Stephy Chung, CNN A young man stands grinning in Beijing’s Forbidden City. It’s the dead of winter, and one of his hands is buried deep into the pockets of his long overcoat to protect it from the chill. The other grasps the unmistakable contours of a glass Coca-Cola bottle. Today, Coke is the world’s most
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Police say they located the suspect in the random killing of three people at a convenience store in Yakima, Washington, after he borrowed a stranger’s cell phone to call his mother and confess to what he had done. Yakima Police Chief Matt Murray said the suspect, Jarid
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de Ecuador informó este martes que, durante la madrugada, se ejecutaron diversos allanamientos en el cantón Durán, provincia de Guayas, que permitieron la detención de 10 personas en conexión con varios asesinatos y los atentados con coches bomba ocurridos en noviembre pasado en Guayaquil y Durán. La
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is reiterating that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from serving on the House committee that oversees national intelligence. He says the decision is not based on political payback but because “integrity matters, and they have failed in
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN Closing arguments concluded Tuesday in the trial of Sayfullo Saipov, the man prosecutors say was radicalized by ISIS propaganda before he allegedly drove a rented truck down a bike path in New York, killing eight pedestrians in 2017. The judge is expected to charge the jury with the case Wednesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is preparing for winter weather that is expected to impact Mid-Missouri Tuesday Night through Wednesday. The department has a 21-person Public Works crew that reported at 7 p.m. Tuesday night. The crew will begin its winter weather response by applying pretreatment to roadways. Salt brine will be applied
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A couple of schools and a few different community groups have began announcing either closures or delayed starts for Wednesday, ahead of the winter weather heading for Mid-Missouri. Columbia Public Schools announced that it will be closed Wednesday. CPS spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said it is the district’s first snow day of the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Este martes continuó la declaración de un testigo en el juicio que Genaro García Luna, exsecretario de Seguridad Publica de México, enfrenta en Nueva York por narcotráfico. Se trata de Sergio Villarreal Barragán, alias “El Grande”, quien fue arrestado en 2010 y se declaró culpable en Estados Unidos de conspirar para
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Una canción insignia puede hacernos recordar una película al instante, y por eso existe, desde 1934, una categoría dentro de los premios Oscar a la mejor canción original. Entre los ganadores destacan artistas como Eminem, quien alzó el Oscar en 2003 por su tema “Lose Yourself”; “My Heart Will
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chris Hipkins was sworn in Wednesday as New Zealand’s 41st prime minister, following the unexpected resignation last week of Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, 44, has promised a back-to-basics approach focusing on the economy and what he described as the “pandemic of inflation.” He will have less
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Attorneys for a Native Hawaiian man who has been imprisoned for more than 20 years for the 1991 sexual assault, kidnapping and murder of a white woman visiting Hawaii began presenting new evidence in court Tuesday — including DNA testing — they say proves he is
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN US Capitol Police arrested two 18-year-old alleged carjackers Tuesday who hid in an outdoor restaurant freezer following an attempted traffic stop that turned into a car chase, USCP said. Officers attempted to pull over a white BMW sedan near the 100 block of E Street NW in Washington, DC, that was
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Drag queens in full makeup and dozens of other advocates are rallying against Missouri bills aimed at transgender children and drag shows. A House committee debated the measures Tuesday. Bills under consideration would ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams. Public K-12 schools
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order on Tuesday, activating the Missouri National Guard to assist local authorities responding to possible severe winter weather. The Order also extends the existing State of Emergency established in December. That order waives state law requiring that propane tanks be filled only by the company that
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly called Tuesday for Kansas officials to stop distracting themselves with “wedge issues” in education, sharply rebuking a Republican-controlled Legislature pursuing policies catering to conservative parents unhappy with public schools. Kelly used her annual State of the State address to decry what
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly called Tuesday for Kansas officials to stop distracting themselves with “wedge issues” in education, sharply rebuking a Republican-controlled Legislature pursuing policies catering to conservative parents unhappy with public schools. Kelly used her annual State of the State address to decry what
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly called Tuesday for Kansas officials to stop distracting themselves with “wedge issues” in education, sharply rebuking a Republican-controlled Legislature pursuing policies catering to conservative parents unhappy with public schools. Kelly used her annual State of the State address to decry what
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By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — More than 50 people have died in ongoing street protests in the weeks since Peru’s elected leader was jailed, mostly demonstrators at the hands of police officers, but only a few international voices of concern have emerged. The relative silence of much of the regional and
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The first Proud Boy to take the stand in the seditious conspiracy trial against five fellow members of the far-right group told the jury Tuesday how leaders of the organization celebrated when their members acted violently, and how that informed the way the group fought together during the
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old man wanted in the random killing of three people before dawn at a convenience store in Yakima, Washington, shot and killed himself as officers approached him several hours later. Yakima Police Chief Matt Murray said at a news conference that authorities had received
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