Story by AP BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said a former foreign intelligence chief was arrested Tuesday on espionage allegations. August Hanning, 80, served as president of the Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, from December 1998 to November 2005. He is “strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason, and
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CNN, WSTM, MEGAN ZEREZ , ITHACA VOICE, NY OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Megan Zerez / Ithaca Voice By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the
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Columbia Police Department leadership addressed the public about a report that showed increased crime numbers downtown on Monday night. That explanation came Monday after Race Matters, Friends raised concerns about how the Columbia Police Department’s downtown crime data was being presented during a Columbia City Council pre-council meeting. CPD presented a report comparing crime from
Continue Reading CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Tarana Burke thinks those asking if anything has changed since MeToo are posing the wrong question. The political organizer, who in 2006 started the hashtag that would take off in 2017 amid a mass reckoning with sexual violence, has seen it before. A high-profile episode sparks a new
Continue Reading By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the case echoes across the country – from sexual abuse survivors to students on campus and now to
Continue Reading CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the case echoes across the country – from sexual abuse survivors to students on campus and now
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By Melissa Bell, CNN (CNN) — France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What started as a demonstration in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris has snowballed into a national crisis. Hundreds of schools have been forced to close and more than 6,000
Continue Reading By Ronnie Glassberg, CNN (CNN) — Televangelist Jim Bakker, who rose to national prominence in the 1970s and ‘80s before stepping down from his ministry amid scandal, has died. He was 86. “It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tuscumbia access to the Osage River has reopened, according to a Monday press release from Missouri Department of Conservation. The area closed on Sept. 20 to do stabilization repairs for erosion damage along the riverbank, the release says. The access was previously managed by the MDC, but is now managed by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council leaders shot down a rezoning plan for a potential apartment complex on the south side of town. The rezoning request was for 32.7 acres off Rock Quarry Road and Grindstone Parkway for a development called “The Retreat at Columbia.” The project is expected to be a 194-unit multifamily development
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say officers ramping up enforcement downtown played a large role in a report showing nearly a 48% increase in downtown crime during the past year That explanation came Monday after Race Matters, Friends raised concerns about how the Columbia Police Department’s downtown crime data was being presented during a Columbia
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CNN By Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova, Lex Harvey, and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Contractors who are installing Google Fiber will be seen along Stadium Boulevard in Jefferson City this week. Contractors from Verita Communications will be working along the road between Southwest Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue, according to a Monday press release from Jefferson City. Work will occur 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department on Monday morning used a drone to find a person who was lost and having a medical emergency, according to a press release. Firefighters were called at 5:16 a.m. to Quail Drive near Bass Pro Shop after a person “suffering a significant medical emergency” called 911 for help.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has responded to at least seven reports of vandalism to Flock cameras in the city from the beginning of this year through Sept. 30, according to documents obtained by ABC 17 News. However, CPD redacted all the locations, citing protections in Missouri’s Sunshine Law that allow police to
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CNN By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Minutes before he was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Caleb Flynn sobbed as his in-laws read letters written by his two daughters, asking him heartbreaking questions about their mother’s death. “Mommy was the perfect person, the absolute perfect person. What did
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council introduced a bill and approved a resolution related to a new downtown parking garage at its meeting Monday. The council introduced a bill authorizing the sale of $35 million in bonds to finance a new parking garage at the corner of Madison Street and East Capitol Avenue.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday night unanimously passed its budget for fiscal year 2027. The fiscal year for the city begins Nov. 1 and ends Oct. 31. The total budget is $88,573,996. with the General Fund expected to be $45,542,623 per city documents. City information and previous reporting show it’s an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A cyclist was injured after a vehicle overturned on them Saturday night on East Business Loop 70 and Bowling Street, according to a Monday evening press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says firefighters were called at 7:36 p.m. Saturday after learning a bicycle rider was trapped underneath a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause and origin of a Sunday night fire at a mobile home in the 1500 block of Vandiver Drive is still under investigation, according to a Monday evening press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says crews were called at 8:33 p.m. No injuries were reported. After firefighters went
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