By Mostafa Salem, Celine Alkhaldi, Eyad Kourdi, Isil Sariyuce and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — A rescue operation has been launched to save American caver Mark Dickey, who is stranded hundreds of meters underground in southern Turkey. The operation began at 3.28 p.m. local time (8.28 a.m. ET) on Saturday, according to Turkey’s Caving Federation
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — As Covid cases spread in 2020, visitors to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences were greeted by a colorful sign put up by grateful neighbors outside the university’s medical center: “Heroes Work Here.” The university adopted the message in glossy promotional videos it posted online,
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Amy Cassidy, Rob Picheta and Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — Police in London are combing through the city’s largest park for a fugitive terror suspect who escaped from a prison by strapping himself to the underside of a truck. The Metropolitan Police said Friday they were searching Richmond Park in southwest
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The escape of a convicted murderer from a Chester County correctional facility in late August is not the only incident of its kind in Pennsylvania in the past few months. For one, there was a similar incident in May at that facility. The same month, two people escaped from
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — One day, we could be Martians. Not the luminous green blobs with three eyes and wobbly antennae, but humans, born and raised on the Red Planet. NASA researchers are currently spending a year in a simulated Mars habitat in Texas, in preparation for the space agency’s ambitious plan to
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have confirmed that an ex-soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was spotted at a busy roundabout in south London soon after his escape. The Metropolitan Police’s counter-terror commander Dominic Murphy told Sky News on Friday that Daniel Abed Khalife was
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Aya Elamroussi and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The Pennsylvania prison tower guard who did not see or report the escape of convicted killer Danelo Cavalcante nine days ago has been fired, a source with knowledge of the decision tells CNN. A massive manhunt involving hundreds of officers is underway for Cavalcante,
Continue ReadingCNN, KYW, WPVI By Aya Elamroussi, Brian Todd and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — As the manhunt for a convicted killer who slipped out of a Pennsylvania prison continues for the 10th day Saturday, authorities conducting an intense 24-hour operation now have nearly 400 officers on search efforts. Officials assigned additional law enforcement personnel to
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson and Travis Nichols, CNN (CNN) — A Nevada rapper was arrested on a murder charge after Las Vegas police said he “confessed to the murder in his (song) lyrics.” Kenjuan McDaniel was arrested August 29 on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon, a news release from the Las Vegas
Continue ReadingBy Teele Rebane, Stephanie Busari, Niamh Kennedy and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Mali has been hit by a wave of attacks over a 24-hour period, sparking fears of spiraling insecurity in the aftermath of two coups in the volatile Sahel country. On Friday, Mali’s armed forces reported a “complex” suicide attack on the airport
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s Board of Governors voted Friday to approve the use of results from the Classic Learning Test, or CLT, in college admissions. The approval makes Florida the first state university system to accept the SAT and ACT alternative, the New York Times reported.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs can look back at a slew of dropped passes and far too many penalties for a sputtering offense that led to a 21-20 loss to the Detroit Lions in their season opener Thursday night. Just about everybody who stepped on
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs began their Super Bowl defense campaign on Thursday with a less-than-stellar opener, dropping a narrow 21-20 loss to the Detroit Lions The Chiefs were without their main target, tight end Travis Kelce, who was sidelined after hyperextended his knee at practice on Tuesday. His absence became evident
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Lions walked into roaring Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night, where the Kansas City Chiefs are nearly unbeatable and were trying to open their latest Super Bowl title defense with a win, and proved what Detroit coach Dan Campbell has come to know in
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — Veterans’ constitutional rights continue to be violated in two of New Jersey’s state-run veterans nursing homes after a lack of basic hygiene and infection control in the facilities allowed Covid-19 to spread “virtually unchecked” in the pandemic’s early days, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday. The Justice
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A historical marker placement ceremony was held Thursday, signifying 134 years since a Black teenager was lynched in Columbia. A historical marker was placed in front of the Boone County Courthouse to memorialize the lynching of George Bush. On Sept. 7, 1889, a group of white men lynched Bush at the courthouse after he
Continue ReadingBy BILL TROCCHI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two of Atlanta’s five home runs, Matt Olson increased his major league-leading total to 47 and the Braves beat slumping Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5. Acuña raised his season total to 34 homers with his third multihomer game this season
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BATES CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man died in a Thursday afternoon crash on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County near mile marker 31, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Michael Kniest was pronounced dead at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, according to the report. He was 45. The crash occurred as Kniest
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Record-breaking rainfall paralyzed much of Hong Kong on Friday, with flash flooding submerging metro stations and trapping drivers on roads, as authorities suspended schools and urged the public to seek safe shelter. Photos and videos showed residents wading through murky brown floodwaters as heavy rain continued to
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When the Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February 2021, it wasn’t alone. In addition to the Ingenuity helicopter, the rover carried a suite of science instruments designed to search for ancient signs of life. And tucked in its chassis, Percy also had MOXIE — the Mars Oxygen
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