By Caitlin Hu, Julia Hollingsworth, Eliza Mackintosh and Helen Regan, CNN In a beige stone townhouse on a leafy New York street, a political coup thousands of miles away has split an office in two. Downstairs in the dimly lit building, staffers at Myanmar’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations receive orders from the military
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Senate Bill 1, a clean Federal Reimbursement Allowance renewal, was introduced in the state House Monday morning. A clean FRA means there were no amendments.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team spent some time at the Special Olympics Missouri Training For Life Facility on Monday afternoon. Head coach Robin Pingeton and her squad played Minute To Win It with the athletes currently competing for a spot on Team Missouri. “These athletes are such amazing people, and it’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Electric Cooperative is reporting a power outage affecting over 700 customers near Farrar Road. The outage was reported at 7:02 p.m. According to the outage map, 719 customers are affected. A crew has been dispatched to the area however the restoration time has not been updated yet.
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities are still searching for a convicted murderer after a vehicle chase in Callaway County. Authorities say Stephen Thorp took off from deputies on Saturday. He’s currently on supervised parole for second-degree murder and domestic assault. The chase happened near county roads 161 and 142 about 10-miles east of Kingdom City.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Parks and Recreation Department says they have started repairing trails. The department posted this photo on their Twitter page today showing a section of trail. Right now, the department still asks you stay off the trail system. The goal is to have all trails passable by the end of the
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A CNN investigation in April 2021, in collaboration with Amnesty International, exposed the horror of a massacre perpetrated by Ethiopian soldiers in Mahibere Dego in the mountains of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where government troops are battling regional forces. CNN has obtained and verified new images, confirming not only the identity of the victims but the army unit of the perpetrators. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports.
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By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Nima Elbagir and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN A few scattered human bones lay on the rocky ground, along with a broken skull and several half-burned identification cards. That is all the villagers could find, six months after Ethiopian troops rounded up their loved ones and shot them at point-blank range, throwing
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Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN In a major step, the NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to support an interim policy that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) without violating NCAA rules until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted. The Division I Board of Directors
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN The United Nations’ human rights chief is calling on the US to reform its criminal justice system, reimagine policing nationwide and provide reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans. In a report published on Monday, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged the US to make “transformative change for
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While huge portions of the Midwest have been seeing flooding threats since the weekend, the Pacific Northwest has been sweltering under unprecedented high temperatures. Imagine that areas of high pressure act like an umbrella. When moisture hits this umbrella, it’s pushed to the side and whatever is under the umbrella stays dry. An intense area
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man is charged with multiple sex crimes against a child after a nine-month investigation after a tip from a parent. According to a press release, Thomas Lee Earl Carnahan is charged with three counts of statutory rape of someone under the age of 14 and two counts of statutory sodomy
Continue ReadingBy Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya, CNN Fred and Wilma get to keep their house, and all of their dinosaurs, too. Florence Fang, the owner of the colorful, dome-shaped “Flintstone House” in Hillsborough, California, can keep her garden collection of dinosaurs and eye-catching “Flintstones” sculptures after settling a lawsuit with local officials, according to city
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We’ve been tracking localized flooding for you all weekend long, but with more rain on the way, flooding is still a major concern. The National Severe Storms Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that flash flooding is the most dangerous type of flooding as there is little forewarning allowing for preparations to
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Philip and Nora Zyne, who live in the Champlain Towers North condominiums, explain why they aren’t leaving their building despite the South tower collapsing just days ago.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Tommy Franks, retired four-star Army General. Personal Birth date: June 17, 1945 Birth place: Wynnewood, Oklahoma Birth name: Tommy Ray Franks Father: Ray Franks, mechanic Mother: Lorene “Pete” (Parker) Franks Marriage: Cathryn (Carley) Franks (1969-present) Children: Jacqueline Education: University of Texas, Arlington, B.B.A., 1969-1971
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN “Sesame Street” is helping Asian American children grapple with bullying via a new song called “Proud of Your Eyes.” In the video, neighborhood residents Alan, the Japanese American owner of Hooper’s Store, and Wes, a recently introduced African American character on the show, encounter their friend Analyn after she has an
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The two men told firefighters their pickup truck, which was pulling a camper, bogged down in the floodwaters on Route K at the Katy Trail at about 8 p.m. Sunday. They refused medical treatment.
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Nearly halfway through a year that’s seen the Catholic Church take a stance against LGBTQ members, Pope Francis wrote in support of an American priest’s work with LGBTQ Catholics. In a handwritten letter to the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and editor-at-large for America Media, Francis thanked Martin for his
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