Today: A nice change in pace for Central Missouri weather as warm southerly flowing winds and sunshine help warm us into the mid-’40s. Winds remain gusty sustained at 15-20 mph. Tonight: A cold front slides in from the northwest late tonight helping aid a cooldown with lows back into the lower ’20s. Winds slowly shift
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Israel’s first known case of a person infected with Covid-19 and the flu has been detected, the country’s Ministry of Health confirmed to CNN on Tuesday, raising questions over how the two viruses might impact someone who contracts them at the same time. The patient, an unvaccinated pregnant woman in
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Stephens in a news release attributed the decision to move courses online to a nationwide increase of COVID-19, specifically of the omicron variant.
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jimmy Fallon is opening up about his experience with Covid-19. The ‘Tonight Show’ host wrote on Instagram that he tested positive “on the first day of our holiday break” but only experienced “mild symptoms.” Fallon said he is vaccinated and has had a booster. “Thank you to the doctors and nurses
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Opinion by Jessica A. Roth for CNN Business Perspectives After three months of testimony and seven days of deliberations, the jurors in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes found her guilty on four charges of defrauding investors. But she was acquitted of four other charges related to the alleged scheme to defraud patients, and the jury
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the federal government is doubling the US’ order for Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, which has been shown to reduce hospitalizations and severe illness significantly. “Production is in full swing. The United States has more pills than any other country in the world and
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The early week storm — that brought up to a foot of snow in some places in the east and stranded motorists on a major interstate — has pushed off the East Coast. Now another system — that hasn’t formed quite yet — will round out the week with additional
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By Stella Chan, CNN A set of California twins born 15 minutes apart are already distinguishing themselves with different birthdays. Big brother Alfredo Antonio Trujillo was born on New Year’s Eve while his sister, Aylin Yolanda Trujillo, made her debut on January 1 at exactly midnight, according to Natividad Medical Center in Monterey County. Identical
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A record 4.5 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This pushed the quits rate to 3%, matching the high from September. Workers were most likely to quit their jobs in the hospitality industry, which had by far the highest quits rate
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By Niamh Kennedy and Jack Guy, CNN A leading expert who helped create the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine said Tuesday that giving everyone in the world booster shots multiple times a year is not feasible. “We can’t vaccinate the planet every four to six months. It’s not sustainable or affordable,” Professor Andrew Pollard, the director of
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business You can no longer use that old BlackBerry phone sitting at the bottom of your drawer somewhere. On Tuesday, the company will stop running support for its classic devices running BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. This means all of its older devices not running on Android software will
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to update its guidance on the recommended isolation period imminently, according to a source familiar with the plan. The agency, which could provide the update as soon as Tuesday, has faced pressure over the last week from outside medical experts to
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TUESDAY: We’re off to a warmer start and some more added sunshine will help matters out this afternoon. Temperatures will top out in the 40’s later today but that breeze will pick up. Gusts out of the south up to 30 mph will be something to contend with. TONIGHT: Temperatures will stay fairly mild, in
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN It’s a winning streak that just won’t quit. For the fifth year in a row, the Mediterranean diet was first across the finish line in the annual race for best diet, according to ratings announced Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. Coming in a close second, in a tie: The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will return to the classroom Tuesday from winter break after the school district announced masks will no longer be required. The Columbia Board of Education voted on Dec. 13 to no longer require students and staff to wear face masks. In an email sent late last month to families,
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Stocks certainly started off the year on a positive note. The Dow and the S&P both closed out the first trading day of the year at all-time highs. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Stocks certainly started off the year on a positive note. The Dow and the S&P both closed out the first trading day of the year at all-time highs. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
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By Kelly McCleary and Joe Sutton, CNN Drivers were stranded for hours on a major interstate Monday night after a severe winter storm caused a massive backup — and authorities scrambled to clear a path. “We wish we had a timetable, ETA or an educated guess on when travel will resume on I-95,” the Virginia
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By Deidre McPhillips and Derrick Hinds, CNN More than 103,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, the first time the total has reached six figures in nearly four months, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Covid-19 hospitalizations reached a record high of more than 142,000 about a
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster on Wednesday to include children as young as 12, at least five months after they finish the primary vaccine series. On Monday, the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine boosters
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