By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Under dim Capitol Hill streetlights on September 20, Gary Dziekan headed down 8th Street Northeast dressed in lederhosen, walking home from the Oktoberfest party he co-hosted five blocks away. Dziekan, who goes by “Zeek,” crossed at the intersection with C Street, zeroing in on the short iron gate separating
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A day after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, knew that a “sanctuary city” like his was going to have a bumpy four years ahead. “We must come together to live our city’s shared values of freedom from fear and sanctuary from federal overreach in
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Israel is becoming increasingly isolated on the world stage as the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza continue, with the backlash seeping into economic, cultural and sporting arenas. International condemnation has soared since Israel announced a ground assault on Gaza City and conducted an unprecedented strike against Hamas leadership
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Butenko, Kosta Gak, Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia fired more than 600 drones and missiles at targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Sunday morning – one of the largest barrages of the war. At least four people were killed in Kyiv during the overnight attacks, according to
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Laura Sharman, Esha Mitra (CNN) — Tragedy hit a campaign rally for a popular Indian actor turned politician on Saturday, when at least 41 people were killed and nearly 100 injured in a crowd crush. Tens of thousands of people had gathered at a public event in the southern state of Tamil Nadu where Vijay,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the ninth-straight season the Mizzou football team walked away from its homecoming game with a mark in the win column, following a 42-6 trouncing of UMass on Saturday night at Faurot Field. With the victory, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company improved to 5-0 on the season, which marks the second
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ). Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe is planning to take steps toward addressing violence downtown. Buffalo responded on social media to an early morning shooting on Saturday that left three people injured, calling it “one too many.” She announced plans to create a task force of city, county, university, business, and community leaders to
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 40-year-old Marine veteran who pulled up to a waterfront North Carolina bar by boat fatally shot three people Saturday night, authorities say, shattering the peaceful atmosphere of a community rarely touched by violent crime. Out-of-towners were enjoying the warm weather and music on an outdoor deck
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Homecoming Parade kicked off Saturday morning, with the Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine in tow. The student group was barred from participating in the parade last year. MSJP was denied again this year but a federal judge ordered the university to allow the group to participate this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 13-year-old girl from Fulton, and a Martinsburg woman were seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Callaway County Saturday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened around 1 p.m. on Route O at County Road 491. The report says the 26-year-old lost control of a
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A large police presence was seen in downtown Columbia early Saturday morning.
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, CNN Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) — On a wet monsoon evening in Pakistan’s bustling city of Lahore, the generators sputter and the lights flicker in Maniax, a grimy but legendary gaming arcade powering the country’s unlikely dominance of a lucrative corner of the Esports world. Three out of the world’s top 10 players
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Milan (AP) — The devil wore Dolce & Gabbana on Saturday, with Meryl Streep taking a front-row seat at the designing duo’s Milan theater in character as Miranda Priestly for “The Devil Wears Prada” sequel. Streep wore Priestly’s customary sunglasses and a Dolce & Gabbana vinyl trenchcoat as she entered the theater escorted
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A year into his tenure as superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, former Olympian Ian Roberts made headlines when – in a maroon three-piece suit, candy cane striped bow tie and matching Nike Air Force 1 sneakers – he ran a 100-meter dash against some of his elementary school
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By Elise Hammond, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Devastating floods have left at least four people dead in Arizona as rescue crews work to find more unaccounted for after heavy rains hit the region Friday night into Saturday. Three people died in the floods in Globe, Arizona, Carl Melford with Gila County Emergency
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By Jennifer Hansler and Tim Lister (CNN) — The Trump administration has proposed a 21-point Gaza peace plan that calls for all hostages held by Hamas to be released within 48 hours of an agreement and sets out a roadmap for Gaza once the war ends, according to a source familiar with the proposal. US
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By David J. Lopez, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service this week revealed that a probe into a surge of swatting calls against high-ranking officials led investigators to a vast and stunning network of more than 100,000 SIM cards and 300 SIM servers. The servers could have been commanded remotely to create massive amounts
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By Dana Karni and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of Israeli citizens have received calls from Iran’s intelligence service in attempts to recruit them, the country’s police force said Saturday. “Hundreds of citizens” reported that they received phone calls from an unknown number on Saturday morning, Israel Police said in a statement. When they
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By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Iran was hit with so-called snapback sanctions on Sunday local time, at a time of high tension in the Middle East. But what does that mean? The term is used for the reimposition of United Nations sanctions against Iran a decade after they were suspended as part of a
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — As gunshots pierced the air from high above, people in two different American cities this month found themselves running from a deadly shooter they could not see. The nearly undetectable threat of snipers has security professionals sounding the alarm as age-old tactics of assassination become the tool of choice
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