By ANDY TSUBASA FIELD and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas hospitals will receive $50 million to provide extra pay for nurses, but a plan approved by a state task force will require them to report monthly on how many nurses they’ve lost and why. The money comes from federal COVID-19 relief
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By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after the collapse of the World Trade Center, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to toxic dust that billowed over the city after the terror attack. To date, the U.S. has spent $11.7 billion on care and
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ServiceTitan investigated how much home service workers are paid in Missouri using data from Payscale.
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Stacker compiled a list of the highest earning counties in Missouri using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers were among the worst teams in the NFL in most offensive categories last season. They’re hoping a healthy Christian McCaffrey changes all that. McCaffrey combined for 2,392 yards and 19 touchdowns during his All-Pro 2019 season, but missed 13 games season last
Continue Reading By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court has upheld a traditional court’s ruling that the body of former President Robert Mugabe should be exhumed and reburied at a national shrine in the capital. Mugabe family lawyer Fungai Chimwamurombe said that the Chinhoyi Magistrates Court rejected an appeal by Mugabe’s children
Continue Reading WALFORD, Iowa (AP) — The Linn County Sheriff’s department has identified a man and woman from Cedar Rapids who died in a crash shortly after a deputy called off a pursuit of their car. The department said officers received a call Wednesday about a domestic dispute involving a woman trying to jump out of a
Continue ReadingBy Quanecia Fraser Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Racquel Henderson said awareness and accessibility are keys to getting more women in the workforce. She also knows firsthand how difficult landing a job can be. That’s why she spends most of her time helping those around her find job opportunities.
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By David Goldman, CNN Business President Joe Biden gave a gift to every major company in America by forcing them to mandate vaccines or stringently test their employees for Covid. Their reaction to the new rule: glee. Corporate America had been trying to navigate two competing pandemic realities: Companies are desperately trying to get back
Continue ReadingBy Kara Peters Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A woman and her two grown children died from COVID-19 weeks apart. “I want y’all to look into my eyes; that stuff is real. People are dying,” J.C. Johnson said. Johnson is preparing for the unimaginable: burying his sister, niece and
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the U.S. Soccer Federation asked the unions of the women’s and men’s national teams to agree to equalize FIFA’s World Cup prize money on their own. USSF President Cindy Parlow Cone sent an open letter making the request. She called for the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DEBARY, Florida (WESH) — A Volusia County man is accused of shooting the family dog while he was intoxicated during a domestic dispute, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, Steven Parsons, 34, is in custody, officials said Friday. According to the report,
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Workers have returned to the Richmond site where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stood for more than a century. But they do not plan to resume their search for a 134-year-old time capsule state officials believe is buried in the
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas education officials are criticizing the president of the University of Kansas student body for retweeting a message that included the phrase “death to america.” Student President Niya McAdoo says she doesn’t regret retweeting the message, “happy friday everybody. death to america,” last week and that she doesn’t intend to
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — CBS Sports will once again team up with Nickelodeon to do a kids-focused broadcast during the first weekend of the NFL playoffs. The game will air Jan. 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Last season’s broadcast of the New Orleans Saints’ 21-9 victory over the Chicago Bears was the most-watched game of
Continue Reading EAGLE GROVE, Iowa (AP) — A worker has been killed in an industrial accident at an Iowa pork processing plant. Prestage Foods of Iowa says the incident happened early Friday morning at its plant in Eagle Grove. The company says in a statement that 57-year-old company mechanic Jeffrey Leonardi was “performing routine maintenance duties” when
Continue ReadingBy Alani Letang Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — In Salinas, a loaded gun found in a student’s backpack at Washington Middle School has parents, the Salinas Union High School district, and police talking. Salinas police say when it comes to situations like this, the conversation starts at home getting
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN In its lawsuit challenging Texas six-week abortion ban, the Justice Department is throwing a Hail Mary pass to get over the procedural stumbling blocks that have thwarted other attempts to block the ban in court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in Austin, relies on a novel strategy in
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN In its lawsuit challenging Texas six-week abortion ban, the Justice Department is throwing a Hail Mary pass to get over the procedural stumbling blocks that have thwarted other attempts to block the ban in court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in Austin, relies on a novel strategy in
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La variante mu de coronavirus actualmente no muestra ningún signo de ser más resistente a las vacunas covid-19 que las variantes beta o delta, y sigue siendo una proporción increíblemente baja de variantes secuenciadas, dijo este viernes el director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas, el Dr. Anthony
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