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Parents of man killed in Jefferson City construction accident file lawsuit

July 7, 2021 3:32 PM Matthew Sanders

The parents of a man killed in a retaining wall collapse last year at a Jefferson City construction site are suing contractors and the property owner.

Jackson County votes to join lawsuit against state gun law

July 7, 2021 3:25 PM Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jackson County legislators voted to join a lawsuit challenging a new state law that bans state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing federal gun rules. The Jackson County Legislature voted 5-3 Tuesday to join St. Louis and St. Louis County in opposing the law. Supporters of the lawsuit contend

Southwest Missouri sees 17 new COVID deaths in virus surge

July 7, 2021 3:23 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials say 17 more people in southwest Missouri died from COVID-19 in a two-week period ending Sunday as the coronavirus surges in the region. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department reported Tuesday that the deaths were recorded in the two-week reporting period from June 21 to July 4. The Kansas City

Aung San Suu Kyi Fast Facts

July 7, 2021 2:39 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San Suu Kyi Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army. Helped negotiate Burma’s independence from Britain.

Archie the ferret receives a Covid-19 vaccine at the Oakland Zoo

US zoos giving special animal coronavirus vaccine to tigers, bears and gorillas

July 7, 2021 2:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN The Oakland and Denver zoos will be among the first to start vaccinating tigers, bears and other mammals susceptible to coronavirus infections with a new animal Covid-19 vaccine from animal health company Zoetis. The vaccine requires two doses and was first administered to gorillas in the San Diego

(PKG) HEALTH MINUTE: VACCINE HESITANCY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS

July 7, 2021 2:29 PM CNN

Health experts are worried about growing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among young adults as the Delta variant continues to spread across the U.S.

One of the largest teachers’ unions will defend educators who teach ‘honest history’

July 7, 2021 2:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez, CNN As some states move toward banning critical race theory from public schools, the president of the second-largest teachers’ union in the country has vowed to defend teachers against any backlash. “Mark my words: Our union will defend any member who gets in trouble for teaching honest history,” Randi Weingarten, president of

Darnella Frazier’s uncle died in crash involving Minneapolis police, she says

July 7, 2021 2:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Omar Jimenez and Carma Hassan, CNN Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded George Floyd’s murder, said Tuesday that her uncle died in a car crash involving Minneapolis Police. Frazier identified her uncle as Leneal Lamont Frazier in a Facebook post, saying she is “so hurt” and “nothing feels real.” “Minneapolis police has cost my

The Mars helicopter completed its 9th and most challenging flight yet

THE UNSUNG DUMMIES OF SPACE FLIGHT

July 7, 2021 9:54 AM CNN

The unsung heroes of commercial space flight testing … are real dummies. Jeremy Roth reports.

Mars Ingenuity helicopter completes its toughest flight yet

July 7, 2021 9:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Ingenuity, the helicopter that accompanied the Perseverance rover on its Mars mission, has undertaken its ninth and “most nerve-wracking” flight since it first took off on the red planet. Although we don’t have the full details about what it accomplished, NASA confirmed in a tweet on July 5 that Ingenuity had

Two ATF agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in their car getting on the freeway at around 5:50 a.m. on July 7

Officials provide update on the ATF agent shooting in Chicago

July 7, 2021 9:23 AM CNN

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown provides an update on after two ATF agents were shot in Chicago.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is interviewed at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York on July 6. Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure.

Nikole Hannah-Jones: The burden to change systems can’t always be on the people excluded from those systems

July 7, 2021 8:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Holly Yan and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN After an arduous battle for tenure at the University of North Carolina, Nikole Hannah-Jones explained why she rejected an eventual tenure offer from her alma mater and will instead teach at Howard University. “I don’t want to force myself into an institution that doesn’t seem to appreciate what

Nikole Hannah-Jones explains decision to reject UNC tenure offer

July 7, 2021 8:25 AM CNN

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones explains her decision to decline the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a teaching position in favor of accepting a faculty role at Howard University.

2 ATF agents and a police officer shot in Chicago

July 7, 2021 9:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Carma Hassan, CNN Two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in a car early Wednesday, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries, said Brown. One of the ATF agents was shot in the hand, the other was hit in

One dead after head-on crash with tractor in Callaway County

July 7, 2021 8:12 AM Josie Anglin

A Fulton man was killed in a Callaway County crash involving a tractor at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.

The Coast Guard published this picture of July 6's rescue efforts in waters miles off Key West.

9 people are missing and 13 rescued after a boat from Cuba capsized off Key West, Coast Guard says

July 7, 2021 5:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN A boat from Cuba capsized in the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search in which nine people were still missing Wednesday after 13 were rescued, the US Coast Guard said. Crews of two Coast Guard cutters still were searching for the missing on Wednesday, the

Police officers stand at the site of an attack on Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries in Amsterdam on July 6.

Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries fighting for his life after shooting

July 7, 2021 5:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Emmet Lyons and Rosanne Roobeek, CNN; with reporting by Reuters Celebrity Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, known for his investigative work exposing the criminal underworld, is “fighting for his life” after being shot in the Netherlands’ capital. “He was seriously wounded and is fighting for his life,” Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said

The killing of Samuel Luiz prompted protests in Madrid

Spanish police arrest three over suspected homophobic killing

July 7, 2021 4:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Al Goodman, CNN Spanish police have arrested three people over the killing of a male nursing assistant in a suspected homophobic attack that prompted protests across the country. The investigation into the death of Samuel Luiz, 24, is ongoing and no motive has been ruled out — including the possibility that it was a

The British government didn't make face coverings compulsory indoors or on public transport until last summer

One variant, many approaches to masks

July 7, 2021 7:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara John, CNN WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK The Delta variant, a more transmissible and possibly more dangerous strain, now makes up more than half of all new infections in the United States. It is of global concern, forcing some Asian-Pacific nations to impose tough restrictions, yet countries are taking different strategies on masks. The

Revered for leading Zambia's struggle for independence

Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, buried amid controversy over site

July 7, 2021 7:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Nimi Princewill, CNN, and Reuters Authorities in Zambia held a state funeral Wednesday for the country’s first president and independence leader, Kenneth Kaunda, amid ongoing controversy over his burial site. Kaunda’s funeral arrangements became the subject of a court challenge after the Zambian government announced plans to inter the late nationalist at a presidential