KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Fest reached capacity Saturday afternoon as fans gathered to watch the city’s final World Cup quarterfinal match, featuring Argentina and Switzerland. Organizers posted on “X” around 3:30 p.m. that general admission entry to Fan Fest had been temporarily paused because the venue had reached capacity. Premium Garden
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By Cristopher Ulloa, CNN Santiago, Chile (CNN) — The classic postcard images of the Chilean capital of Santiago surrounded by the snow-covered Andes in winter now seem like pictures from the past. A yearslong drought that has plagued the country has led to a shortage of snow so severe that the main ski resorts in
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By Osmary Hernández, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN La Guaira, Venezuela (CNN) — Ten-year-old Maria keeps reliving the moment she lost her mother and her life changed forever. After powerful twin earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela and destroyed their home in the coastal town of Caraballeda last month, Maria and her brother Damian, 13, were taken in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parts of Mid-Missouri saw another round of rain Saturday morning following severe storms and damaging winds the night before. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team is tracking a wet Saturday morning before the rain clears up for the rest of the week. An ABC 17 News reporter saw some water-covered roadways in
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By Andy Rose, Eric Levenson, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The teenager who opened fire at his Georgia high school in September 2024, killing two students and two teachers, will appear in court later this month for a “non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing,” according to court documents, indicating that he intends to change his
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Four settlers were arrested after an attack on CNN and other journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israeli Police. The journalists were near the village of Sinjil north of Ramallah to cover the one-year anniversary of the killing of Saif Musallet, a Palestinian-American who was
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CNN By Holly Yan, Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Christine and Elmore Wonsley don’t sleep. They can’t, not since their 18-year-old son, Nolan Wells, first went missing. “This was our baby boy,” Christine Wonsley said, wearing blue to match Wells’ father, the couple tightly holding hands. “I birthed him.” Wonsley is now fighting for answers,
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By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 20 people are still unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through a tinder-dry area close to Spain’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, according to regional officials. At least 12 people were killed by the rapidly spreading blaze, and four received severe burns. The wildfire – near Almeria on the
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Strong storms moved through the area on Thursday evening, producing scattered high winds, hail, and a few brief rotations. Flooding remains a concern south of I-70 as storms have continued this morning. Some storms are strong-to-severe this morning. A Flash Flood Warning is in place for Phelps and Maries counties through 9 a.m., where over
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Christine and Elmore Wonsley don’t sleep. They can’t, not since their 18-year-old son, Nolan Wells, first went missing. “This was our baby boy,” Christine Wonsley said, wearing blue to match Wells’ father, the couple tightly holding hands. “I birthed him.” Wonsley is now fighting for answers, so
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By Nicki Brown, Andi Babineau, CNN Provo, Utah (CNN) — Over the last week, attorneys, news reporters and spectators gathered in a Provo, Utah, courtroom as prosecutors tried to convince a judge to allow the case against the 23-year-old man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk to proceed to trial. The proceedings were frequently
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CNN By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen working for a humanitarian group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday. The CDC said it is working with the patient’s employing
Continue Reading By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen working for a humanitarian group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday. The CDC said it is working with the patient’s employing organization,
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Without so much as a wave of his flipper, Neil the boisterous young elephant seal departed Tasmania this week, leaving behind a legion of fans – and questions about what happens when he gets even bigger. When Rebecca Thomson heard that Neil was back in town in June, she
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — It’s been a historic week in Iran. For just the second time in the nearly 50-year history of the Islamic Republic, the country has buried a supreme leader. Ali Khamenei ruled Iran – as a spiritual leader and an iron-fisted autocrat –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A strong storm knocked out power to thousands of customers across mid-Missouri as it rolled through Friday evening. As of 7:30 a.m. Saturday, the Columbia Water and Light outage map reported 26 customers without power; down from 124 reported at 10:45 p.m. on Friday. Columbia Water and Light officials had told ABC
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Weather Service Office in Springfield confirmed on Friday afternoon that an EF-0 tornado traveled through Rolla for about a minute on Thursday night. The maximum width of the tornado was 200 yards and it traveled more than a half mile from 10:02-03 p.m., the NWS shared on social media. Winds
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The New York City Department of Investigation has opened an inquiry after a Manhattan high-rise’s columns buckled earlier this week, forcing workers to flee and officials to evacuate neighboring buildings and close down roads, a spokesperson for the department told CNN. The developer behind the skyscraper – the former
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ROCKY MOUNT, Mo. (KMIZ) A severe morning storm caused tree damage and a widespread power outage across Morgan County on July 10, and residents spent much of the day preparing for possible storms later at night. In an email to ABC 17 News, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative representative Patrick Wood said at one point nearly 3,000
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District helped get a horse that was down and unable to rise stabilized and loaded for transport to medical care. Firefighters responded to a property on Bowling Lane east of Rangeline Road and New Haven Road, where they found the horse on the ground. Working with a
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