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Former Missouri Senate leader James Mathewson dies

September 28, 2021 5:44 PM Associated Press

Former state Sen. James Mathewson, the longest-serving President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate, has died.

Judge denies bid to immediately halt Columbia Public Schools mask mandate

September 28, 2021 5:26 AM Zola Crowder

Attorney General Eric Schmitt sought a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit he filed last month to end CPS’s mandate that all students and staff wear masks while indoors. Judge Brouck Jacobs denied that request in a two-plus-hour hearing Tuesday, along with a request to make the lawsuit class action, which would bring in other schools with mandates as defendants.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivers a speech during the opening plenary session of the Youth4Climate event on September 28 in Milan.

Greta Thunberg roasts world leaders for being ‘blah, blah, blah’ on climate action

September 29, 2021 3:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan, CNN Swedish activist Greta Thunberg mocked world leaders — including US President Joe Biden and the UK’s Boris Johnson — at a youth climate summit in Milan on Tuesday, saying the last 30 years of climate action had amounted to “blah, blah, blah.” Thunberg imitated the leaders by repeating their commonly used

TUESDAY UPDATES: Missouri remains in the red zone; state profile report shows new cases down 18%

September 28, 2021 6:03 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.

LeBron James fields questions during the Los Angeles Lakers media day on Tuesday

LeBron James confirms he was vaccinated for Covid-19 months after being initially skeptical

September 28, 2021 5:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera and David Close, CNN NBA superstar LeBron James confirmed Tuesday he received the Covid-19 vaccine, months after being initially skeptical of it. “Everyone has their own choice to do what they feel is right for themselves and their family and things of that nature,” James said during the Los Angeles Lakers media

A child who played in the splash pad in Arlington over Labor Day weekend has died of a rare brain-eating amoeba.

Child dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at a Texas splash pad

September 28, 2021 6:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Jackson, CNN A child in North Texas died earlier this month after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a city splash pad, officials announced on Monday. The child was hospitalized September 5 with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection caused by an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, according to a joint

January 6 rioter who said she looked for Pelosi ‘to shoot her in the friggin’ brain’ pleads guilty to misdemeanor for illegally protesting

September 28, 2021 5:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Marshall Cohen, CNN A Pennsylvania woman who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 and said she had been looking for Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain” pleaded guilty Tuesday to a low-level misdemeanor for unlawfully protesting on restricted grounds. Doylestown gym owner Dawn Bancroft entered the guilty plea in DC

Trump campaign loses NDA case it brought in arbitration against Omarosa Manigault Newman for tell-all book

September 28, 2021 6:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former Trump campaign and White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has defeated an arbitration case brought against her by the Trump campaign, which alleged that she had violated a non-disclosure agreement with public comments and a book critical of former President Donald Trump. In a summary

Man installing software in laptop in dark at night.

Senators introduce cyber bill to mandate reporting on ransomware and critical infrastructure attacks

September 28, 2021 5:05 PM CNN Newsource

By Geneva Sands, CNN The top senators on the Homeland Security Committee introduced legislation on Tuesday to require critical infrastructure companies to report cyberattacks to the federal government and to mandate that most organizations tell the federal government if they make ransomware payments. If enacted, the bill will create the first national requirement for critical

WATCH: Mizzou football’s Wilks, players answer questions before Tennessee matchup

September 28, 2021 4:48 PM ABC 17 News Team

Defensive back Shawn Robinson, kicker Harrison Mevis and wide receiver Barrett Banister will follow Wilks in taking questions from reporters. The Tigers will host SEC foe Tennessee on Saturday after losing in overtime last week at Boston College.

The coveted Mew cookie is being listed for thousands of dollars on eBay.

Limited edition Pokémon Oreo cookies are being listed for thousands on eBay

September 28, 2021 4:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Leah Asmelash, CNN How much would you pay for an Oreo cookie? For some, the answer could be thousands of dollars — as one hard-to-find Oreo cookie featuring a rare Pokémon is fetching a hefty price tag on eBay. The new Oreo collaboration with Pokemon debuted earlier this month, with cookies featuring various Pokémon

Authorities identified the suspect in the death of Nassau County Deputy Josh Moyers as Patrick McDowell.

After five-day manhunt, authorities catch suspect in killing of Florida deputy

September 28, 2021 4:42 PM CNN Newsource

By Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN The suspect in the killing of Deputy Josh Moyers has been apprehended after a five-day manhunt in northeast Florida, the Nassau County sheriff said Tuesday. “We got our man. It’s a great day in Nassau County,” Sheriff Bill Leeper said at a news conference. “He’s in custody and

This illustration shows the Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter.

NASA’s Lucy mission will observe the earliest ‘fossils’ of the solar system

September 28, 2021 4:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first NASA mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroid swarms is getting ready to launch. The Lucy mission has passed all of its prelaunch tests and is set to leave Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at around 5:30 a.m. ET on October 16. The Trojan asteroids, which borrow their name from

Schnucks to close earlier, citing pandemic-influenced job market

September 28, 2021 11:45 AM Kennedy Miller

The regional supermarket chain said in a news release this week that its stores will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. effective next Monday. The deli, meat and seafood counters will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. The stores are currently open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Obama breaks ground on presidential library in Chicago

September 28, 2021 3:50 PM CNN Newsource

By Allie Malloy, CNN Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama broke ground on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Tuesday, beginning one of the final steps in the long delayed project. During an event at the center’s construction site on Chicago’s South Side, the former President spoke about his desire

The exterior of The Spheres are seen at the Amazon.com Inc. headquarters on May 20

Here’s what you need to know about Amazon’s latest clash with employees

September 28, 2021 3:20 PM CNN Newsource

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A National Labor Relations Board judge is expected to review a complaint Wednesday that Amazon last year illegally fired two corporate employees who had been vocal critics of the company. An administrative law judge is scheduled to hear the charges, which were filed with the NLRB in October by a

A leading Democratic group is launching this week a $1.7 million ad blitz to push early voting in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Voters here cast their ballots in Virginia on September 18

Leading Democratic group to launch $1.7 million ad blitz to push early voting in Virginia and Pennsylvania

September 28, 2021 3:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A leading Democratic advocacy group is launching a $1.7 million digital advertising campaign this week to mobilize voters to turn out in this fall’s elections in two key states. The advertising blitz by Priorities USA, shared first with CNN, is aimed at encouraging voters to cast early ballots in person in

A shadow of a man wearing a cowboy hat falls on a pillar as he enters the polling place at Wickenburg Community Center on February 28

‘A constitutional amendment and a time machine’: Fact-checking calls to decertify the 2020 election

September 28, 2021 3:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A partisan report reviewing millions of ballots cast in Arizona’s Maricopa County during the 2020 presidential election is being used by a number of Republicans to call for decertifying the results of last year’s election in the state. Even though the results of Arizona’s sham audit reaffirmed Biden’s

Hospitals throughout Philadelphia region seeing baby boom more than a year into pandemic

September 28, 2021 3:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Stephanie Stahl Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — A different type of surge may be on the way more than a year into the pandemic â€“ a surge of babies. Right after the shutdown, many thought there would be a baby boom but that didn’t happen then. But now,

OPINIÓN | Una reflexión muy personal: ¡Mi primer viaje en 2 años!

September 28, 2021 2:50 PM CNN Newsource

CNNEE Nota del editor: Mari Rodríguez Ichaso ha sido colaboradora de la revista Vanidades durante varias décadas. Es especialista en moda, viajes, gastronomía, arte, arquitectura y entretenimiento, productora de cine y columnista de estilo de CNN en Español. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente suyas. Lee más artículos de opinión en cnne.com/opinion. (CNN