COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri leaders sent an email to employees Tuesday warning of the possibility that workers will be required to get vaccinated as soon as December. President Joe Biden’s executive order requires those with federal contracts to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine by Dec. 8. At the same time, an executive order from
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Voters in Texas have pushed back against pandemic restrictions on nursing home visits and worship services. A pair of constitutional amendments approved Tuesday would prohibit government officials from limiting religious services or preventing nursing home residents from having visitors. Both passed with significant support, about a year after some
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN After a year of contentious debates over mask mandates, social distancing rules and curriculums regarding race, new candidates challenged incumbent school board members Tuesday in elections across the country. Usually elected and unpaid, members of school boards found themselves on the front line of Covid politics and culture wars. Protests have
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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are blending finger-pointing, optimism and a renewed push to unstick their stalled legislative agenda as they scramble for Election Day lessons from a jolting loss in Virginia and a closer than expected win in New Jersey. Barely a year ago, they snatched unfettered control of the
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are blending finger-pointing, optimism and a renewed push to unstick their stalled legislative agenda as they scramble for Election Day lessons from a jolting loss in Virginia and a closer than expected win in New Jersey. Barely a year ago, they snatched unfettered control of the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find the current economy a bit confusing, don’t worry: So does the nation’s top economic official, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At a news conference, Powell said the Fed was sticking by its bedrock economic forecast: COVID-19 will eventually fade, which, in turn, will
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find the current economy a bit confusing, don’t worry: So does the nation’s top economic official, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At a news conference, Powell said the Fed was sticking by its bedrock economic forecast: COVID-19 will eventually fade, which, in turn, will
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By Dan Merica, CNN If there was a silver lining for Democrats’ disastrous Tuesday night, it was learning a year ahead of time just how imperiled their hold on power really is. Democrats suffered a demoralizing defeat in Virginia, losing all three top statewide offices in a commonwealth that President Joe Biden won by 10
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A lawsuit says leaders of a northern Mississippi city were motivated by anti-Muslim prejudice when they rejected a zoning request for what would be the first mosque in the area. American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi filed suit Wednesday on behalf of two men who
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By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Christina Maxouris, CNN After a long and contentious jury selection process in a coastal Georgia county in preparation for the trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s killing, a panel of 12 people was chosen Wednesday — consisting of one Black member and 11 White members. The jury was selected after
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Ya sea que tengas una pequeña o mediana empresa, o que seas un artesano o un vendedor particular, Amazon te ofrece la posibilidad de vender tus productos en México, Estados Unidos y Canadá. Actualmente el gigante del comercio electrónico cuenta con más de 50 millones de productos disponibles en
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By Tina Burnside, CNN Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was traveling more than 150 mph — his alcohol level more than twice the legal limit — before his car rear-ended another car, killing a 23-year-old woman, prosecutors said. The Raiders released Ruggs on Tuesday night after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have added paid family and medical leave, immigration law changes and a state-and-local tax break to President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social services and environmental bill. After dismal overnight election results, they finished up the overall package Wednesday and
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Al menos 20 países han acordado poner fin al financiamiento de los proyectos de combustible fósil en el extrerior, dijo un funcionario del Gobierno de Reino Unido a CNN, en un acuerdo que se espera que se anuncie el jueves en el marco de la cumbre climática COP26. Otra fuente cercana
Continue Reading CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule. The opening of the probe was announced by ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan at the end of a three-day trip to Caracas. Kahn said he was aware of the
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says that talks between world powers and Iran to revive the troubled 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume in Vienna on Nov. 29. The EU said that the meeting of the commission of the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will be attended by high-level officials from Iran, China,
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company has finally been ordered to jail, a year after he was extradited from Spain but offered to turn state’s evidence against other former officials. Emilio Lozoya served as director of the state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos under former president Enrique Peña Nieto. Lozoya
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has won reelection over Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Murphy eked out a victory that spared Democrats the loss of a second gubernatorial seat. He’s the state’s first Democratic governor to get a second straight term in 44 years. Former Assembly member
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters are battling a house fire in the Lake of the Ozarks. Lake Ozark Fire Protection District crews are assisting the assisting Osage Beach Fire Protection District with a large structure fire. The Lake Ozark Fire Protection District reports a battalion chief, an engine and a fireboat are on scene supporting
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER, NOMAAN MERCHANT and BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has released hundreds of pages of newly declassified documents about its long effort to explore connections between the Saudi government and the Sept. 11 attacks. The records reveal the scope of a strenuous but ultimately fruitless investigation whose outcome many
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