By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia’s long summer school holidays usually draws crowds to the beach but a spate of shark attacks in the country’s most populous state has triggered warnings to stay out of the water. Around 40 beaches along the coast of New South Wales (NSW) remain closed after four
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By Hanna Park, Matthew Rehbein, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice asked a federal judge Monday to reject a bid by Minnesota leaders to block President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and to allow the surge of immigration agents in the state to move forward, after a lawsuit was brought by Minnesota and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) About a group of 30 people walked from the Armory Sports Center in Columbia to the St. Luke United Methodist Church holding candles, remembering the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The walk was apart of the Columbia Parks and Recreation annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Candlelight Walk and Memorial Celebration. That number doubled
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UNION, Mo. (KMIZ) Angela Koepke doesn’t see much difference in the work the Mason Griffith Foundation does compared to what its namesake did. “He was just always finding a way to do exactly what the foundation is doing,” Koepke, the foundation’s director of daily operations, said. “If somebody needed something, he would find a way
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) For nearly seven decades, a pair of grain towers have loomed over Moberly’s downtown skyline, a familiar landmark for anyone driving through the Magic City. By this time next year, those towers are expected to be gone. City officials plan to demolish the long-vacant towers after securing more than $320,000 in federal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police numbers, sidewalk improvements, homelessness and improved housing opportunities are the top priorities of more than 800 Columbia households that responded to the city’s annual Community Survey Findings Report. 2025 Columbia MO Survey ReportDownload According to city documents, the survey was completed by 804 random households. Around 84% of survey respondents have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police said Monday that a man shot in a residential area Sunday night has died. Michael R. Burke, 42, of Columbia, was killed in the shooting that was called in at about 8 p.m. Sunday. Burke died at a local hospital, Columbia Police wrote in a Facebook post. Officers were sent
Continue ReadingPor Leah Asmelash En el primer fin de semana de Acción de Gracias del segundo mandato del presidente Donald Trump, el Washington Post publicó una importante primicia sobre el Gobierno. El Post informó que fuerzas militares de Estados Unidos, tras atacar un barco civil que la administración afirmaba llevaba drogas en el Caribe, habían matado
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! In a scene that brings new meaning to “scattered, smothered and covered,” French fries and onions washed up on a beach in England. Volunteers helped clean up the mess after a container ship spilled its cargo. Here’s what else you might have missed during your
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Three shootings in Columbia have left one person dead and four people hurt in the first 19 days of 2026. The shooters in two of the shootings have not been identified and arrested, police say.
According to Columbia police dispatch logs, officers responded to eight calls for shots fired and 16 calls for shots heard from Jan. 1 to Jan. 19, 2026.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will welcome Georgia to Mizzou Arena on Tuesday. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. The Tigers are continuing SEC play. Tuesday’s game follows a loss at LSU last Saturday. Watch a news conference in the player.
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By Andy Rose, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — A Sunday morning church service in the Twin Cities interrupted by anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters is the latest flash point in escalating tensions between the Trump administration and demonstrators in Minnesota. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who oversees the Civil Rights Division of the Department of
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By Ben Wedeman, CNN Northeastern Iraq (CNN) — Piece by piece, the young man in a black and white scarf – a keffiyeh – takes apart his AK-47 assault rifle, placing them side-by-side on the rocky ground. His brow furrows. He can’t push one of the pieces back into place as he tries to reassemble
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By Ivana Kottasová, Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump told Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that he no longer feels bound “to think purely of Peace” because the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize. In an extraordinary text message to Støre, first reported by PBS and
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By Georgiana Ralphs, CNN (CNN) — Police in Queensland, Australia are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman after her body was found surrounded by wild dogs on a beach at K’Gari, formerly known as Fraser Island. The island, a UNESCO world heritage site, lies off Australia’s eastern coast and attracts hundreds of thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN The nation will pause today to honor and remember the legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s a federal holiday, which means most post offices, banks and government agencies will be closed. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The nation will pause today to honor and remember the legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s a federal holiday, which means most post offices, banks and government agencies will be closed. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on
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By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, his spokesman said Monday. Speaking to reporters during a regular media briefing, Dmitry Peskov said: “President Putin also received through diplomatic channels
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry arrived at London’s High Court on Monday as he takes on the publisher of the Daily Mail over phone hacking, tapping and a slew of alleged unlawful information gathering practices dating back years. The Duke of Sussex and six other household names in Britain
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The playoffs look a little different this year. The Kansas City Chiefs are sitting at home for the first time in a long time, having finished the season at 6-11, only a few games better than the hapless Raiders. But the teams that are playing are offering some excitement. The latest fireworks happened in yet
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