Patrick Mahomes already has several athletic accolades at the age of 25. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback has the opportunity to win back-to-back Super Bowls — such a feat was last accomplished by Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the 2004 season — and aims to become the youngest starting quarterback to win
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About 70% to 85% of the US population should be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country can begin to return to a sense of normalcy, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Tuesday night. So far, less than 2% of Americans have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from the Centers for
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A dinner date in a hospital brought together a couple — married for 63 years — that had been separated by Covid-19. Frank Martinez, 93, and Mansako “Terry” Martinez, 86, were placed in different areas of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, Illinois to be treated for the coronavirus, according to CNN affiliate KMOV. Surging cases
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More than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19 in the United States so far this year, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since January 1, the US reported a total of 100,317 Covid-19 deaths, bringing the total number of reported deaths in the US since the start of the pandemic to 446,689 by Tuesday evening.
Continue Reading A team of World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan are visiting a laboratory Wednesday that has been the focus of conspiracies and speculation about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO investigators began research in the central Chinese city last week, after a 14-day quarantine and bureaucratic delays. Their work has been subject to
Continue Reading The Biden administration wants to be “in lockstep” with allies and partners and then will engage with China, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday. Price said it was “no coincidence” that President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s initial interactions were with partners in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region, noting that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting two people were injured after a wreck Tuesday afternoon at State Road HH and North Brown Station rd. According to troopers, Marshell Thomas who was driving a 2010 Ford Escape failed to yield to Jacque Dieckmann who was driving a 2020 Kia Forte causing the Escape
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Several people were injured Tuesday after a small explosion near a filming site in the hills north of Los Angeles sparked a fire, officials said. Three people sustained critical burn injuries and were transported to a local hospital, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman and Battalion Chief Roland Sprewell told CNN. One other person reportedly
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting an 82-year-old has serious injuries after a wreck at the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 94 in Montgomery County. According to troopers, Nellie Romaker was driving a vehicle and failed to yield to the right of way of an 18-wheeler at the intersection. Romaker
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The Republican civil war hits a critical moment on Wednesday over the fate of two prominent lawmakers who represent rival visions for a party torn by the toxic but still powerful influence of Donald Trump. Real-time reckonings for third-ranked GOP House leader Liz Cheney and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a freshman congresswoman who has espoused
Continue Reading A shooting at a home in eastern Oklahoma has left five children and a man dead, and a woman hospitalized with serious injuries, police said Tuesday morning. A suspect — a 25-year-old man — was taken into custody after someone called 911 about the shooting early Tuesday in Muskogee, police spokeswoman Lynn Hamlin said. She
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The images of a right-wing mob sacking the Capitol in support of former President Donald Trump and his false claims of election fraud shocked the nation. Now, nearly a month later, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has come forward to describe what it was like inside the building, hiding and fearing for her life. Her harrowing account,
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A man canyoneering in Death Valley National Park has died after falling off a cliff, according to the National Park Service (NPS). Justin Ibershoff, 38, from Los Angeles, died on Saturday as he was descending a technical route in Deimos Canyon with six friends, the NPS said in a news release. All the party members
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A Covid-19 vaccine does not provide full or immediate protection, which means it’s still possible to get infected and test positive for the virus. Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts did. He tested positive after he got his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino, who coaches the men’s
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS HOOPS Hickman 69 | Capital City 43 FINAL Battle 72 | Smith-Cotton 33 FINAL Fulton 38 | Mexico 44 FINAL Tipton 58 | Cole Camp 14 FINAL BOYS HOOPS Jefferson City 50 | Rock
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked on Tuesday with the loved ones of Americans held hostage or unlawfully detained abroad — a gesture of support from the new administration that garnered high praise from the families who spoke with CNN. It sent a promising signal, the families said, that the Biden administration will make the
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said President Joe Biden told Senate Democrats at lunch Tuesday that he wants a “big, bold package” on Covid-19 relief and that he told Senate Republicans that their $600 billion proposal is “way too small.” It was a point White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated during her briefing —
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A mutation that could allow Covid-19 to escape antibody protection has now been found in samples of a rapidly spreading strain in the UK, according to a report Monday by Public Health England. The mutation, called E484K, was already part of the genetic signature of variants linked to South Africa and Brazil. According to the
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived at the US Capitol late Tuesday night to pay their respects to fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, whose remains are lying in honor in the building’s famous Rotunda, less than four weeks after he died after responding to the riot that erupted in the
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