By Holmes Lybrand, Rashard Rose and Adrienne Winston, CNN (CNN) — The DC Metropolitan Police Department is searching for a homicide suspect who escaped custody at a university hospital on Wednesday. Police identified the suspect as Christopher Haynes, 30, who escaped shortly after 3:30 p.m. from the George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC’s Foggy Bottom
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s been a month since the City of Columbia combined Go COMO bus routes due to a bus driver shortage. The decision cut the number of bus routes from six to three has resulted in longer wait times and complaints from riders. “When we started route combining in early August some of
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First responders will now have fewer barriers to giving life-saving medications to people suffering from a drug overdose.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Street paving on nearly two dozen streets in Columbia is set to begin 7 a.m. Monday, according to a Wednesday press release from City of Columbia Public Works. All 23 sections of streets are expected to reopen by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, the release states. Lane closures will be required and
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, Michael Rios and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Over thirty people are dead after heavy rains and floods in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, state governor Eduardo Leite said Wednesday. Leite visited the disaster area on Wednesday morning and pledged on social media that no effort would be spared
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With Fire Station 11 set to open later this month, the Columbia Fire Department already has eyes on Fire Station 10 opening next year.
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of murdering a Hermann police sergeant in March has requested a change of venue. Kenneth Lee Simpson, 35, of Steelville, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of armed-criminal action, first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful gun possession, unlawful possession of an illegal weapon, possession of a controlled substance
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The governor’s office announced in a Wednesday press release that the state is requesting a “major disaster declaration” for federal assistance to 33 Missouri counties, citing inclement weather from July 29-Aug. 14. The aid request includes several counties in Mid-Missouri, including Benton, Camden and Maries counties. According to the release, initial
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects in a new light and the “Moon Sniper” lunar lander lifted off Wednesday night. The Japanese Space Agency launch, which was rescheduled several times due to bad weather, occurred aboard an H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 7:42 p.m. ET
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A Washington state high school football coach who won a Supreme Court case in 2022 after he lost his job for praying at the 50-yard line after games has resigned from his position. The nation’s top court ruled the Bremerton School District violated coach Joe Kennedy’s First Amendment rights,
Continue ReadingBy Karol Suarez and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled to federally decriminalize abortion on Wednesday, finding that the current ban on the procedure is unconstitutional. “The First Chamber of the Court ruled that the legal system that penalizes abortion in the Federal Criminal Code is unconstitutional, since it violates the human
Continue ReadingBy Nima Elbagir and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — The United States has imposed sanctions on Abdelrahim Dagalo, the deputy leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), for his involvement in human rights abuses, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday. Abdelrahim Dagalo, who is the brother of RSF commander
Continue ReadingCNN, KYW By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt continued Wednesday for murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison last week by thwarting newly installed razor wire put in place after another inmate briefly broke out a few months ago, authorities said at a Wednesday news conference. Cavalcante, 34,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs’ Travis Kelce was held out of Wednesday’s final workout and listed as questionable for Thursday night’s season opener against Detroit because of a knee injury. The All-Pro tight end hyperextended his knee during Tuesday’s practice. Kelce was the only player to carry
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Southern District Commissioner Justin Aldred announced his intention to run for reelection in 2024 through a press release on Wednesday. Aldred first won the seat representing southern portions of Boone County – including southern Columbia, Ashland and Hartsburg – in 2020. Aldred, a Democrat, defeated incumbent commissioner Fred Parry –
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors plan to seek a grand jury indictment of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter before the end of the month, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The filing came in a gun possession case in which Hunter Biden was accused of having a firearm while being
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A wide-ranging survey into the state of the U.S. Olympic system leveled criticism at the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with a draft report concluding that feedback collected about the 6-year-old agency “paints a picture of a center in potential crisis.” SafeSport Center CEO Ju’Riese Colon was among the Olympic
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected of a series of suspected sexual assaults in Sacramento, California, over a decade ago, was identified and arrested through the use of investigative genetic genealogy, officials announced Tuesday. A recent cold case investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office unveiled a full DNA profile. Investigative genetic
Continue ReadingWDIV, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE, CNN By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Michigan authorities are looking for an “armed and dangerous” suspect who they say set fire to multiple state police vehicles and struck them with rifle rounds early Wednesday at the Sault Ste. Marie post. No troopers were in the vehicles when the incident occurred
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of environmental groups and conservationists is suing the state of Utah for its alleged misuse of water and failing to protect the Great Salt Lake from the brink of “ecological collapse,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit comes roughly nine months after nearly three dozen
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