By Pete Muntean, CNN Business Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass cancellations and delays over Christmas weekend, as staff and crew call out sick amid the Omicron surge. More than 1,200 US flights were canceled and more than 5,000 were delayed Sunday, according to FlightAware.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space. The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on Christmas Day, successfully completed the deployment of its 70-foot (21-meter) sunshield on Tuesday. This critical milestone is one of several that must occur for the NASA observatory to function properly
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By Jennifer Hauser, CNN It was right after Thanksgiving that registered nurse Jennifer Smith got an early morning phone call from John Burley, one of her favorite patients. He was distraught about his beloved dog, Boomer. “I came into work the Monday after Thanksgiving to the phone ringing at 7 a.m.,” Smith told CNN. “John
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Thousands of flights canceled. Back-to-the-office plans shelved. College football bowl games and Broadway shows called off. Shuttered Apple stores in New York City. Covid is once again causing mayhem in the economy. The disruption is different this time, though. Vaccines and boosters are widely available, symptoms from Omicron appear to
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season, the rate of daily Covid-19 cases detected has eclipsed those fueled by the Delta variant over the summer. Covid-19 hospitalizations remain relatively lower than peaks earlier this year, yet the situation may worsen as tens
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN As Omicron grips the world, the only person enjoying frictionless global travel this Christmas is Santa, thanks to his very well-ventilated sleigh. CNN Travel wishes you happy holidays if you’re celebrating and for better times ahead for those missing loved ones this year. Here are the biggest developments in travel this
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Omicron, the highly-contagious COVID-19 variant, has been found in Columbia, Jefferson City, Fulton and other Missouri cities through wastewater surveillance, according to the Department of Health and Senior Services.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s holiday crash counting period started Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and will end Sunday at midnight.
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By Forrest Brown, CNN For awhile there, it appeared we might be able to ring in New Year’s Eve in major cities across the planet with something resembling the huge celebrations of yore. Another Covid-19 surge and the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have dashed those hopes — at least
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TONIGHT: An area of low pressure to our west has south winds surging temperatures well into record territory area wide today. Tonight, that low passes by to our north, bringing many along and north of I-70 a chance at a few showers late tonight. These may linger into the midnight hour, but skies will dry
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By Carma Hassan and Eric Levenson, CNN A Baltimore Police officer who was shot while sitting in her patrol car earlier this month has died, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Officer Keona Holley was removed from life support, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Thursday in a statement posted to Facebook. “Her health has
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By Elizabeth Cohen, Danielle Herman and Justin Lape, CNN For Americans who suffer from weak immune systems, it felt like a miracle occurred on December 8. That day, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized a drug to help keep immune-compromised people from getting infected with the coronavirus. But that joy quickly turned to despair
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By Carma Hassan and Jason Hanna, CNN A Carnival cruise ship that departed Miami has “a small number” of people aboard who have tested positive for Covid-19, and it has been denied entry to ports at two Caribbean islands, the cruise line said. However, the Carnival Freedom ship was granted access to visit Amber Cove
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CHRISTMAS EVE: We’re getting started with a warm start and we’re only going up from here. A few peeks of sunshine will help temperatures top out near 70 this afternoon. Another breezy afternoon will help move the mercury a little more too. TONIGHT: A system will start to take shape moving through tonight. A few
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department this week released a three-hour video of a battle between rioters and the police at the US Capitol Building on January 6 where rioters brandished weapons, officers were viciously beaten, and a member of the mob died on Capitol steps. The assault on the Lower
Continue ReadingBy Michael Nedelman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shortening the isolation time for health care workers who test positive for Covid-19, as it anticipates a surge in hospitalizations due to the Omicron variant. The agency’s new guidelines say health care workers with Covid-19 may return to work
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By David Williams, CNN Carolina Panthers star Christian McCaffrey delivered a Christmas surprise to dozens of military families by paying off their layaway balances. The running back announced through his foundation that he’d worked with the non-profit Pay Away the Layaway to pay the balances at all Army & Air Force Exchange and the Navy
Continue ReadingJack Frost is taking over the northern US for the holiday weekend, delivering heavy snowfall, plummeting temperatures, and a white Christmas to the Pacific Northwest. The northern cold stops short of the southern US, where balmy springlike temperatures will likely break records. An atmospheric river event along the West Coast is packing moisture into the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN We’re about to have eyes on the invisible side of space. The James Webb Space Telescope will be the premier space observatory of the next decade when it launches Saturday. The telescope is expected to launch Saturday morning from French Guiana and live coverage will be available on NASA’s website beginning
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Former President Donald Trump has recently been vocal about the benefits of vaccination against Covid-19 — a position that’s in line with the overwhelming majority of Americans who’ve chosen to get vaccinated, including the bulk of his own party. But those statements may not be enough to persuade the largely Republican-leaning
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