By Anabella González, Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — Spanish police say they have arrested 13 people suspected of belonging to the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua, in what would be the first time one of its cells has been dismantled in the country. Most of the arrests during the operation last week took place
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun, Betül Tuncer, Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Turkey on Friday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and dozens of other Israeli officials on “genocide” charges. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said it has issued warrants against 37 people. Besides Netanyahu, warrants target Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, National
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women who were previously charged with hindering a felony prosecution that ended with deputies exchanging gunfire with a homicide suspect have been charged with murder. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were both charged in Monroe County on Friday with second-degree felony murder. They are both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was killed in a rollover crash Friday morning that closed a highway northeast of Columbia. Boone County fire crews responded to a call about a truck that rolled over on Route HH, according to assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp. Blomenkamp said at the scene that one person in the truck was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County Judge on Friday decided to give bond to a man accused of killing a teenager in a crash last week. Jervontaye Warmack, 32, was charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of child endangerment and misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. He was previously held without bond, but Judge Joseph Shetler
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man pleaded guilty on Thursday to second-degree murder and first-degree assault, according to a Friday social media post from the Phelps County prosecutor. Joseph Snow, 35, will be sentenced at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, the post says. He was previously charged with first-degree murder, two counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bench trial has been scheduled in a Moberly homicide case. David Kip Heyde, 68, of Moberly, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Bailey Scott. Heyde waived his right to a jury trial on Friday and a bench trial was scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Morgan County on Friday after he allegedly threatened to distribute nude photographs of a teenage girl. Bryce Martin, 20, of Stover, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and three counts of having child porn. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a
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By Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israel has received remains of one of the last deceased hostages held in Gaza, in the fourth such transfer this week. On Saturday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said the remains were identified as Command Sergeant Major Lior Rudaeff. The 61-year-old was
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By Jennifer Hansler, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — An elite Iranian military unit plotted to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, according to a US official familiar with the matter. The plan, hatched by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, was initiated at the end of 2024 and was active through the first
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday that it used “professional marksmen” to kill a flu-exposed ostrich herd in British Columbia, bringing to an end a nearly year-long legal saga that had attracted attention from conservatives in the United States, including US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “As
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly attacked a person the morning of Nov. 1 in downtown Columbia. Quashawn Rush, 27, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court appearance was scheduled for Friday. The probable cause statement says Rush attacked the victim at
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died Thursday after a brief illness, according to a statement from his former employer. He was 97. His death was confirmed by a spokesperson with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In October and November 2015, the University of Missouri’s campus saw protests, hunger strikes, and ultimately, a change in leadership. Students on campus were protesting racial inequalities and what many felt like was a lack of accountability from those in charge — specifically, former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe. Many
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has reached a multimillion-dollar deal with Cornell University to restore more than $250 million in federal funding for the school. Cornell is expected to pay the federal government $30 million over three years, according to the text of the agreement. The school is also expected to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County’s top prosecutor said Friday that the investigation is ongoing into a shooting that took a man’s life last weekend in Jefferson City. Prosecutor Locke Thompson issued a statement Friday morning about the investigation into the shooting of Erik Spencer II, who died after being shot in a business parking
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By Cecilia Laurent Monpetit, Joseph Ataman, Philippe Cordier, CNN Paris (CNN) — Protesters disrupted a performance by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris three times Thursday as flares, smoke bombs and physical clashes broke out in the concert hall. In video of the event shared on social media, several members of the audience could be
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A civil jury’s decision this week to award $10 million to a former teacher shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student could weigh against the ex-assistant principal who now faces a criminal trial over the 2023 incident, legal experts said. Teacher Abby Zwerner sued then-administrator Ebony Parker for
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The horrifying reports of the massacre of hundreds of Sudanese civilians after the Darfur city of El Fasher was captured by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last week were the latest chapter in a brutal conflict that has killed more than 150,000 people over the past two and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Federal Aviation Administration will be officially cutting thousands of flights a day, starting Friday at 40 major airports across the country, due to the ongoing government shutdown. The affected airports include those with flights to and from Columbia Regional Airport. The maximum reduction of flights will be 10%, but will start
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