President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are poised to make a final push in Georgia ahead of the state’s high stakes Senate run-off elections next week. Biden will campaign in Atlanta on Monday just before the run-offs on January 5, and Harris will travel to Savannah on Sunday, per an advisory first shared
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WEDNESDAY: Rain continues to fall this morning but will start to mix in some more wintry weather. That rain will transition to sleet and snow toward 8-9 AM before all snow takes over by midday. Dry air will kick most of the moisture southeast of us by 3 PM. With such a short window and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The MoDOT travelers map shows a few counties in Missouri experiencing covered roads Wednesday morning. According to MoDOT, Sullivan county, and Putnam county are reporting covered roads over most of the area. Some counties are seeing partly covered roads, including Macon, Gentry, Buchanan, Knox, and Clark.Audrain, Randolph, Monroe, and Marion Counties are
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Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen has told fans she is “4 weeks sober,” after posting an upbeat video on Instagram. The star posted a clip of herself dancing to “Good Morning” from the musical “Singin’ in the Rain,” under which a fan commented: “I need whatever drugs you’re on.” Teigen replied that she is
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Health experts continue to tell the public to avoid travel and crowds with new coronavirus cases remaining high. However, restaurants and bars remain open and many people are suffering from coronavirus fatigue. Will you be going out on New Year’s Eve or staying in to celebrate or playing it safe?
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Commission passed five new CARES Act funding requests totaling $387,108.84. The commission approved: City of Centralia – $29,508.84The Children’s School at Stephens College – $5,300Islamic School of Columbia, Missouri- $3,200Windsor Street Montessori School – $3,700Mizzou Academy – $5,400 The commission also approved an amendment for CARES funding with the City
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Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died after being diagnosed with Covid-19, his spokesman confirmed Tuesday evening. “Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, passed away this evening at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport due to complications from COVID-19,” Letlow spokesman Andrew Bautsch wrote in a post on the Republican congressman-elect’s Facebook page. Letlow’s family, he said, “appreciates the numerous prayers and
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The Louisville Metro Police Department is seeking to fire two detectives connected to the Breonna Taylor case, attorneys for the men told CNN. Detective Joshua Jaynes received a pre-termination letter from the department earlier Tuesday, his attorney Thomas Clay said. The letter, sent from Interim Chief of Police Yvette Gentry, informed Jaynes of the “present
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President-elect Joe Biden’s explosive allegation this week that the outgoing Trump administration is throwing up “roadblocks” on key national security matters was a low-point for a transition plagued by mistrust, overseen by a sitting President uninterested in facilitating a smooth transfer of power. Afterward, Trump administration officials insisted Biden was stretching the truth when he
Continue Reading Felix Yeung stops to allow a pair of huge, black buffaloes to lumber past. He’s standing on a hiking trail in Ma On Shan Country Park, a jumble of mountains and lush forest in eastern Hong Kong. Beneath his feet, the path itself, once neatly marked, has blurred, its stones surrounded by scuffed up dirt
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Since the Thanksgiving holiday, California has faced a surge of Covid-19 infections unparalleled across the United States, leading to continued daily record highs in hospitalizations and deaths. Bed capacity in intensive care units has plunged to nearly zero in vast portions of the state as patients rush into hospitals, which are struggling to manage strains
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EXCELLO, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting one person has died and another has serious injuries after a wreck on US 63 a mile north of Excello. According to the MSHP, Nicholas Evans was driving on US 63 when the box truck began to slide on the ice covered roadway. The trooper reports
Continue Reading Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must decide whether to approve a plan from State Department officials to classify Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing two US officials. The United States officially removed Cuba from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism in 2015, as part of a
Continue Reading Mike and Carol Bruno did everything right to avoid Covid-19. They refrained from hosting the big, traditional family gatherings they were used to. They stuck to phone calls and video conferences with family even though they didn’t live far away. But a simple family visit to get a haircut claimed both of their lives. The
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The Massachusetts nursing home for US military veterans where at least 76 people died of coronavirus this spring administered its first Covid-19 vaccines Tuesday. Health care workers at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home gave its first shot to Robert Aucoin, a 78-year-old Air Force veteran, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health
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Intel has been going through a rough patch and now a major activist investor wants to help right the ship. Daniel Loeb, chief executive of hedge fund Third Point LLC, wrote a letter to Intel Chairman Omar Ishrak on Tuesday calling on the chipmaker to hire an investment adviser to explore “strategic alternatives” aimed at
Continue Reading (CNN) — If you are looking to put the upheaval of 2020 behind you and kick off 2021 by having a positive impact, CNN Heroes is highlighting eight non-profits that are making the world a better place in their own unique ways. Go to CNNHeroes.com or use the links below to donate through their GoFundMe
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In the tense moments before an RV exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, it broadcast a warning on a loudspeaker that a bomb was about to blow up and urged people to evacuate. Confusingly, the parked vehicle also broadcast a song — Petula Clark’s 1964 cheerful hit “Downtown,” about how the bustle of a
Continue Reading The US Justice Department announced Tuesday it found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges against two officers in relation to the fatal 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice in an Ohio park. Rice, 12, was shot and killed outside of a recreation center by then-Cleveland police Officer Timothy Loehmann, who authorities said mistook a black,
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