Dolly Parton is showing everyone how it’s done by receiving her first Covid-19 vaccination shot. The country music star got the shot at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and recorded the whole thing in a video posted to her Twitter account on Tuesday. The four-minute clip shows Parton sitting in a chair at the
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Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Hendersonville woman was arrested on Monday after police said she “intentionally drove” her vehicle into a birthing center. Hendersonville Police charged 42-year-old Selena Locke with reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, vandalism of more than $1,000, and driving without a license. Locke’s arrest
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The Pentagon is ready to defend itself if necessary at a Senate hearing Wednesday against accusations it delayed or hindered the deployment of the National Guard on January 6, a senior defense official said, as two competing narratives emerge about the response to US Capitol riot. During hearings last week, the former chief of the
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As President Joe Biden urges Democrats to remain united against poison pill amendments that may come up in an hours-long, overnight vote-a-rama later this week, Republicans are preparing to make the final hours of the Democratic efforts to pass their relief bill politically painful and physically exhausting. Republicans are aiming to put Democrats on the
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The 2024 presidential race is a long way off, but it’s being fought right now, not by candidates and not in front of voters, but with legislation and in the courts. Republicans are pushing hard at the state level to generally make it more difficult to vote, and say they want to make the vote
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The American Rescue Plan, a relief package, could be voted on by the United States Senate this week. The package includes extended benefits for people who are unemployed, extend financial assistance for unemployed workers who do not typically qualify for unemployment, assistance for small businesses and more.
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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. Tonight: 4G and 5G cell towers are everywhere, really; Reese’s new peanut butter cups are missing a key ingredient; and China sounds the alarm on the market bubble. Let’s get into
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders are working a crash in Columbia. Officials are at Providence and Worley, near Douglass Park. Providence is currently closed off. Right now an ABC 17 News crew is working to find out if anyone was hurt and how this crash happened. ABC 17 News will update when new information is
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If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world’s oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author of the book “Soup: A Global History.” “Every culture has some kind of soup,” she said. “It’s got very ancient roots.”
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has voted to confirm Cecilia Rouse as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers on Tuesday, breaking a streak of opposition to Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees. Hawley’s support came after he defended on Monday his prior record of not voting to advance any Biden Cabinet secretary nominees, insisting that he evaluates
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One essential worker who was invited to attend this year’s Golden Globes gave new meaning to the question, “who are you wearing?” Anna Berger, a Delta flight attendant who was among a select number of frontline workers invited to be in the audience during this year’s show, said she enlisted the help of a Facebook
Continue Reading The Boy Scouts of America, amid bankruptcy and allegations of widespread sexual abuse within the organization, is proposing a trust fund of at least $300 million to compensate victims, court records show. The money would come from the organization’s roughly 250 local councils, in addition to funds from insurance policies and sales of artwork, including
Continue Reading The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. The vote on Tuesday was 95-4. Rouse, a labor economist and dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, will be the first Black person to serve as the President’s top economist. She previously served as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou wide receiver Dominic Lovett earned his No. 7 before spring practice on Tuesday. The East St. Louis native is an early enrollee this spring. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz had high praise for Lovett. “He’s just been consistent, playing with great effort, making plays,” Drinkwitz said. “[He] made some explosive plays in Friday’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With the potential of severe spring weather on the way to Mid-Missouri, emergency management departments are looking over plans to make adjustments as needed. After the EF-3 rated tornado that tore through Jefferson City in May of 2019, Cole County emergency leaders put together an “after-action report,” detailing areas of improvement
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Leigh Oquendo welcomed her kindergarteners on Monday as they filed into her Hawthorne Scholastic Academy classroom in Chicago, as any teacher would. What made this day special was that, for many of the children, it was the first time they had seen a teacher or fellow students in-person since the pandemic closed schools last March
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South Carolinian William Robert Norwood III is facing federal charges after allegedly telling a family member he assaulted and stole gear from police officers during the Capitol riot. “I’m dressing in all black,” Norwood wrote under the name “Robbie” on January 5, the day before the riot and insurrection, according to text messages cited in
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GALT, Mo. (AP) — National investigators say a pilot ignored warnings about ice and bad weather before his small plane crashed in northern Missouri last month, killing him and his passenger. The crash on Feb. 8 near Galt in Grundy County killed 82-year-old Philip Joseph LeFevre III, of Glendale, and 47-year-old Philip Joseph LeFevre IV,
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BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a 79-year-old Warsaw man has died in a Benton County wreck Tuesday morning. According to a crash report, a Ford F350 attempted to turn onto Commercial st from MO Hwy 7 when it was hit by a Toyota Camry. The passenger in the Camry, Charles
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Square, the financial payments firm run by Jack Dorsey, launched an in-house bank that it says will allow it to “operate more nimbly” in an increasingly crowded fintech market. The firm announced Monday that the bank has begun operations after completing the charter approval process with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah
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