President Donald Trump is at war with the pope. Over the weekend, Trump posted a long message critical of Pope Leo XIV on his Truth Social platform. That was followed by an illustration of Trump as a Jesus-like figure, healing a sick man. Reports have also emerged of the administration telling a Vatican ambassador that
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — There’s no escape from the tax collector. At least that’s what Benjamin Brière must have felt after his return from three and half years as a hostage in Iran when he got that message that we all dread: he hadn’t filed his taxes. The return of two French
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By Brian Stelter, Andrew Kirell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its reporting on a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name. US District Judge Darrin P. Gayles ruled that Trump failed to plausibly allege the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people suffered serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County on Sunday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 29-year-old man from Kansas City was driving a 2014 Toyota Tundra eastbound on Interstate 70 at the 166-mile marker in Montgomery County at 9:50 p.m. on Sunday. The crash
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CNN By Laura Sharman, Isabelle D’Antonio, Christopher Lamb, Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday strongly pushed back against criticism from US President Donald Trump, defending his position of seeking peace and rejecting violence amid the Iran war. “I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department arrested a 19-year-old Columbia man Sunday for assault on Old Highway 63. According to a CPD social media post, Andy Cenobio was arrested after police were called to investigate three injured victims at a local hospital just before 3 a.m. He is facing charges of assault and armed
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Six weeks after the beginning of the war with Iran, President Donald Trump is giving the United States Navy its most difficult jobs of the conflict: blockading Iran’s ports and clearing the strategic Strait of Hormuz of any Iranian mines. The blockade order would apply to all Iranian ports,
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A mother of two was killed by a man wielding a hammer outside a convenience store in Florida earlier this month, seen in a gruesome video that has captured the attention of the nation — and the president. A Haitian national, 40-year-old Rolbert Joachin, was charged with
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s president has angered the Israeli government by sharing video on social media from 2024 that shows Israeli soldiers pushing a body off a building in the occupied West Bank. “We need to check if this is true, and if it is, we should find out what
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Brian Hooker, an American man who told investigators his wife fell overboard and vanished in rough waters in the Bahamas, has been released from custody without charges after he was arrested and questioned in his wife’s disappearance. The disappearance of Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old mother and sailor, set off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new project is bringing Columbia’s history to life right from the sidewalks of downtown. CoMo Preservation is honoring six historic buildings through a new initiative called CoMo Brick & Mortar, designed to showcase the city’s rich architectural past in a modern, interactive way. The project transforms downtown Columbia into a self-guided
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By Eric Bradner, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Eric Swalwell said Sunday he would withdraw from the California governor’s race in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct that led to a nearly immediate campaign collapse, as staffers quit and prominent Democratic supporters urged him to drop out. “I am suspending my campaign for
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By Christian Edwards, CNN Budapest, Hungary (CNN) — When Péter Magyar was growing up during Hungary’s democratic transition, he had a poster of Viktor Orbán pinned to his bedroom wall. At the time, Orbán was a liberal anti-communist who had famously demanded the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary. Now, Magyar is projected to end
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bill that would create a state oversight board for the Missouri State High School Activities Association is slated to go in front of the fiscal committee Monday before heading to the Senate floor for a third read and vote. Senate Bill 863 would allow the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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A 66-year-old man from Leslie, Michigan, was seriously injured in a crash Saturday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
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Drivers can no longer use the St. Charles Road bridge to access I-70 in Columbia, as the Missouri Department of Transportation is expected to wrap up demolition of the bridge on Monday morning.
An ABC 17 News reporter saw the bridge demolished and final cleanup work being done Sunday morning. Several cranes and frontloaders were also seen in a section of I-70 between where the bridge had been.
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Lynette Hooker moves through the world like someone who has found her rhythm. On the water, the 55-year-old mother seems to come alive, her adventurous spirit radiating outward, lighting her from the inside out. She chases horizons by sailboat and slips beneath them with a snorkel, drifting eye-level with
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN Budapest, Hungary (CNN) — Viktor Orbán is seeking a fifth consecutive term as Hungary’s prime minister. During 16 years in office, he has transformed his small central European country from a burgeoning Western democracy into an illiberal one, providing a model of right-wing populist governance that has won praise from abroad.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Red Bull took over portions of Tenth and Cherry Streets on Saturday afternoon, to make room for chariot racing. Participants made chariots out of varying materials, allowing one person to sit in the chariot and two other people to push or pull it through the track. A total of 24 teams, each
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press Paris (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has been rescued after living locked in his father’s utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. The child has been hospitalized, and his father detained. Police were alerted by a neighbor to the “sounds of a child” coming from a
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