The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,272 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 34% of inpatient and outpatient bed capacity left as of Saturday, the most recent data available. Intensive care units have 24% of capacity remaining, with 309 COVID-19 patients being treated in ICUs statewide.
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is imploring House Republican leaders to do more to tamp down “anti-Muslim hatred” in their ranks. At a news conference Tuesday she played a recording of a harrowing death threat recently left for her by voicemail. Omar, one of only a handful
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ ruling party has conceded defeat in presidential elections, giving victory to leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro and easing fears of another contested vote and violent protests. Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry Asfura of the National Party said in a statement that he had personally
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s daily jump in coronavirus infections has exceeded 5,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic, as a delta-driven surge also pushed hospitalizations and deaths to record highs. Health experts have called for officials to reimpose stricter social distancing rules that
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By Lauren del Valle and Steve Almasy, CNN A woman who testified Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell said she met the close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein and the billionaire businessman when she was 14 and eating ice cream with friends at a camp where he was a benefactor. The woman, identified
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By Whitney Wild, Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is using Jeffrey Clark‘s refusal to answer questions during a recent deposition and failure to hand over subpoenaed documents to the panel to justify its plan to refer the former top
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The presidential candidate from Honduras’ ruling party has conceded that opposition candidate Xiomara Castro won Sunday’s election. Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry Asfura of the National Party said in a statement that he had personally congratulated Castro, despite only about half of the voting place tallies having been
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer in Arizona has been fired after he was accused of fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect who was in a motorized wheelchair and armed with a knife. Police announced at a news conference Tuesday that Tucson Officer Ryan Remington was being terminated for excessive use of force
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer in Arizona has been fired after he was accused of fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect who was in a motorized wheelchair and armed with a knife. Police announced at a news conference Tuesday that Tucson Officer Ryan Remington was being terminated for excessive use of force
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By Joe Chiodo Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — November is lung cancer awareness month. As the month ends, a local man is working to raise awareness and change perceptions here in Kansas City. Don Gallagher is fighting stage 3b lung cancer which has slowly metastisized. He’s also a
Continue Reading VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered a new hearing by the full court on whether to allow the Biden administration’s selective criteria on who should be deported to remain in effect. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Tuesday vacated a Sept. 15 ruling by a three-judge
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By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jeffrey Epstein’s former pilot testified in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial Tuesday that a who’s who of powerful men, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, flew aboard Epstein’s private plane. The pilot, Larry Visoski, said he would typically be given notice if Clinton or high-profile
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say they’re investigating sexual assault allegations involving R&B artist Trey Songz at a Las Vegas Strip hotel. Las Vegas police said in a statement Tuesday that sex crimes detectives are handling a complaint about a Sunday incident involving the singer and actor whose name is Tremaine Neverson.
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By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy summoned GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace for separate meetings Tuesday night, wanting to deliver a simple message amid their bitter and public feud: “Stop it.” His message didn’t seem to take hold. Emerging from her meeting, Greene told CNN that
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy summoned GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace for separate meetings Tuesday night, wanting to deliver a simple message amid their bitter and public feud: “Stop it.” His message didn’t seem to take hold. Emerging from her meeting, Greene told CNN that
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Tucson police officer has been fired after he was accused of fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect who was in a motorized wheelchair and armed with a knife. Police announced at a news conference Tuesday that Officer Ryan Remington was being terminated for excessive use of force as the
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Tucson police officer has been fired after he was accused of fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect who was in a motorized wheelchair and armed with a knife. Police announced at a news conference Tuesday that Officer Ryan Remington was being terminated for excessive use of force as the
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say they’re investigating sexual assault allegations involving R&B artist Trey Songz at a Las Vegas Strip hotel. Las Vegas police said in a statement Tuesday that sex crimes detectives are handling a complaint about a Sunday incident involving the singer and actor whose name is Tremaine Neverson.
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By Chloe Melas and Oliver Darcy, CNN Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News for his first formal interview since discharging a prop firearm that killed a crew member and injured another on the set of “Rust.” The interview was conducted by anchor George Stephanopoulos and took place Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN The death of a University of Nevada Las Vegas student who participated in a fraternity charity boxing match has been ruled a homicide, but criminal charges will not be filed, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Nathan Tyler Valencia, 20, participated in Kappa Sigma fraternity’s “Fight
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