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George Floyd's 7-year-old daughter is delivering the first victim impact statement at Derek Chauvin's sentencing.

Chauvin watches as Floyd’s young daughter gives statement

June 25, 2021 2:36 PM CNN

George Floyd’s daughter Gianna gives her impact statement at the sentencing trial of Derek Chauvin.

George Floyd’s daughter, other family members speak at Chauvin’s sentencing

June 25, 2021 2:36 PM CNN Newsource

George Floyd’s family spoke in court Friday during the sentencing hearing for his killer, former police officer Derek Chauvin. The first to speak was Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, Gianna, on video. “I ask about him all the time,” she said. “I want to play with him, have fun, go to the playground.” Someone in the video

Midway Golf and Games flooded; manager believes it will get worse with the next round of rainfall

June 25, 2021 3:08 PM Leila Mitchell

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Golf courses at Midway Golf and Games are flooded with several feet of water. According to ABC 17’s viewer reports the Boone County area was hit with about five to six inches of rain causing severe flooding all over the county. The rain caused Perchie Creek and the Missouri River to overflow.

Jefferson City police work two injury crashes

June 25, 2021 2:09 PM Matthew Sanders

Jefferson City police worked two crashes with minor injuries Friday morning, with wet roads contributing to one of them.

This Iowa county used to be named for a slave-holding former vice president. Now, it’s named after a Black academic

June 25, 2021 1:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Leah Asmelash, CNN A county in Iowa was named after a slave-holding vice president. Now, it’s named after the first Black woman to earn a PhD from the University of Iowa. The Board of Supervisors of Johnson County in Iowa, home to Iowa City and the state university, voted unanimously on Thursday to recognize

Palestinians demand end to Abbas presidency after activist dies during ‘brutal beating and arrest’

June 25, 2021 1:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN Large demonstrations are being held across the West Bank calling for an end to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Presidency of Mahmoud Abbas, after the funeral of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who died while in the custody of PA security forces on Thursday morning. The body of

Boonville police looking for bank robber

June 25, 2021 11:52 AM ABC 17 News Team

A man got away with a undisclosed amount of money after robbing a Boonville bank, police said Friday.

Rescuers are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath the rubble of a partially collapsed condominium tower in Surfside

Rescuers battle fire, noise and shifting steel and concrete as they scramble to save lives

June 26, 2021 4:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Sounds offer hope, officials said Friday amid a frantic, fast-paced mission to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble of a partially collapsed condominium tower in Surfside, Florida. Though it’s unclear how many people were in the portion of the 12-story building that fell, scores of victims remain unaccounted for. The

Five people shot overnight, one fatally, during robbery in the Hollywood Hills

June 25, 2021 4:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Stella Chan, CNN Five people were shot, one fatally, early Friday during an attempted robbery in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Jeff Lee tells CNN. Around 2 a.m., three men in their 20s attempted to rob two men in front of a residence on Blue Jay Way, police said in

How to help Surfside building collapse victims

June 28, 2021 2:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Vaughan, CNN Rescue workers are digging through rubble and debris looking for signs of life after Thursday morning’s building collapse in the town of Surfside, just north of Miami, Florida. Around 1:30 a.m., an estimated 55 condominiums fell to the ground, most of them with residents asleep inside. As families wait in agony

IL: FL BLDG COLLAPSE-CHICAGOANS MISSING

June 25, 2021 11:48 AM CNN

3 Chicagoans missing in Florida condo collapse in Surfside

City workers were cleaning the statue in Brooklyn on Thursday.

(UPDATED) DEREK CHAUVIN TO BE SENTENCED FOR GEORGE FLOYD MURDER (12pmET)

June 25, 2021 10:44 AM CNN

After being found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin now faces sentencing. Darryl Forges reports.

CNN correspondent: Bacot ‘lived an absolute nightmare’

June 25, 2021 10:01 AM CNN

A Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors. The prosecution has asked for a sentence of five years in prison for Valérie Bacot, with four years of the term suspended, a lawyer for the accused said. If confirmed, Bacot would walk free, as she has already spent a year in detention, the lawyer, Nathalie Tomasini, explained to French media. CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports.

Meet ‘dragon man,’ the latest addition to the human family tree

June 25, 2021 5:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN A cranium hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years may belong to a new species of early human that researchers have called “dragon man.” The exciting discovery is the latest addition to a human family tree that is rapidly growing and shifting, thanks

Fire chief tells families of the 159 people unaccounted for after a Florida building collapse to have hope

June 25, 2021 6:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi, Rosa Flores and Ray Sanchez, CNN The fire chief helping to lead search and rescue efforts at the South Florida building collapse that killed at least four people had a message Friday for the families of the 159 others unaccounted for. Have hope. “There’s always hope,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Andy Alvarez

The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has shaped our understanding of the cosmos for over 30 years has stopped working.

Universe, we have a problem: NASA’s investigating an outage on the Hubble Space Telescope

June 25, 2021 6:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Universe, we’ve got a problem: The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has shaped our understanding of the cosmos for over 30 years has stopped working. After the June 13 malfunction, Hubble’s payload computer stopped receiving the “keep-alive” signal that’s a “standard handshake between the payload and main spacecraft

Frenchwoman who killed abusive husband walks out free after sentencing

June 25, 2021 4:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Barbara Wojazer, Lorraine Poupon and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison,

Historic heat for parts of the Pacific Northwest

June 25, 2021 5:34 AM CNN

Record breaking hot tempertures are likely for the Pacific Northwest with cities like Seattle seeing temperatures well above 100 degrees. We are also monitoring severe storms and heavy rain in the Midwest. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast.

Video shows rescuers working to find people trapped under rubble

June 25, 2021 5:34 AM CNN

Video shows fire and rescue workers trying to save survivors after a condo building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida.

5 things to know for June 25: Condo collapse, infrastructure, LGBTQ rights, Russia-UK

June 25, 2021 5:34 AM CNN Newsource

By AJ Willingham, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. William Barber II were among a handful of people arrested this week during a protest on Capitol Hill as more high-profile figures call for new voting rights action. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.