By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As Americans across the country demonstrate their opposition to Donald Trump’s immigration offensive, the president and his administration aren’t classifying them as protesters. Instead, they’re calling them “agitators.” In the words of the Trump administration, Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent while protesting enforcement actions in
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CNN By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that Iran had backed away from executing a detained Iranian protester for joining anti-government demonstrations after his case drew the attention of human rights activists and the US State Department. “We were told that
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Italy’s most famous influencer, Chiara Ferragni, has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a 2-million-euro ($2.33 million) fraud case involving Christmas cakes, Easter eggs and children with cancer. A judge in Milan ruled Wednesday that aggravated fraud charges against Ferragni relating to her alleged promise to donate proceeds
Continue Reading By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the “killing has stopped.” “We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and there’s
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By Jennifer Hansler, Ibrahim Dahman, Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — The US announced the start of the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan on Wednesday as a new committee was formed to run the battered enclave. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said the second phase of the 20-point-plan would focus on “demilitarization, technocratic governance,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation met with Boone County stakeholders to discuss what local funding can do to improve Interstate 70 as a lane is added to each side of the highway. Improve I-70 Program Director Eric Kopinski said the goal of Wednesday’s meeting with Boone County commissioners, Columbia Chamber of Commerce
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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Officials in Minnesota and Illinois filed lawsuits within hours of each other Monday seeking to curb the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in their states. Although the lawsuits are separate and nuanced, both states cited the 10th Amendment to back their claim that the surge of Immigration and Customs
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By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — A school employee testified Wednesday she saw both a teenage gunman and a police officer responding to an emergency before the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Melodye Flores, a teaching aide who helped children with special needs, said she ran
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of killing his wife during an argument over marital infidelity will appear in court for the first time Friday. Malang J. Akbari, 46, was charged Tuesday with murdering his wife, Manhaz Akbari, by stabbing her to death in their home on East McCarty Street. Court documents
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By Mostafa Salem, Jeremy Diamond, Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Some personnel at the United States’ largest military base in the Middle East have been urged to leave, a US official told CNN on Wednesday, as regional nations press the Trump administration to reconsider taking military action against Iran. The US official described the directive
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By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their positions without permission to do so, the country’s new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed on Wednesday. Speaking in the Ukrainian Parliament ahead of the vote that confirmed him as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trailer northwest of Columbia was the scene of a fire investigation early Wednesday. The Boone County Fire Protection District was called to the 5800 block of North Oneal Road at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday after a trailer was set on fire over a dispute, Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said. Boone County firefighters,
Continue Reading EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to specify the death was a stabbing. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife. Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson wrote in a news release that Malang J. Akbari, 46, is charged with first-degree murder,
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By Lauren del Valle, Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The au pair who was having an extramarital affair with Brendan Banfield when he allegedly killed his wife and another man in February 2023 said she finally agreed to cooperate with prosecutors a year after her own arrest because she could no longer carry the guilt
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after a trailer caught fire in Boone County Wednesday morning. Boone County Fire Protection District crews were called to a fire at North Oneal Road and West Fenton Road around 5:45 a.m. The road was temporarily closed, but has since reopened. Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Polling got underway Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election, but logistical delays hampered voting in some areas while restrictions on internet access drew criticism for potentially compromising electoral transparency. Millions of Ugandans are signed up to vote in a crucial presidential rematch between a former pop star and their long-time
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — The Red Arrows, the United Kingdom’s famous Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, has appointed its first ever female commander, less than three years after it was roiled by a sexual harassment scandal. Wing Commander Sasha Nash has replaced Wing Commander Adam Collins as the most senior officer in
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN As excitement builds for next month’s Winter Olympics in Milan, organizers are already looking ahead to the 2028 Summer Games. Starting today, fans can register to enter a random draw for the chance to buy affordable tickets to the Los Angeles Olympics. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN As excitement builds for next month’s Winter Olympics in Milan, organizers are already looking ahead to the 2028 Summer Games. Starting today, fans can register to enter a random draw for the chance to buy affordable tickets to the Los Angeles Olympics. Here’s what else you need to know to get
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By Kara Fox, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Heba Muraisi knows exactly what is happening to her body. “My organs are slowly but surely shutting down,” she said late Monday via phone call from HMP New Hall, a prison in northern England. The 31-year-old Londoner and pro-Palestinian activist is refusing food as part of a
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