By Zoe Sottile, Dianne Gallagher, CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — With dozens of people arrested in North Carolina’s largest city during the Department of Homeland Security’s latest targeted immigration blitz, one question has emerged for many of its residents and leaders: Why Charlotte? The city hadn’t been previously publicly singled out as an enhanced
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By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of student protests last year that led to the collapse of her government. A panel of three judges from the International
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CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The United States increased pressure on Venezuela over the weekend, saying it will designate Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization — a move President Donald Trump suggested could allow the US to target certain assets and infrastructure in the country. The US alleges the cartel
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COLUMBIA, Mo. A woman claims that her German Shepherd is among the 16 dogs found alive at a Boone County dog breeders’ property, who was charged with several counts of animal abuse. Melissa Sanders, 26, of Columbia is charged with a total of 18 counts of animal abuse, including three felonies and 15 misdemeanors. Boone
Continue ReadingBy Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — When Sergiy Klimov speaks about wine, his excitement is infectious, even to those with a less than sophisticated palate. Since 2014, Klimov has championed Ukrainian-made wine in numerous ways. He runs a chain of wine bars in the capital city, Kyiv, stocking only Ukrainian-produced wine. He is an ambassador
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County firefighters battled a fire at a small metal building on Sunday night. The Boone County Fire Protection District was called to the 1400 block of north Boothe Lane just before 8 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters found fire coming from the inside of a small metal building but were able to
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm. Federal immigration officials used the book’s title to name their latest crackdown, in Charlotte,
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CNN, FAA.GOV By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Flight reductions at 40 airports mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month are set to come to an end Monday morning, according to a joint statement from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. The cuts, which began on November 7,
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Flight reductions at 40 airports mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month are set to come to an end Monday morning, according to a joint statement from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. The cuts, which began on November 7, reduced air
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By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Roman Surovtsev was prompt in picking up his two daughters from school every afternoon. It’s important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with. At home with his wife, Samantha, he would
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By Abby Phillip, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson remains hospitalized and has been receiving care to manage his blood pressure, sources close to Jackson’s family told CNN on Sunday. In a statement released late Sunday afternoon, the family said he is breathing on his own without the assistance of machines and
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — To combat a severe water crisis, Iranian authorities have begun cloud-seeding operations to induce rainfall, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday, amid the driest fall in half a century. Iran’s National Weather Forecasting Center of the Meteorological Organizations said Saturday that rainfall across the country has decreased
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By Nina Subkhanberdina, Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday said it had arrested a man accused of helping plan last week’s deadly car bombing near Delhi’s Red Fort, which killed at least 10 people and injured more than 30. In a statement posted on social media, the NIA said
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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español (CNN) — Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barré, known as “Pipo,” the alleged leader of drug trafficking gang Los Lobos – Ecuador’s most powerful and violent criminal organization – has been arrested in Spain, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced on Sunday. “Today we captured ‘Pipo’ Chavarría, the
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is dead and another seriously injured after a motorcycle crash in Gasconade County Saturday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the crash occurred on U.S. 50, half a mile east of Cave Hill Road, shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday. A 2007
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has described his country’s nuclear program as still “intact” despite admitting that US and Israeli strikes badly damaged facilities earlier this year. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen Sunday, Khatibzadeh said Iran’s “peaceful nuclear program is intact, as we are speaking,”
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — “Do you really think, Mr. Netanyahu, that you can rename wars, hand out medals, tell tales of your heroism – and still avoid investigating the greatest national failure in Israel’s history?” Eyal Eshel’s voice cracked with rage as he stood on stage in Tel Aviv Saturday
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel wished his followers on X a happy Diwali. It did not go over well. Far-right Christian nationalist and white nationalist accounts flooded his post with bigoted memes and rhetoric. “Go back home and worship your sand demons,” a far-right pastor wrote. “Get the
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The Columbia City Council is expected to revisit a controversial ordinance Monday that targets pedestrians standing on medians on a majority of city roads.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s 20 seniors have earned their memento from Faurot Field’s “Rock M”. You can watch extended highlights of Saturday’s win in the video player below. The Tigers (7-3) defended their home turf for the final time this season, securing a 49-27 win over Mississippi State (5-6) behind a career-best effort from
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