Words by Gabrielle Jones; video by Jo Munnik, CNN (CNN) — Off the coast of South Africa lies the Great African Sea Forest, home to one of the most biodiverse marine environments on the planet. Many types of life live within the waters including fish, octopus, sea slugs, large amounts of kelp, and sharks that
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The City of Columbia unveiled the name of its newest police chief on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China says it’s built the world’s fastest internet network that can operate at speeds of about 1.2 terabits each second — or fast enough to transfer data from 150 movies in one second. This could have broad implications for stock trading, business transactions and national security, analysts say.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China says it’s built the world’s fastest internet network that can operate at speeds of about 1.2 terabits each second — or fast enough to transfer data from 150 movies in one second. This could have broad implications for stock trading, business transactions and national security, analysts say.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China says it’s built the world’s fastest internet network that can operate at speeds of about 1.2 terabits each second — or fast enough to transfer data from 150 movies in one second. This could have broad implications for stock trading, business transactions and national security, analysts say. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than three years since George Floyd’s murder, but when Anika Bowie drives through her neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, she can still see evidence of the raw anger residents felt. “There’s a large part of my area that still has not recovered,” Bowie said, adding that some
Continue ReadingBy Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping suggested Wednesday China could send new pandas to the United States, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples,” in the latest gesture aimed at easing fraught ties between the two powers. “I…learned that the San Diego Zoo and
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, Sania Farooqui and Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Indian authorities trying to rescue dozens of workers trapped for more than 90 hours deep inside a Himalayan mountain have reached out for international help, contacting the Thai team that rescued a boys’ soccer team from a flooded cave in 2018. The
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday after Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish as momentum slowed following a strong rally in the first half of November. U.S. futures and oil prices edged higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng sank 2.2%, to 17,445.56, dragged lower by a
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said he is “alarmed” by reports that Afghan refugees are being abused in Pakistan as the country carries out its policy of forced mass deportation. In a statement Wednesday, Türk expressed concern at reports that “the arbitrary expulsion of Afghan nationals from
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been executed for abducting a 5-year-old girl from a Walmart store in 2001, strangling her and setting her body on fire. Fifty-three-year-old David Renteria received a lethal injection Thursday evening at the Texas penitentiary in Huntsville for the
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious and lengthy labor dispute. A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with
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A St. Louis judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban on the grounds that lawmakers who passed the measure imposed their own religious beliefs on others who don’t share them.
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for a group of religious leaders who support abortion rights said during a hearing that Missouri lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban. But attorneys for the state countered Thursday that just because
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Jill Schlude has been selected as the next Columbia police chief.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old Texas boy who was allegedly beaten by his neighbor with a baseball bat in his home has died after two months in a hospital, according to a GoFundMe post from the child’s father. Jeremy Diaz was hospitalized September 11 after suffering skull fractures and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders announced Wednesday that Jill Schlude will be the city’s next police chief, making her the first woman to hold the position. Schlude says she hopes that during her time in the position she is able to inspire other women to work in law enforcement. “We’ve come a long way
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Led by Yacine Toumi’s 20 points, the Evansville Purple Aces defeated the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 76-57 on Wednesday night. The Purple Aces are now 3-0 with the win and the Redhawks fell to 0-3.
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Work started Wednesday on the Ridgemont Bridge in west Columbia.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — The mother of the Virginia 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in January was sentenced to 21 months in prison for federal felony offenses, a spokesperson with the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia told CNN Wednesday. Deja Taylor pleaded guilty in June to two
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