By Angela Dewan, Nadine Schmidt and Ulrike Dehmel, CNN European officials have said climate change contributed to this week’s extreme flooding, which has left entire towns submerged and more than 120 people dead. Scientists have for decades warned that climate change will make extreme weather events, including heavy rain and deadly flooding, more likely. Around
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The charges were filed Friday in Stone County against Ride the Ducks Branson captain Kenneth Scott McKee, general manager Charles Baltzell and manager on duty Curtis Lanham. All three face 17 felony counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, and McKee faces 12 additional charges.
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The move comes after weeks of no travel restrictions and declining infections. The Chicago Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that unvaccinated travelers from Missouri and Arkansas have to either quarantine for 10 days or have a negative COVID-19 test. The restriction goes into effect Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As rain continued to fall Friday morning, Boone County Joint Communications sent alerts about road impacts. Officials posted to Twitter shortly before 5:45 a.m. Friday, saying water was over the roadway on Clark Lane at the intersection with Dawn Ridge. BCJC asked drivers to use caution and avoid the area if possible.
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By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s and ’70s are the stuff of legend and lore. The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, and occasionally
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By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s and ’70s are the stuff of legend and lore. The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, occasionally from
Continue ReadingCuban YouTuber Dina Fernandez, also known as Dina Stars, was in the middle of an interview with a Spanish television station when she said authorities arrived to take her away.
Continue ReadingA continuing fire threat and hot temperatures remain for the West as parts of the Northeast and north central US see rain and storms. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast.
Continue ReadingA monsoon storm is bringing flash floods and heavy rainfall to the southwestern US.
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The US government is offering up to $10 million to anyone with information on who is behind the recent rash of cyberattacks on the country’s critical infrastructure. 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
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By Nadine Schmidt, Schams Elwazer, Barbara Wojazer, Sharon Braithwaite, Joseph Ataman and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Catastrophic flooding in western Europe has killed more than 120 people, with hundreds more missing, authorities said Friday, as large-scale rescue efforts continue amid rising water, landslides and power outages. Shocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN After more than three weeks of searching, crews at the site of a condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, have made great progress — but the intensity of their work isn’t over yet, an official said. “On the original collapse site we are almost at the bottom,” Miami-Dade Police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta
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The American Rescue Plan stimulus package included an expanded child tax credit with monthly payments for parents.
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Days after entering its second century, the Chinese Communist Party has set out its priority for the new era — tightening ideological control over 1.4 billion Chinese people. This week, the party released a new guideline on ideological and political work, which targets not only its members but also “all of
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LA County is bringing back a mask mandate this weekend because of the spreading Covid-19 Delta Variant
Continue Reading By Sarah Moon, CNN Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county, will reinstate its mask mandate starting 11:59 p.m. Saturday night amid a rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The order will require masking indoors regardless of vaccination status, Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said in a news conference Thursday. “We
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By Jill Martin and Travis Caldwell, CNN Six players on the New York Yankees have tested positive for Covid-19, general manager Brian Cashman told reporters Thursday, in the second instance this year of breakthrough cases occurring among some members of the baseball team. “We have three positives, and we have three pending that we’ve had
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A driver is seriously injured after a wreck on Horseshoe Ben Parkway in Camden County Thursday afternoon. According to the crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Kenneth Irwin was driving a 2011 Jeep Liberty when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway. Irwin overcorrected and then
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, an unusually large deployment of the powerful jets that analysts say sends a strong message to a possible adversary in China. Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii this week
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southern Boone Fire Department reported a residential kitchen fire at 6:44 p.m. on the 100 block of Renee drive. According to reports, firefighters got on the scene and got the fire under control within 10 minutes. Officials report the house suffered moderate smoke damage. There were no injuries and one dog
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