CNN By Hilary Whiteman, Anna Coren and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) — Arzo is so weak she spends most of her day lying on a thin mattress in a dimly lit room under a ceiling fan that steadily circulates the polluted air of Pakistan’s largest city. To pass the time, she watches
Continue ReadingBy Yulia Kesaieva, Darya Tarasova, Benjamin Brown and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned there will be “problems” with neighboring Finland after it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) earlier this year. Finland’s ascension to NATO marked a major shift in the security landscape in northern Europe, and added
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A 28-year-old man caught some heat with the US Customs and Border Protection in Southern California after officers say they found thousands of pounds of narcotics hidden in a jalapeño paste shipment. The agency’s officers at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility encountered a driver in a commercial tractor
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A guilty verdict against two Colorado paramedics for the 2019 death of Elijah McClain could have a chilling effect nationwide, experts said, due to the unprecedented nature of a criminal case against medics who are largely protected from liability while treating people in emergencies. The prosecution rested its case
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — With a pink, week-old surgical wound etched across a few inches of her neck, medical student Sally Rohan said somehow, she’d never had a scar until now. “This is my first,” Rohan, a second-year medical student at the New Jersey-based Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, told CNN on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the University of Missouri wrapped up a weekend of winter commencement ceremonies, ABC 17 News is digging into the numbers of graduates and degrees administered in years past and this year. For 2023 alone, 1,780 UM students will have graduated this weekend with over 1,900 degrees ranging from bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate,
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Three people died when a small plane crashed in Oregon and ignited a fire on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The single-engine plane crashed into power lines in the city of Independence shortly before 5 p.m. local time, knocking out power and sparking the small brush fire, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate. Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at Burkina Faso’s Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Around 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic shipwreck” off the coast of Libya, said the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Citing survivor accounts, the IOM’s Libya office said in a post on X that the boat had left the coastal
Continue ReadingBy WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Colton Parayko scored 37 seconds into overtime, lifting the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars. Jordan Kyrou had a goal and two assists, Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist, and Brandon Saad also scored for the Blues, who won
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Gibson Jimerson led Saint Louis with 23 points and Terrence Hargrove Jr. hit the game-winning 3-pointer with one second remaining as the Billikens beat Louisiana Tech 75-74.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report shared that 22-year-old Mercy Gonzalez was the Cole County deputy involved in a car crash late Friday night. Corporal Chris Winter with the Missouri State Highway Patrol told ABC 17 News that a deputy was injured in a crash Friday night on West Edgewood
Continue ReadingBy Maija Ehlinger, Jomana Karadsheh, Kareem El Damanhoury and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli military sniper shot and killed two women inside the Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Saturday, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The mother and daughter were walking to the Sister’s Convent, the patriarchate said, when gunfire erupted.
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Chiefs coach Andy Reid was fined $100,000 and quarterback Patrick Mahomes was fined $50,000 for criticizing officials following a 20-17 loss to Buffalo last week. Reid and Mahomes violated the NFL’s policy about public criticism of game
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed a U.S. Agency for International Development contractor in Gaza last month, his colleagues said in a statement Saturday. The U.S. development agency noted the death and urged greater protection for humanitarian workers in the fighting there. Hani Jnena, 33, was killed Nov. 5
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — PJ Haggerty scored 24 points and his three-point play with two seconds left lifted the Golden Hurricane past Missouri State 73-72. Haggerty was 8 of 12 shooting and 8 of 8 from the free throw line for the Golden Hurricane. Chance Moore led the Bears with 17 points.
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — A British boy who was found in France after going missing for six years has landed safely back in the UK, according to local police. Alex Batty never returned from holiday in Spain with his mother Melanie Batty and his grandfather in 2017. Now aged 17, he was
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Saturday marked a momentous occasion at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida, where officials announced an African elephant calf was born at the park for the first time in seven years. The baby girl named Corra weighed 218 pounds at birth and is bonding backstage with her mother, Nadirah, said
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Led by Marcus Hill’s 29 points, the Bowling Green Falcons defeated the UMKC Kangaroos 79-69
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwanese citizen Nancy Hsieh received a message from her relatives online: To stop the virus from entering your lungs, all you need to do is drink lots of water with salt and vinegar. But she knew immediately this was
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