Services for Assistant Fire Chief Bryant Gladney begin Monday
Memorial services will begin Monday for Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Bryant Gladney at the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri’s campus.
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Highway patrol reports eight crash deaths during Christmas counting period
The deaths happened during the patrol’s Christmas counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The 310 crashes troopers investigated represented a slight increase compared to last year, when troopers were sent to 307 crashes, the patrol said in a news release. Ten people were killed last year.
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Tracking higher rain chances this week
TONIGHT: Clouds have returned this afternoon, ahead of our next chance for rain later tonight. Dry weather will stick with us well into the late evening, but showers return shortly after midnight. Temperatures drop into the upper 30’s overnight. TUESDAY: Rain chances build through the early morning hours, becoming widespread by sunrise Tuesday. After a
Continue ReadingJudge schedules January 13 hearing to consider resentencing trucker who was given 110 years in fatal crash
By Ralph Ellis, Ashleigh Killough, Leslie Perrot and Lucy Kafanov , CNN A district court judge in Colorado has scheduled a hearing for January 13 to reconsider the 110-year sentence of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, a truck driver who was convicted in an interstate wreck that killed four people. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King said her
Continue ReadingBiden concedes not enough has been done to expand Covid-19 testing capacity: ‘We have more work to do’
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden, speaking to the nation’s governors, conceded Monday the steps he took earlier this year to scale up testing capacity for Covid-19 weren’t enough to meet demand as a wave driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant crashes across the country. “It’s not enough. It’s clearly not enough. If
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Spirit Airlines to double flight attendant pay through January 4
By Reuters Spirit Airlines flight attendants are receiving double pay on any work through January 4, their union said, as the budget carrier scrambles to keep its schedules intact after U.S. airlines were hammered by a week of mass cancellations. The holiday season has been marred by delayed or canceled flights, causing chaos at most
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Tracking some much-needed rain tonight
TODAY: Clouds have pushed out for a brief window but will return by this afternoon. Temperatures will hold steady in the upper 40’s and low 50’s for much of the day. TONIGHT: Rain chances ramp up overnight and are widespread by the morning. Overnight lows will dip into the upper 30’s. EXTENDED: The rain stays
Continue Reading5 things to know for December 27: Coronavirus, trials, China, Myanmar, LA shooting
By AJ Willingham, CNN Happy Kwanzaa! The cultural holiday, which comes from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza,” meaning “first fruits,” started yesterday and lasts until January 1. 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 Know Today”
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Between Christmas and New Year’s, doctors expect the US Omicron surge to grow
By Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Covid-19 numbers keep soaring as travelers scatter back across the country after Christmas and Americans prepare for another holiday weekend. The US is now averaging 198,404 new Covid-19 cases each day, according to Sunday data from Johns Hopkins University. That’s 47% higher than a week ago and the
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Covid outbreak hits Mediterranean cruise ship MSC Grandiosa
Francesca Street and Livia Borghese, CNN One of the largest cruise ships operating in the Mediterranean has become the latest to be hit by a Covid outbreak amid the current global surge in virus cases. MSC Cruises confirmed 45 Covid positive passengers disembarked from its MSC Grandiosa vessel in the Italian port of Genoa on
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Chinese tech stocks are climbing on the last day of the year. But 2021 has been a bloodbath
By Diksha Madhok and Jill Disis, CNN Business Chinese tech stocks got a big boost in Hong Kong on the last day of the year, but it’s far from enough to make up for what has been a historically tumultuous time for the sector. Shares in tech and internet giants Alibaba, Baidu and Bilibili —
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Top 10 Mid-Missouri sports stories of 2021
ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman and ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones put together a list of the Top 10 Mid-Missouri sports stories of 2021. TOP 10 LIST Mizzou hires Desiree Reed-Francois as athletic directorMizzou fires athletic director Jim SterkNCAA allows student-athletes to profit off their name, image and likenessMizzou football signs record-breaking recruiting classMizzou softball
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The pandemic pushed nearly 100 million people in poverty. They’re struggling to escape
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Dipali Roy couldn’t afford to eat. She and her husband, Pradip Roy, were garment workers in Bangladesh when the Covid-19 pandemic hit last spring, leading to mass layoffs at their factory. Like millions of people around the world, both lost their jobs in the capital city of Dhaka, where they
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Three BTS members test positive for Covid-19
By Gawon Bae and Alaa Elassar, CNN Three members of the K-pop supergroup BTS have tested positive for Covid-19, according to BIGHIT Music statements published on global fan community platform Weverse. The group had recently returned to South Korea from the US, where it kicked off its first tour in two years since the beginning
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Tracking cooler temperatures and chances of rain ahead
Tonight: Scattered showers will continue to exit the region later this evening as winds begin to pick up out of the southeast at 10-15 mph with gusts into the ’30s. The overnight low falls to 42 degrees. Tomorrow: Monday remains calm and quiet as winds calm down by noon. Partly cloudy skies and temperatures into
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Virginia family gets keys to Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the US
By Sara Smart, CNN One Virginia family received the keys to their new 3D-printed home in time for Christmas. The home is Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the nation, according to a Habitat news release. Janet V. Green, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg, told CNN it partnered with Alquist,
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U.S Honor Flag arrives for fallen Boone County firefighter
COLUMBIA,Mo (KMIZ) The U.S. Honor Flag will arrive in Columbia Sunday to Honor fallen firefighter Assistant Chief Bryant Gladney, ahead of visitation and funeral services. The flag is expected to arrive at 4:00 PM in an undisclosed location. The U.S. Honor Flag is not just a regular American Flag. The U.S. Honor Flag has traveled
Continue ReadingCNN anchors share their favorite dishes for the holidays
By Kristen Rogers, Madeline Holcombe and Amanda Sealy, CNN Don Lemon’s Louisiana crawfish étouffée and Brianna Keilar’s chili mac are among the favorite family recipes our CNN anchors love to cook up this time of year — and now they’re showing us how they do it. So grab an apron and join in on the
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