the UN Security Council Monday, as pressure intensified on the besieged strip with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruling out a
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Artemis Moshtaghian and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — The entire population of Gaza is “being dehumanized,” the chief of the main UN agency operating there told the UN Security Council Monday, as pressure intensified on the besieged strip with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruling out a ceasefire,
Continue ReadingBy Yulia Kesaieva and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A family of nine, including two young children, were found shot dead in their home in the Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in a slaying that has sparked outrage in Ukraine and triggered investigations by both nations. Images from the Ukrainian Donetsk Region
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Connecticut are investigating after swastikas were found drawn on a high school campus in Stamford for the second time since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, the school district said. Students found swastikas drawn on the tennis courts of the Academy of
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A prescription-drug takeback event host by the Jefferson City Police Department on Saturday resulted in nearly 153 pounds of medicine collected, according to a Monday press release from JCPD. The release says figure was a preliminary total, and its past four drug takeback events have totaled more than 700 pounds of
Continue Reading
MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man was arrested and charged in relation to several cases on Sunday. Wyatt James Bradley, 18, of Rush Hill, was charged in one case with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and stealing more than $750. In another case, he was charged with second-degree burglary and stealing more than
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A shocking video of a Rottweiler mauling a 2-year-old girl in China has prompted a crackdown by local authorities on stray dogs that some argue has now gone too far. Authorities were initially praised for their swift response to the incident, but netizens soon began sharing accounts
Continue Reading
CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man suffered serious injuries Monday in a Moniteau County crash near the intersection of Lookout Trail and East Railroad Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2012 Ford F-150 – driven by Tyler Fairfax, 24, of Jamestown — stopped to make a left
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say a man has been arrested after he allegedly knocked out a parishioner inside a San Francisco Catholic church and then threw pipe bombs at a patrol car during a car chase. San Francisco police say the 42-year-old man was arrested Sunday by California Highway Patrol officers in Martinez, east
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported Monday in a Boone County house fire in the 2400 block of East Alan Circle. Boone County fire was dispatched at 7:26 p.m. for a fire on the outside of the house, according to Boone County Fire Protections District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp. Blomenkamp said some siding was
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with four misdemeanors after allegedly threatening employees Friday at multiple businesses on Business Loop 70 in Columbia. Tyler Schnieders, 28, was charged in Boone County with a peace disturbance, first-degree trespassing and two counts of fourth-degree assault. He is being held in the Boone County Jail
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old Houston-area Muslim physician was stabbed to death this weekend but police say so far, there is no evidence the crime was motivated by hate. “At this time we have not found any evidence to link this to a hate crime,” Conroe police Sgt. David
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The pretrial date for the man accused of killing April Joann Brooks has been moved to Monday, Nov. 6 Montez Williams, 32, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, shooting at or from a motor vehicle, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful gun possession and resisting arrest.
Continue Reading