By Associated Press Los Angeles (AP) — The FBI is serving search warrants at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home. Federal officials in Los Angeles were serving the search warrants Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, Charbel Mallo, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A “mass escape” took place last month from Syria’s al-Hol camp that holds families linked to the Islamic State following the withdrawal of Kurdish forces, according to Syrian TV, amid reports thousands of people may have fled. Nureddin Baba, a Syrian Interior Ministry spokesperson, was
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Weather forecasters at the National Weather Service, The Weather Channel and this very news organization had a name for the kind of storm that upended daily life for residents of the Northeast US this week: It was a nor’easter. A “nor’easter,” or “northeaster,” is a kind of coastal storm
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Some Democrats staged a quiet protest at the State of the Union by wearing white buttons — a subtle yet coordinated effort that didn’t go unnoticed. CNN spoke with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who explained the meaning behind the symbol. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Some Democrats staged a quiet protest at the State of the Union by wearing white buttons — a subtle yet coordinated effort that didn’t go unnoticed. CNN spoke with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who explained the meaning behind the symbol. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Disability rights advocates are set to hold a rally at the Capitol in Jefferson City Wednesday for the 25th annual Disability Rights Legislative Day. In the Capitol rotunda at 11 a.m., advocates will celebrate the 25th annual event and speak on the progress that has been made over the past 25
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By Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The US embassy in Israel has announced its first-ever event offering diplomatic services in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The announcement on Tuesday said consular offices would provide “routine passport services” to American citizens in the settlement of Efrat, south of Jerusalem, in
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By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to evacuate his official residence Tuesday night after a bomb threat was made against him by opponents of a religious organization that is banned in China. The prime minister posted a photo of his dog, Toto, inside the Lodge, his residence in
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Across the world from the expansive US police search for the missing Nancy Guthrie, a family in Australia faced its own disappearance, this time with a tragic ending – an 85-year-old grandfather was kidnapped from his modest home in suburban Sydney and found dead in what police
Continue ReadingBy Alejandra Jaramillo, Lex Harvey, and Rocio Munoz, CNN (CNN) — A Venezuelan opposition leader recently freed from prison reunited with his niece Tuesday during the State of the Union address, as President Donald Trump touted the US military operation that removed President Nicolás Maduro. In his speech, Trump drew attention to Alejandra Gonzalez, who
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his highest-ranked general in a stunning move last month. But Xi’s shake-up cuts across a much wider swath of his armed forces –– with more than 100 officers potentially ousted
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — This article may be meeting you at a very Chinese time in your life. At least, if you’ve spent enough time recently on social media, where the phenomenon of “Chinamaxxing” has swept feeds with videos of people sipping hot water, shuffling around the house in slippers and donning a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A South Carolina man has been accused of murdering a woman in Boone County in February 2000. Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, was charged with first-degree murder in Boone County. He was arrested in South Carolina on Tuesday morning and is being held at the Spartanburg County Jail. Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No warrant was served after Columbia police officers were seen in a standoff Tuesday evening on Sylvan Lane. Officers were seen investigating an area of Sylvan Lane between Vandiver Drive and Quail Drive and were asking for someone to come out of a residence. Sylvan Lane was closed off as officers worked.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services wants hotels to be inspected earlier due to the FIFA World Cup. A notice from the Health Department said annual lodging inspections are typically done by Aug. 31. The FIFA World Cup will be playing games in Kansas City throughout June and July. The health department
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By Katherine Koretski, CNN New York (CNN) — It started as a viral snowball fight in a historic blizzard. It ended up putting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the opposite side of his city’s police, creating a politically sensitive moment early in his tenure. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday that largely dealt with
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By Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of FBI witness interviews from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein appear to be missing from the massive trove of files released by the Department of Justice last month, according to a CNN review – including three interviews related to a woman who accused President Donald Trump
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Melissa Buchanan’s current job has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s top prosecutor wasted no time putting in his name for an associate circuit judge seat on Tuesday, while the term-limited state House member serving Jefferson City filed for Cole County clerk. Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson signed his paperwork less than
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been updated to note that Dr. Lisa Thomas is a former House member. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The August Republican primary in Missouri’s Sixth Senate District is a crowded field after just the opening day of filing. Filing for the August primary opened Tuesday, including the seat that represents Cole,
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By Valeria León, Michael Rios, Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — A group of Mexican mothers with years of experience looking for missing people in Mexico’s Sonora state has arrived in Arizona to help in the search for Nancy Guthrie. Initially, the Madres Buscadoras de Sonora (Searching Mothers of Sonora) applied for a permit to carry
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