By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services is “winding down” its mRNA vaccine development and will instead fund other vaccine platforms through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the agency said Tuesday. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a statement that BARDA would terminate 22 mRNA vaccine development
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County voters overwhelmingly approved expanding the county’s senior property tax freeze on Tuesday. Voters approved the measure with 77.7% of the vote. “Yes” votes garnered 12,233 votes compared to 3,506 for “no.” Last year, Boone County voters approved an initial tax exemption that seniors have to apply for each year. This
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is moving into the next phase of its bridge rehabilitation project along Highway 54 over Missouri Boulevard, with new traffic changes and ramp closures set to begin Tuesday evening. Crews will begin work on the right-hand lanes of U.S. 54 over Business Route 50, forcing both
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The NFL and ESPN announced a deal Tuesday that will see the league’s NFL Network and other media assets headed to the cable television giant in exchange for a 10% equity stake in the Disney-owned company. The non-binding agreement will give ownership and control of the NFL Network to
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Cole County’s Board of Equalization is working against an August 23 deadline after the State Tax Commission issued an order Wednesday saying it must raise the assessed value of certain parts of the county by 5 percent.
Continue ReadingPor Brad Lendon, CNN Mientras el mundo conmemora el 80º aniversario del primer uso de un arma nuclear en la ciudad japonesa de Hiroshima, cerca del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, expertos y sobrevivientes advierten que el planeta está más cerca de verlas utilizadas de nuevo que en décadas, advierten expertos y supervivientes. En
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By Haicen Yang and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — When visiting Chongqing for the first time last November, Joshua Guvi was worried that the city he’d seen on social media couldn’t possibly be as cool in real life. Located in a mountainous area of southwestern China, this sprawling metropolis is known for its complex, multilayered
Continue ReadingPor Federico Leiva, CNN en Español Llegó el momento de la definición para el Inter Miami y los Pumas de la UNAM en la Leagues Cup 2025. Para las Garzas será un desafío clave: ganar para no hacer cuentas con la calculadora, mientras que el equipo mexicano necesita los tres puntos y, de ser posible,
Continue ReadingPor Kara Scannell, CNN Numerosas víctimas de Jeffrey Epstein arremetieron contra la “legitimación pública” de su cómplice Ghislaine Maxwell mientras instaban a un juez federal, que considera revelar las transcripciones del jurado investigador, a tomar en cuenta su privacidad al tomar su decisión. Los abogados Brad Edwards y Paul Cassell, quienes representan a numerosas víctimas,
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two dozen people have developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, according to the state’s Department of Health. Florida officials didn’t initially name the milk producer in a bulletin about the outbreak, but later issued a news release linking the infections
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español El Gobierno del presidente Donald Trump exigirá a ciertos solicitantes de visas de no inmigrante pagar un depósito de hasta US$15.000, en el marco de un programa piloto que se implementa en medio de una serie de políticas migratorias restrictivas, entre ellas, requisitos más rigurosos para quienes solicitan visados. La nueva
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — A former Miami Heat security officer has been charged with allegedly stealing and selling millions of dollars worth of team memorabilia, federal officials announced Tuesday. Marcos Thomas Perez worked with the NBA team for five years from 2016 to 2021 and later with the league from 2022 to 2025.
Continue ReadingPor Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El delegado en Tamaulipas de la Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vásquez Reyna, murió el lunes tras un ataque armado en la ciudad de Reynosa, según han informado autoridades federales y locales de México, sin hasta ahora haber detallado cómo ocurrieron los hechos. Vásquez Reyna era
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Sedalia announced in a Tuesday press release that it will inspect another building on Main Street on Wednesday for asbestos. The city is seeking to demolish 209 West Main St. and its neighbor, the release says. A building deemed dangerous at 207 West Main St. has significant damage, and
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Zane Li was nine years old when he got a baby sister – and her arrival plunged the family in a small city in eastern China into crippling debt. Under China’s stringent one-child policy at the time, Li’s parents were fined 100,000 yuan (about $13,900) for having
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By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed Tuesday when a medical transport plane crashed on Navajo Nation land in Arizona, according to tribal police. “The small aircraft was enroute to pick up a patient from a nearby hospital, when the crash occurred,” Navajo Nation Police said on Facebook. The accident took
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon Told ABC 17 News in a statement that voter turnout for Tuesday’s special election is larger than she expected. “It’s slightly higher than what we were expecting. My original estimate was between 8 and 9 percent, and we could potentially be closer to 10 percent,” Lennon said
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end of World War II, the planet is closer to seeing them used again than it has been in decades, experts and survivors are warning. At
Continue ReadingPor Priscilla Alvarez, CNN La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional Kristi Noem anunció el martes una nueva instalación de detención de inmigrantes en Indiana, llamándola “Speedway Slammer”. Se espera que la instalación amplíe el espacio de detención en 1.000 camas, dijo, sin ofrecer detalles adicionales sobre el acuerdo o cuándo comenzará a albergar personas. “Gracias al
Continue ReadingPor Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Nicole Westmoreland, integrante del equipo de defensa de Sean “Diddy” Combs, dijo a CNN en una entrevista exclusiva el martes que el equipo del magnate musical se ha comunicado con el gobierno de Trump sobre un posible indulto tras su condena el mes pasado por dos cargos de transporte con fines
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