August 2021

August 1 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results

August 1, 2021 11:00 PM CNN Newsource

Sunday Sit-down with David Egan

August 1, 2021 10:16 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Public Schools Athletics Director David Egan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.

A city-operated mobile pharmacy advertises the Covid-19 vaccine in a New York City neighborhood on July 30.

Covid news coverage needs to start from this fact: ‘The vaccines work’

August 1, 2021 10:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Let’s start with the good news: Vaccination rates in the US are ticking back up. Sunday marked the fifth straight day of the CDC recording more than 700,000 shots in

Stelter: It’s time for a reset of media Covid-19 coverage

August 1, 2021 10:13 PM CNN

CNN’s Brian Stelter says the media’s coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic needs added nuance to accurately reflect the different realities facing unvaccinated and vaccinated populations.

“Hazlo por las personas que te importan”: una mujer de Florida insta a la gente a vacunarse tras perder a su padre y a su hermano por covid-19 en la misma semana

August 1, 2021 10:11 PM CNN Newsource

urielblanco (CNN) — Payten McCall, de 24 años y su familia, tenían miedo de vacunarse, pero ahora ella pide a la gente que no cometa ese error después de perder a su hermano mayor y a su padre a causa del covid-19. Su padre, Mark McCall, de 60 años, murió la madrugada del viernes en

An employee at Kannan Animal Welfare (KAW) interacts with rescued strays at the KAW shelter.

India’s stray dogs are being locked out by a US ban on adoptions

August 1, 2021 9:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Anagha Subhash Nair, CNN When Jill Trail first met Pihu, a frail 6-week old puppy, in India she knew she needed her care. Living on the streets, Pihu had suffered spinal injuries and infections so bad that both hind legs had to be amputated. There was one problem: Trail lived in the United States.

Britt McCall died on July 26th after contracting Covid-19 around July 4th.

‘Do it for the people you care about’: Florida woman urges people to get vaccinated after losing her dad and brother to Covid-19 the same week

August 1, 2021 9:23 PM CNN Newsource

By David Williams, CNN Payten McCall, 24, and her family were afraid to get vaccinated, but now she’s urging people not to make that mistake after losing her oldest brother and her dad to Covid-19. Her dad, Mark McCall, 60, died early Friday morning in the Covid ward of a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital where her

COVID: HEALTH EXPERTS SAY DELTA SURGE WILL GET WORSE (4:30PMET)

August 1, 2021 9:23 PM CNN

Health officials stress the importance of Covid-19 vaccinations as the Delta variant surges across the U.S.

91 wildfires are now burning across the US, with Oregon’s Bootleg Fire growing to over 400,000 acres

August 1, 2021 9:10 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera and Deanna Hackney, CNN Seven new large fires were reported Sunday, bringing the total number of wildfires raging in the United States to 91, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). More than 1.8 million acres have burned since these fires began, the NIFC said. More than 22,300 wildland firefighters and

WILDFIRES RAGE AMID WORSENING DROUGHT (3:30pmET)

August 1, 2021 9:10 PM CNN

Worsening drought conditions are fueling devastating wildfires across the West with little relief in sight. Darryl Forges reports

Uyghurs in Xinjiang are being given long prison sentences. Their families say they have done nothing wrong

August 1, 2021 8:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Ben Westcott, CNN Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new life in Australia when Chinese police knocked on their door in April 2017, seized Taher’s passport and threw him into detention. During the next four years, Taher was imprisoned in

AOC on evictions: Can’t blame the GOP when Democrats have the majority

August 1, 2021 8:52 PM CNN

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells CNN’s Jake Tapper the House should reconvene to help extend the recently-expired nationwide eviction moratorium.

Democrats are increasing pressure on their leadership to act on the now-expired federal eviction moratorium as the White House and pictured

Democrats increase pressure on party leadership to act on eviction moratorium as White House shifts focus to federal aid

August 1, 2021 8:52 PM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole and Kevin Liptak, CNN Congressional Democrats are increasing pressure on their party’s leadership to act on the now-expired federal eviction moratorium as the White House shifts its focus to unspent housing assistance after the order ended and left millions of renters in limbo. The eviction issue has exposed a major and rare

One man arrested after being involved in a disturbance in the parking lot of Columbia Mall

August 1, 2021 8:36 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Around 7 a.m. on Sunday, August 1, Columbia Police were dispatched to the parking lot of the Columbia Mall for a disturbance of an adult male assaulting an adult female in the parking lot. Through further investigation, officers learned the male suspect attempted to run over the victim with a vehicle. The suspect

Why the Refugee Olympic Team feels more relevant than ever: ‘We’ve all lived through collective exile’

August 1, 2021 8:03 PM CNN Newsource

By George Ramsay, CNN As soon as the gun sounds at the start of his first Olympic 5,000-meter race, Jamal Mohammed knows his nerves will disappear. “It’s always like that,” Mohammed told CNN Sport. “You can’t really stay nervous after the gun goes; you just focus on running and following others.” In the lead up

Tracking a cool and pleasant start to the week

August 1, 2021 7:28 PM Chance Gotsch

Tonight: Throughout the overnight hours, temperatures will continue to fall to a low of 63 putting us five degrees below the average low in early August. Tomorrow: Winds continue out of the northeast keeping us just above 80 for Monday’s high. We will see plenty of sunshine with mostly clear skies. Make sure to have

A cargo ship passes along a waterway during construction at the Eko Atlantic city site in February 2016.

Africa’s most populous city is battling floods and rising seas. It may soon be unlivable, experts warn

August 1, 2021 7:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Cars and houses submerged in water, commuters wading through buses knee-high in floods, and homeowners counting the cost of destroyed properties. Welcome to Lagos during rainy season. Residents of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, are used to the yearly floods that engulf the coastal city during the months of March to

The City of Columbia reinstates utility late fees Sunday

August 1, 2021 6:28 PM Leila Mitchell

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Utilities Department reinstated late charges on past-due utilities bills, beginning with bills issue after August 1. Matt Nester, the City of Columbia Utilities spokesperson, said the department made the decision to reassess late charges after the City lifted its state of emergency on May 29. “When the city

‘Wouldn’t want my worst enemy to go through this’: Unvaccinated man fights Covid-19

August 1, 2021 6:16 PM CNN

CNN’s Chris Cuomo visits with Alicia Ball, whose husband William is currently hospitalized in Mississippi with Covid-19.

With the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant continuing nationwide

Unvaccinated Covid-19 patients are filling up hospitals, putting the care of others at risk, doctors say

August 1, 2021 6:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Hospitals are surging with unvaccinated patients infected with the Delta variant — which could affect car accident victims and other non-Covid-19 patients who need hospital care, doctors say. “None of these patients thought they would get the virus, but the Delta variant has proven to be so highly

Month: August 2021