After the elections in November, Wall Street put predictions of a “blue wave” aside. Now, investors are once again reckoning with the possibility that for the next two years, Democrats could control both chambers of Congress and the White House. What’s happening: CNN projects that Rev. Raphael Warnock will defeat Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, while
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Two new variants of the coronavirus have emerged that seem to make the virus more easily transmitted. But will they stymie vaccination efforts? One, first identified in Britain, has popped up around the world. While researchers worried at first that it might have changed enough to evade the protection offered by coronavirus vaccines, the evidence
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The new White House Red Zone Report, obtained by ABC News, says an acceleration in cases this fall/winter suggests the UK variant is spreading in Missouri communities. White House Red Zone Report 01/03/21Download As of Jan. 2, 218,000 vaccine doses have been distributed to the state. Health officials in the state have
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The US reported its highest daily Covid-19 death count ever Tuesday — a grim milestone that comes as state leaders work urgently to combat a slow pace of vaccinations. More than 3,770 American deaths were reported in one day — more than two dozen above the country’s previous record, set less than a week ago.
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A Chinese court has sentenced the former chairman of a huge state-owned financial company to death after finding him guilty of bribery. It’s a rare use of the most severe punishment in a long-running crackdown by Beijing on corruption. Lai Xiaomin — who used to chair China Huarong Asset Management — was guilty of taking
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More than 1,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Los Angeles County over the past week as California grapples with surging cases and overwhelmed hospitals. “L.A. County reached the terrible milestone of more than 11,000 deaths due to Covid-19,” Los Angeles County DPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said in a statement, as she urged all
Continue Reading It’s hard to imagine anyone has had a better year than Elon Musk did in 2020. His personal net worth soared like one of his SpaceX rockets, increasing by more than $100 billion. And his loudest critics, aka investors who shorted Tesla stock on the assumption the share price would go down, lost a record
Continue Reading Break out the king cakes! It’s Epiphany, also known as Twelfth Night or Three Kings’ Day, which marks the start of Carnival season. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily.
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The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuke from the UN agency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said two scientists on the United Nations team had already left their home countries for Wuhan when they were told that
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers have mobilized across Washington as thousands of supporters who refuse to accept President Donald Trump’s election loss have flocked to the nation’s capital to protest when Congress gathers Wednesday afternoon to put the final stamp on President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. As part of their preparations, police posted signs around the
Continue Reading The family and supporters of Jacob Blake, who learned Tuesday that the officer who shot him seven times will not face charges, vowed to bring their protest to Washington, D.C. “Now our battle must go in front of the Congress, it must go in front of the Senate,” his father Jacob Blake Sr. said Tuesday.
Continue Reading This year will be marked as a year of continued uncertainty, anxiety and — if you’re like many people — a lot of stress-related eating. There is no need to stress about stress eating, though. As most of us await the arrival of new vaccines and the hope for a more healthful way of living,
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WEDNESDAY: Clouds have returned this morning and a stray sprinkle will be possible throughout the day. Some more measurable rain will try to push into our western counties, near the Hwy 65 corridor, around midday. There’s still some question as to how far east that will push but it looks light. Most of us look
Continue Reading When a freezer that was used to store the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a Northern California hospital broke, officials soon realized they only had about two hours to administer the more than 800 doses that were inside. And they took on the challenge. The executive team at Mendocino County’s Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center
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The City of Columbia public outages map showed several outages early Wednesday morning.
Continue Reading Two fishermen brought home a bigger catch than they were expecting when they rescued a naked fugitive from a crocodile-infested mangrove in northern Australia. Cam Faust and Kevin Joiner were in a small boat laying crab traps in East Point, a suburb in the city of Darwin on Sunday, when they heard someone calling for
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Some have already seen payments deposited into their accounts.
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Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, was elected on Tuesday to be the first black senator from Georgia, CNN projected early Wednesday morning, a repudiation of Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her adherence to President Donald Trump. The control of the US Senate now comes down to Republican David
Continue Reading The US reported its highest daily Covid-19 death count ever Tuesday — a grim milestone that comes as state leaders work urgently to combat a slow pace of vaccinations. More than 3,770 American deaths were reported in one day — more than two dozen above the country’s previous record, set less than a week ago.
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Most Georgia voters in the runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate say they are confident that the votes will be counted accurately, according to the early results of an exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. About three-quarters feel that way, a sharp contrast with the
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