By Joe Sutton, Claudia Dominguez and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Delaware State University, a historically Black institution, said its women’s lacrosse team was racially profiled by sheriff’s deputies last month during a traffic stop in Georgia. The team’s bus was headed north on Interstate 95 in Liberty County on April 20 following a game in Florida
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By Aaron Cooper, CNN A German airline is apologizing after a large number of Jewish passengers were denied boarding on a connecting flight at a Frankfurt airport earlier this month because, the airline says, a “limited” number of them did not follow mask rules and other crew instructions. Passengers told CNN they flew Lufthansa from
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Eighty years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order that led to Japanese Americans being forced into internment camps following the attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Columbia’s Substance Abuse Advisory Commission plans to address the city’s opioid crisis when it meets Wednesday.
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Investigators determined the lawn tractor Connolly was using slipped off the bank and flipped over into the creek.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear, mild, and muggy with lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the low to mid-90s. Heat index in the upper 90s. EXTENDED: Another muggy evening is in store with lows in the lower 70s. Tomorrow’s record of 93 degrees will also be in jeopardy with a forecast
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The Columbia Police Department confirmed one person suffered unknown injuries after being shot early Wednesday morning on Clinkscales Road.
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As time ticks by, representatives and senators in the Missouri Capitol are drawing closer and closer to “sine die,” the Latin phrase that notes the end of the legislative session.
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By Laura Studley, CNN A 28-year-old man who allegedly killed his mother and grandfather to get family and insurance money was charged with murder and fraud, according to a federal indictment filed in Vermont. Nathan Carman was arrested Tuesday. He is accused in the death of his mother, Linda Carman, during a 2016 fishing trip
Continue Reading By Laura Studley, CNN A 28-year-old man who allegedly killed his mother and grandfather to get family and insurance money was charged with murder and fraud, according to a federal indictment filed in Vermont. Nathan Carman was arrested Tuesday. He is accused in the death of his mother, Linda Carman, during a 2016 fishing trip
Continue Reading By Aaron Cooper, CNN A German airline is apologizing after a large number of Jewish passengers were denied boarding on a connecting flight at a Frankfurt airport earlier this month because, the airline says, a “limited” number of them did not follow mask rules and other crew instructions. Passengers told CNN they flew Lufthansa from
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The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office charged Alok K. Rohra, 36, with a felony count of unlawful possession of a weapon.
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By Amir Vera, Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Watts, CNN A 60-year-old man strangled a woman and tried to bury her in the backyard of their South Carolina home, but had a “cardiac event” in the process of covering a pit and died, according to a news release from the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Reproductive rights activists are worried about women losing abortion access in parts of the United States. Economists are worried, too, because restricting reproductive freedom comes at an economic cost to the nation. The US Supreme Court may be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling as soon
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Misinformation about how families can get through the infant formula shortage is fueling concern among pediatricians like Dr. Tanya Altmann. The California doctor has been getting phone calls, emails and social media messages — not just from her patients but from families all over the United States — along with photos
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By Jamiel Lynch and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Two beachside homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed from high water levels and beach erosion on Tuesday, and more could collapse in the coming days, according to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The two homes in Rodanthe were both unoccupied at the time, the agency said. Video
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Vladimir Putin “has recognized he has no victory to celebrate,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN in response to the lack of a major escalatory announcement in the Russian President’s “Victory Day” speech Monday. But the Russian leader also gave no indication that he
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Vladimir Putin “has recognized he has no victory to celebrate,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN in response to the lack of a major escalatory announcement in the Russian President’s “Victory Day” speech Monday. But the Russian leader also gave no indication that he
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures continue to rise to just above 90 degrees with the heat index topping out into the upper ’90s. Winds remain out of the south at 4-8 mph. Tonight: Skies remain partly cloudy with winds remaining out of the south at 4-8 mph. The overnight low cools to around 70 degrees. Extended: Thursday we
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By Atika Shubert and Abeer Salman, CNN Mourners flocked to Jerusalem’s streets on Friday to attend the burial of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead on Wednesday while reporting on a military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, and were met with violence by Israeli police as they
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