By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018. She didn’t consider herself a climate activist at the time, but soon after that disaster she and her younger siblings and cousins decorated placards and started climate protests in her home city of Kampala, the capital
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN Laurie Bedell feels trapped inside her home and her ailing body. “I pretty much live here in the living room,” Bedell said from her house near Pittsburgh. “I feel like I’ve lost the life that I had.” Last November, she and her family contracted Covid-19. The virus killed her father. Nearly
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Princess Diana lived a life so sensational and so public that it’s no wonder writers and directors have mined it for TV and film since the world first learned her name. Just a 19-year-old aristocrat when she got engaged to Charles, a 20-year-old princess when she became one of the most
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Texas real estate agent who previously claimed she was “definitely not going to jail” for storming the US Capitol on January 6 was sentenced to 60 days behind bars on Thursday — the harshest punishment so far for a rioter who has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN During the final Virginia gubernatorial debate in late September, Republican Glenn Youngkin’s aides knew they had struck campaign gold. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” Democrat Terry McAuliffe said in a line that would soon be taken out of context and spliced into stump speeches
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Jill Biden plans to embark on a “nationwide effort” to encourage Covid-19 vaccinations for children 5 to 11 years old next week, her office announced Friday. On Monday, her office said in a statement, Biden “will kick off a nationwide effort urging parents and guardians to vaccinate kids ages
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Mid-Missourians vouch for new voting districts to be drawn within existing county lines at Thursday morning’s public hearing.
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TONIGHT: Another bright day gets temperatures back into the low-to mid-50’s this afternoon. Skies stay mostly clear after sunset, allowing temperatures to fall off a cliff again tonight. That means yet another frosty start early Friday with temperatures in the low 30’s. Some increased wind may limit frost for some. FRIDAY: We’re into the upper
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN Gunshots rang out Friday as St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was discussing gun violence prevention during a news conference — and she did not flinch. “My son and I fall asleep to the lullaby of gunshots in the distance every night,” Jones said, responding to a question on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some students at the University of Missouri are looking for new housing after the university decided to demolish the building next year. Around 75 people currently live in Manor House, according to the university. The apartments, which are located on Hitt Street, are intended for students who are married or 21 years
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN This morning’s October jobs report is expected to contain good news. An estimated 450,000 jobs were added last month, more than in both September and August. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
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By Eric Levenson and Carma Hassan, CNN A juror was dismissed in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial Thursday morning after he told a joke to a deputy earlier this week about the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The incident occurred when a male juror made a joke about the shooting while being escorted to his car,
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US jobs recovery finally picked up steam again in October, but not everyone is benefiting: Many women who were forced to drop out of the labor force during the pandemic are still on the sidelines. How to get them back could be a question on lawmakers’ minds for years
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats are still negotiating the final details of their sweeping $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package so the House can vote on it soon. The bill would transform the nation’s social safety net despite being whittled down to roughly half its original size amid infighting between the party’s moderate
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Get ready to pay even more for the fun stuff in your grocery cart. Top snack makers Kraft Heinz and Mondelez say they will hike prices for retail customers on varieties of Kraft Mac & Cheese, Jell-O, Bagel Bites, Cool Whip, Toblerone, Sour Patch Kids and other items
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Apple TV+ must really like Tom Hanks, with “Finch” representing the second movie featuring the actor the service scooped up during the pandemic. Like “Greyhound,” this one is in a modest affair that would likely have been hard-pressed to make waves in theaters, casting Hanks in a last-man-on-Earth scenario that’s
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By Pauline Lockwood and Rob Picheta, CNN Police in Western Australia have charged a 36-year-old man in relation to the disappearance of 4-year-old Cleo Smith, who went missing from a campsite on October 16 and was finally found this week after a highly publicized search. The man, who was identified by Australia’s public broadcaster as
Continue Reading By Pauline Lockwood and Rob Picheta, CNN Police in Western Australia have charged a 36-year-old man in relation to the disappearance of 4-year-old Cleo Smith, who went missing from a campsite on October 16 and was finally found this week after a highly publicized search. The man, who was identified by Australia’s public broadcaster as
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Moderna fell short of profit and sales expectations for the third quarter, and the Covid vaccine maker warned that its full year shipments of the vaccine will not meet its forecasts. Shares of Moderna plunged nearly 20% at their low point of the day Thursday and closed down 18% for
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Nintendo has become the latest victim of a global chip shortage that is battering supply chains. The Japanese company reduced its forecast Thursday for sales of its popular Switch console by about 6%. It now expects to sell 24 million units by the end of the fiscal year, which concludes
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