MU Health Care holds second week of a drive-thru flu clinic
MU Health Care is administering flu vaccines again Saturday after the clinic opened last week.
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One person arrested following a disturbance in downtown Columbia
One person has been arrested according to CPD, after police were originally called to South 9th St. around 2:30 a.m. Saturday for reports of a disturbance.
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Tracking a soggy gameday
Today: Showers early before a brief break in the morning. Mizzou kickoff looks soggy with temperatures reaching close to 70 before noon. Another round of storms kicks up by the afternoon and evening with highs in the upper 70s. The most widespread rain will move through near dinnertime and coverage diminishes overnight. Tomorrow: Lingering rain
Continue ReadingFrance has legalized fertility treatments for lesbian and single women. A sperm shortage may slow things down
By Sam Bradpiece and Cyril Vanier, CNN Aurore Foursy describes her first date with Julie Ligot as one of the longest in history. After matching on Tinder, they met up at Julie’s apartment on Friday night and stayed together until Monday. The chemistry was instant. Foursy was a lifelong LGBT activist. Ligot worked in IT.
Continue ReadingAnger over UK quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries
By Nimi Princewill, CNN News that fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries will face mandatory quarantine in the UK, despite a relaxation of the country’s inbound travel rules, has caused an outcry and accusations of discrimination. The UK’s revised travel advisory will take effect on October 4 and visitors from its list
Continue ReadingAnger over UK quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries
By Nimi Princewill, CNN News that fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries will face mandatory quarantine in the UK, despite a relaxation of the country’s inbound travel rules, has caused an outcry and accusations of discrimination. The UK’s revised travel advisory will take effect on October 4 and visitors from its list
Continue ReadingInside Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit bubble, where he’s king of his party but cut off from reality
By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson should be in trouble. There are very real challenges to everyday life unfolding all over Britain. Drivers have been lining up at gas stations hoping to fill their cars, something made difficult by widespread fuel shortages. There are fears that that the cost of heating is about to surge,
Continue Reading‘It doesn’t matter when’: How Biden gave feuding House Democrats an off-ramp
By Jeremy Herb, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN President Joe Biden didn’t travel to Capitol Hill on Friday to close the deal, or to rally the troops through a final legislative gantlet. There was nothing cinematic — or dramatic — about the trip down Pennsylvania Avenue for the 36-year Senate
Continue Reading‘It doesn’t matter when’: How Biden gave feuding House Democrats an off-ramp
By Jeremy Herb, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN President Joe Biden didn’t travel to Capitol Hill on Friday to close the deal, or to rally the troops through a final legislative gantlet. There was nothing cinematic — or dramatic — about the trip down Pennsylvania Avenue for the 36-year Senate
Continue ReadingLouisiana health care provider to charge benefits coverage fee for employees with unvaccinated partners
By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Ochsner Health, Louisiana’s largest non-profit health care system, says it will charge employees enrolled in its 2022 health care benefits program a fee for spouses and domestic partners who are not vaccinated against Covid-19. The fee is similar to what has been in place for tobacco users and
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Covid-19 antiviral pill could be a game changer, but vaccines are still America’s way out of the pandemic, experts say
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A pill that could potentially treat Covid-19 is a “game-changer,” but experts are emphasizing that it’s not an alternative to vaccinations — which remain the most effective path to ending the coronavirus pandemic if enough people get their shots. Roughly 255,767 people are becoming fully vaccinated in the US each day,
Continue ReadingAlabama GOP governor signs bills to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons into law
By Rebekah Riess and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Friday a number of prison infrastructure bills that will use coronavirus relief funds to build new prisons in the state, calling it a “pivotal moment for the trajectory of our state’s criminal justice system.” Ivey, a Republican, had convened a
Continue ReadingChina sends more than three dozen warplanes in skies near Taiwan in largest incursion yet
By Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN China sent 38 warplanes into the skies around Taiwan on Friday, the highest number of Chinese military aircraft to breach the island’s Air Defense Identification Zone in a single day since Taipei began publicly reporting such activities last year, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Friday night. The People’s Liberation
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University of Missouri announces federal funding for students in need
The Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) III grants are part of American Rescue Plan funding tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Car crashes into attached garage in west Columbia
Boone County dispatchers sent a public alert at 7:55 a.m. saying crews are working a crash at West Ash Street and Clinkscales Road. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a car partially covered with a tarp that had crashed into an attached garage.
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Tracking scattered storms this weekend
Tonight: Scattered showers and storms remain throughout the area tonight with the biggest threats being a few strikes of lightning and some brief downpours. The overnight low drops to 66 degrees as winds continue out of the south. Tomorrow: Scattered showers and storms will fire back up late Saturday morning with a chance of becoming
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Justice Sotomayor rejects request to block New York City school vaccine mandate
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a request from a group of New York City teachers to block the city’s vaccine mandate for public school employees. Sotomayor did not refer the request to the other Supreme Court justices, or comment on her action, likely signaling they agreed
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Kamala Harris’ office doing clean-up after exchange with student on Israel
By Jasmine Wright and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’s office is trying to contain the fallout from an exchange earlier this week between the vice president and a student who characterized Israel’s actions toward Palestinians as “an ethnic genocide and a displacement of people.” While visiting a political science class at George Mason
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WATCH: MU Health Care breaks ground on new Children’s Hospital
The hospital is being built on the main MU Health Care campus, adjacent to the University of Missouri campus.
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Scarlett Johansson and Disney agree to end lawsuit
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney is over. On Thursday, the actress and Disney resolved their dispute over the lawsuit that Johansson filed against the company in July. The lawsuit alleged Disney breached her contract by releasing “Black Widow,” a Marvel film starring the actress, on Disney+ on the same day it
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