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You’ll have to prove you’re vaccinated to dine at these famous restaurants

July 31, 2021 5:08 PM CNN

Union Square Hospitality Group CEO Danny Meyer explains the company’s policy requiring employees and diners to be vaccinated.

See what this former vaccine skeptic credits for changing her mind

July 31, 2021 5:26 PM CNN

A Pennsylvania mom says she was hesitant about the Covid-19 vaccine with not knowing its effects but credits prayer and doing research for changing her mind. Read more on vaccine safety at the CDC’s website.

Patrick Mahomes rookie card sells for record-breaking $4.3 million

July 31, 2021 4:56 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Trent, CNN Patrick Mahomes is not letting this year be all about Tom Brady. Months after the Tampa Bay Bucaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LV and Brady’s rookie card became the most expensive trading card in football history, a Mahomes card is taking that title. Mahomes’ 2017 National Treasures

Video shows Texas family pleading with officer on top of Black teen

July 31, 2021 3:17 PM CNN

Video shows a Kaufman County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy on top of an 18-year-old woman saying “I can’t breathe.” The incident is under investigation.

TikTok star wounded in movie theater shooting has died from his injuries

July 31, 2021 2:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Stella Chan, Hollie Silverman, Alaa Elassar and Amanda Jackson, CNN A well-known TikTok user has died of his injuries after being wounded in a shooting at a California movie theater Monday night that left another woman dead, police said. Anthony Barajas, 19, died early Saturday morning, the Corona Police Department said in a news

A slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's 1981 wedding is going up for auction.

A slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake is going up for auction

July 31, 2021 1:53 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Trent, CNN This may be the most expensive piece of cake you’ll never eat. A slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding is up for auction. Weighing about 28 ounces, the slice comes from one of the 23 cakes made for the royal wedding, according to Dominic Winter Auctioneers.

An open beehive was found in a tree after a bee swarm attack in Arizona.

Bee swarm attack kills Arizona man and injures five people

July 31, 2021 1:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar and Andy Rose, CNN A man is dead and at least five people were injured after a bee swarm attack in an Arizona neighborhood on Thursday. The man, whose identity has not been released, died after he was among three people “believed to have been stung hundreds of times” by the bee

This woman has the largest mouth in the world, according to Guinness

August 1, 2021 11:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Trent, CNN TikTok is full of users with big mouths, but one star on the social media platform just proved hers is quite literally the largest. Guinness World Records confirmed that Samantha Ramsdell, from Connecticut, is the record holder for the world’s largest mouth gape for a female. Her mouth gape measures 6.56

The pace of Covid-19 vaccinations in the US has risen steadily over the past three weeks

US vaccination rates are rising, even in least-vaccinated Southern states

July 31, 2021 12:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Matthew Hilk and Ray Sanchez, CNN The pace of Covid-19 vaccinations in the US has risen steadily over the past three weeks, particularly in several Southern states with poor vaccination rates and strong hesitancy against the shot, according to a CNN analysis of data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With

‘There’s been enough time’: Frustration builds among the vaccinated

July 31, 2021 5:26 PM CNN

As stricter rules and mask mandates return, frustration is building particularly among those who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus. CNN’s Dan Simon reports how some California residents say they feel they’re being punished for the inaction of others.

A vehicle burned in the fire that broke out in Mugla's Marmaris district in Turkey on July 30.

Wildfires in southern Turkey leave four dead

August 1, 2021 11:26 AM CNN

CNN’s Arwa Damon reports from Manavgat, Turkey, where wildfires have killed four people.

Carrie and Boris Johnson are expecting a second baby after miscarriage heartbreak

July 31, 2021 11:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Elaine Ly and Luke McGee, CNN Carrie Johnson, the wife of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has announced the couple are expecting their second child in December. Carrie revealed she was pregnant and that she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year in an Instagram post on Saturday. “Hoping for our rainbow baby this Christmas,”

Organizations rally to support St. Louis County Health director after allegations of racist attacks

July 31, 2021 10:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Local organizations are throwing their support behind the St. Louis County Health Director, who says he endured racist attacks. Dr, Faisal Khan says some people who attended Tuesday night’s St. Louis County Council meeting taunted him with racist

‘The animals are on fire,’ say devastated farmers as wildfires sweep Turkey

August 2, 2021 12:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Gul Tuysuz and Arwa Damon, CNN In the small village of Kacarlar, on Turkey’s southern coast, farmers are facing apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to sweep the country. “The animals are on fire,” 56-year-old resident, Muzeyyan Kacar, told CNN. “Everything is going to burn. Our land, our animals and our house. What else do

UPDATE: One person arrested in connection to shots fired on Clark Lane in Columbia

July 31, 2021 3:51 AM Meghan Drakas

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ARREST UPDATE: Columbia Police have arrested 28-year-old Darrius L. Davis of Columbia, in connection the Saturday morning’s shots fired on Clark Lane. Darrius L. Davis of Columbia Davis was arrested on domestic assault in the first degree, assault in the first degree, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession

Woman seriously injured after assault in Columbia Friday night

July 31, 2021 10:21 AM Meghan Drakas

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An assault in Columbia Friday night, left a woman seriously injured. Around 11:30 p.m. Columbia Police were called to the 100 block of Benton Street for a reported assault. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman with serious injuries and she was taken to a local hospital. The woman

Massive comet discovery dwarfs all others

August 1, 2021 7:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Messengers from the past are all around us. In our solar system, comets are the icy leftovers from when the sun and planets formed. They hold the mysteries of that primordial soup. The murky beginning of life on Earth is thought to be trapped within the deepest, oldest rocks, but scientists

Alfred Makumbe at his grinding mill. His business has been affected by Covid.

Once considered a ‘city disease,’ Zimbabwe’s rural areas are being hit hard by Covid, and panic has set in

July 31, 2021 10:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Nyasha Chingono, for CNN Pauline Chinyandura adjusts her face mask as she rushes to serve lunch to a group of men visiting her makeshift canteen in Domboshava, a rural area around 25 miles northeast of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. The chatter around the canteen is all about the death of a popular health official from

South Korea's Yunseo Lee competes during the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Why women gymnasts compete to music in their floor routines but men don’t

July 31, 2021 8:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Faith Karimi, CNN When Olympic gymnasts compete Sunday and Monday in the individual floor exercises in Tokyo, viewers will notice a key difference between the events. The women will leap and flip and tumble to recorded music. The men’s routines will be accompanied by silence. The reason for the disparity dates back almost a

A Queens man was arrested and charged on suspicion of dragging an 11-year-old girl into an alleyway

Queens man accused of robbing an 11-year-old girl on her way to a grocery store

July 31, 2021 7:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A Queens man was arrested and charged on suspicion of dragging an 11-year-old girl into an alleyway, robbing her and cutting her neck with a sharp metal object, a district attorney in the New York City borough said Friday. Jonathan Perez, 34, allegedly approached the girl early Sunday as she was