By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo has said he believes the United States needs to find “another way” in handling the situation in Venezuela, warning against any military incursion and saying it would be better to pursue dialogue or apply economic pressure. “It seems there is the possibility that there be some activity,
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Dressed head to toe in army fatigues, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received the news he had been awaiting for more than a year: Russia had taken over the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. It doesn’t matter that Kyiv disputed the claim, saying on Tuesday that fighting was
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By Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday backed her country’s security forces who are accused of killing hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, claiming the protesters intended to overthrow her government. The East African leader alleged without evidence that young people had been paid to take to the streets following October’s
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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he is very proud of the two National Guard members shot in last week’s attack in Washington, DC, calling 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom “an incredible person” and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe a fighter. Wolfe, a US Air Force staff sergeant, and Beckstrom, a US Army specialist assigned
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By Michelle Krupa, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — This city’s new mayor-elect prays many times a day, for big things and small ones and often, she says, to a holy guardian known for helping defy lost causes. “My favorite patron saint is St. Jude,” Helena Moreno explains. “I don’t know what that says about me.”
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN It may be time to layer up, readers — nearly 60 million people in the US are under winter weather alerts today. You can stay ahead of the storm by checking CNN’s weather alert tracker for the latest advisories, watches and warnings. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN It may be time to layer up, readers — nearly 60 million people in the US are under winter weather alerts today. You can stay ahead of the storm by checking CNN’s weather alert tracker for the latest advisories, watches and warnings. Here’s what else you need to know to get
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN It may be time to layer up, readers — nearly 60 million people in the US are under winter weather alerts today. You can stay ahead of the storm by checking CNN’s weather alert tracker for the latest advisories, watches and warnings. Here’s what else you need to know to
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By Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown, CNN New York (CNN) — When the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson was arrested last year after a high-profile five-day manhunt, many people had a question: What was Luigi Mangione doing at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania? One of the first officers on the
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By Kocha Olarn and Ross Adkin, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter dropping supplies on the roof. Hat Yai city is
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly city crews spent the weekend battling the season’s first major snowfall after roughly 6 inches fell across the area, with more continuing into Monday. However, preparation for the winter weather began long before the first flakes fell. “We’re working several months in advance, actually, into the summer,” city spokesman Scott McGarvey
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Snowfall began coating some Mid-Missouri roads by 9 a.m. Monday and continued well into the afternoon, leading to dozens of slide-offs and crashes and closing part of Interstate 70 for hours. After light snowfall over the holiday weekend, a few more inches were expected to accumulate Monday, with high temperatures staying in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old Jamestown man died Monday in a crash on Highway 179 in Cole County, north of Route Z, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver was traveling northbound in a 2003 Ford Ranger when the vehicle went down an embankment and overturned.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Friends and family of Erik Spencer II, who was shot and killed in a Jefferson City parking lot, spoke during the public comment portion of Monday’s City Council meeting, as they continue to demand that officials release the identity of the alleged shooter. Spencer was shot and killed on Nov. 1
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of accumulating snow that could cause roads to be slick through Tuesday morning. A wave of low pressure has plunged out of the Rockies across the Plains and into the Midwest on Monday, triggering a wide swath of snow where
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View all school closings and delays here. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of Mid-Missouri schools will be closed on Tuesday after varying amounts of snow fell on the area starting Monday morning. Columbia Public Schools announced in a text message to parents that it will not hold class on Tuesday due to inclement weather. “Having
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Michelle Rodemeyer announced in a Monday evening press release that she will be running for a spot on the Jefferson City Board of Education. The release says she is a certified public accountant at Estes and Associates and previously worked at the Missouri State Public Health laboratory as a budget and fiscal
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WBZ, ANA WALSHE VIA FACEBOOK, COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Was Ana Walshe murdered by her husband? Or did she die in bed of a mysterious, unexplained medical event? Defense attorneys for her husband, Brian Walshe, will try to convince jurors of the latter, one said in opening statements
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Was Ana Walshe murdered by her husband? Or did she die in bed of a mysterious, unexplained medical event? Defense attorneys for her husband, Brian Walshe, will try to convince jurors of the latter, one said in opening statements Monday as his murder trial began in earnest, almost
Continue ReadingBy Germán Padinger, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appears even more isolated this week after losing two regional allies, Honduras and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, at the polls as he confronts Washington’s naval buildup in the Caribbean. In Honduras, preliminary results from Sunday’s elections have made one thing clear: Candidate
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