A terrifying and record-breaking wave of Covid-19 in India threatens to stall the country’s economic recovery and send shockwaves through several important global industries. Asia’s third largest economy has been struggling for weeks to control the devastating surge. Hundreds of thousands of new cases are reported every day, and economists are rethinking their forecasts for
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Air pollution from food production in the United States is linked to an estimated 15,900 premature deaths each year, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Of those, an estimated 12,700 deaths — around 80% — are connected to production of
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Businessman Glenn Youngkin earned the Republican nomination for Virginia governor after his final opponent conceded the race while ballots were still being tabulated Monday night. A former executive at The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, Youngkin pitched himself as a businessman and an outsider. He defeated six other nominees through ranked-choice ballots, which were
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Here are the local scores from Monday, May 10, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Smith-Cotton 0 | Hickman 6 FINAL Rock Bridge 4 | Rolla 0 FINAL https://youtu.be/TOWE2JR68pM Battle 3 | Capital City 5 FINAL Fulton 0 | Mexico 4 FINAL HS BASEBALL Capital City 0
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Houston authorities have captured a man who allegedly evaded police while housing a Bengal tiger in his yard. “The whereabouts of the tiger are not yet known,” Houston police tweeted Monday. Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was out on bond for a murder charge in Fort Bend County, when neighbors spotted the big cat, Houston Police
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Comedian John Mulaney and his wife, Anna Marie Tendler, are divorcing. The comic and the visual artist have been married since 2014. A spokesman for Mulaney first confirmed news of their split to Page Six, stating, “John will not have any further comment as he continues to focus on his recovery and getting back to
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Additional testing is planned after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test, throwing the horse’s victory at Churchill Downs earlier this month into doubt. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert revealed the test results Sunday, saying the 3-year-old colt tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone, which is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid and
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Authorities confirmed that a person found dead at a North Carolina Duke Power substation over the weekend was Tyrell Cohen, brother of Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen. “Raleigh Police Department detectives, working in conjunction with the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, have confirmed the identity of the deceased individual that was discovered at the Duke
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The six people killed at a birthday party in Colorado Springs were all part of the same extended family, according to a relative who left the party two hours before the shooting occurred. Freddy Marquez, the relative, said the birthday party was for his wife, Nubia, who left with him, and Nubia’s older brother, Melvin
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police release new details about a report of shots fire at the Walmart on Broadway at 8 p.m. Monday. Officials report searching the area and finding evidence of shots fired. Witnesses told police that four men may have been involved but ran away toward the Hy-Vee across from Walmart. Shortly afterwards,
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Caitlyn Jenner is attempting to defy ideological definition as she runs to unseat Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in California’s all-but-certain recall election, staking out more progressive positions on issues like homelessness and immigration, while simultaneously trying to establish a connection with base Republican voters who supported former President Donald Trump. The tenuous balance that Jenner
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About 58% of American adults have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine — but the rates differ depending on where you look. At the top of the list is Vermont, where 74.5% of adults have had at least one vaccine dose. Every state in the Northeast has given at least one dose
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) American Airlines currently has four daily flights out of Columbia Regional Airport and will add an additional flight in June for a total of five daily flights. Officials from the airport report that of the five daily flights offered by American Airlines, three are to Dallas/Fort Worth and two to Chicago O’Hare
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President Joe Biden had to tread a fine line Monday between heralding the economic progress his administration has made so far and stressing the need to continue supporting laid-off workers and pass his large-scale infrastructure proposal in the wake of last week’s disappointing jobs report. Though the economy created a scant 266,000 jobs in April,
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The White House said Monday there are no issues with fuel supply as officials worked urgently to ascertain the scope and fallout of a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies much of the eastern United States its gasoline — an incident that laid bare vulnerabilities in the country’s aging energy infrastructure. President Joe
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A 23-year-old woman who was mistakenly given six doses of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has been discharged from the hospital where she was being monitored for any adverse reaction. The woman was administered the vaccine at the Noa hospital in Tuscany, central Italy, on Sunday, hospital spokeswoman Daniella Gianelli told CNN on Monday. The
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A delivery of 1,000 Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine doses arrived at Sandhills Pediatrics in Southern Pines, North Carolina early Monday morning. Dr. Christoph Diasio, a pediatrician at the office, is preparing to start vaccinating his patients as soon as possible. The US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for children and teens ages 12-15 Monday. Now Diasio
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Torrey DeVitto and David Ross are dating. The “Chicago Med” star went Instagram official with a photo showing her and the Chicago Cubs manager. DeVitto wrote in the caption, “Love him madly.” Ross was a catcher for several Major League Baseball clubs during his years as a player. His career culminated in 2016 with the
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A Miami-Dade police lieutenant and former high-ranking union member has been charged with sexual battery and was booked into Palm Beach County Jail on Friday, according to police. John Jenkins Jr. has been “relieved of his official duties as a Miami-Dade Police Department lieutenant,” said Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III in a statement
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Mexico police continue to look for a suspect that stole a vehicle and crashed it before running away from police Sunday morning. According to a Mexico police release, a Mexico officer saw a blue 2003 Ford Explorer driving erratically in the area of Clark and Boulevard. The officer attempted to pull over
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