A coalition of Israeli opposition parties were approaching a midnight deadline on Wednesday to form a government, in the most serious challenge yet to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule. The idea that Israel’s longest-serving leader could be unseated became a reality on Sunday, when Naftali Bennett, leader of the small right-wing party Yamina, confirmed he
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorized a Covid-19 vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac for emergency use. The decision will allow CoronaVac to be used in WHO’s vaccine-sharing program, COVAX, which seeks to provide equitable global access to immunizations. It is the second Chinese vaccine to be given WHO authorization after Sinopharm was
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At least six people were injured in an overnight shooting at a party in Springfield, Ohio, police said. The incident is among this year’s more than 240 mass shootings, which the Gun Violence Archive defines as a shooting incident in which at least four people are injured. Springfield Police Department officers responded to a “shots
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Coronavirus vaccine supply and demand in Missouri is continuing to drop, as fewer Missourians get the vaccine each week. For the week of April 26, Missouri received 57,000 doses of the vaccine. Then, for the week of May 3, Missouri got 20,620 doses. A few weeks later for May 25, Missouri only
Continue Reading The US and Australia are bracing for possible meat shortages after a cyberattack against JBS USA, a major beef and pork producer, prompted widespread factory shutdowns. 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
Continue Reading North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a new second-in-command, according to excerpts of a government document seen by CNN. The position was created in January as part of a revision to the rules of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), the communist political organ that rules the secretive country. It is unclear who has
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The father of some of the children abducted at gunpoint at a school in north central Nigeria has told CNN how four of his eight kids were taken by gunmen on Sunday. The youngest is just 5 years old. Murtala Muhammadu, 48, a local businessman in Tegina, a remote town in Niger State’s Rafi district,
Continue Reading Editor’s note: CNN will be launching the Meanwhile in China newsletter on June 21, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Xi Jinping wants China to learn how to make friends and influence people. Speaking at a study session for
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The US just recorded a seven-day average of fewer than 20,000 new daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since March 2020. The daily average of new cases dropped to about 17,248 as of Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. However, that number might be lower than reality, as some cases from the
Continue Reading A 56-year-old man died on Memorial Day after falling about 500 feet from a ridge on the summit of Mount Russell in the Sequoia National Park in California, officials said. One of the man’s hiking partners, a 45-year-old woman, fell 30 feet after trying to grab him and survived, the National Park Service said in
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a Covid-19 vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac for emergency use. The decision will allow CoronaVac to be used in WHO’s vaccine-sharing program, COVAX, which seeks to provide equitable global access to immunizations. It is the second Chinese vaccine given WHO approval after Sinopharm was approved in
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My mom and I moved to a small house in the Northeast when I was a little girl, after a difficult divorce from my father in the 1980s. After the closing, the man who sold my mom the house had his say on his way out the door. “Well, I wish you luck!” he said.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The  Missouri Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of man sentenced to death for killing a central Missouri couple in 2010. The court on Tuesday unanimously rejected Jesse Driskill’s argument that prosecutors withheld important information and that he received ineffective counsel during his trial for killing 82-year-old Johnnie Wilson and
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Click here for updates on this story YUCCA VALLEY, California (KABC) — A procession was held early Tuesday morning for a San Bernardino County sheriff’s sergeant who authorities say was fatally wounded by a motorcyclist at the end of a chase in the Yucca Valley area. Sgt. Dominic Vaca, 43, was airlifted to the hospital
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Click here for updates on this story BRADBURY, California (KABC) — Incredible video shows a wild encounter with a bear in a Southern California backyard. The frightening incident was caught on home surveillance video on Memorial Day. Hailey Morinico, 17, said she heard the family dogs barking in her backyard and saw a massive mama
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Here’s a look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock index comprised of 30 “blue-chip” US stocks. It is meant to be a way to measure the strength or weakness of the entire US stock market. The Dow began in 1896 with 12 industrial stocks. Dow Jones
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is seriously injured after a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 54 in Audrain County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states that Jerome Woelfel, 80, was driving northbound on Highway 19 in a 2018 Chevy Equinox when Karen Tyler hit the vehicle in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGE BEACH, Alabama (WALA) — Gerri Womack Garon said she got a little surprise when she was about to plop down in a comfortable beach chair on the sand in Orange Beach. Snake! The reptile — we’re not sure of the species — was making good use of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s office released its annual traffic stop report on Tuesday, showing that the statewide disparity in traffic stops based on rates made a slight drop. According to the data from the Missouri Attorney General’s Annual report on traffic stops, black drivers in Missouri were pulled over 71.6% more than
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A senior living facility is bringing some big smiles to several communities throughout Davidson County. Kempton of Hermitage is playing a game of hide and seek with the help of some rubber ducks. “All of the sudden there is this little rubber ducky smiling
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