KUSA, DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY, CNN By Alexandra Skores, Hanna Park, CNN Washington (CNN) — Major US airports from New York to Oregon and North Carolina to Nevada have refused to play a “public service announcement” from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at security checkpoints in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — As a former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy has been behind many doors closed to the average French citizen. On October 21, as the cold steel of his jail cell door clangs behind him, he’ll be in one room to which few would covet entry. The former French
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Utter devastation lies before investigators days after a building at a Tennessee explosives plant was razed by a blast so powerful that it left behind no living witnesses, created a vast and volatile investigative scene and cast potential evidence for miles around. The cause of Friday’s explosion
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the social exclusion of Afghan women. An image from Reuters news agency shows Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three cough syrups believed to be responsible for the deaths of several children in India over the last month. The drugs were identified as specific batches
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education is advocating to change a state law. During its Monday night meeting, board members discussed their 2025-26 legislative priorities, one of which had to do with superintendent payouts. CPS is now advocating to change the state law, making it so that superintendents are paid no more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump and other world leaders gathered Monday to sign a Middle East peace deal, bringing relief and hopeful reactions to local groups in Mid-Missouri. George Smith, with Mid-Missouri for Justice in Palestine, is relieved but also concerned following the recent peace deal. “It’s a relief to have the actual genocide
Continue ReadingPor Andy Ortiz, CNN en Español Al filo de la madrugada del viernes, la presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, fue destituida por el congreso por permanente incapacidad moral. Y en el centro de esta nueva crisis política en el país aparece el ataque contra una popular orquesta de cumbia. Más de 120 votos la declararon
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By Brandon Griggs, CNN (CNN) — In 2011, schoolteacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead on the kitchen floor of her Philadelphia apartment with some 20 knife wounds and numerous bruises. A city medical examiner ruled her death a suicide – a finding rejected by the 27-year-old’s parents, who were convinced she’d been murdered. Their fourteen-year
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will no longer use alternative methods of instruction for inclement weather days following recent changes to state law. The Columbia Board of Education addressed the recent changes during its meeting on Monday. The district announced the change in an email to families on Oct. 10, stating that new state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A report from the National Transportation Safety Board indicates pilot error was the likely reason for a July 22 plane crash in a cornfield near Centralia. The report says the pilot failed “to maintain clearance from power lines during low-level maneuvering.” Wren Johannaber, 31, of Huntsville, suffered serious injuries after crashing a crop
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the federal government shutdown nears the two-week mark, Columbia College is stepping in to support military students by launching a tuition assistance program. The college announced the creation of the “You Stand For Us, We Stand By You” program in a news release on Monday. The release states that the program
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PARIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women were jailed in Randolph County on suspicion of hindering prosecution in a homicide investigation that ended with a man shot dead by law enforcement officers. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were arrested Sunday night and booked into the Randolph County Jail without bond, according
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By Tal Shalev and Tamar Michaelis, CNN Kiryat Gat, Israel (CNN) — Two years ago, almost nobody in Israel could point to Nir Oz on a map. Now, it’s synonymous with October 7, 2023. Located just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the Gaza border, this small agricultural kibbutz was home to about 400 people who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Dakar, Senegal (AP) — Mali’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it will require US visa applicants to post a bond of up to $10,000 in response to an identical measure enacted by the US last week that takes effect Oct. 23. The ministry statement Sunday followed a statement Friday posted by the US Embassy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported, but one person was displaced from their home after a kitchen caught fire on Sunday afternoon at an apartment in the 800 block of 7th Street in Boonville, according to a Monday social media post from the Boonville Fire Protection District. The post says firefighters were called at
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By Tim Lister, Abeer Salman, Nada Bashir, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinians from its jails on Monday as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, prompting emotional scenes of families reunited with loved ones, some of whom had spent decades behind bars. More than 1,700 of those released were detainees who
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By Alexandra Skores, Hanna Park, CNN Washington (CNN) — Major US airports from New York to Oregon and North Carolina to Nevada have refused to play a “public service announcement” from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at security checkpoints in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown. The video is playing on
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Parents are getting smartphones for their kids at a much younger age than many experts recommend. Consider other ways of staying in touch. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘New reality’ The planet is reaching the first
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Parents are getting smartphones for their kids at a much younger age than many experts recommend. Consider other ways of staying in touch. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘New reality’ The planet is reaching the
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