By Lisa Respers France, CNN Amanda Kloots, who lost her husband Nick Cordero to Covid-19 in July 2020, has announced she’s tested positive. “The Talk” co-host shared the news via a post Thursday on her verified Instagram account. “Unfortunately I tested positive for COVID and will be missing some days at work until my quarantine
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was the largest year-over-year rise since
Continue ReadingBy MARY ALICE ROYSE Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Nashville officials announced Thursday that Waste Management has agreed to step in to help meet some of the residential trash collection challenges around the city. In a 2:30 p.m. press conference, Mayor John Cooper called the months long trash
Continue ReadingBy MARY ALICE ROYSE TOSIN FAKILE Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Tennessee’s proposal for new education funding is broken down Thursday by Gov. Bill Lee and Commissioner Penner Schwinn to explain how the money would be used for future education in Tennessee. There’s now more information on Tennessee’s proposed
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The West has not gone after Russian oil. But nervous traders have decided they still don’t want to touch it, jolting the global energy market at a delicate moment. The main grade of oil that Russia exports into Europe is now being offered for sale at a hefty discount, signaling
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a groundbreaking nominee, appears before senators Monday for a seat on a Supreme Court that itself has been moving in reverse. The court has allowed Texas to ban abortions since September and appears on the cusp of obliterating a half-century of
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Chicken nuggets have fallen victim to rising prices. Burger King’s largest franchisee in the United States said Thursday that it will soon reduce the number of nuggets in meals from ten pieces to 8. Carrols Restaurant Group, which operates 14% of Burger Kings’ roughly 7,000 US locations, told investors Thursday
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish speedskater who won double Olympic gold earlier this month in Beijing, has given one of his medals to a Swedish publisher detained in China. The Swedish branch of Amnesty International said Friday that Nils van der Poel gave the medal to the daughter of Gui Minhai, a naturalized Swede who
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY ALLEN ALEXANDRIA ADAMS Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — The continued rainfall has created several problems for drivers in the Franklin area due to flooding. Williamson County is one of the places seeing substantial flooding thanks to this week’s rain. The Harpeth River is overflowing and causing problems
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN A palpable sense of dread hovered over Kyiv Friday as the sound of air raid sirens pierced the otherwise quiet city at regular intervals, leaving people guessing at just how close Russian forces were. It was another terrifying wakening for the residents of Kyiv as several loud bangs were heard at
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified a man killed Thursday night after a crash on Highway 63 in Ashland. Troopers said the rollover crash happened in the northbound lanes of the highway near Forsee Road just before 7:40 p.m. John D. Forsee, 54, lost control of his pickup truck after he
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By Chris Liakos, CNN Business Two of the world’s biggest container shipping companies are halting cargo bookings to and from Russia. “As the stability and safety of our operations is already being directly and indirectly impacted by sanctions, new Maersk bookings to and from Russia will be temporarily suspended, with exception of foodstuffs, medical and
Continue ReadingBy LAUREN TRAGER Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Soaring food prices and the pandemic have been bad enough, but now people who rely on food stamps are telling News 4 they’re facing a new nightmare: the state of Missouri. Just within the last few days, News 4 has been
Continue ReadingBy KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The St. Louis Crisis Nursery is in desperate need of baby formula following the recent recall by the FDA. It was reported earlier this week that three “Abbot” brands of powdered formula are now under recall, including Similac and Alimentum. This
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINE HECKER Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE (KMOV) — Dairy farming is a way of life for the Turley family, who milk their 120 dairy cows twice a day, churning out more than 1,000 gallons of milk. Rolling Lawns Farm is situated in Greenville, Illinois, about 45 minutes northeast of St.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward declines before Friday’s opening bell and world shares mostly advanced as Russian troops pressed toward the capital of Ukraine. Future contracts for the benchmark S&P 500 and the Dow industrials were each 0.4% lower. Both had been down more than 1% overnight. Market benchmarks rose in London,
Continue ReadingBy Troy Washington Click here for updates on this story NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana (KTBS) — The city currently has their first black mayor in office, the second black police chief and the first black president of Northwestern State University. Ronnie Williams Jr.-Mayor Nikeo Collins-Police Chief Marcus Jones- Northwestern State University President “I can’t say consciously I
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Parkhill Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The head of Russia’s space agency appears to have threatened to drop the International Space Station on India or China because of Western sanctions. Dmitry Rogozin, the director general of Roscosmos, tweeted that countries should “prevent your sanctions from falling on
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Bogart Click here for updates on this story Canmore, Alta. (CTV Network) — As world leaders respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with economic sanctions, there have been increasing calls to cut off the country’s access to an international payment and messaging system that handles trillions of dollars worth of transactions. Expelling Russia
Continue Reading By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are advancing a measure intended to lure the Washington Commanders to the state by allowing the NFL team to forgo what could be $1 billion or more in future tax payments to help finance a potential new football stadium. The move is intended to
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