Several airlines, including Southwest, United, and Virgin Australia, acknowledged ongoing website system issues late Wednesday. In a statement to CNN Business, Southwest said its teams worked quickly to restore the systems following the outage. The pause in connectivity did not impact the airline’s flight operations, the statement read, and it was working to determine the
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The city provides vouchers for a limited number per year, with vouchers for 26 for each household going out this week. Customers have to pay more for extra bags.
Continue Reading Satya Nadella is now even more powerful at Microsoft. The tech giant’s CEO was named chairman of the board Wednesday, elevating his current role atop one of the world’s most valuable companies. Nadella, who has served as chief executive since 2014, has helped transform the PC maker into a leader in cloud computing in recent
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A coronavirus variant first identified in India is “like Covid on steroids,” Andy Slavitt, former White House senior adviser for Covid-19 response, said Wednesday. “(The Delta variant) is a more virulent strain,” Slavitt told CNN. “This is like Covid on steroids. You can be around people for less time and still get exposed.” The Centers
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Live chickens are being given away by local authorities in rural Indonesia as an incentive for older residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The program, in Cianjur regency, West Java, is part of the district’s effort to increase the number of vaccines administered to citizens age 45 and over. Galih Apria, assistant police commissioner in
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Three weeks after a gunman opened fire at a San Jose public transit rail yard and killed nine people, officials in the Northern California city passed a law requiring retailers to videotape all gun purchases. The San Jose City Council passed the ordinance in an unanimous vote Tuesday night in efforts to discourage straw purchasing
Continue Reading Hong Kong police have arrested executives and top editors working for the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily under the city’s national security law. Apple Daily said Thursday that the company’s CEO Cheung Kim Hung, COO Chow Tat Kuen, chief editor Ryan Law, along with the deputy chief editor and online editor were all arrested and accused
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US lawmakers are preparing legislation that would require a vast range of public and private entities to alert the government within 24 hours of a cybersecurity breach, following a wave of ransomware attacks that have threatened the nation’s economic and national security. The bipartisan draft by Sens. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat; Marco Rubio, a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Columbia homes and businesses continue to report discolored water. Columbia Water and Light says the discoloration is because of stirred calcium bicarbonate after a water main break on north Stadium near I-70. City officials say the water is safe to drink and are recommending people let the water run for several
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Mike Lewis Jr. was on a call with the doctor last month when he heard the sudden and frantic beeping of machines. His father, also named Mike Lewis, was being treated for Covid-19 at a hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. The doctor called to say Lewis’ heart had stopped earlier in the day, but they
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Betelgeuse, a bright star visible in the Orion constellation in the night sky, has beguiled and puzzled space scientists since late 2019. The red giant, a star in the last stages of its life, experienced two significant drops in brightness, which caused some astronomers to believe that it was nearing its end and could explode
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The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday halted executions in the state until procedures for its newest method of execution — firing squad — are finalized. Attorneys for Brad Keith Sigmon, who had been scheduled to be executed on Friday, successfully petitioned the state’s high court to stay the execution due to South Carolina having
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Temperatures are expected to reach the triple digits this week and fire officials are stressing the importance of water safety. “It’s important that people don’t go out there alone,” said Gale Blomenkamp, the Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief. “Make sure that somebody knows what you’re doing, where you’re going to
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun rules. A top Justice Department official sent a letter Wednesday night saying the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution outweighs the measure that
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The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. While the legislation met bipartisan support in the House, more than a dozen Republicans in the chamber voted against the measure on Wednesday. The
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The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed three bills that would restrict voting rights in the state as part of a larger Republican-led package intended to overhaul election laws, despite Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s all-but-certain veto of the measures. The state Senate advanced the measures — part of a 39-bill package introduced by state Republicans earlier
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Tom Ridge, a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania and the first US secretary of Homeland Security, was transferred by ambulance to a hospital in the Washington area Wednesday morning after suffering a stroke at his residence in Bethesda, Maryland, according to a statement provided to CNN by Ridge Global LLC. According to the statement, the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias Crusaders started up summer workouts as the reigning class four state champions, however, if you ask the team, that win means nothing for this season. “As I told them, that’s not going to bring us one win this year,” Helias head coach Chris Hentges said. Hentges added that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Stephens College will establish Juneteenth as a paid work holiday for its employees beginning next year. Since June 19, 2022, falls on a Sunday, the paid holiday will occur on Monday, June 20, 2022. Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in the southern United States that had
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A 2-year-old boy from Florida is back in the hospital after suffering complications from swallowing part of a toy composed of small magnetic balls. Hannah Arrington told CNN that Konin, the youngest of her five children, found the pieces to the toy, commonly known as a Buckyball or Buckycube, after one of his older siblings
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