Former newspaper/TV reporter turned CNN senior news writer. Mizzou grad. Fueled by curiosity & sweet tea.
Joined August 2010
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Jun 5
A stranger from Tokyo shut down his business to help. Another dropped everything to give transportation/translations for US parents desperate to find their son. Now, volunteers in #Japan will scour treacherous terrain to help find a missing #Auburn student cnn.com/2026/06/05/us/james-…
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May 6
Ted Turner, the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87. cnn.it/4d7tcQ2
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Apr 7
Bird poop on a man’s car appeared on a drug test as cocaine. Human ashes showed up as meth or ecstasy. Tens of thousands of people have been wrongfully arrested after false-positive drug tests, experts say. But one state is fighting back. My @CNN story: bit.ly/ColorimetricDrugTests
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Mar 18
Super helpful: Track TSA wait times at 15 major airports (h/t Curt Merrill and @stiles) cnn.com/us/airport-tsa-wait-…
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Feb 10
A US Army soldier, a former retiree, and a skater who lost both parents will compete for Olympic medals this week. My @CNN story on the 🇺🇸 figure skaters: edition.cnn.com/2026/01/12/s…
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6 Nov 2025
US flights could soon get slashed if the #shutdown drags on. Which airports would get hit? How many flights would be lost? And what can you do about it? Answers here 👇 edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u…
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10 Sep 2025
If you ever want a masterclass on writing, read @KrupaMichelle's riveting narrative of the heroes who risked their lives pumping water out of New Orleans as the city was drowning. It's a story unlike any other: cnn.it/47xjqWt
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31 Jul 2025
The Trump administration plans to destroy $9.7 million worth of contraceptives, with a cost of $167,000 to incinerate them, the US State Department says: edition.cnn.com/2025/07/29/e…
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17 Jul 2025
"THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end in May 2026 at the close of the 2025-26 broadcast season," CBS says.
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14 Jul 2025
“Bubble Inn" was a launchpad for generations of successful women. It's where shy 8-year-old girls turned into confident young ladies versed in life lessons and powerful friendships -- bonds that would prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy: cnn.it/44DglAX
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2 Jul 2025
Sean “Diddy” Combs found GUILTY of transportation to engage in prostitution but NOT guilty of the most serious charge against him: bit.ly/4nCwLm3
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2 Jul 2025
BREAKING: Jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' racketeering & sex trafficking trial has reached verdicts on all counts: edition.cnn.com/entertainmen…
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6 Jun 2025
Adorable news of the day: Humans go undercover as black bears to raise a rescued 2-month-old cub: edition.cnn.com/2025/06/04/u…
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13 May 2025
Trump administration cuts $2.7 billion in research funding for National Institutes of Health, a Senate committee report says. Federal funding for cancer research was slashed 31% in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 last year bit.ly/433HPik By @JacqEHoward
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18 Apr 2025
They grew up practicing active shooter drills. So when a gunman opened fire at FSU, some students knew exactly what to do: bit.ly/FSUstudentsnarrative
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8 Apr 2025
Despite a state of emergency, a flash flood warning, and a school district saying some buses couldn’t travel, schools stayed open. A boy walking to his school bus got swept away by floodwaters and died. But “don’t go around blaming people,” some say: bit.ly/42knnJR
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19 Mar 2025
Vizguerra’s quest for the American dream started 28 years ago, when she, her husband and their daughter left Mexico and illegally entered the US in 1997. The couple would later have three more children, all born in the US.
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