By Stella Chan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN California will permanently begin providing free school meals for students this fall in a move that many advocates are praising as a big step toward ending food insecurity. The state says it will be the first in the nation to make free meals permanent for all public school
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Continue ReadingBy Ryan Young, Theresa Waldrop and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Katrina Grady was driving home from her mother’s house on the west side of Birmingham, Alabama, in May when she saw a car on the side of the street, its airbags deployed, so she stopped to see if anyone needed help. “I’m the type of person,
Continue ReadingThe US is seeing a spike in crime across the country with even some of the country’s smallest cities are seeing a spike in gun violence. CNN’s Ryan Young reports.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN As the first North American insect to go extinct due to humans, a blue butterfly has become an icon for insect conservation — and what happens when humans destroy habitats without thought for the creatures living in them. The last of the Xerces blue butterflies fluttered through the air in San
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Tuesday is the last day for Columbia Public Schools and Moberly Public Schools students to receive the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine if they want to be fully vaccinated by the first day of school on Aug. 24.
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By Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Staff at the University of Florida Health Jacksonville figured they had seen the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s sad and frustrating because we thought that we were toward the end of it,” nurse Lauren Schiller told CNN. “And within not even two days, we’re back
Continue Reading CNN’s Leyla Santiago reports on a Florida hospital that is facing a record-breaking surge of Covid-19 patients.
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was seriously injured after an ATV wreck Monday evening in Miller County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Robin Showers was driving a 2008 Polaris RZR in circles which caused the vehicle to crash. Showers was partially ejected from the ATV. Showers was taken by MU Air
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Recycling drop-off sites have been plagued by illegal dumping issues.
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By Kara Fox and Nic Robertson, CNN Three rockets landed in two different areas near the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday morning, as President Ashraf Ghani joined other high ranking officials for prayers to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Images shown on national broadcaster Tolo TV showed Ghani and the group
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You may have heard rumors of a wobble moon set to cause major flooding in the 2030s over the course of the last few days. Wobble moons are not a new development, but with current ocean trends, we could be looking at a catastrophic event during the next decade. First off, it’s important to discuss
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Police Chief Gary Launderville announced the cancelation in a meeting with business owners, according to a city news release. Bike Night is a business promotion targeting motorcycle enthusiasts that takes place on the third Thursday of every month. The deadly shooting took place on Bike Night.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri treasurer is suing the Missouri secretary of state over a proposed constitutional amendment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick on Monday sued fellow Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. Fitzpatrick is suing over a proposed constitutional amendment that would change how his office invests taxpayer money.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A full federal appeals court panel is rehearing a case over Missouri abortion restrictions. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last week decided to take up the case on its own motion. At issue is a 2019 state law to ban abortions as soon as eight weeks into pregnancy and
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Ariela Rodriguez was sitting in her car when the future that she imagined for herself and her family was crushed. She found out on social media that a program that could shield the undocumented mother from deportation and allow her to work legally ceased to exist for first-time applicants like her.
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN John T. Earnest will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder in the deadly 2019 shooting at a Southern California synagogue, as part of a plea agreement that will spare him from the death penalty. Armed with
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By Anna Chernova and Zahra Ullah, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin got a sneak peek of a new fifth-generation lightweight single-engine fighter jet at an air show just outside of Moscow on Tuesday. Russian aircraft makers unveiled a prototype of the stealth fighter dubbed “Checkmate” for the 68-year-old leader at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1955 Birth place: Seattle, Washington Birth name: William Henry Gates III Father: William Henry Gates II, attorney Mother: Mary (Maxwell) Gates, schoolteacher Marriage: Melinda (French) Gates (January 1, 1994-August 2, 2021, divorced) Children: Phoebe
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By David Williams and Tina Burnside, CNN A cyclist was bitten by an alligator and suffered severe injuries after he crashed his bike and fell into the water in a Florida park, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. The man lost control of his bike on Monday on a trail in Halpatiokee Park in
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