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Tennessee is halting outreach on all vaccines for adolescents, including for Covid-19

July 14, 2021 6:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The Tennessee Department of Health is halting all adolescent vaccine outreach, even for vaccines not related to Covid-19, according to internal documents. The halt impacts all outreach to adolescents, including Covid-19 second-dose reminders, HPV reminders and kindergarten vaccination surveys, according the documents circulated within the department obtained by CNN and first

State fires vaccine chief after she shares policy about vaccinating teens

July 14, 2021 6:40 AM CNN

Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine official for the state of Tennessee, says she was fired after sharing a decades-old state policy about minors between ages 14 and 17 being able to receive medical care without parental consent, in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine.

Pakistani rescue officials inspect the bus following the explosion on July 14.

Chinese workers killed in bus explosion in northern Pakistan

July 14, 2021 4:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Sophia Saifi, CNN At least 10 people have died after a bus carrying Chinese engineers in northern Pakistan fell into a ditch following a “fiery explosion,” according to local police. Arif Khan, deputy commissioner of police for the Upper Kohistan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, told CNN that of the 10 dead, six were

A police officer inspects the damage at a looted mall in Vosloorus

Shocking footage shows looting in South Africa

July 14, 2021 3:43 AM CNN

Soldiers and police struggled to restore order in parts of South Africa after dozens of people were killed in the worst violence and looting the country has seen in decades. CNN’s David McKenzie reports.

A woman faces 11 charges in connection to the death of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen

July 14, 2021 3:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Raja Razek, CNN Cecily Ann Aguilar, who was arrested last year by Texas Rangers in connection with the disappearance of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, is facing an 11-count indictment for her alleged role in concealing Guillen’s death. Army Spc. Guillen, 20, had been stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, when she went missing in

Guo Xinzhen (center) embraces his family at a reunion in Liaocheng

This family’s 24-year search for their abducted son inspired a movie. They’ve just been reunited

July 14, 2021 9:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN The abduction of 2-year-old Guo Xinzhen in eastern China in 1997 sparked a desperate, seemingly never-ending nationwide search by his parents that inspired filmmakers to bring their story to the big screen. But this week — 24 years after his disappearance — the search for Guo finally came to an end.

Rescue teams from Pennsylvania search the rubble of the Champlain Towers South on July 8.

911 calls from Surfside condo collapse reveal confusion and chaos as building came down

July 14, 2021 8:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The 911 calls during the first moments of the deadly collapse of the condo building last month in Surfside, Florida, reveal chaos and confusion among residents and witnesses as the building came down. “It seems like something underground, everything exploded,” one caller told dispatchers, adding that it seemed

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Missouri’s gas tax increase be worth it?

July 14, 2021 1:34 AM ABC 17 News Team

Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday held ceremonial signings across the state of a law that will increase Missouri’s gas tax by 12.5 cents over five years.

China could soon have an unlikely supporter in Central Asia — the Taliban

July 14, 2021 3:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Ben Westcott, CNN One is a government accused of detaining more than 1 million Muslims in a vast system of internment camps. The other is one of the world’s strictest Islamist militant groups. Yet despite their differences, the Chinese Communist Party and the Taliban may soon find themselves working together, at least tentatively. Following

The 300 block of East Burkhart Street in Moberly where a man was shot in the head.

Lawyer weighs in on eviction issues after fatal Moberly shooting

July 13, 2021 9:35 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mid-Missouri attorney says many of her clients who are landlords are frustrated because an extended eviction moratorium bans most tenants from being evicted, even if they aren’t paying rent. Court documents we uncovered Monday detail an eviction dispute leading up to the fatal Thursday night Moberly shooting. “In my experience, courts

California will compensate survivors of its forced sterilization program

July 14, 2021 3:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN California will pay $7.5 million to surviving victims of its forced sterilization program. Eugenics, or the practice of sterilizing those determined by the state to be “feeble” or “undesirable,” began under a law enacted in California around the turn of the 20th century. An estimated 20,000 residents deemed “unfit to reproduce”

Emergency personnel wear face masks to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 while leaving an hospital clinic emergency room on March 24

‘We are seeing people passing quicker than before’: What hospitals look like in US Covid hot spots

July 14, 2021 7:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Dr. Sergio Segarra says when Covid-19 patient numbers in the Miami hospital he works in dipped below 20 last month, he began feeling optimistic. “I remember seeing articles in the news about hospitals in California with empty Covid units and I longed for that experience,” Segarra, the chief medical officer with

A woman has her nasal swab samples collected during mass testing for Covid-19 in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta

Almost half of this capital city’s population may have contracted Covid-19, survey finds

July 13, 2021 8:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Amy Sood, CNN Nearly half of Jakarta’s residents may have contracted Covid-19, according to a health survey — more than 12 times the number of cases officially recorded in the Indonesian capital at the time when the research was carried out. The survey, published July 10, tested for coronavirus antibodies in the blood of

African American Heritage Trail tells another side of Columbia’s history

July 13, 2021 7:10 PM Hannah Falcon

As James Whitt explained the history of Sharp End, a once-thriving block for minority-owned business, he points to the black and gold plaque hanging at least a foot above his head.

Supreme Court of Missouri considers future of Medicaid expansion

July 13, 2021 3:41 AM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s highest court will now decide on the future of Medicaid expansion in the state. The court’s seven judges heard arguments Tuesday morning in an appeal of a Cole County court decision ruling the voter-approved expansion unconstitutional. You can listen to the audio of arguments here. A Cole County judge ruled

Parson signs gas tax increase meant to boost transportation funding

July 13, 2021 3:27 PM Chanel Porter

The bill will provide about $500 million more each year to the Missouri Department of Transportation for roads and bridges by increasing the gas tax by 2.5 cents every year for a five-year period.

Mid-Missouri summer camps try to head off coronavirus infections as numbers rise

July 13, 2021 4:02 PM Leila Mitchell

A camp director for the Presser Performing Arts summer camp said the camp has been keeping track of the case numbers in Mexico, Missouri, and all personnel and staff were vaccinated before the start of camp.

Columbia man gets 16 years in prison for child molestation

July 13, 2021 5:23 PM Matthew Sanders

Cale Kliethermes pleaded guilty in April to first-degree child molestation, two counts of attempted child endangerment and one count of sexual misconduct involving a child under 15. Prosecutors dismissed another attempted child endangerment count as part of the plea deal.

Arctic thunderstorms: what caused this rare occurrence last night

July 13, 2021 5:14 PM Maddie Est

When you hear the word “thunderstorm”, you may think of the midwest or southeastern portions of the United States. When you hear “lightning storm”, your mind may wander to the southwestern U.S. where dry thunderstorms or lightning storms often occur. One place that you might never think of being impacted by lightning is the Arctic

Nearly all US mainland coastal areas will see a surge in high-tide floods in the mid-2030s

Moon wobble to bring surge in coastal flooding in 2030s, NASA study predicts

July 13, 2021 5:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Trent, CNN Coastal communities in the United States, be forewarned. A “dramatic” surge in high-tide floods is just over a decade away in the US, according to NASA. The rapid increase will start in the mid-2030s, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by the climate crisis, found a new