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Salvation Army struggles to find bell ringers this holiday season

November 25, 2021 4:35 PM Zach Boetto

Cederall says the Columbia Salvation Army has 23 bell ringing sites and as of Thursday, it only had five paid ringers.

Two Jefferson City organizations serve more than a thousand dinners to the community

November 25, 2021 9:03 PM Kennedy Miller

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ.) Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and The Salvation Army for Hope in Jefferson City hosted community meals for Thanksgiving. Father Don Antwieler, the pastor for Immaculate Conception Church, says more than 800 people signed up or dined in for a hot meal and more than 50 volunteers helped serve the large crowd.

Peng Shuai: WTA remains ‘deeply concerned’ about Chinese tennis star

November 25, 2021 8:28 PM CNN

By Becky Thompson and Pauline Lockwood, CNN The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) “remains deeply concerned” that Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai “is not free from censorship or coercion.” In an email statement on Saturday, the WTA says CEO Steve Simon has attempted to reach out to Peng “via various communication channels,” including two emails “to

South Africa's health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of the country.

A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn

November 25, 2021 6:22 PM CNN

By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of the country. “Initially it looked like some cluster outbreaks, but from yesterday, the indication came from our scientists from the Network of Genomic Surveillance that they

Tracking a cold start Friday, with a warmer weekend

November 25, 2021 3:25 PM John Ross

BLACK FRIDAY: After a chilly Thanksgiving day, the overnight hours dip even colder. Despite relaxing winds, we keep a slight breeze out of the north and skies remain clear into the first half of the night. The one thing making early Friday more bearable will be a brief lull in wind as winds shift to

Columbia organizations provide Thanksgiving meals for the community

November 25, 2021 7:06 PM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA,Mo (KMIZ) People lined up inside the Columbia Senior Center on Business Loop 70 to eat a hot Thanksgivng meal. Everybody Eats is a tradition that started with former Columbia council woman Almeta Crayton. Every year for more than 20 years she provided Thanksgiving meals to those in need. Crayton passed away in 2013 and

Juvenile suffers life-threatening injury in Columbia shooting

November 25, 2021 3:57 AM Matthew Sanders

Police didn’t give the age of the boy who was shot in the 2600 block of Old 63 S. at about 2 a.m. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.

People returning home from Thanksgiving festivities may encounter travel delays as a series of storms crisscross the country.

Travel weather gets tricky as many return home from Thanksgiving

November 25, 2021 3:05 PM CNN

By Robert Shackelford, Derek Van Dam, Gene Norman, and Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologists Now that your bellies are full and the leftovers are nearly gone, it’s time to warm up the car for that long ride home. People returning home from Thanksgiving festivities may encounter travel delays as a series of storms crisscross the country.

Travel weather gets tricky as many return home from Thanksgiving

November 25, 2021 12:56 PM CNN

By Robert Shackelford, Derek Van Dam, Gene Norman, and Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologists Now that your bellies are full and the leftovers are nearly gone, it’s time to warm up the car for that long ride home. People returning home from Thanksgiving festivities may encounter travel delays as a series of storms crisscross the country.

People wait in the line to clear through the TSA checkpoint at Miami International Airport in Florida on November 24.

Thanksgiving travelers set TSA pandemic record — more than 2.3 million in the air

November 25, 2021 11:44 AM CNN

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN The mass of Thanksgiving travelers has set a new pandemic-era air travel record. The Transportation Security Administration says it screened 2.3 million people (2,311,978) at airports across the country on Wednesday, making it the busiest day at security checkpoints since March 2020. The number is 88% of the

Thanksgiving travelers set pandemic record on Sunday, TSA says

November 25, 2021 11:44 AM CNN

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Thanksgiving travelers have once again set a new pandemic-era air travel record in the United States. Passenger air travel reached a new high of the pandemic on Sunday during the return rush from the holiday. The Transportation Security Administration reported screening 2,451,300 people on Sunday. It was about

Mayor Jim Kenney says the killings are part of a "disturbing trend nationwide."

Philadelphia hits grim record of 500 homicides as leaders stress the victims are more than numbers

November 26, 2021 6:18 AM CNN

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s daytime, and the woman screams, “Call 911! Call 911!” as pedestrians walk down a sidewalk near a South Philadelphia intersection packed with apartments and businesses. Seconds later, she is shot dead, marking the most dubious of milestones. The city witnessed its 500th homicide of 2021 on Wednesday, matching a

A 7 year-old child holds a sticker she received after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Child Health Associates office in Novi

Some teens may get a Covid-19 vaccine booster soon, but younger kids might not get one at all

November 25, 2021 11:25 AM CNN

By Jen Christensen, CNN As more young children are getting their second doses of Covid-19 vaccine, another question is popping up: When will kids and younger teens need a booster shot? Dr. Sean O’Leary, a professor of pediatric infectious disease at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who works with Children’s Hospital Colorado, said

Marjorie Taylor Greene lays out demands for GOP House speaker vote if Republicans retake majority in 2022

November 25, 2021 11:20 AM CNN

By Melanie Zanona and Chandelis Duster, CNN Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, on Thursday laid out demands for a GOP leader to earn her vote for House Speaker if Republicans are able to retake the majority after the 2022 elections and cast doubt on House Minority Leader

Tracking a frigid start to Black Friday before a warm up this weekend

November 25, 2021 10:55 AM John Ross

THANKSGIVING EVENING: After a chilly Thanksgiving day, the overnight hours dip even colder. Despite relaxing winds, we keep a slight breeze out of the north and skies remain clear. Expect a bitter start early Friday with temperatures dropping into the low 20’s, with wind chills possibly in the teens. If you are waiting in any

Hundreds of FedEx packages were found tossed into an Alabama ravine, sheriff says

November 25, 2021 10:49 AM CNN

By Gregory Lemos Hundreds of FedEx packages were discovered discarded in a ravine Wednesday in Blount County, Alabama, some 40 miles northeast of Birmingham, according to the local sheriff’s office. Deputies responded Wednesday afternoon to a ravine on private property, where they discovered 300 to 400 FedEx packages of assorted sizes that appeared to have

French fishermen have said they will block access to the Eurotunnel and English Channel ports in northern France on Friday in protest over post-Brexit fishing rights.

French fishermen threaten to block Channel Tunnel, ports in protest over fishing licenses

November 25, 2021 10:48 AM CNN

By Dalal Mawad and Duarte Mendonça, CNN French fishermen have said they will block access to the Eurotunnel and English Channel ports in northern France on Friday in protest over post-Brexit fishing rights. A post on Thursday from a fishermen’s group on Facebook said they would block ferries in Saint-Malo, Calais and Ouistreham “to denounce

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James is seen at the team's NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers

LeBron James gets fans ejected from courtside on return and hits clutch 3 in Lakers’ OT win

November 25, 2021 10:15 AM CNN

By Jack Bantock, CNN A season-high tally and getting two fans ejected — a return from suspension was always going to make LeBron James the center of attention, but even by his standards, Wednesday night was eventful. The LA Lakers star was back on court for the first time following his second-ever career ejection against

Tracking a chilly Thanksgiving before a weekend warmup

November 25, 2021 2:53 AM Nate Splater

THANKSGIVING DAY: Showers before sunrise with clouds exiting quickly. Highs in the upper 30s; a steady breeze will keep feels-like in the 20s throughout the afternoon. TOMORROW: Cold start for early shoppers with lows in the teens and low 20s. A warmup kicks in with the return of southerly winds and highs reach close to

A field hospital set up by Qatari authorities to treat people infected with the coronavirus Covid-19 is pictured of May 13

Reinfection from Covid-19 is rare, severe disease is even rarer, a study of people in Qatar finds

November 25, 2021 7:27 AM CNN

By Jen Christensen, CNN When people got reinfected with Covid-19, their odds of ending up in the hospital or dying were 90% lower than an initial Covid-19 infection, according to a new study. The study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine found that there were few confirmed reinfections among 353,326 people who