Columbia City Council to discuss roll cart ban on Monday
The Columbia City Council will discuss repealing a ban on roll carts for trash collection.
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Roots N Blues Festival announces 2022 lineup
The Roots N Blues Festival has announced headliners and the lineup for the three-day festival held at Stephens Lake Park.
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Tracking a few showers overnight, mild weekend ahead
TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with showers moving in after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Showers exit early, with clouds gradually diminishing during the day. Highs in the upper 50s to around 60. EXTENDED: Clouds start to move back in tonight ahead of our next front that will bring a chance for some light rain overnight. Those
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Missouri officially shifts into endemic phase of COVID-19
Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced Wednesday that the state would officially move into the endemic phase of the COVID-19 pandemic Friday.
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Tracking showers for the overnight hours
TONIGHT Highs climbing into the mid-50’s under sunny skies will give us further to fall to reach temperatures we felt this morning. Thanks to this and some increasing clouds and showers tonight, temperatures will only drop into the 40’s overnight. That chance for rain will roll through late tonight/early tomorrow. Likely, a little after midnight
Continue Reading‘Parabolic.’ NY jet fuel prices double in the past two weeks to record highs
By Matt Egan, CNN The price of New York Harbor jet fuel has more than doubled in the past two weeks, reaching an all-time high for any US-traded transportation fuel in at least the past 41 years, according to the Oil Price Information Service. The wholesale price for NY jet fuel spiked to $7.57 a
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Critics of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law say it will damage LGBTQ students, parents and teachers
By Alisha Ebrahimji, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Todd and Jeff Delmay know how to fight for the things they cherish most: the right to marry one another and the ability to grow their family. Now the couple, who were one of the first same sex couples to be legally married in 2015 in
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Dayanny De La Cruz: Chef learned to cook standing on a chair at the stove. Now, she is spicing up Miami’s mega sporting events
By Will Edmonds and Jonny Velasquez, CNN When Formula One rolls into Miami in May, the glitz and glamor of motor racing’s premier competition will get a taste of the richness of South Beach’s Latino culture. Miami is often described as the “capital of Latin America.” Spanish is widely spoken and over 70% of residents
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Carlos Alcaraz cements himself as hottest prospect in tennis with first career Masters 1000 title
By Ben Morse, CNN When you’re being praised both by the “King of Clay” and Spanish royalty it’s clear you’re having a special moment. On Sunday, 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz won the Miami Open, beating Casper Ruud in the final to become the youngest winner of the tournament in its 37-year history. After winning his
Continue ReadingBiden says ‘Americans are back to work’ after jobless rate hits new pandemic low
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the March jobs report that showed the US added another 431,000 jobs in March and the American unemployment rate fell to a new pandemic-era low of 3.6%. “Americans are back to work. And that’s good news for millions of families who have a little more breathing room and
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The Ukraine war’s $7 billion hit to global tourism has Middle East hotspots ‘trying to survive’
By Nadeen Ebrahim and Isil Sariyuce, CNN As Russia’s war rages in Ukraine, its impact on the Middle East is beginning to stretch beyond the food shortages that already had some policymakers worried. Home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations and glitziest cities, the Middle East is one of its top tourist destinations. Cities
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A 12-year-old boy was shot dead while eating in a car in New York. Police say it appears he was hit mistakenly in a shootout
By Jason Hanna and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A 12-year-old boy eating in a parked car in New York City was shot dead, and a relative seated with him was seriously injured, as people from two other vehicles exchanged gunfire Thursday night, police said Friday. It appears the boy and his relative, a 20-year-old woman who
Continue ReadingAmerica’s job market is on fire. Here’s why it doesn’t feel like it
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s economic recovery from the historic shock of the pandemic has been nothing short of extraordinary. However, consumers are feeling disparaged as they struggle with rising prices on everything from garden furniture and groceries to gas. Home prices have gone through the roof but with the Federal Reserve raising interest
Continue ReadingMust-watch videos of the week
By Brendan Buckley, CNN Katy Perry played it cool during a wardrobe malfunction, firefighters pulled a stranded pooch from the Los Angeles River, and Will Smith stole the show at the Oscars — for all the wrong reasons. These are your must-watch videos of the week. The slap heard ’round the world Actor Will Smith
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By Brendan Buckley, CNN Katy Perry played it cool during a wardrobe malfunction, firefighters pulled a stranded pooch from the Los Angeles River, and Will Smith stole the show at the Oscars — for all the wrong reasons. These are your must-watch videos of the week. The slap heard ’round the world Actor Will Smith
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By Brendan Buckley, CNN Katy Perry played it cool during a wardrobe malfunction, firefighters pulled a stranded pooch from the Los Angeles River, and Will Smith stole the show at the Oscars — for all the wrong reasons. These are your must-watch videos of the week. The slap heard ’round the world Actor Will Smith
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By Brendan Buckley, CNN Katy Perry played it cool during a wardrobe malfunction, firefighters pulled a stranded pooch from the Los Angeles River, and Will Smith stole the show at the Oscars — for all the wrong reasons. These are your must-watch videos of the week. The slap heard ’round the world Actor Will Smith
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Tracking the coldest morning of the week
FRIDAY We’re shivering a little bit to start but some sunshine will help matters out by this afternoon. Highs will climb into the mid to upper 50’s today TONIGHT Clouds will increase this evening ahead of our next rain chance. Showers will push in shortly after midnight but should depart Saturday morning. Overnight lows will
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Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to feel the strain. As of Friday, there are 16,138 people in the hospital with Covid-19 — fewer than there have ever been since the US Department
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‘He came up with this plan’: Brothers’ confession video shows how Jussie Smollett’s story unraveled
By Eric Levenson, CNN The brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo were kept in Chicago Police detention for nearly two days after they were accused of attacking the “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in a homophobic and racist hate crime. In the 47th hour of that detention, in a small fluorescently lit room painted a bland white,
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