Sometime Monday, some of the remaining dead-enders convinced that President Trump will remain in office for at least the next four years got a sign. A Telegram account falsely purporting to be run by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was telling them that the moment they’d been waiting
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Security at Missouri’s capitol building is on alert ahead of inauguration events in Washington D.C.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The White House released the latest ‘red zone’ report for Missouri, reporting a decrease in new COVID-19 cases and test positivity. Jan. 17 White House ‘red zone’ reportDownload Even with the decrease, Missouri is in the red zone for cases, reporting 261 new cases per 100,000 people. The state’s case rate ranks
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It’s Inauguration Day in America, and CNN will have live coverage all day, so you can tune in (or stream online without a cable log-in) and watch a little history being made. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
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Before Proud Boys member Nick Ochs was arrested and charged in connection with the insurrection at the US Capitol, he raised $300 on the Christian-oriented website GiveSendGo.com to help get him to DC. Following Ochs’ arrest, a supporter turned to GiveSendGo to raise money for his legal defense, a campaign that has garnered nearly $20,000
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A wide range of Senate Republicans are noncommittal about whether they are considering convicting Donald Trump of committing high crimes and misdemeanors at his upcoming impeachment trial, a sign that the soon-to-be former President’s political future rests squarely with his fellow Republicans who are weighing whether to hold him accountable for the deadly riot in
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As his term comes to an end, President Donald Trump revoked a rule he signed early in his term that imposed a five-year lobbying ban for administration officials and a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign governments. Trump had signed the order “Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees” within his first week in office as
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As she adjusts to life quarantining ahead of the Australian Open, tennis star Sloane Stephens has revealed she is mourning the death of her grandfather, less than a week after announcing that her grandmother and aunt had passed away due to Covid-19. The 2017 US Open champion is currently undergoing a strict 14-day quarantine at
Continue Reading Tiger Woods‘ season is on pause after the 15-time major champion underwent a back operation for the fifth time in his career. A statement on his social media channels said the 45-year-old had experienced “discomfort” whilst playing at the PNC Championship in December and had had a successful “procedure to remove a pressurized disc fragment
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden will kick off his term by rolling out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration policies. Biden outlined an ambitious immigration agenda on the campaign trail that would reverse the actions of his predecessor, vowing, for example, to introduce comprehensive immigration legislation and maintain programs that
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden will direct the Department of Education Wednesday to extend the suspension of federal student loan payments and interest. Borrowers will not have to make payments until October 1 at the earliest, extending the already unprecedented pause on payments by eight months. When the economy began to shut down in response to the
Continue Reading The Navajo Nation has identified 75 communities with an “uncontrolled spread” of Covid-19 in the first two weeks of January, according to a Tuesday news release. That’s more than double the number of communities with uncontrolled spread the Nation had identified in November. At the time, Navajo leaders said the spread was “largely due to
Continue Reading Bees, chimps, clownfish and hyenas all live in groups with a leader or dominant individual. So do many other animals. How does power shift from one animal to another? The transfer of power is sometimes not that simple. As the United States inaugurates a new president on Wednesday, here’s a look at the different ways
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WEDNESDAY: After a chilly start, winds will pick up out of the southwest into this afternoon. Those, along with plenty of sunshine will coax temperatures into the upper 40’s to near 50. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies stick around tonight, but it will be a little warmer. Lows will still cool off into the low 30’s.
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A funeral bell tolled at the Washington National Cathedral 400 times Tuesday, once for every thousand Americans who have died of Covid-19 in the United States. As the numbers climb, health experts and officials have turned their attention to mitigating the impacts of the new variant that has sparked alarm, and they are calling for
Continue Reading A 43-year prison sentence given to a woman by a Thai court for insulting the monarchy could be seen as a “warning shot” to protesters demanding reform in the kingdom, according to analysts. The sentence passed Tuesday is believed to be the toughest ever imposed under the country’s lese majeste laws and comes after months
Continue Reading A funeral bell tolled at the Washington National Cathedral 400 times Tuesday, once for every thousand Americans who have died of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. As the numbers climb, health experts and officials have turned their attention to mitigating the impacts of the new variant that has sparked alarm, and they are
Continue Reading Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump’s administration. Speaking at a televised cabinet meeting Wednesday, Rouhani said the ball was “in the US court now.” “If Washington returns to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, we
Continue Reading One in 10 babies around the world is born prematurely, and the vastly improved survival rates of preemies is one of the most striking advances of modern health care — with the overwhelming majority of those born preterm reaching adulthood. But what are the long-term health risks of being born too early as these infants
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The tactic came under scrutiny this summer after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis as an officer knelt on his neck.
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