JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health and Senior Services stated in a news release that the person, whose gender and age have not been
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of espionage after a jury found him guilty of selling sensitive information to a Chinese intelligence officer. The sailor, Jinchao Wei — who was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage and “unlawful export of, and conspiracy to export, technical data
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, CNN Rafah, Egypt (CNN) — For nearly two years, Egyptian truck drivers have braved the only land crossing into Gaza outside Israel to deliver vital aid, but long delays, Israeli rejections and harsh border conditions are testing their resolve to continue serving Palestinians in the war-torn enclave. The drivers spend weeks parked
Continue ReadingBy Amy Gunia, Kristie Lu Stout, Hazel Pfeifer, Kriti Gandhi, CNN (CNN) — Bordeaux’s tourists flock to its vineyards to taste flights of the region’s renowned red wines. On the other side of the world, entrepreneur Adrian Choy hopes that visitors to Malaysia will soon view sampling the world’s most divisive fruit as a similar
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — They roll down Beijing streets, some covered from prying eyes by huge tarpaulins, but the silhouettes of missiles, tanks and undersea vehicles are unmistakable as China prepares for its most revealing military parade in six years. For military watchers, the procession of veiled armaments is offering valuable clues to
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Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said. The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship with a crew of more than 360 sailors and capable of
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By Oscar Holland, CNN Bintan, Indonesia (CNN) — In 1914, two years after the Titanic embarked on its ill-fated maiden voyage, the steam-powered SS Medina rolled off the shipyard at Newport News, Virginia. The vessel has had many lives — and many names — since, in a career that eventually made it the oldest active
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KTVN By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — A Lake Tahoe area resident has tested positive for plague, California health officials said Tuesday. Officials said they believed the resident was infected after being bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area. The person is recovering at home and under the care
Continue Reading By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — A Lake Tahoe area resident has tested positive for plague, California health officials said Tuesday. Officials said they believed the resident was infected after being bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area. The person is recovering at home and under the care of
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By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Arnon Nampa’s youngest child runs toward the sound of shackles. The 3-year-old’s only memories of his father, a prominent human right lawyer and activist, are from seeing him in a courtroom – not from his work defending others, but from the numerous lese majeste cases against him, Thailand’s notoriously
Continue ReadingPor Hadas Gold, CNN Elon Musk rechazó este miércoles un informe según el cual estarÃa abandonando los planes de formar un nuevo partido polÃtico, después de haberse molestado con el proyecto de ley de polÃtica interna del presidente Donald Trump. The Wall Street Journal informó que el hombre más rico del mundo les dijo a
Continue ReadingPor Cesar Lopez, CNN en Español Como es costumbre y el calendario dicta, el US Open, último torneo de Grand Slam de tenis del año, se jugará en Nueva York a partir del 24 de agosto. A la orden del dÃa, el ramillete de favoritos del top 10 en la rama masculina divide las opiniones
Continue ReadingPor Gina Park, CNN Arqueólogos afirman haber descubierto las ruinas de lo que consideran los lÃmites de un antiguo templo perteneciente a la enigmática sociedad andina de Tiwanaku, que desapareció alrededor del año 1000 d.C. El equipo de investigación halló el extenso complejo en el altiplano del actual municipio de Caracollo, Bolivia. El sitio se
Continue ReadingPor Eric Bradner, Arlette Saenz, Arit John, Steve Contorno y Andi Babineau, CNN La Cámara de Representantes de Texas aprobó un proyecto de ley de redistribución de distritos electorales, allanando el camino para que los mapas elaborados por los republicanos, que podrÃan sumar al Partido Republicano hasta cinco escaños en la Cámara de Representantes de
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Public School students were back in the classroom today to kick off the 2025 school year. Safety is top of mind for the district, which has more than 2,300 students across its six schools. This will be the start of the district’s student resource officer’s first full year. Officer Mackenzie Elmore
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the first day of classes in less than a week, the University of Missouri campus is alive with thousands of students moving into dorms. MU’s Director of Housing Tyler Page estimates 2,500 students arrived on Wednesday and another 1,500 will join on Thursday, with returning students expected to trickle in before
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County deputies on Wednesday took part in an active-shooter training session at Lincoln University, giving deputies a realistic scenario to prepare for the worst. Inside an empty Perry Hall, about a dozen deputies practiced their response. “So the training is about the response to an active shooter, we try to
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Current and former TikTok employees have raised concerns internally about how the app’s popular algorithm could hurt young users’ mental health, a newly unsealed video presented as evidence in a North Carolina lawsuit against the company shows. The comments stand in contrast to repeated public statements by
Continue ReadingPor RocÃo Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español Hijo de una leyenda del boxeo mexicano, Julio César Chávez Jr. parecÃa destinado a escribir su propia historia dentro del ring. Pero en las últimas semanas, el pugilista ha protagonizado una sucesión de caÃdas que lo llevaron del cuadrilátero a enfrentar a la justicia por supuestos vÃnculos con el
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Starting Aug. 28, period products, diapers and incontinence products will be exempt from all sales and use taxes, according to the Missouri Department of Revenue, including state and local. Tax for Columbia is about 8.975%, which adds roughly .45 cents to a $5 item. While the tax exemption will help lower the cost of menstruation
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