By AJ Willingham, CNN The US admitted 11,411 refugees during the 2021 fiscal year — the lowest number in 40 years. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias Catholic High School in Jefferson City is changing its masking requirements for students and staff on Wednesday. According to the high school’s website, the school will make changes to its COVID-19 protocols due to a drop in county and school case numbers compared to earlier in the school year. The
Continue Reading
By George Ramsay, CNN Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, arguably the fiercest rivals in golf right now, are set to go head-to-head in the next installment of “The Match” on November 26. The pair, who were both part of the recently victorious US Ryder Cup team, will compete in a 12-hole event at Wynn Golf
Continue Reading
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business Tina Turner has sold the rights to her music catalog spanning six decades — including songs “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and “The Best” — to music publishing company BMG. The legendary singer has also sold the artist’s share of her recordings, her music publishing writer’s share, neighboring
Continue Reading
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A woman suffered significant thermal burns from her shoulders to her feet while trying to save her dog who jumped into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, officials said Tuesday. The 20-year-old woman from Washington state was visiting the park in Wyoming Monday when she and her father exited their
Continue Reading
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares have slipped in cautious trading despite a rally on Wall Street led by technology companies and banks that erased most of the losses from a sell-off the day before. Benchmarks fell in early trading in Europe, while shares finished lower in Japan, South Korea,
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is urging member countries to provide relief funds to consumers and small businesses hit hardest by rising gas and electricity prices. The suggestion comes amid criticism that the bloc’s climate change fighting policies are fueling the problem. Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said Wednesday that
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El Premio Nobel de Química fue otorgado a los científicos Benjamin List y David WC MacMillan por crear “una herramienta ingeniosa para construir moléculas” que ayudó a desarrollar nuevos fármacos e hizo que la química fuera más ecológica. El par de científicos recibió el premio “por el desarrollo de organocatálisis asimétrica”. Sus
Continue Reading
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scottish-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan of Princeton University. The pair were cited for their work in developing a new way for building molecules known as “asymmetric organocatalysis.” The winners were announced Wednesday by
Continue Reading
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — who warned of the dangers of fascism following the insurrection at the US Capitol last winter — said he feels the events of Nazi Germany mirror “what happens to when people are being lied to about the elections.” “This is so much kind of a
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements. The change could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers, social workers, military members and other public servants. The Education Department said Wednesday it will drop
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements. The change could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers, social workers, military members and other public servants. The Education Department said Wednesday it will drop
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Con un vestido dorado metálico, su cabello de dos tonos rizado en ondas sin esfuerzo, Evan Bialosuknia parecía la reina indiscutible del baile de regreso a casa en su escuela secundaria. Había sido nominada para el cortejo del baile de bienvenida de su escuela de Orlando, con suficientes votos para que
Continue Reading
By Tami Luhby, CNN Free community college. Universal pre-K. Dental benefits for senior citizens. Paid family leave. Which ones will survive? President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats now face the daunting task of paring their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan, which contains all these measures and more, to appease the moderate wing of their party.
Continue Reading
A collection of paintings and sketches by the late Muhammad Ali sold for a total of $945,524 at Bonhams auctioneers in New York on Tuesday. The highlight of the auction was one sketch in felt pen — a 1978 work titled “Sting Like a Bee” — that sold for $425,312, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate
Continue Reading
A collection of paintings and sketches by the late Muhammad Ali sold for a total of $945,524 at Bonhams auctioneers in New York on Tuesday. The highlight of the auction was one sketch in felt pen — a 1978 work titled “Sting Like a Bee” — that sold for $425,312, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The two parties that emerged as likely kingmakers from Germany’s election last month say they will hold talks on a possible new government under the leadership of outgoing center-left Social Democrats. If ultimately successful the negotiations would send outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc into opposition
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The two parties that emerged as likely kingmakers from Germany’s election last month say they will hold talks on a possible new government under the leadership of outgoing center-left Social Democrats. If ultimately successful the negotiations would send outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc into opposition
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s daily coronavirus death toll has surpassed 900 for the first time in the pandemic. The record reported Wednesday comes amid a low vaccination rate and the government’s reluctance to impose tough restrictions to control new cases. Russia’s state coronavirus task force reported 929 new COVID-19 deaths
Continue Reading
The Columbia Job Center is set to host a special health care hiring event from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to a release.
Continue Reading