By Simone McCarthy and Tenzin Dharpo, CNN Dharamshala, India/Hong Kong (CNN) — The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over Tibet’s future. Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader made the declaration on Wednesday in
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In the multibillion-dollar global fight against wildfires, early detection is critical. Satellites, drones, thermal cameras and manned lookout towers are just some of the tools currently used to alert authorities and first responders to imminent threats. In under-resourced areas, however, these defenses can be prohibitively expensive. That’s why a
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is criticizing Columbia University’s president over past comments that the congresswoman said are a potential violation of the Civil Rights Act, including her call to have an Arab person on the university board, as the university faces continued investigations into its handling of
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By Brian Stelter and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — CBS News parent Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve an extraordinary lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” news report last fall. The long-gestating and highly controversial settlement payment was announced by Paramount late Tuesday night. Paramount said the
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Fitt Insider reports U.S. wellness consumers have $1.1 trillion in spending power, focusing on mental health, nutrition, and community wellness.
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The Marshall Project reports that multiple states are introducing bills to protect patients from drug testing at childbirth, amid concerns over false positives and child welfare interventions.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Australian airline Qantas says a data hack on Monday exposed the personal information of six million customers and it expects the amount stolen to be “significant.” The hack penetrated a third-party customer service platform used by a Qantas contact center, the airline said in a statement on Wednesday. Six
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sections of some downtown Columbia were closed Tuesday morning after a fire occurred at McNally’s Irish Pub. ABC 17 News saw smoke visible from N Sixth Street in Columbia just before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. A Boone County Joint Communications notification was sent out at 9:18 a.m. alerting about Broadway at Sixth Street
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By Angelica Franganillo Diaz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Brooklyn has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end temporary protected status for Haitian migrants ahead of schedule, ruling that the Department of Homeland Security violated the law in its rush to strip deportation protections and work permits from over half a million people.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tuesday press release from the Central Missouri Humane Society says an anonymous donor will match up to $2.5 million in donations this month. The money will be put toward its new campus it intends to build on a 17.5-acre property on East Brown School Road, according to the release. It also
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By Kristen Holmes, Lex Harvey and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is pausing some weapons shipments to Ukraine, including air defense missiles, following a review of military spending and American support to foreign countries, a senior White House official told CNN. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed off on the review, which the
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Romine, Julia Vargas Jones, Veronica Miracle, CNN (CNN) — Steve Goncalves was stunned over the weekend when he heard that prosecutors in Moscow, Idaho, had reached a plea deal with Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of his daughter, Kaylee, and three other University of Idaho students.
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By Associated Press (CNN) — Their reunion? It’s smooth like butter. The K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour. Members Jin, RM, V, Jimin, J-Hope, Jung Kook and Suga made the announcement Tuesday during a livestream on Weverse, an online fan platform owned by BTS management company
Continue ReadingPor Osmary Hernández y Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, de mayoría oficialista, aprobó este martes declarar persona non grata al alto comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, “y a todos los funcionarios que lo acompañan”. También exhortó al Ejecutivo a retirarse de esa instancia mientras Türk
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a Boone County Jail inmate who died in 2022 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against several defendants, including Boone County and Sheriff Dwayne Carey. The lawsuit claims that Douglas Johnson, 26, died on July 2, 2022, while in the jail’s custody after suffering from opioid withdrawals. David and
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Minneapolis (AP) — The popular halftime show performer who goes by Red Panda fell off her unicycle and crashed to the court during intermission of the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night, unable to finish her show. There was no immediate word on
Continue ReadingPor Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español La Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica solicitó este martes a la Asamblea Legislativa levantarle la inmunidad al presidente de la República, Rodrigo Chaves, para que enfrente un proceso judicial por presunto de concusión (abuso de funciones) por aparentemente favorecer a colaboradores con contratos para consultorías. En sesión
Continue ReadingCNN en Español Al menos cinco personas murieron por una aparente fuga de monóxido de carbono en Villa Devoto, distrito residencial de Buenos Aires, informó este martes el director del Servicio de Atención Médica de Emergencias (SAME), Alberto Crescenti, a medios de comunicación. Crescenti describió que las personas fueron halladas por un familiar que, al
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No charges will be filed against the four Columbia police officers involved in a fatal shooting of a man who was accused of murder. Four Columbia police officers — Zachary Beringer, Ryan Brunstrom, Dylan Caldieraro and Malique Dameron — fired their weapons at Timothy Turner, 37, of Columbia, on Feb. 1, according
Continue ReadingPor Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español Un día después de conocerse la nueva sentencia por corrupción contra el exvicepresidente de Ecuador Jorge Glas, que lo condena a 13 años más de prisión, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos se pronunció este martes sobre el caso e informó que ha solicitado ante la Corte Interamericana
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