By Tim Lister, Oliver Sherwood, Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — A search and rescue operation was continuing uninterrupted in the Mediterranean after a passenger ferry carrying nearly 270 people capsized while traveling from northern Cyprus to Turkey, killing at least eight people. Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman said 241 people had been rescued alive, but
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By Chelsea Bailey, Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — Ben Crump’s voice cut through the noise of a crowded convention hall like a thunderclap. “Justice for Nolan Wells,” the attorney shouted late last month as he marched into the room with his fist thrust defiantly into the air. The crowd echoed his call: “Justice for Nolan
Continue Reading By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — The Friendship Bridge, connecting Brazil and Paraguay near the iconic Iguazu Falls, has long been a route for smugglers moving cheap, illicit goods, like cigarettes and electronics. But in recent years, Brazilian authorities say smugglers have found a far more lucrative product: weight-loss drugs. As demand for GLP-1 based
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By Martin Goillandeau, Laura Sharman, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Swiss police say they arrested a 43-year-old man on Monday after a deadly shooting at a rave in northern Switzerland led to the death of an Italian citizen and saw several other young people wounded. Aargau Cantonal Police previously said one person was killed and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz took the podium for his Week 1 press conference, on Saturday morning, the college football season was kicking off across the Atlantic ocean, as TCU and North Carolina met in Ireland. But even though the first ball has been kicked off, there’s still lots of chaos
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A celebration of life was held for Cheryl Gravitt, 57, who was the victim of a shooting on Sunday, August 23. Gravitt’s family held a celebration in Gravitt’s honor at 4 p.m. on Saturday and invited community members to attend. The event was held at Rothwell Park, and according to the nephew,
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Multiple baby goats at a mobile petting zoo in North Carolina were infected with rabies, and authorities are asking anyone who had contact with the animals to reach out to health officials about potential exposure to the rare but deadly virus. Residents in western North Carolina may have been
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CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Six months after the murder of Tupac Shakur – the most prominent casualty of the boiling hip-hop feud between coasts – his biggest rival, Christopher Wallace, looked tired of it all. “I’m just getting over – you know what I’m saying – this whole situation with this East
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Six months after the murder of Tupac Shakur – the most prominent casualty of the boiling hip-hop feud between coasts – his biggest rival, Christopher Wallace, looked tired of it all. “I’m just getting over – you know what I’m saying – this whole situation with this East Coast-West
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By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — On May 25, 2019, the Twitter account belonging to the long-retired Alaska senator Mike Gravel posted, “The wealthiest 10% of Americans control 70% of the nation’s total wealth – and almost everyone telling you inequality doesn’t ‘really matter’ comes from that bracket.” Gravel, who had just turned 89, didn’t
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were injured after a tornado and hail hit the northern Italian city of Cremona, causing widespread damage. Like much of Europe, Italy has faced a relentless period of extreme weather, with the country sweltering under its fifth heatwave of the summer. Ten churches, including the
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The Cattleman Days Rodeo parade kicks off the second and final day of the Ashland rodeo. The parade steps off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, but traffic impacts start as early as 8 a.m., with road closures.
The Ashland Police Department posted the parade route on Facebook, noting the road closures and asking people to find an alternate route.
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Ocean Springs, Mississippi (CNN) — Nolan Wells should have joined his fellow Southwest Mississippi Bears on the football field Thursday night in the season’s home opener. Instead, in the kind of humidity that dampens shirts well before warm-ups even begin, his parents sat in the stands at Ocean Springs High School,
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By Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, Thom Poole, CNN (CNN) — At least 38 people were killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse on Saturday triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted hours in a residential area near Kyiv. The attack in the Bucha district came amid near
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Eduardo Cuevas, Sydney Bishop, Julia Benbrook, CNN (CNN) — British right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was deported Friday to the United Kingdom, according to a spokesperson with the Department of Homeland Security. Yiannopoulos was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thursday at a Louisiana airport after overstaying his visa, DHS said. The conservative
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By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Six months since the United States and Israel launched the first strikes on Iran, the physical, financial and emotional impacts of the war have reverberated from Tehran across the world, including to the vast Iranian community in the US, which has been divided with varying opinions
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 1 of the Missouri high school football season kicked off on Friday night. You can find scores from all of your Mid-Missouri teams below, as well as highlights in the video player above.
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Deadly flooding along the China-Nepal border has put a sharp spotlight on how risks from natural disasters in the Himalayas are growing, at the same time that countries in the region are rapidly building out their high-altitude infrastructure footprints. There’s no indication that the latest disaster, which has
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A detective testified about the role a man accused of evidence tampering played in the events that led to a Randolph County teenager’s death during the suspect’s preliminary hearing Friday. Judge Mason Gebhardt said Friday that he would consider binding Julian Mason over for trial after Mason’s preliminary hearing. His next court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe announced some changes to a couple of state departments in a pair of press releases on Friday. Kurt Schaefer will become the commissioner of the Office of Administration. Schaefer takes over for Kenneth Zellers, who is retiring on Sept. 4. Jake Buxton will take over Schaefer’s old role as
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