By Alexandra Skores, Chris Isidore, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was the late 1980s, and Eastern Airlines was on the brink of bankruptcy after years of financial problems, labor issues and struggling to adapt to deregulation. Businessman Donald Trump saw an opportunity and seized it. He purchased the airline’s most profitable asset, the Eastern Shuttle,
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By John Blake, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — In the office of civil rights icon Andrew Young there is a striking photo that took on new meaning this week. It shows the man Young called his best friend — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — watching television as President Lyndon Johnson delivers a speech urging
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By Alaa Elassar, Pamela Brown, Shoshana Dubnow, CNN (CNN) — Camp Mystic — the Texas Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in last July’s devastating floods — has withdrawn its application to reopen this summer, stepping back from a possible return many grieving families had feared would come too soon. “No administrative
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Kosta Gak, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A bomb that killed a soldier in a remote Russian town was likely targeting a notorious Russian commander known as the Butcher of Bucha, Russian and Ukrainian media and military bloggers said. Russian authorities said the bomb attack on Tuesday in the far-east Khabarovsk region
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By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Congress voted to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security — including the Transportation Security Administration — Thursday after weeks of GOP infighting that prolonged a record shutdown of the critical agency. President Donald Trump promptly signed the bill to fund
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By Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla, CNN (CNN) — A spat between the US and Germany has reached new heights, with US President Donald Trump threatening to pull some American troops from the country amid disagreements about the US-led campaign in Iran. “The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,
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CNN By Michael Rios, David Culver, Carlos Martinelli, Mary Triny Mena, CNN Miami (CNN) — A commercial passenger plane from the US landed in Venezuela on Thursday for the first time in nearly seven years, as the countries continue to restore economic ties following the ouster of Venezuela’s strongman leader in January. The inaugural American
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli grain importer has said it will not receive the cargo of a ship allegedly carrying stolen Ukraine grain after the vessel became the focus of a major diplomatic spat between the two countries. The Israel Grain Importers Association said that the cargo – which Kyiv says was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A weak tornado touched down Monday in Monroe County during a severe weather outbreak. An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of about 90 mph touched down near Route M and Highway 151, the National Weather Service reported Thursday. Most of the damage was on a farm, where tree limbs were broken and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is dead and others are injured after a crash Wednesday on Highway 63 near Sturgeon. According to the crash report, the accident happened at 5:39 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of McComas Road and Highway 63. A North Village Park van, driven by an 81-year-old Moberly man, made an improper
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By Clare Sebastian, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — For the third time in 12 days, the Russian Black Sea town of Tuapse woke up Tuesday to apocalyptic scenes. Thick toxic fumes, and flames rising up from the latest Ukrainian drone attack on the Rosneft-owned Tuapse oil refinery, almost reached the heights of the surrounding Caucasus
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By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — “If you are visibly Jewish, you’re not safe” in Britain, the country’s chief rabbi said Thursday, expressing the anxiety of the British Jewish community after two men were stabbed in a London neighborhood already reeling from several recent antisemitic attacks. “I’m sad to say that today’s event proves
Continue Reading By Michael Rios, David Culver, Carlos Martinelli, Mary Triny Mena, CNN Miami (CNN) — A commercial passenger plane from the US landed in Venezuela on Thursday for the first time in nearly seven years, as the countries continue to restore economic ties following the ouster of Venezuela’s strongman leader in January. The inaugural American Airlines
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Across major US cities, some intersections are becoming impromptu arenas as street takeovers turn public roads into a dangerous spectacle. In Las Vegas, police recently arrested more than 70 people in a sweeping crackdown on the illegal activity. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Across major US cities, some intersections are becoming impromptu arenas as street takeovers turn public roads into a dangerous spectacle. In Las Vegas, police recently arrested more than 70 people in a sweeping crackdown on the illegal activity. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The German submarine captain saw his target’s silhouette against the evening sky off the coast of southern England and gave the command to fire a single torpedo. It was the last anyone would see of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa and its 131 crew members for more than
Continue ReadingBy Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — At the unveiling of a towering bronze sculpture of North Korean and Russian soldiers in combat, Kim Jong Un praised troops who chose death over capture while fighting in Ukraine. It was a striking and unusually explicit acknowledgment of Pyongyang’s long-suspected battlefield doctrine. According to a transcript published by
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMIZ) With the spring sports slate nearing the finish line, Mizzou Athletics is beginning to look ahead to the upcoming 2026-27 athletic calendar. On Wednesday, Tiger Athletic Director Laird Veatch, as well as some of his coaches hosted a fan event known as the ‘Zou to You’ tour in St. Charles, Missouri
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By Ray Sanchez, Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Prosecutors have laid out a detailed and grisly timeline in their case against singer d4vd, who is accused of sexually abusing Celeste Rivas Hernandez starting when she was 13, then fatally stabbing her when she – at 14 years old – threatened to expose
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By Cindy Von Quednow, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Three years before he was accused of killing two doctoral students in Florida, a domestic violence incident with Hisham Abugharbieh’s brother and mother highlighted his family’s concerns about what they called his erratic behavior. During the May 9, 2023, incident, Abugharbieh began arguing with his brother
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