CNN By Tareq Al Hilou, Ivana Kottasová, Abeer Salman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — The bright pink jumper with a picture of Cinderella hangs off Jana’s skinny shoulders as she walks through the northern Gaza moonscape, piles of rubble, dirt and dust all around her. Clutching a large tub in her hand, the 12-year-old
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Indian police have arrested a travel vlogger on suspicion of spying for Pakistan, as tensions between the two countries simmer following a dayslong conflict between the two neighbors. Jyoti Malhotra, an influencer from the northern state of Haryana, has been accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistan, a senior
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Can I tell you how to get to “Sesame Street”? You bet! The longstanding children’s program is moving out of the Max district and into the Netflix neighborhood. Although President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for PBS
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — American universities are facing another threat from the Trump administration, which intends to use a civil anti-fraud law to withdraw federal funding from colleges that promote diversity and inclusion policies, the Department of Justice announced Monday. The False Claims Act will be enforced “when a federal
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau Rome (CNN) — Salvage crews have recovered the boom from the $40 million Bayesian luxury yacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in August 2024, killing seven people, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah. The boom, a long pole that controls the sail, was connected
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — Until last week, a secretive fleet of ships ferrying Russian oil around the world showed no clear links to the Kremlin. That changed when, in a dramatic escalation, Russia used a fighter jet in an apparent effort to protect one of the tankers thought to be in the fleet.
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova and Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine and Russia accused each other of launching attack drones on one another overnight, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his US counterpart Donald Trump – and again refused an immediate ceasefire. Russia launched 108 Shahed drones and “various types of decoy
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A Weather Alert Day is in effect through early tomorrow morning as storms with very heavy rain and damaging winds work east through Mid-Missouri. Reports of wind damage have already started to pour in, with power outages across western and southwest Missouri. The Tornado Watch has been pared back to include the St. Louis area
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men were arrested in Tokyo for a more mundane crime – operating a yakuza
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Severe storms began coming through Mid-Missouri on Monday evening and warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service. A tornado warning was issued in Benton and Pettis counties that expired at 8:15 p.m. Benton County saw 4,644electricity customers without power, which included 2,028 Central Missouri Electric Cooperative customers, 132 for Co-Mo
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Monday that would affirm the city’s compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws tied to grant funding and pledging legal protection for city officials who file related documents. The resolution comes after threats from the federal government about the city’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ever since former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel retired from coaching in 2015, he’s made it his life’s work to help other people. On Monday, Pinkel hosted his seventh-annual Par 3 Golf Tournament at the Old Hawthorne. Year-after-year the event is one of his foundation’s most successful fundraisers. While it does raise
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — A close call earlier this month at LaGuardia Airport in New York between two commercial jets is under investigation, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Monday. The incident is one of many close calls, go-around and aviation accidents that has prompted calls for changes to
Continue Reading By Merlin Delcid, Ivonne Valdés and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent attorney critical of President Nayib Bukele, in a move criticized by rights groups who say it reflects an increasing trend of “authoritarianism” in the country. Ruth Eleonora López, the head of the Anti-Corruption and Justice Unit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Ashland will close its recycling drop-off lot this week because of “ongoing misuse,” a Monday social media post from the city says. It will be closed this week as the city sorts and gets rid of excess materials, the post says. The lot will reopen Tuesday, May 27 with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The demolition of Columbia’s recycling facility started on Sunday. A press release from the city says the facility should be fully demolished by the end of June. The building was destroyed by an EF-1 tornado on April 20. The damage resulted in the city temporarily suspending regular curbside recycling pickup, as well
Continue Reading By Michael Rios and Elvin Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying migrants who chose to self-deport from the United States as part of a new Department of Homeland Security initiative offering free flights and $1,000 stipends has landed in Honduras. A group of 38 Hondurans arrived at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport on
Continue Reading KESQ, FBI, OBTAINED BY KESQ, PALM SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Before the man police believe detonated a large explosive that blasted through a fertility clinic in the California desert community of Palm Springs on Saturday, people who knew Guy Edward Bartkus should have alerted authorities about his warning signs,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road rage led to a deadly shooting at the McDonald’s on Nifong Boulevard in south Columbia on Sunday afternoon, Office of Violence Prevention administrator D’Markus Thomas-Brown said Monday. “It was two individuals, not interpersonal, traffic signal parking lot discussion, an altercation, and then followed across the street at McDonald’s to the individual getting shot and killed, and
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Before the man police believe detonated a large explosive that blasted through a fertility clinic in the California desert community of Palm Springs on Saturday, people who knew Guy Edward Bartkus should have alerted authorities about his warning signs, the city’s police chief said. “There were people in chat
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