By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor, has been approved by NASA to move forward to the design phase. The 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) infrared telescope would bolster planetary defense
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor, has been approved by NASA to move forward to the design phase. The 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) infrared telescope would bolster planetary defense
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN More than 80 teens and adult staffers from a Central Illinois summer camp tested positive for Covid-19 in an outbreak that has impacted people across three states, officials said. The Crossing Camp in Schuyler County held in mid-June did not check vaccination status for campers or staffers, and
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By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence given to a 74-year-old serial killer, known as the “Black Widow,” for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted murder of a fourth. Chisako Kakehi, reportedly received large insurance payouts after poisoning her victims with cyanide,
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By Ben Westcott, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and
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By Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 6:52 p.m. ET] Rescue and search crews found the bodies of a 10-year-old child and a 4-year-old child, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. That brings the death toll from the Surfside building collapse to 18
Continue ReadingIn dispatch audio obtained by CNN from Broadcastify, a first responder describes the scene after a condo building collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
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By Rob Picheta, James Briggs and Larry Madowo, CNN The UN World Food Programme said it expected to run out of food in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, and that hundreds of thousands of people in the area were on the brink of famine. The agency confirmed that no food trucks have
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, Bethlehem Feleke and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Rebel forces in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray have rejected a ceasefire offer from the central government, raising fears of further violence a day after the fighters retook the regional capital Mekelle. The recapture of the city by Tigrayan fighters and the retreat of Ethiopian
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Dave Alsup and Raja Razek, CNN An Idaho woman who is accused of killing her two children has been charged in the death of her former husband. Lori Vallow was charged by an Arizona grand jury with one felony count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal fire at a residential assisted living center in Spring Valley, New York, that killed a firefighter and a resident in March, the Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh announced Tuesday. Arrest warrants were also issued for
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and
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Legislation is working its way through Congress that would remove the statues of Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol.
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Kim Jong Un fired several senior officials who failed to enforce North Korea’s stringent Covid-19 prevention, a dereliction of duty which the young dictator said will have “grave consequences” for the impoverished and isolated nation, state media reported Wednesday. It is unclear who or exactly how
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Pasadena Police Department is looking into an allegation of assault involving Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, a spokesman with the department told CNN on Tuesday. “It is an active investigation,” said Lt. Bill Grisafe. The attorney for the accuser, Marc Garelick, said in a statement that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced Tuesday it’s now offering rebates to businesses affected by COVID-19. In a press release, the city said it would be offering restaurants, bars, hotels and event venues the chance to be awarded $10,000 for business licenses fees, liquor license fees, or health inspection fees paid to the
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Callaway County Sheriff’s Department says Stephen Thorp was taken into custody Tuesday in a nearby county after leading deputies on a chase.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) There’s a hint of Rock Bridge on the Capital City football field this summer. Former Bruins defensive coordinator Joe Collier is the new head coach of the Cavaliers. He brought four assistant coaches with him to Jefferson City, including Jonah Dubinski. The former Mizzou offensive lineman is the Cavs new offensive
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong, effective immediately. Since China’s rubber-stamp parliament revealed its plans for such legislation the month before, Hong Kongers had been nervously awaiting the details of a law that would reshape
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is formally charged after an incident Monday where he claimed to have killed his son and then attempted to assault law enforcement with a blade and have them kill him. According to court documents, Raul Bravo called dispatch and told them he had killed his son and took the
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