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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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mercedes has unveiled a new all-electric concept car, the EQXX, that the company claims can go 620 miles on a single charge. The futuristic luxury car is also made with a host of innovative recycled and sustainable materials including mushroom fibers, ground up cacti and trash such as food scraps.
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By Omar Jimenez and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The Chicago Teachers Union is planning to convene an emergency meeting to vote on whether its teachers should move to virtual teaching amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, according to a union official, setting up a potential “electronic lockout” by the school district. Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN The Trumps moved late Monday to quash subpoenas from the New York attorney general’s office to two of former President Donald Trump‘s children seeking their testimony as part of its civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization manipulated the values of its properties. Lawyers for the former President,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The trailer for Janet Jackson’s forthcoming two-night documentary is “All For You.” That’s if you are someone who has been following her longstanding career and wondering about the intensely private singer and actress. Here are just a few of the moments from the trailer that have folks excited that we
Continue ReadingToday: Warm, southerly flowing winds and sunny sky conditions allow for temperatures to rebound into the upper ’30s. Tonight: Temperatures cool down once again but not nearly as cold as what we saw this past weekend. The overnight lows bottom out into the mid-’20s. Extended: Tuesday looks to be the warmest day of the week
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By Ally Barnard and Jennifer Hauser, CNN A large fire tore through South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town on Sunday, causing the roof of one building to collapse and gutting the chamber of the National Assembly. Images from the scene showed flames shooting out of the top of one building, sending plumes of thick black
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, CNN New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for adults anymore. A new year can bring new excitement and opportunities to grow for kids, too. They can learn to focus on healthy habits and new goals just like adults. New Year’s resolutions can be a beneficial way for kids to get motivated, according to
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) An early morning fire in Ashland destroyed a trailer home along Gerard Drive. According to Southern Boone Fire Protection District Fire Chief James Bullard, a neighbor called in the fire just before 1 a.m. on Monday. An ABC 17 News Crew spoke with a woman at the scene who said she called
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