By Celina Tebor, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Thirty years after the death of Tupac Shakur shocked the nation, Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of the iconic rap star. “You don’t get to take a man from his family,” Judge Carli
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Jason Carroll, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University has suspended all parties and social events at campus fraternity houses for the remainder of the academic year as the school evaluates its response to a student’s allegations that she was gang-raped at a fraternity in 2024, Cornell’s president wrote in a letter Tuesday. The
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has “no plans” to change who is in the charge of the New York Police Department, he told reporters Tuesday. Asked multiple times whether he would consider removing NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch from her post, Mamdani pointed to the city’s record
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This will make for a drastic spike in water bills. The average St. Louis County customer using 5,900 gallons per month would be billed $23 more. Customers outside the county who use 4,500 would have to pay an additional $15 per month.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Walmart on West Broadway in Columbia was open Tuesday, a day after it was closed when water flooded the store. The store was closed Monday, with workers telling ABC 17 News reporters that a water main broke and caused flooding. A Walmart spokesperson didn’t comment on the cause of the closure,
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By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia spends tens of billions of dollars on defense every year, but is struggling to protect key assets such as airports, refineries and pipelines from missiles and drones fired by Houthi militants from Yemen. Despite acquiring state-of-the-art weapons systems from the United States and Europe and possessing multi-layered
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By Issy Ronald, Nick Paton Walsh, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom has entered a new phase of national security as a “more contested era” replaces the stability of the post Cold War years, the head of the domestic security service MI5 said Tuesday, warning that threats from states and terrorists could be supercharged
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By Benjamin Brown, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Germany’s Nuremberg airport temporarily suspended flights on Tuesday after an emergency code was transmitted in error by an incoming plane due to a “brief malfunction.” Corendon Airlines said a flight from the Greek island of Corfu to Nuremberg, southern Germany, sent out the alert “while in Croatian
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By Lauren Kent, Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Eleven sailors are missing following a drone attack on a vessel off the coast of Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian officials, prompting the country’s government to summon the Russian ambassador. Overnight there were two attacks on merchant vessels in the Black Sea, Bulgarian officials said, with one Guinea-Bissau-flagged
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By Hanna Park, Jeff Winter, Mark Morales, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Actress Selma Blair faces assault charges after a disturbance on a plane that left multiple people injured late Sunday night. Aboard a commercial flight from Los Angeles to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Blair allegedly bit one flight attendant and left
Continue Reading CNN, WABC, POOL, ATC.COM, GETTY IMAGES By Hanna Park, Jeff Winter, Mark Morales, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Actress Selma Blair faces assault charges after a disturbance on a plane that left multiple people injured late Sunday night. Aboard a commercial flight from Los Angeles to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Blair allegedly
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Some in the Trump administration have floated the idea of streaming video of the execution of Nidal Hasan live online. Hasan is the former Army major who was sentenced to death by firing squad for the 2009 killing of 13 people at Ft. Hood in Texas. The idea of publicly broadcasting an execution, albeit online,
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CNN By Karina Tsui, Isabel Rosales, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — As investigators work to determine how a man fell to his death during a roller coaster ride Monday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities have identified the victim as a beloved educator, prompting an outpouring of grief across the Atlanta community and school system.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education on Monday decided to push the vote on its new policy to address bullying within the school district to Oct. 21. The policy was up for discussion for a fourth time and was expected to be voted on Monday before the board opted to push it back
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Mexico estimates it will cost about $12.83 million to turn the former Audrain Community Hospital’s cancer wing into a new City Hall and public safety facility. The city’s fiscal 2027 budget estimates construction will begin in July 2027 and finish in July 2028. The estimate includes design work and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One Columbia resident has been sharing his concerns about the City of Columbia Utilities plan for a new transmission line near Mill Creek Elementary School. Keary Husain, a resident who ran for a school board position earlier this year, said he does not think there is enough research done on what close
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Electric sent 10 lineworkers to Alabama on Saturday to help restore power in places affected by Hurricane Isaias. A Boone Electric spokesman told ABC 17 News in an email that Missouri electric cooperatives sent 184 lineworkers to Alabama. The spokesman wrote in the email that the Boone Electric crews is part
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By Julianna Bragg, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old woman in Chicago reported that she was sexually assaulted by a man at a fraternity house near the University of Chicago early Sunday, according to the Chicago Police Department. The woman, who is not a University of Chicago student, reported the alleged assault around 1:50
Continue Reading By Avni Trivedi, Mark Morales, Karina Tsui, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Six Flags said it has temporarily closed nine rides across the country after a man died and several others were injured Monday in a roller coaster incident at an amusement park in Georgia. Police did not say how the man died or how many
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Walmart on West Broadway in Columbia was closed Monday, and a worker told ABC 17 News that a water main break was responsible. The parking lot appeared to be empty at about 11:30 a.m. A worker in a reflective vest told an ABC 17 News reporter that the store was closed “until
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