By Ganesh Setty and Leah Asmelash, CNN A controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt will finally be moved from its current location after years of debate — and one year after a formal request for its removal. The statue debuted in 1940 and stands in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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Legislation to ban the teaching of critical race theory was submitted this week in the Missouri Senate, which is in special session to work on laws related to a tax that helps fund Medicaid.
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One person was injured in a crash on Highway 63 in Boone County late Thursday morning.
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By Megan Marples, CNN Dinosaurs may have given birth and lived year-round in the Artic, a new study revealed. Researchers found fossil evidence of at least seven species of dinosaurs reproducing at the Prince Creek Formation in northern Alaska. While the scientists didn’t find nests or eggshells, they did find dinosaur embryos and just-hatched babies,
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By Megan Marples, CNN Dinosaurs may have given birth and lived year-round in the Artic, a new study revealed. Researchers found fossil evidence of at least seven species of dinosaurs reproducing at the Prince Creek Formation in northern Alaska. While the scientists didn’t find nests or eggshells, they did find dinosaur embryos and just-hatched babies,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN As New York Mets pitcher Tylor Megill walked off the mound after his Major League Baseball debut Wednesday night, the home faithful got to their feet and heartily applauded the 25-year-old. But those cheers soured when Megill was forced to make a pit stop. The home plate umpire approached Megill and
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By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN A 37-year-old priest is in custody in Greece after allegedly launching an acid attack that injured 10 people at a meeting of senior bishops. He has since been moved to an Athens psychiatric hospital and is under police guard, according to Greek police spokesperson Anna Efthymiou. Seven senior members of Greece’s
Continue ReadingAt least 99 people are unaccounted for after a building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida. At least one person was killed and at least 11 were injured. The Miami-Dade mayor said at least 102 people have been accounted for as rescue efforts continue.
Continue ReadingBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Dozens of condominiums in a Surfside, Florida, residential tower were destroyed when part of the building collapsed early Thursday. At least one person was killed, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said, and 51 people were unaccounted for late Thursday morning, a Miami-Dade County official said. A search-and-rescue operation is underway after
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Rudolph William Louis Giuliani Father: Harold Giuliani, a tavern owner Mother: Helen (D’Avanzo) Giuliani, a secretary Marriages: Judith Nathan (May 24, 2003-2019, divorced);
Continue ReadingVideo shows a boy being rescued from the rubble after a building collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Krupa and Jason Hanna, CNN Out walking his dog after midnight, Nicholas Balboa felt the ground shake. Plumes of dust and debris soon billowed all around as a massive section of a condo complex in Surfside, Florida, crashed to the ground Thursday. No one could have survived, Balboa recalled thinking. As people gathered
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Leyla Santiago, CNN An intense search and rescue effort will continue through the night after part of a 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida town of Surfside, killing at least one and leaving almost 100 people unaccounted for. About 55 of the 136 units at Champlain Towers
Continue Reading By Bethlehem Feleke and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN International condemnation is growing over an airstrike that killed dozens of people in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region earlier this week, as Africa’s second-most populous nation tallied ballots to decide its next leader. At least 30 people died on Tuesday when a government airstrike hit a busy marketplace
Continue ReadingNicholas Balboa speaks to CNN’s Brianna Keilar and John Berman about the collapse of a condo building in Surfside, Florida.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Northern Ireland. For many years, Northern Ireland has been split over the question of whether it should remain part of the United Kingdom or become part of Ireland. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. The nation is part of the United Kingdom, along with England, Scotland and
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By Rob Picheta, Amy Cassidy, Anna Chernova and Zahra Ullah, CNN A UK government minister said Thursday that Britain was prepared to sail naval vessels through disputed waters near Crimea again, a day after a confrontation between a British warship and Russian forces in the Black Sea. Environment Secretary George Eustice disputed claims from Moscow
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest direct evidence of a shark attack on a human, with the sea creature inflicting some 790 injuries on a man 3,000 years ago. Experts from the University of Oxford made the discovery while studying the remains of an adult male excavated from
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest direct evidence of a shark attack on a human, with the sea creature inflicting some 790 injuries on a man 3,000 years ago. Experts from the University of Oxford made the discovery while studying the remains of an adult male excavated from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The UM Board of Curators is set to vote Thursday on the addition of a contextualization sign to the University’s controversial Thomas Jefferson statue. Over the past few years, there have been calls to remove the Thomas Jefferson statue on Mizzou’s campus, but instead of removing the statue, a task force has
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