By Nicquel Terry Ellis CNN, CNN (CNN) — As a news anchor in New York, Cathleen Trigg-Jones said she experienced firsthand the discrimination women of color face in the male-dominated entertainment industry. So, in 2019, she made a career pivot and launched iWoman TV — a media company led by women, featuring shows with female leads.
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — The myriad tunnels under Gaza are best known as passageways used to smuggle goods from Egypt and launch attacks into Israel. But there exists a second underground network that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) colloquially refer to as the “Gaza metro.” It’s a vast labyrinth of tunnels, by some accounts several kilometers underground, used to
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, Zenebou Sylla and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie and another person onstage has been scheduled for trial in January, prosecutors say. Hadi Matar is expected to stand trial January 8, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said Friday. He said the trial could last
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota police officer fired for badly injuring a 63-year-old man during an arrest has been sentenced to probation after dropping his not-guilty plea. The Bismarck Tribune cites court documents in reporting that former Bismarck Officer George Huff entered an Alford plea on Oct. 12 to a misdemeanor charge
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The moon is our planet’s constant celestial companion, only shaded from view about once a month when its orbit takes it between Earth and the sun. Earth’s biggest satellite has long been a source of awe and wonder, inspiring the imaginations of artists and writers for millennia. The moon’s gravitational
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MONTGOMERY, CO. Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery City man was injured in a crash involving an ATV Friday night in Montgomery County. An online crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol states that Zachary Urevich, 23 was driving North on Wilson Street in Montgomery City just before 11:30 p.m. The crash occurred when Urevich lost
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Kopp, Veronica Miracle and Janna Van Vranken, CNN (CNN) — A new task force for San Francisco’s opioid crisis will empower law enforcement to investigate fatal drug overdoses as homicides, enabling prosecutors to charge dealers with murder, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and city officials announced Friday. The task force will treat opioid deaths in San Francisco
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova and Maria Kostenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — This week, Ukrainian forces continued to hold out against a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine as the White House claimed Russia is executing its own troops for disobeying orders. In southern Ukraine, authorities issued evacuation orders for civilians where Russia has stepped up aerial attacks.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The final of three MU Health Care drive-thru vaccine clinics began at 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at South Providence Medical Park. At the event, patients were able to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine and a flu vaccine. According to an email from MU Health spokesman Eric Slusher, at the previous two
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CAMDEN CO, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle car crash Friday night in Camden County. An online crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol states that Nicolas Sunderman, 18 was driving South on Route 7 at 10:20 p.m. The crash occurred when Sunderman overcorrected after his truck went
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — One of two men missing at sea for nearly two weeks was found alive on Thursday by a Canadian fishing boat in a life raft in Canadian waters, approximately 70 miles northwest of Cape Flattery, Washington, according to US Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier. “The fact that he was
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, Zahid Mahmood, Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Sderot, Israel (CNN) — Israeli ground forces are inside Gaza after entering the enclave overnight, as Palestinians experienced what they have described as the most intense round of airstrikes since Israel began its retaliation against Hamas’ October 7 terror attack. Israeli forces
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas are fighting a war that has killed thousands and resulted in a devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Israeli military began an offensive on the Palestinian enclave after Hamas militants launched a brutal assault on Israel on October 7 – the biggest
Continue ReadingCNN By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — A teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after she was allegedly assaulted by the country’s morality police for not wearing a headscarf has died, according to Iranian state media. “Unfortunately, the brain damage led to the victim spending some time in a coma and they died
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — A teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after she was allegedly assaulted by the country’s morality police for not wearing a headscarf has died, according to Iranian state media. “Unfortunately, the brain damage led to the victim spending some time in a coma and they died a
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley R. Williams, Sara Smart, John Miller, Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose Ashley Williams, Sara Smart, John Miller, Aya Elamroussi, Andy Rose and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A sense of relief washed over a grieving Maine community that endured two days of fear after authorities announced the man accused of killing 18
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, Sara Smart, John Miller, Aya Elamroussi, Andy Rose and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A sense of relief washed over a grieving Maine community that endured two days of fear after authorities announced the man accused of killing 18 people at a bowling alley and a restaurant earlier this week was
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER (AP) — Quinn Hughes scored two goals, Thatcher Demko stopped 22 shots and the Vancouver Canucks won their third consecutive game 5-0 over the St. Louis Blues. J.T. Miller scored short-handed and added two assists for Vancouver. Phil Di Giuseppe had a goal and an assist, Ilya Mikheyev scored once and Elias Petterson had
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Adi Kopelwitz, CNN Israel’s border with Gaza and Ashdod (CNN) — Yanir Ishay has thrown away three boxes of cigarettes in the past two weeks. He said he thought he could smell death on them, having carried the packets in his pockets while collecting human remains from the sites of Hamas’
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) View Mid-Missouri highlights and scores from the first round of district play here after the games. Stay up to date with scores from around the area below:
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