By Savannah Rudicel, Shain Bergan Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Kansas City’s second mask mandate has begun, with new rules on when you should be masked up and when you can go without a face covering. The new mandate, announced last week by Mayor Quinton Lucas, includes
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — First responders were on the scene within minutes on Sunday after a pickup truck hit a train. It happened on New Bay Bridge Road near Interstate 165 in Mobile. Two men in the truck were taken to the hospital after the
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By Daniella Diaz, Nicky Robertson and Chandelis Duster, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked at a Saturday night event that it “will be hard not to hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker’s gavel if Republicans take control of the chamber in the 2022 midterms and he becomes speaker. “I want you to
Continue Reading House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked at an event that it “will be hard not to hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker’s gavel if Republicans take control of the chamber in the 2022 midterms and he becomes speaker. CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux reports Pelosi’s spokesperson and deputy chief of staff swiftly condemned the comments.
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The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 124 new COVID-19 cases. There are currently 800 active cases in the county, an increase of 19 from Friday. The county now has a reported total number of COVID-19 cases of 21,120. The 800 active cases is the highest reported since the weekend
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business After Disney hit some rough waters this week, the studio’s latest feature film, “Jungle Cruise,” docked with some good results at the box office this weekend. The film, which stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt, opened to an estimated $61.8 million at the worldwide box office. That includes
Continue Reading CNN’s Chloe Melas discusses how Dwyane Johnson, who is the most followed American on social media, surged box office momentum to unexpected heights during opening weekend for his new Disney movie, “Jungle Cruise.”
Continue ReadingBy Frank Healy Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Four times in less than four months, a young child, shot by a gun in an incident involving an unsecured gun, on Sunday, August 1, a 26-year-old man is in custody after a two year old died from a gunshot wound in
Continue ReadingBy Trevor Sochocki, Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM, WNEM-D2) — Business is booming for a new local lawncare service started by three local boys. Marcus, Marcelino and Travell are the founders of the Three Amigos Lawn Service. “Really, my brothers didn’t wanna do it. When they did the
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced the female pilot who was injured during a plane crash in Hartford has since died. The crash happened on Saturday, July 31 near the Hartford Municipal Airport. Officials say the woman died overnight. A male
Continue ReadingBy Gabriela Vida Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — With rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, both health experts and data shine a spotlight on another key difference with the Delta variant — on how it impacts kids. It was her worst fear coming to fruition, when Ashley Henderson’s 7-year-old son
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By Jack Guy, CNN Actress Thea White, best known as the voice of Muriel in the cartoon series “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” died on Friday at the age of 81. White’s death was announced by her brother John Zitzner in a Facebook post published Friday. “My sister recorded this prior to her surgery. She fought.
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TOKYO (KMIZ) Former Mizzou star Karissa Schweizer finished in 11th place in the 5,000-meter final at the Olympics on Monday morning. The six-time national champion was the first American across the finish line. Schweizer finished with a time of 14:55.80. Here’s a link to the full results. The Iowa native will compete again on Saturday
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Rep. Cori Bush slept overnight on the steps of the US Capitol to protest her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium for renters, which expired on Saturday night. “The House is at recess. People are
Continue Reading Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) slammed her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium for renters. CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux reports Bush slept overnight on the steps of the US Capitol in an effort to appeal to her colleagues to extend the moratorium.
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By Dianne Gallagher, CNN As the Texas legislature enters the final week of its special session, state Democrats are bringing in reinforcements from around the country to Washington, DC, in a final push to pressure federal lawmakers to pass voting rights legislation. Beginning Monday, more than 100 Democratic state legislators will fly into the nation’s
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Megan C. Hills, CNN Flowers have been a tattoo staple for centuries, from traditional scarlet roses to delicate watercolor bouquets. But tattooist Carrie Metz-Caporusso’s new designs are a groundbreaking take on the motif, and they are challenging society’s prejudices about who’s worthy of being tattooed. Lavender sprigs, crocuses and roses spill out from the body
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The White House is frustrated with what it views as alarmist, and in some instances flat-out misleading, news coverage about the Delta variant. That’s according to two senior Biden administration
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Oliver Darcy says the Biden White House is “very frustrated” at news outlets for “overly focusing” on so-called breakthrough cases of Covid and missing the bigger picture. Robby Soave opines that recent coverage has been “utterly, shamefully hyperbolic and fear-mongering.”
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By: Moira Ritter, CNN Business The once-tiny cottage industry of van conversion companies has found itself in the center of a distinctively pandemic-era dilemma: ravenous demand and monthslong backorders on virtually all supplies. The #vanlife movement was already in full swing before the pandemic, fueled by envy-inducing posts on Instagram and DIY van conversion videos
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