By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz was on a pre-planned vacation in Greece with his family when devastating floods hit central Texas, and he sought to travel back “as fast as humanly possible,” his office said in a statement. “The Senator was already in the middle of preplanned family vacation travel
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Country singer Pat Green has shared that he and his family have “suffered a heartbreaking and deeply personal loss” as a result of the devastating floods that hit central Texas over the weekend. Green wrote in a statement posted to his Instagram on Monday that his family is “grieving
Continue ReadingBy Houston Style Magazine Staff Click here for updates on this story July 7, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a stirring and historic moment that reverberated across the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and far beyond, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — America’s first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court—took
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story July 7, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — HOUSTON, TX – Houston’s favorite restaurants and bars are raising a glass to the city’s roots on Sunday, July 13, 2025, in celebration of 713 Day. A true tribute to the Bayou City’s bold flavors, cultural influence,
Continue ReadingPor Kevin Liptak, CNN La reunión del lunes entre el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu y el presidente Donald Trump marca su tercera visita a la Casa Blanca desde enero. A diferencia de los dos episodios anteriores, no hubo eventos públicos programados, lo que podría dejar la importante conversación entre ambos líderes sobre Medio Oriente en
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies after he allegedly set a backpack on fire and threw it on top of a home on Paris Road last month. Brandon Butchkoski, 47, was charged on Monday with first-degree arson and drug possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without
Continue ReadingPor Hadas Gold, CNN La breve distensión entre Elon Musk y el presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump llegó a su fin el fin de semana, cuando el multimillonario y otrora principal donante republicano, anunció la formación de un nuevo partido político. Musk se distanció de su antiguo papel de “primer amigo” del presidente, dedicando gran
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s attorney general said Monday that he is appealing a Jackson County judge’s injunction, issued last week, that allowed abortion to proceed in the state. Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a news release that his office has filed an appeal of the injunction issued last week. Judge Jerri Zhang issued
Continue ReadingBy Brian Todd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday it is walking back plans for mass layoffs at the agency but says it will still shed tens of thousands of jobs by the end of fiscal year 2025. VA Secretary Doug Collins previously said the agency had the goal of
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CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting, and had graduated from rescue swimming school around six months ago when his team
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting, and had graduated from rescue swimming school around six months ago when his team got
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Fresh off losing New York’s Democratic primary for mayor to Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ramped up his efforts to push the incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, out of the race. Cuomo’s latest gambit to keep alive his mayoral bid — and his political comeback
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in cases. “As reports of animal infections with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus (“H5N1 bird flu”) have declined and no human cases have been reported since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tractor-trailer lost control and folded in on itself on Interstate 70 near Kingdom City on Monday. The truck and trailer have the Hogan logo on them. The crash happened Monday afternoon and ended with the trailer blocking both eastbound lanes, a photograph shows. It’s not clear how the crash started. Both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An “interested parties” meeting has been scheduled to discuss adding a sidewalk in a portion of West Broadway, according to a Monday press release from the city. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, July 14 at the Activity and Recreational Center at 1701 W. Ash St. Organizers will discuss a
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Women outlive men in dire circumstances — even though girls in many parts of the world have access to fewer resources, such as food and medical care. That’s because the female body is built for resilience and longevity. Here’s what else you might have missed
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By Renée Rigdon, Matt Stiles, Byron Manley, Lou Robinson, Amy O’Kruk, Rosa de Acosta, Soph Warnes, Gillian Roberts, Yukari Schrickel, Annette Choi and Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — Catastrophic and deadly flooding killed 136 people following a torrential downpour along Texas’ Guadalupe River on the evening of July 3, and into the early hours of
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House Monday for dinner, he came bearing what has become the ultimate host gift for President Donald Trump: a letter nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize. The award has become Trump’s ultimate fixation, one he says is well deserved
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 55-year-old man was seriously injured Monday in a crash on Highway 63 in Maries County near County Road 528, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says that the crash occurred as a 2021 Chrysler Voyager – driven by the 55-year-old Fredericktown man – was heading northbound,
Continue ReadingPor Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Tras meses de anunciar la inminente publicación de nueva información sobre el acusado de tráfico sexual Jeffrey Epstein, el Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció este lunes en un memorando que no hay pruebas de que él tuviera una “lista de clientes” ni de que
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