CNN By Jade Walker, CNN Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman, who was shot in a politically motivated attack last month, was released from a hospital ICU this week and moved into a rehabilitation facility. The Democratic lawmaker’s wife, Yvette, who was also shot, left the hospital on June 19. The suspected gunman also fatally shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flashing flooding can happen anywhere within minutes and hours of intense rainfall posing a threat to life and property. Flash flooding occurred in the early morning hours of July 4 in Kerrville, Texas, killing more than 100 people, according to reporting from CNN. Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Texas on
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter, setting off a scramble inside the administration to understand why the halt was implemented and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tuesday marked one year since Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Fire Chief Matthew Tobben died while saving two people. On July 8, 2024, a rescue boat lost power and capsized near Bear Creek. The boat carried Tobben, Columbia firefighter Derek Abbott and two people they rescued. All four people were thrown
Continue ReadingPor Jimena de la Quintana, CNN en Español El Congreso de Perú “ha tomado múltiples medidas para debilitar el marco jurídico para enfrentar a organizaciones criminales”, situación ante la cual el Gobierno de la presidenta Dina Boluarte ha sido “débil, incapaz o poco dispuesto a actuar”, indicó Human Rights Watch (HRW). En un informe titulado
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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, has begun pushing antisemitic tropes in its responses to some users’ queries, weeks after Musk said he would rebuild the chatbot because he was unsatisfied with some of its replies that he viewed as too politically correct. On Tuesday, Grok
Continue ReadingPor Jennifer Hansler, CNN Alguien usó inteligencia artificial para hacerse pasar por el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, y contactó al menos a cinco personas —incluidos tres cancilleres, un gobernador de EE.UU. y un congresista— con el objetivo de obtener acceso a información o cuentas, según un cable diplomático estadounidense. El documento advierte a diplomáticos
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jesse Tyler Ferguson is opening up about some criticism he received while playing a gay character on “Modern Family” that hit particularly close to home. Ferguson shared that some of his “loudest” critics came from the gay community itself, which is a pressure that he said he tends to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Part of Columbia’s busy Stadium Boulevard was closed during rush hour Tuesday evening after a crash took out a utility pole, according to a public alert. South Stadium was closed from Rollins Road to College Park Drive after a crash caused an electric line to go across the road, the alert said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel has been accused again of driving while intoxicated. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report shows that Pinkel, 73, was arrested at 11:46 p.m. Monday in Camden County. The arrest report says he was brought to the Camden County jail and was released. He was accused of
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson are not just costars, they are also friends forever. The two actors grew close while filming the upcoming “Naked Gun” reboot, Anderson said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Tuesday. “I think I have a friend forever in Liam, and we definitely have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Daily Tribune’s downtown printing press will close in September, moving the printing of the century-old paper to Iowa. The Columbia Daily Tribune announced parent company Gannett’s decision in a story on Tuesday. The company told staff on Tuesday about the closure and transfer of printing and packaging to the company’s
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LAGUNA BEACH, California (KABC) — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a firework-related brush fire in Laguna Beach that burned as many as five acres and prompted evacuations, authorities said Tuesday. The vegetation fire erupted shortly after 2 p.m. Monday near Morningside
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By Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story POCATELLO, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A man was arrested after a woman reported that she had been kidnapped and assaulted by him after he broke into her home. Sam Sailiata, 27 is charged with felonies for first-degree stalking, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary,
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Four men in Quebec, including two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, were arrested and charged in what Canadian police say is a case of “ideologically motivated violent extremism.” Three of the men, all in their mid-twenties, “were planning to create an anti-government militia” with the intent to
Continue ReadingBy Burt Levine Click here for updates on this story July 8, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — HOUSTON, TX – Under the searing July sun and the steady rush of the Hall and Green Bayous behind her, Dr. Letitia Plummer—Houston City Council Member At-Large and proud daughter of Harris County—launched her campaign for Harris County
Continue ReadingPor Pablo García Escorihuela, CNN en Español El Mundial de Clubes ha resultado un torneo sumamente lucrativo para Fluminense. Uno que lo puede convertir en el corto plazo, en uno de los equipos más poderosos de toda Sudamérica. El club brasileño llegó hasta las semifinales del campeonato de FIFA (quedó eliminado tras la derrota 2-0
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By Alison Main, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The White House’s package to formalize spending cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency faces potential obstacles ahead in the Senate as congressional Republicans confront an upcoming deadline to enact the measure into law. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins on Tuesday expressed uncertainty over
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CNN By Pete Muntean and Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — After nearly two decades, passengers going through airport security in the United States will no longer have to take their shoes off. The Transportation Security Administration will be eliminating the security requirement “effective immediately,” Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, announced Tuesday. ”TSA
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Someone using AI to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted at least five people — including three foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of Congress. A diplomatic cable said the unknown cyber actor created an account on the messaging platform Signal. Here’s
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