By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into space and uncover more discoveries about the origin of the universe. Launched
Continue ReadingBy DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer The number of people sickened by salmonella from cut and whole cantaloupes has more than doubled in a week. Health officials have identified 99 infections across the U.S. Three more brands have joined the recall list: Rudy brand whole cantaloupes and Freshness Guaranteed and RaceTrac brand pre-cut cantaloupes. Most
Continue ReadingLIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials and crews with rail operator CSX were working Friday to remove train cars and spilled material at the site of a derailment that sparked a chemical fire earlier in the week and prompted home evacuations in a nearby small town. State officials said Friday they were monitoring the air
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Led by Donovan Atwell’s 26 points, the UNC Greensboro Spartans defeated the Kansas City Kangaroos 76-64 on Friday. The Spartans are now 3-1 on the season, while the Kangaroos fell to 2-3.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mid-Missouri man was charged on Wednesday with possessing child pornography. Kelvin Maurice Powell Jr., 34, is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. He was first booked into the Callaway County Jail at 5:26 p.m. Wednesday, and was brought to the Boone County Jail at 10:27 a.m. Thursday, according
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the number of homicides in Washington, D.C., rises, the percentage that are solved by the Metropolitan Police Department has dropped this year. That leaves the nation’s capital on track to record its lowest so-called “clearance rate” in more than 15 years. Criminologists warn that a consistently
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — US Attorney General Merrick Garland has called for the “swift extradition” of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, described by the Justice Department as a lead assassin for the Sinaloa Cartel, after his arrest in Mexico. Pérez Salas is “one of the Sinaloa Cartel’s lead sicarios, or assassins,” according to a news release
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Lauren Izso, Tamar Michaelis, Sophie Tanno and Jerome Taylor, CNN (CNN) — A seventh group of hostages was transferred out of Gaza on Thursday by Hamas after the Palestinian militant group and Israel agreed late on Wednesday to again extend a pause in fighting. So far 105 hostages have been released by Hamas over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Better Business Bureau said most holiday shoppers are planning to buy at least half of their gifts online this year, and cyber criminals are trying to take advantage. The National Retail Federation said online shopping is expected to increase between 7%-9% this year from 2022, up to more than $270 billion.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — The world’s biggest iceberg – more than twice the size of Britain’s capital city – is on the move after decades of being grounded on the seafloor in Antarctica. The huge mass of ice broke away from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in 1986, calved and grounded on the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent, alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief this week. But according to details released Friday, the arrest of Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas may have been personal for the Mexican army. Mexico’s defense department said Pérez Salas had ordered a 2019 attack on
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — “I am on my way to see my home… my family that is under the rubble,” Mahmoud Moharram, a displaced Palestinian, said as he walked with a group of residents hoping to return to northern Gaza while the lull in fighting holds. “We want to get
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Xing and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — More than 30 people were arrested after pro-Palestinian demonstrators jumped police barricades and glued themselves to the street Thursday morning, interrupting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, police say. Of the 34 arrests, 30 demonstrators were issued a criminal summons for trespassing, and
Continue ReadingBy Richard Greene and Rob Picheta, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The first groups of Israelis and Palestinians have been released under a truce brokered between Israel and Hamas that brought a temporary halt to fighting in Gaza after weeks of conflict, officials said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed 13 Israeli hostages had returned to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While some may be resting after Thanksgiving, others are gearing up to head to stores early to get the best deals they can today for Black Friday. However, according to recent data, more Black Friday shoppers are opting to shop online instead on in-store. The National Retail Federation estimates that about 182
Continue ReadingBy SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Gaza has always been a small, crowded space with hardly any exits. Now the world for Palestinians there has shrunk to the size of whatever refuge they can find. The strip is 25 miles (40 kilometers) long by some 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide. More than
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Whenever Sandra Morgan approaches an intersection as the light shifts from green to yellow, she said she feels a touch of pride. “I’m reminded of my unique family heritage and my grandfather’s contribution to public safety,” Morgan told CNN. It’s been 100 years since Garrett Morgan, Sandra’s grandfather, patented the three-position traffic signal.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wells, CNN (CNN) — When the Seychelles government announced it would allow a Canadian company to explore for oil in its waters in September 2022, it said it hoped it would never have to extract the oil. The small archipelago nation, off the eastern coast of Africa, is at threat from crushing sea level rise
Continue ReadingBy Simon Cullen and Peter Wilkinson, CNN (CNN) — Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole in January, prison authorities announced Friday, drawing criticism from Reeva Steenkamp’s mother, who said she did not believe the South African athlete had been rehabilitated since he murdered her daughter almost 11 years ago. Pistorius shot Steenkamp four times
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu, Maya Szaniecki and Claudia Colliva, CNN Paris (CNN) — A 64-year-old French pilot has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter after being found guilty of killing a skydiver with his plane’s wing during a jump, a criminal court in Montauban, southern France, confirmed to CNN Thursday. The incident
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