By Kelly McCleary and Joe Sutton, CNN Drivers were stranded for hours on a major interstate Monday night after a severe winter storm caused a massive backup — and authorities scrambled to clear a path. “We wish we had a timetable, ETA or an educated guess on when travel will resume on I-95,” the Virginia
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By Deidre McPhillips and Derrick Hinds, CNN More than 103,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, the first time the total has reached six figures in nearly four months, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Covid-19 hospitalizations reached a record high of more than 142,000 about a
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster on Wednesday to include children as young as 12, at least five months after they finish the primary vaccine series. On Monday, the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine boosters
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By Brian Stelter and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. In an earlier era, journalists might have made certain assumptions about the aftermath of a violent attack on the Capitol. They might have expected unanimous condemnation and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team has postponed its SEC home opener due to COVID-19 concerns. A team spokesperson made the announcement on Monday. The Tigers will no longer host Mississippi State on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The spokesperson said in a release, “The University of Missouri men’s basketball game against Mississippi State
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By Brian Fung, CNN AT&T and Verizon have agreed to postpone their planned rollouts of 5G infrastructure near airports by two weeks, averting — for now — feared widespread disruptions to air travel and shipping as well as a potential legal battle over the matter. Both carriers confirmed late Monday evening that they will hold
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday will make brief remarks addressing the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the US and the steps his administration is taking to address it, according to the White House. “The President will meet with his Covid-19 Response Team to receive an update
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With the recent surge and the end of the holidays, some Mid-Missourians are now going to the clinics seeking COVID -19 testing.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline has been altered to better reflect the story’s content. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Freezing temperatures are certainly not the only concern this winter. Nationwide, communities are dealing with the likeliness of yet another surge and as students head back to school after the winter break a lack of mask mandtes in Missouri
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Editor’s Note: The jury has now returned a verdict in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes. Read the full story here. The jury tasked with determining the fate of Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos in her criminal trial, said that it remains
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas on Monday ruled against the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for members of the military in a decision that took aim at how the Navy’s policies handled those who sought religious exemptions from receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. US District Judge Reed O’Connor issued a preliminary order blocking
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization for booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 Monday. The agency also shaved four weeks off the waiting period for the booster after the administration of the second dose, from at least six months to at
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By Sana Noor Haq and Katharina Krebs, CNN Ukraine‘s minister of culture has been watching Netflix series “Emily in Paris” — and he’s not happy. Oleksandr Tkachenko shared his frustration about the “offensive” way in which Petra, a Ukrainian character, is portrayed in season 2 of the show, which debuted on Netflix in December. The
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By Taylor Romine, CNN A federal judge in New York on Monday dismissed charges against two Bureau of Prisons guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in 2019, court documents show. US District Court Judge Analisa Torres ordered the charges dropped against guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street is having a topsy-turvy moment. Long-term Treasury yields have shot up dramatically, and investors in stocks are cheering the bond market’s big moves. That doesn’t happen often. So what gives? Rising rates are supposed to be a bad sign for stocks. In theory, higher yields for
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The first trading day of the year featured a major milestone for Corporate America and financial markets. What’s happening: On Monday, Apple became the first public company to reach a market value of $3 trillion when its shares briefly hit an all-time high. For comparison, the entire UK economy is
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN Eric Adams has started his tenure as New York City mayor by rejecting a request from the city’s largest teachers’ union to temporarily move public schools to remote learning, capping off a frenetic first 72 hours of his administration. Adams’ focus on keeping children in-person for school — even in the
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies this evening will persist through the night into Tuesday morning. Temperatures return to sub-freezing territory, meaning what melted today will re-freeze. TUESDAY: Temperatures climb back into the mid 40’s (a few degrees above average) on Tuesday, further thawing any lingering snow and ice. Sunshine dominates early, with added clouds returning in
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By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Facebook has blocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from posting on its platform for 24 hours, the Georgia Republican said Monday. The congresswoman reacted to the temporary Facebook ban through her Telegram account, writing, “Facebook has joined Twitter in censoring me.” A spokesperson for Meta, Facebook’s parent company, said Facebook removed one
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN After spending two months in a coma due to Covid-19 earlier this year, a California woman is urging people to get vaccinated. Andrea Arriaga Borges of Cameron Park was unvaccinated when she got sick with Covid-19, she told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Monday. The mother of five tested positive in May
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