By Christina Maxouris and Alaa Elassar, CNN The US is ringing in the new year amid a Covid-19 surge experts warn is exploding at unprecedented speed and could alter daily life for many Americans during the first month of 2022. “Omicron is truly everywhere,” Dr. Megan Ranney, a professor of emergency medicine at Brown University’s
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Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday accepted former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, which Trump had vowed to rescind if Dunleavy endorses Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. “Please tell the President thank you for the endorsement. With regard to the other issue, please tell the President he has nothing to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team was shorthanded, but the Tigers came together to shock the No. 1 team in the country on Thursday night. MU beat South Carolina 70-69 in overtime. It’s the first time Mizzou has ever taken down the No. 1 team in the nation. https://youtu.be/fSk-Vbb0TPE Lauren Hansen hit the
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Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is reminding the public of several locations in Columbia available to those who need shelter from the extreme cold.
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN American Girl’s latest “Girl of the Year” doll is the line’s first of Chinese descent. The popular doll manufacturer unveiled Corinne Tan, a Chinese American skier, as its 2022 Girl of the Year on Thursday. “Girl of the Year” dolls, which were introduced in 2001, differ from other American Girl dolls
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By Raja Razek, Steve Almasy and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Hundreds of homes have been lost after two wildfires started and grew quickly Thursday as high winds whipped through the Front Range in Colorado, forcing tens of thousands of residents from their homes, the Boulder County sheriff said. Sheriff Joe Pelle estimated 580 homes or other
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, told CNN this week that small gatherings with vaccinated people are the safest bet to keep from getting sick.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Both the House of Representatives and the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to deny former President Donald Trump’s attempt to keep secret more than 700 pages of records that pertain to January 6. RELATED: Why the new legal attack from Trump allies against the
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As people prepare to ring in the New Year, emergency services in Missouri are preparing for the first big winter weather event of the season.
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Millions woke up this morning with a weather whiplash like no other. After ringing in the new year in shorts and flip-flops, those same people are in the deep freeze today. Some even went from 80 degree temperatures one day, to snowfall the next day. Dozens of high temperature records
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies remain this evening as some of the cloud cover from today tries to break apart. Temperatures drop into the middle 30’s. FRIDAY: Our next system approaches Friday, and we warm up big ahead of it. Partly cloudy skies and south winds jump temperatures into the high 50’s. Some may even see
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By Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours. Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her brother and father. Before the
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By Scott McLean and Jo Shelley, CNN From the air, the former Caterpillar factory outside Chicago is sprawling — the size of two dozen football fields. Once a heavy equipment plant, it’s now a hive of activity making a product that has never been in higher demand: medical gloves. The US Medical Glove Company, or
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The flurry of lawsuits filed in recent weeks trying to stop the House January 6 committee’s subpoenas are revealing, in many ways, the opposite: That the House has been largely successful at sweeping up documents for the probe and interviewing dozens of major witnesses. A throughline in many
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By Laura Smith-Spark and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Prince Andrew was barely mentioned in the course of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial in New York. But the fact jurors found her guilty on five of six counts related to her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minor girls can hardly be good news
Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Prince Andrew was barely mentioned in the course of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial in New York. But the fact jurors found her guilty on five of six counts related to her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minor girls can hardly be good news
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Helias (61) Blair Oaks (73) FINAL Jefferson City (52) Union (63) FINAL Chamois (37) Calvary Lutheran (52) FINAL Hallsville (54) North Callaway (34) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Vashon
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ABC 17 Stormtrack meteorologists expect rainfall to begin Friday and temperatures to be at the freezing mark around sunrise on Saturday.
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THURSDAY: Light fog is still persisting for the early afternoon but will fade out as temperatures warm up. Highs top out in the mid-40s. TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. A bit warmer with lows in the low 30s. EXTENDED: We get more sunshine to help out tomorrow, boosting temperatures into the 50’s to end 2021. Starting 2022 will
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