COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Mizzou football players entered the transfer portal on Monday. Daniel Parker Jr.Messiah SwinsonIsh BurdineChris Shearin The Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-6 record. MU will find out its bowl destination on Sunday, Dec. 5.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is suing the Department of Defense for not clearing his book manuscript for publication, after the agency told Esper he needed to take out parts of the book about his time working under then-President Donald Trump. Esper’s disputes with the agency happened
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration is coordinating with Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to develop contingency plans in the event future coronavirus vaccines need to be modified, including to fight the Omicron variant, the White House’s Covid-19 response coordinator said Tuesday. In the first briefing from the White House’s Covid-19 team since
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By Miguel Marquez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Matthew Davidson’s death was not unique. It was just one of more than 100,000 deaths to drug overdoses in the US from May 2020 to April 2021 — a record while the country was gripped by the pandemic. His life mirrored those of many people trapped by addiction
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Joy Behar offered up some life advice that was not well received by some. During a recent episode of “The View,” the comic weighed in on a conversation about talking politics over Thanksgiving dinner. Behar suggested that gay people who haven’t come out to their families yet do so. “I’d
Continue ReadingBy Evan McMorris-Santoro and Yon Pomrenze, CNN Kelsey and Chris Waits moved to Hastings, Minnesota, to build a dream home for themselves and their two children. Chris had a promising job opportunity when he left the Navy but it was the neighborhood that drew them in. “Kelsey said, ‘Well, I hope the interview went well
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Monday through Friday this week there will be limited access to the Jefferson City Animal Shelter due to staffing issues.
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans have noticed that an episode of the Simpsons that features a scene in Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong. In the 2005 episode “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” the family travels to China to adopt a baby. The Simpsons clan stops in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where they
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By Faith Karimi, CNN The naming of the new coronavirus variant Omicron is causing some confusion. Since May the World Health Organization has been using letters of the Greek alphabet, in order, to name coronavirus variants. Delta was the most dominant one, followed by eight others — including Epsilon, Iota and Lambda — that so
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked fellow House Republican Nancy Mace on Tuesday, after Mace condemned inflammatory and anti-Muslim comments made by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert. On Twitter, Greene told Mace to “back up off” Boebert, while accusing Mace of not being conservative and attacking her as “the trash in the
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By Marianne Garvey Rita Moreno will be back on the big screen in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story,” next month. It’s another milestone for Moreno, soon 90, who rose to fame for her role as Anita in the original musical film in 1961. Her performance in the film also earned her an Academy
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By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The central European country of Poland and the central African nation of Niger were among four new additions to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “very high” risk travel category on Tuesday. The weekly update, which was delayed by the Thanksgiving holiday from its usual release
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By Tierney Sneed A federal judge in Missouri issued an order Monday partially blocking the Biden administration from implementing a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers. The judge’s order, which covers the 10 states that brought the case, played down the effectiveness of the vaccines and said that the “public would suffer little, if
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MONDAY: Mostly clear skies at morning will stick around this afternoon. Sunny skies, and a southwest breeze will partner to bring temperatures into the low 60’s for highs this afternoon. TONIGHT: A passing system to our northeast will bring a weak front through late tonight that changes our wind direction on Tuesday. EXTENDED: A north
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schnitt is set to hold a 12:30 p.m. news conference after a federal judge temporarily halted a coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers.
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN When Mick Sturla left for vacation to South Africa, he had no idea his eight-day stay at a safari lodge would turn into a mad dash to get back home to the United Kingdom and involve sleeping in a rental car underneath an airport terminal due to new and evolving restrictions
Continue ReadingBy Brad Parks, Omar Jimenez, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in jail, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $120,000 and a $25,000 fine for making false reports to police that he was the victim of
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN As the world waits to learn how the Omicron variant might impact the global Covid-19 pandemic, it’s easy to get caught up in the unknowns. Instead, health officials are reminding us of the simple yet effective tools we all have to combat the virus. Here’s a refresher on how to protect
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Jack Dorsey, the cofounder and public face of Twitter, will step down from his role as CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Monday. Dorsey will remain a member of Twitter’s board until at least next year. Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief technology officer, will take over as CEO. “I’ve decided to
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Biden’s speech will be more of a reassurance not to panic as scientists evaluate the threat than a specific update on the variant itself. He’s expected to push Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and promote booster shots for those who are already full vaccinated.
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