CNN, DAVID J GREGORY, ERICA VIOLA, KPHO, KTVK, WIEKE DE BOER By Maria Aguilar Prieto, Tyler Ory, Mounira Elsamra, Sarah Dewberry, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — One of the nation’s most famously arid landmarks succumbed to deadly flash flooding over the weekend, leaving at least two people dead and roughly a dozen unaccounted for as
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Hopes are fading for a quick rescue operation as Nepali crews and foreign specialists race to find scores of workers feared trapped alive inside hydropower tunnels in Nepal, after thick mud buried the facilities during last week’s devastating flash floods. Around 900 workers are missing at various hydropower projects
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By Brad Lendon, Hanna Park, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A Korean-born US Army veteran who self-deported last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led to him leaving, raising hopes that he can return to the United States. Sae Joon Park, 57, is among a number of noncitizen US military veterans who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ). The Columbia Public Schools Policy Committee will continue its discussions around changes to the district’s bullying policy, with new revisions giving employees a more hands-on role. The policy would give school employees a more active role in prevention methods when it comes to bullying. Not only are they required to report it,
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials believe a me mechanical malfunction cause a boat fire at a popular Lake of the Ozarks beachfront bar on Saturday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F posted the aftermath of the fire to its social media. The post said it happened at Frank and Louies Beachfront Bar and Grill.
Continue Reading By Maria Aguilar Prieto, Tyler Ory, Mounira Elsamra, Sarah Dewberry, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — One of the nation’s most famously arid landmarks succumbed to deadly flash flooding over the weekend, leaving at least two people dead and roughly a dozen unaccounted for as more rain could lash Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on
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By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Iran and the United States traded attacks for the first time in over a month overnight into Monday, in an exchange that risks reigniting the damaging conflict after weeks of relative military calm. Iran said it fired missiles toward US military targets in Jordan and
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and seized a home while its owner was inside in the latest brazen settler attack in the area. Despite the Israeli military saying there were “dozens of rioters” when they arrived at the
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A juvenile was arrested after an armed robbery in south Columbia on Saturday evening.
According to a news release from the Columbia Police Department, officers were called to the 400 block of Maple Grove Way around 6:45 p.m.
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By Holly Yan, CNN The lush grass blanketing this scenic Texas field belies the grisly horrors discovered underneath and the agonizing mystery that has tormented families for decades – until now. Between 1984 and 1991, the bodies of four young women were found in a rural, isolated 25-acre patch of terrain near Calder Road in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A high-speed boat crash Saturday at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout left one person with serious injuries, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol post. MSHP said the boat “Dirty Duck” got some air time while traveling at 200 miles per hour during the 38th annual boat race for charity. The
Continue Reading By Ross Adkin, Hanako Montgomery, Daniel Campisi and Balmukunda Humagain, CNN (CNN) — As water, concrete and debris stormed through the darkness, almost sweeping him off his feet, Ram Chandra tightly gripped onto one of the rungs studded into the roof of the tunnel he was working in on the banks of Nepal’s Trishuli river.
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Oliver Sherwood, Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — A search and rescue operation was continuing uninterrupted in the Mediterranean after a passenger ferry carrying nearly 270 people capsized while traveling from northern Cyprus to Turkey, killing at least eight people. Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman said 241 people had been rescued alive, but
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By Chelsea Bailey, Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — Ben Crump’s voice cut through the noise of a crowded convention hall like a thunderclap. “Justice for Nolan Wells,” the attorney shouted late last month as he marched into the room with his fist thrust defiantly into the air. The crowd echoed his call: “Justice for Nolan
Continue Reading By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — The Friendship Bridge, connecting Brazil and Paraguay near the iconic Iguazu Falls, has long been a route for smugglers moving cheap, illicit goods, like cigarettes and electronics. But in recent years, Brazilian authorities say smugglers have found a far more lucrative product: weight-loss drugs. As demand for GLP-1 based
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By Martin Goillandeau, Laura Sharman, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Swiss police say they arrested a 43-year-old man on Monday after a deadly shooting at a rave in northern Switzerland led to the death of an Italian citizen and saw several other young people wounded. Aargau Cantonal Police previously said one person was killed and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz took the podium for his Week 1 press conference, on Saturday morning, the college football season was kicking off across the Atlantic ocean, as TCU and North Carolina met in Ireland. But even though the first ball has been kicked off, there’s still lots of chaos
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A celebration of life was held for Cheryl Gravitt, 57, who was the victim of a shooting on Sunday, August 23. Gravitt’s family held a celebration in Gravitt’s honor at 4 p.m. on Saturday and invited community members to attend. The event was held at Rothwell Park, and according to the nephew,
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Multiple baby goats at a mobile petting zoo in North Carolina were infected with rabies, and authorities are asking anyone who had contact with the animals to reach out to health officials about potential exposure to the rare but deadly virus. Residents in western North Carolina may have been
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CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Six months after the murder of Tupac Shakur – the most prominent casualty of the boiling hip-hop feud between coasts – his biggest rival, Christopher Wallace, looked tired of it all. “I’m just getting over – you know what I’m saying – this whole situation with this East
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