MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Raytown woman was seriously injured in a car crash Saturday evening in Morgan County. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, April Berry, 50 was in the car with two other people driving down Ivy Bend Road at 5 pm. The crash occurred when the driver of
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Residents in Madrid were instructed by city authorities to stay indoors Sunday with Storm Dana set to lash the Spanish capital. The state meteorological agency, AEMET, issued a warning for Madrid, Toledo and Cadiz, where Dana is expected to bring strong rains. According to AEMET, up to 120 liters
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As consumers continue to celebrate Labor Day Weekend, prices on certain food items have increased in the past month in the midwest compared to other U.S. cities and grill safety is on top of mind.
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Two adults and two children were found dead at a “scene of violence” involving a fire at a house in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday, authorities said. At 8:41 a.m., the Seattle Police Department received a call from an 11-year-old girl who said there was a deceased person inside her
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Happy Labor Day weekend, also known as summer’s unofficial last hurrah. Unfortunately, the long holiday weekend is often punctuated by heavy highway traffic and lengthy airport delays — no doubt exacerbated by the damage caused by Hurricane Idalia last week. If you’re among the millions traveling today
Continue ReadingBy John Allen and Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis urged Chinese Catholics to be “good citizens” and “good Christians,” a rare instance of the Holy Father publicly addressing the issue of religion in China. Francis’ seemingly off-the-cuff comments came during his Sunday Mass in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. The trip has been
Continue ReadingBy Will Lanzoni and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — This summer will be remembered for being shrouded in a choking haze as wildfire smoke from Canada poured south into the United States and was seen as far east as Northern Europe. The smoke from Canada’s unprecedented summer spread thousands of miles across borders and
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Tim Scott seldom specifically brings up race in Iowa. Nor does the Republican presidential candidate have to. He is often the only Black person at his campaign events in the state. The South Carolina senator introduces himself as the product of early-life mentors who taught him
Continue ReadingCNN, KCAL, KCBS, WCTV By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida Wednesday morning, it became the eighth major hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in the last six years. And it may not be the last; Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t yet peaked, and the Gulf of Mexico has been historically
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Water levels at Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world and South America’s largest – are dropping precipitously after an unprecedented winter heat wave. The shocking decline is affecting tourism, fishing and agriculture, which locals rely on to make a living. “We don’t
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts concluded their six-month stay aboard the International Space Station on Sunday and are heading for a splashdown off the coast of Florida days after Hurricane Idalia ravaged parts of the state. The astronauts, members of the Crew-6 mission run jointly by NASA and SpaceX, boarded their Crew
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A fire burning at an oil depot in St. Petersburg has been extinguished, the Russian Emergency Ministry said on Telegram, after dozens of firefighters were called to the scene. Videos from the area posted on social media showed a large plume of black smoke rising as
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker. Zelenskyy made the announcement on his official Telegram account, writing that new leadership was needed after Reznikov went through “more than 550 days of full-scale war.” Later in
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Sunday that he will let his deputy stay in office despite a furor that started with allegations he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer when he was a high school student 35 years ago. Governor Markus Soeder, a
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida Wednesday morning, it became the eighth major hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in the last six years. And it may not be the last; Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t yet peaked, and the Gulf of Mexico has been historically warm – more energy
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Miracle, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — The California Highway Patrol may best be known for freeway chases and the Hollywood glamour of its motorcycle cops in television shows like “ChiPs.” But now the storied agency is patrolling the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin as part of a multiagency effort to crack down on
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa’s 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come. That can be both deadly and expensive, with damage running in the billions of dollars. The first Africa Climate Summit
Continue ReadingBy Hamdi Alkhshali, Richard Allen Greene, Kareem Khadder and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were injured in Tel Aviv on Saturday as hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police, authorities in Israel said. Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said more than 114
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to inspecting luggage, “there’s never a dull moment,” customs agents at Washington’s Dulles Airport said after opening the bags of two passengers from Vietnam and discovering herbal medicine, snakes and even seahorses. US Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found 77 dry seahorses, 50 small boxes
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WILKS and ELISE MORTON Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with Vladimir Putin, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin a deal allowing Ukraine to safely export grain. Moscow withdrew from the agreement in July. But Putin made it clear that the initiative would not be
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