By Jillian Sykes and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — By the time the tornado siren sounded one week ago, the roof of Sydney Moore’s mobile home in Clarksville, Tennessee, had been sheared off and her 4-month-old son Lord sucked up by the twister. “There was no warning,” said Moore, 22, who immediately moved to shield
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At just 17 years old, a California law clerk has become the youngest person ever to pass the state’s rigorous bar exam, achieving the history-making feat on his first attempt. Peter Park, who took the California Bar Exam in July and received his results in November, has been
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Former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism pleaded guilty Thursday in his Randolph County DWI and resisting arrest case, according to online court records.
Continue Reading By Skylar Harris and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Michigan State University reached a $15 million settlement with the families of the three students who were killed in a mass shooting on campus this year, an attorney for two of the slain victims said Friday. The university’s board of trustees agreed to a settlement with
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine is developing a “drowning not waving” problem. It is struggling to say clearly how badly the war is going. Giving a candid public assessment of how poorly a conflict is going can be an unwise move as it can result in morale and support draining. After Obama boosted troops in Afghanistan, public
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Mohammad Al Sawalhi and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Nimer Abu Ras’ wrists are bruised and lacerated. His hands are swollen. He is one of hundreds of Palestinian men and boys who have been detained, many of them stripped and blindfolded, in recent weeks by Israeli forces conducting clearing operations in
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, Mohammad Al Sawalhi and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Nimer Abu Ras’ wrists are bruised and lacerated. His hands are swollen. He is one of hundreds of Palestinian men and boys who have been detained, many of them stripped and blindfolded, in recent weeks by Israeli forces conducting clearing operations in northern
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — A multi-million-pound investment in a luxury property in London that went wrong, a once powerful Vatican cardinal secretly recording a conversation with the pope and a female security consultant accused of spending church funds on fashion brands. No, this isn’t the plot of a new historical thriller but what has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students at Battle High School were evacuated from the building for about 20 minutes on Friday after a bathroom trash can caught fire, according to an email from a CPS spokesperson. A cause for the fire was not described. Columbia Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said in an email that a text-message
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey and Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Family members of the three hostages killed inside Gaza by Israeli troops had spoken regularly to Israeli TV and news websites since October sharing their feelings and appealing for their relatives’ safe release. “During the day I’m busy with communications and PR. At night,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers at Columbia dispensary High Profile voted unanimously on Friday to unionize. United Food And Commercial Workers Local 655 want to represent them. That’s the same union that organized workers at Shangri-La in south Columbia. C3 Industries Incorporated will next decide if it will recognize the unionization. Twenty-five employees voted in favor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Missouri first lady and state Rep. Betty Cooper Hearnes has died, the Missouri Democratic Party confirmed in a press release. She was 96. Hearnes was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives during a special election in Charleston in 1979 and served through 1986, according to data from the Secretary of
Continue Reading CNN By Andrew Carey and Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Family members of the three hostages killed inside Gaza by Israeli troops had spoken regularly to Israeli TV and news websites since October sharing their feelings and appealing for their relatives’ safe release. “During the day I’m busy with communications and PR. At
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after a jury found him guilty in the 2022 murder of his roommate, an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor. The Leon County jury found Steven R. Yinger guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, grand
Continue Reading 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 false
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rowdy Tellez and the Pirates finalized their $3.2 million, one-year contract as Pittsburgh also acquired outfielder Edward Olivares from the Kansas City Royals for minor league outfielder Deivis Nadal. Tellez, a first baseman and designated hitter, can earn $800,000 in performance bonuses as part of the deal. Olivares, 27, hit .263 with
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Two years after Senate Bill 63 was signed, the Missouri Joint Oversight Task Force will be authorized to supervise the use of prescription drugs.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged on Friday after he was accused of robbing the Walgreens on East Broadway. Michael Vaughn, 32, was charged with first-degree robbery and fourth-degree assault. He is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. According to the probable cause statement, Vaughn was seen walking
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The father of Quillan Jacobs, who was shot and killed by Columbia police in 2021, filed an amended petition this week in his wrongful death lawsuit against the officers and the city.
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A Boone County man sentenced to 11 years in prison for manslaughter was released Friday and indicted for perjury the same morning.
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