CNN By Helen Regan, Christian Edwards, Eyad Kourdi and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — A large series of explosions rocked Gaza City Friday night (local time) as multiple residents in the enclave told CNN that airstrikes were the most intense they had experienced in weeks. Jawwal, the Palestinian telecom company that provides mobile service to
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Helen Regan and Christian Edwards, Eyad Kourdi and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — An overwhelming majority of nations – 120 countries – voted on Friday for a United Nations resolution calling for a “sustained humanitarian truce” in Gaza, even as Israel’s military announced it is “expanding ground operations” in the besieged enclave.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL and STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance’s water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area’s longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River. It was
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist and Joel Hofer made 27 saves in his first career shutout as the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 3-0 on Thursday night. Kasperi Kapanen and Nick Leddy scored in the first period as St. Louis evened its record at 1-1-0 on
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Abeer Salman and Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN Ashkelon, Israel (CNN) — Souad Al-Alem was one of the roughly 10,000 people forced to flee the Palestinian town of al-Majdal. It was 1948, she was a young woman and Israel’s troops were approaching the community during the Arab-Israeli war in what is now part of the Israeli city
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. The U.S. strikes reflect the
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged on Thursday in three separate cases. Kaden Baugh, 19, was charged in one case with sexual exploitation of a minor and second-degree child porn possession on Oct. 5. A warrant was issued and he will be held without bond. A court date was not set. In
Continue ReadingBy Maxime Tamsett and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The first of four inmates who broke out of a central Georgia jail last week has been captured, authorities say, as a manhunt continues for the remaining escapees. Chavis Demaryo Stokes, 29, was found in a home in Montezuma, Georgia, on Thursday – about 50 miles
Continue ReadingCNN By Dakin Andone, Evan Perez and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies have descended upon southern Maine to search for a man accused of killing 18 people in two mass shootings Wednesday, and there are several aspects to his background that could make the effort to find him both challenging and dangerous,
Continue ReadingBy Jason Kravarik and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The wife of the off-duty pilot accused of attempting to disable the engines of an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight says the man she knows would have never tried to knowingly hurt anyone. “This is not my Joe, this is not any Joe that anybody knows. I
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Winston and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Fugitive Christopher Haynes is back in police custody after escaping from a Washington, DC, hospital in September, the Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday. US Marshals captured Haynes, 30, in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and returned him to the department’s Homicide Branch, where he will be charged with
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A district court judge in Idaho has denied a request to dismiss a grand jury indictment in the case of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students. During a public hearing Thursday, the defense argued there was an error in the grand
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, Laura He and Steven Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, once seen as a reform-minded contender to the country’s top leadership role, died of a sudden heart attack early Friday in Shanghai, state media reported. He was 68 years old. Li, who was nominally China’s No. 2
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Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to indicate the correct Christopher Wright is running for governor as a Republican. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mike Hamra announced a bid for the 2024 Missouri governor in a Thursday press release. Hamra is from Springfield, Missouri, and states he is the CEO of Hamra Enterprises. The release states
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One person was found dead at a home in north Columbia early Thursday morning, police said.
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Columbia Water and Light customers could soon see their monthly base charge increase to help fund the city’s McBaine Water Treatment Plant Improvement Project.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wayne Sells’ lawsuit involving the renaming of Rock Bridge’s football field was dismissed without prejudice on Wednesday. Lawyers for Sells and CPS have argued since 2021 if Columbia Public Schools had a legal contract with Sells after he provided Rock Bridge High School a $100,000 donation. That donation was used for improvements
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Newly released audio of the 911 call from a woman who was carjacked and police helicopter footage of the final chase capture some of what happened when the son of Nashville’s police chief tried to flee while wanted in the shooting of two officers. The search
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jury trial dates were scheduled on Thursday for a Columbia man accused of murder. Corey Blueitt, 44, was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and third-degree assault. He is accused of shooting and killing Aaron Badolato, 34, in December 2022 in the 2000 block of Newtown Drive in north Columbia. Blueitt is being
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Mallika Kallingal and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies have descended upon southern Maine to search for a man accused of killing 18 people in a mass shooting Wednesday, and there are several aspects to his background that could make the effort to find him both challenging and dangerous, experts
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