By Omar Jimenez and Elizabeth Gonzalez Panama City (CNN) — She asked to be identified only as “Ambo,” out of fear of being recognized back in her home country. “Life is very difficult for me,” she told CNN from a school-turned-shelter on a humidly hot day in Panama City, Panama. Over the ambient noise of
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Joseph Ataman, CNN London and Paris (CNN) — It was a televised ambush that many in Europe hope will stop a war. Donald Trump’s dressing-down of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House was a lightning strike to the transatlantic alliance, dispelling lingering illusions in Europe about whether their American
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services transferred more than $23 million in funds generated by Missouri’s adult use marijuana program to the Missouri Veterans Commission and DHSS. The funds will be used to support veteran families, strengthen overdose prevention education, and expand access to drug addiction treatment programs, according to
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CNN By Emma Tucker and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An executive at U.S. Bank is believed to have been killed when a small plane crashed into a home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Saturday afternoon, U.S. Bank said in a statement on Sunday. The plane was registered to Terry Dolan, U.S. Bank’s vice chair
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old Pleasant Hill man was life flighted to a hospital Friday night after an accident involving a UTV. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, two people were in a 2021 Polaris Ranger on Route FF, north of Brown Bend Road at 10:30 p.m. The passenger
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An executive at U.S. Bank is believed to have been killed when a small plane crashed into a home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Saturday afternoon, U.S. Bank said in a statement on Sunday. The plane was registered to Terry Dolan, U.S. Bank’s vice chair and
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Murray and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Local, state and national leaders are demanding answers from immigration enforcement after the detention of yet another university student. The University of Minnesota says US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained an international graduate student on Thursday, according to a letter to the school community posted Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Alireza Hajihosseini and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been released and is in “good health,” according to a source with knowledge of the release. Faye Hall was released Thursday “following a court order and with logistical support from Qatar,”
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, Dana Karni and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Hamas has agreed to a new Egyptian proposal to release 5 hostages, including the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in exchange for a renewed ceasefire, a Hamas source tells CNN. Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya said in a televised address on Saturday that the militant group had
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Maria Kostenko, CNN Ukrainian forces have responded to Russian efforts to expel them from one part of Russian territory by launching a large number of attacks on another border area, using drones, artillery and troops. More than 20 villages in Russia’s Belgorod region – which are located in a 150-kilometer (90-mile)
Continue ReadingBy Manuela Castro, CNN (CNN) — Twice a week, Nilda Rivadeneira hops on her bicycle and pedals to work. She tells CNN she wishes it were a women’s bike instead of a men’s one, but she rides it now that her son, who no longer lives at home, stopped using it. In a way, it
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could swiftly lapse back into war. South Sudan split from the rest of Sudan in 2011
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Clerk announced that several weekend no-excuse absentee voting opportunities will pop up across Boone County starting Saturday. Columbia’s April election will have races for Mayor, Columbia Ward 4, and Columbia’s Board of Education. Weekend voting will be held on the two weekends leading up to the election. There will
Continue ReadingBy CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday causing mass destruction. More than 2,700 are dead and thousands more injured. The earthquake is the most powerful to strike Myanmar in over a century, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Tremors were also felt in China and
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, CNN Houston (CNN) — “Like a bomb going off.” That’s how Thomas McNeese, who heads the wellness program at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Houston, describes the aftermath of the fourth suicide connected to the department in the span of six weeks. Three of the four deaths occurred within one week,
Continue ReadingBy Devyn Byers, CNN (CNN) — When an EF3 tornado roared through Poplar Bluff, Missouri, it upended the lives of thousands of people and scattered their belongings in every direction, both the replaceable and the irreplaceable. “Our house was a total loss,” said Darby Russom, who was forced to relocate with her husband Trendall. The
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Ashton Hall’s day begins at 3:52 a.m., if his most recent viral video is to be believed. The online fitness coach starts his very early morning by removing a piece of tape from his mouth. Over the next five-and-a-half hours, he embarks on a series of endeavors that include
Continue ReadingCNN By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, said Shakespeare’s Henry IV, but the king of cycling, Lance Armstrong, wasn’t content with his athletic garland, he had the rest of us wearing something too: those yellow silicone gel wristbands that read LIVESTRONG. Introduced in 2004 as part of
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, said Shakespeare’s Henry IV, but the king of cycling, Lance Armstrong, wasn’t content with his athletic garland, he had the rest of us wearing something too: those yellow silicone gel wristbands that read LIVESTRONG. Introduced in 2004 as part of his
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — The powerful voice of Tejano music superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is still an indelible staple in Latino households and parties nearly 30 years after her death. The grief that engulfed fans immediately after Selena’s life was cut short has morphed over the years into a celebration
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