CNN By Helen Regan, Kareem Khadder, Eyad Kourdi, Abeer Salman and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel has widened its offensive against Hamas and its regional enemies, intensifying its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, striking Hezbollah cells in Lebanon and targeting the occupied West Bank. Hundreds were killed in Gaza after
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after she was allegedly assaulted by the country’s morality police for not wearing a headscarf is “brain dead,” state-aligned media said. Armita Geravand, 16, was hospitalized with head injuries following the alleged assault at a Tehran metro
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb, Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are conducting “countless interviews” as they try to piece together what happened in the days and hours before beloved synagogue leader Samantha Woll was found fatally stabbed Saturday morning, Detroit Police Deputy Chief Kari Sloan said Monday. “We are examining every piece of
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JONESBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents recount how a Scrap Mart Metal Friday morning caused several residents to shelter in place. Jonesburg Elementary School and multiple neighborhoods are just two miles east of where the fire occurred. Most residents were at work when the fire was happening. However, Kenneth Shaw was home when he saw multiple fire
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — New York City has unveiled a sculpture of alligators lurking in the sewers — a playful homage to one of the city’s long-standing myths. However, the uncomfortable truth is that alligators do occasionally turn up in the Big Apple, like the one rescued from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park earlier
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Democratic queer rights advocate is officially in the race to represent the 48th District in the Missouri House of Representatives. Joseph “Joe” Jefferies tells ABC 17 he is running for the state legislature because of recent controversial legislation on transgender youth and adults, libraries and more. He will face off
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was sacked five times by the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, and that was a big reason why the Los Angeles offense couldn’t keep up in a 31-17 loss at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chargers had only allowed 10 sacks total
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 424 yards and four touchdowns, Travis Kelce caught 12 passes for 179 yards and a score, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Los Angeles Chargers 31-17. The Chiefs won their sixth straight to take a three-game lead in the
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, Stefano Pozzebon, Esteban Campanela, Karol Suarez and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The battle to decide who will run crisis-wracked Argentina is heading to a run off vote next month between left wing candidate Sergio Massa and far right libertarian Javier Milei, according to data released by Argentina’s National Electoral Chamber after
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A Chicago-area woman who was stabbed multiple times in an alleged anti-Muslim attack that left her 6-year-old son dead last week has been released from the hospital, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Chicago office. Hanaan Shahin, 32, lived with her son, Wadea Al Fayoume, in a rented
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A prosecutor says a former Missouri police chief who resigned amid accusations he assaulted a father who tried to drown a young daughter in 2018 has now been sentenced to prison for attacking his ex-wife in a separate domestic dispute. The Kansas City Star reports former Greenwood chief Greg Hallgrimson
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Friends and family of a Tennessee man who went missing after a motorcycle crash last week say they never gave up hope that he’d be found. Taylor Boyle and the motorcycle he was riding were discovered down an embankment between 30 to 50 feet off a back road in
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The mountain chicken frog was once so abundant in Dominica, with thousands found across the island, that it became a national delicacy, supposedly tasting of chicken. Now, a new survey
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia extended its streak of No. 1 rankings in The Associated Press college football poll to 19 straight weeks, the third best in the history of the rankings, and Alabama moved back into the top 10 on Sunday. The Bulldogs received 38 of 63 first-place votes, their
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Tennessee are searching for the son of Nashville’s police chief as a suspect in the Saturday shooting of two suburban police officers. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a statewide blue alert late Saturday in an effort to locate the suspect, John Drake Jr.,
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Catherine Nicholls and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — At least six people were killed and 16 others injured after a Russian missile strike on a postal terminal in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, officials have said. Russian forces fired two missiles from the Belgorod region, near the Ukrainian border, at “a building
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Saturday’s big win for the University of Missouri Tigers against the South Carolina Gamecocks, local law enforcement responded to a few crime and crash-related incidents near downtown Columbia. As of 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Columbia Police Department responded to a hit and run on Rogers St. and N. College Blvd,
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — E.T. phone home? Astronomers have detected a mysterious blast of radio waves that has taken 8 billion years to reach Earth. The cosmic flash is one of the most distant and energetic ever observed. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was
Continue Reading By IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ and FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Norma strengthened slightly and dumped heavy rain after being downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved into mainland Mexico, while Hurricane Tammy left the Caribbean island of Barbuda with minor damage. Once a Category 4 hurricane, Norma came ashore
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — A Nashville teacher made headlines this month for removing a White elementary student’s shirt because it was emblazoned with the letters of her historically Black sorority. A spokesperson for Metro Nashville Public Schools told CNN the sorority shirt violated McGavock Elementary School dress code “due to having writing,” but
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