By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
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By Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN While South Africa’s rugby team has decided not to take a knee before games, former Springbok Bryan Habana says he would have done so if he had the opportunity during his playing days. Male and female rugby players at club and international level chose to take a knee
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By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul CNN Santosh Singh’s earliest memory is of tilling soil on his family’s farm. Now, the 70-year-old farmer’s eyes gleam with pride as he recalls watching his grandson do the same. But Singh hasn’t been home to Punjab for one year since he joined farmers at one of three protest
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN International concern continues to grow for Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who has not been seen in public since making explosive allegations of sexual assault against a top Communist Party official. Peng, 35, one of China’s most recognizable athletes, accused former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex, according
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By Helen Regan, CNN China continues to face pressure over tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared from public life after making explosive allegations of sexual assault against a retired top Communist Party official. Peng, 35, one of China’s most recognizable athletes, accused former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex, according to screenshots
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale and Tara Subramaniam, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy gave the longest House floor speech in US history on Thursday night and Friday morning — an 8-hour, 32-minute address that delayed the passage of a $1.9 trillion Democratic bill to expand the social safety net and fight the climate crisis. The House
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Planning & Zoning Commission approved a new addition Thursday night to a Discovery Parkway development expansion. The development called “The Kitchen” is expected to include retail, residential and outdoor recreation. The idea comes from P1316, a company owned by the Odle family, which developed the nearby Aria Apartments. The Columbia City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team beat Northern Illinois 54-37 on Thursday night. The Tigers are now 2-1 on the season. https://youtu.be/P-FRUU2hIN8 Mizzou finished the game on a 24-5 run in the final 10 minutes of the game. Kobe Brown led the way for the Tigers with 13 points and 13 rebounds. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) statewide COVID-19 dashboard is publishing new data that it finds from “breakthrough infections.” DHSS reports the vaccine remains a strong defense against the virus, and that older age and health co-morbidities are strongly correlated with the “breakthrough infections.” According to DHSS and the Missouri Hospital
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Thursday she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, even as she claimed there were “lots of problems” with the 2020 election that Republican candidates should address. “Painfully, Joe Biden won the election and it’s very painful to watch.
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By Maggie Fox, CNN A fresh look at the possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic points straight back to the Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a scientist who has been studying the pandemic from the beginning asserted Thursday. The researcher, Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona, has put together a
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Bettina Lerman was on a ventilator for weeks after getting Covid-19 and hadn’t responded to doctors’ efforts to wake her from a coma when her family made the difficult decision to take her off of life support. They made funeral arrangements and picked out her casket and headstone as they prepared
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Before retiring as vice premier, Zhang Gaoli was the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics. As the head of a government working group on the Beijing Games, Zhang inspected venue construction sites, visited athletes, unveiled official emblems, and held meeting after meeting to
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Vials found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania that were marked “smallpox” contained virus used to make the vaccine and not the virus that causes the disease, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The CDC confirmed Tuesday that a few vials marked smallpox had been found
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By Eric Cheung, CNN In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan’s legislature and occupying the building with hundreds of students to a senior job for the island’s ruling party. But his story could have been very different if he lived in Hong Kong, where student activists once brought the financial hub
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is opening up about some very relatable parenting experiences. Meghan stopped by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday for an interview that touched on a range of topics, including being a parent to young children. The Sussex’s daughter Lilibet Diana, who was born in in June, is
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Mark Morales and Amir Vera, CNN The jury in the civil trial against organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will begin their second day of deliberations Monday morning. Jurors finished their first day Friday without reaching a verdict. The Unite the Right rally was held over two days
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak is probable for the Tigers senior day matchup with Florida on Saturday at 3 p.m. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz released MU’s injury report on Thursday night. Probable: Connor Bazelak Questionable: N/A Doubtful: N/A Out: Ish Burdine, Bobby Lawrence, Shawn Robinson, Chris Shearin.
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