By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Jasmine Moorman is having a difficult week. The single mother of five is trying to sort out a logistical mess. She has to take her three oldest children to and from school because their bus driver is out, making her late to her job administering Covid-19 tests. Her sons stay
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said publicly and privately in the days following the deadly riots at the US Capitol that President Donald Trump admitted personally bearing some responsibility for the attack — one of several reasons why the select committee on January 6 wants to hear from
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A family escapes a house fire thanks to a boy’s quick thinking, Jimmy Kimmel has a touching moment, and an Uber driver helps a stranded teen in need. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Child saves his family A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A family escapes a house fire thanks to a boy’s quick thinking, Jimmy Kimmel has a touching moment, and an Uber driver helps a stranded teen in need. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Child saves his family A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A family escapes a house fire thanks to a boy’s quick thinking, Jimmy Kimmel has a touching moment, and an Uber driver helps a stranded teen in need. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Child saves his family A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A family escapes a house fire thanks to a boy’s quick thinking, Jimmy Kimmel has a touching moment, and an Uber driver helps a stranded teen in need. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Child saves his family A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Jeremy Herb, CNN The US has information that indicates Russia has prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine, a US official told CNN on Friday, in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion. The official said the US has evidence that the operatives
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist, and Alanne Orjoux A massive system that’s dumping several inches of snow on the central US is expected to move toward the southeast later Saturday, prompting the governors of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to declare emergencies ahead of a crippling ice and snow event. More than 65
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Maegan Vazquez and Tami Luhby, CNN The federal government has quietly launched its website to sign up for free Covid-19 tests, allowing people to order a maximum of four tests shipped directly to their household. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Tuesday that the government website to order free Covid-19 tests
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The stock market boom has created an insatiable appetite for exchange-traded funds, which make it easy for traders to invest in many of the world’s top companies all at once. That’s great news for BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager. BlackRock, owner of the popular iShares family of
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FRIDAY Clouds are on the increase and could get low enough to reduce visibility along and north of HWY 24 this morning. We’ll manage to stay dry until showers start to move in this afternoon. Highs will top out in the low to mid 40’s. TONIGHT Temperatures will cool off overnight. Enough that the rain
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN The Justice Department on Thursday announced the first sedition charges related to the January 6 insurrection, a watershed moment in the year-long investigation. The case revolves around the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group, and its leader Stewart Rhodes. Many of the defendants were already facing charges for storming the US
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The American Red Cross is set to partner with both the Columbia Police Department and the Boone County Sheriff’s Office to host the annual Molly Bowden Blood Drive, set to take place Saturday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
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By Amanda Watts and Jennifer Henderson, CNN As a massive winter storm takes aim starting Friday at much of the eastern US, officials from the Southeast to New England are preparing for what could be crippling ice and heavy snow. More than 50 million people from the Midwest eastward are under winter weather alerts as
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera and Chris Boyette, CNN Oklahoma City hospitals are short of staff and overwhelmed, with no ICU or inpatient beds available as the Omicron variant causes a surge of Covid-19 patients, according to an open letter from leaders of the city’s four major health care systems. “Our emergency departments are overflowing. Our caregivers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mizzou spokesperson has confirmed with ABC17 Sports that cornerbacks coach Aaron Fletcher has resigned from his position. They could not confirm where he was headed, but reports said he will serve as Arizona State’s defensive backs coach. Fletcher’s departure comes about a week after fellow defensive backs coach Charlie Harbison announced
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