By Daniel Dale, CNN Several news outlets inaccurately reported a key detail of a story told by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the book he released last week, “The Chief’s Chief.” These news outlets got much of the story right: Meadows wrote that then-President Donald Trump had told him one day
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As lives were lost that night, Quigley said he was one of the lucky ones that got his route down early.
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By Ben Morse, CNN The season finale to the Formula One season has gotten a lot of people talking. Some congratulated Max Verstappen following his first drivers’ championship, while others complained about the ending to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. For the man himself, the controversial last few laps to Sunday’s race haven’t dampened the
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and much warmer than normal with lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds and windy with highs in the low to mid-60s. Winds could gust from the south between 25-30 mph. EXTENDED: Gusty winds will begin to die down a bit overnight, but temperatures remain in the lower 40s heading into
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Kentucky’s governor said Monday afternoon that more than 74 people are dead after storms ravaged the state late Friday, including a tornado that flattened much of the small town of Mayfield.
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By Maggie Fox, CNN The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading quickly in several countries where it has been discovered. Even if it causes only mild disease — and that’s far from certain — that could still mean many people end up in the hospital and dying. It’s killed at least one person in the
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The task force said in a news release that it received the assignment at 7 a.m. Monday. The group arrived early Monday in Kentucky, the state hardest hit by the December tornado outbreak that also destroyed an Amazon warehouse in southern Illinois.
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court turned away two emergency requests Monday from health care workers, doctors and nurses in New York to block the state’s vaccine mandate. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented. The dispute arose when three nurses and a group called We the Patriots
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By Liz Stark and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, after an EF-3 tornado caused major structural damage to the building Friday, a spokesman confirmed to CNN. At least six Amazon workers died at the warehouse building collapse.
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The Networks of Mid-Missouri are help with the One for One Holiday Food and Fund Drive. The Food Bank is accepting donations of non-perishable food and money to help it provide food for the hungry. The most-needed items are canned meat/protein, canned fruits and vegetables, beans, rice, cereal, peanut butter, soup and pasta.
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business This article contains spoilers about the first episode of “And Just Like That…” Mr. Big is alive. At least according to Peloton. The Mr. Big character was killed off while riding a Peloton bike in the first episode of Sex and the City reboot, “And Just Like That…,” shocking fans.
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By Brandon Miller, Judson Jones and Ralph Ellis Severe weather struck with a violent intensity this weekend, leaving a wide path of death and destruction across eight states. There were at least 50 reports of tornadoes during the outbreak from late Friday into Saturday in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee, according
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TONIGHT: After yet another warmer than average day, temperatures overnight will stay mild. Expect mostly clear conditions, with temperatures dropping into the mid-40’s. TUESDAY: Skies will cloud up a bit on Tuesday. Some sunshine will likely peak through, but overall mostly cloudy skies are expected. Despite the extra shade, an influx of warmth from southerly
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business This month may be the last chance for high-income savers to take full advantage of the ‘backdoor’ Roth. If the Build Back Better bill, passed by the House in November and now under consideration by the Senate, becomes law, it could limit high-income savers’ options to convert their savings into
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a beating from Mother Nature — rescued a severely injured young girl by carrying her out of harm’s way on an old door. Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Chandler Siris and Sgt. Richard Edwards
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Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney Some of the world’s richest men are squaring off in what’s become a rivalry for the ages — the space race. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, the two richest men on the planet and the CEOs of SpaceX and Blue Origin, respectively, have grand designs on the cosmos. They predict a
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Britain is facing a “tidal wave” of infections from the new Omicron coronavirus variant, ministers have warned, as they sound the alarm on rapid transmission rates in London and across the country. On Monday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the country’s first death of a person with the variant. Health
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Ella Nilsen, CNN As Democrats race to finish the President’s Build Back Better legislation before the Christmas recess and convince a skeptical West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, there are other obstacles piling up that could prevent them from meeting their self-imposed deadline. With fewer than two weeks to go until the
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey, a 25-year veteran of the company, has been hearing it from disgruntled niche beverage fans. “I got a lot of emails about Tab,” Quincey told CNN Business. The complaints follow a striking decision Quincey made last year to slash the company’s portfolio of products in half
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MONDAY: We’re in for a bright start to the workweek around Mid-Missouri. All the pieces, atmospherically, are in place to warm up the next few days. Highs today will make it into the low 60’s with plenty of sunshine around. TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies will remain overhead, but we won’t cool off quite as much.
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