Jefferson City Board of Education to discuss district’s back-to-school plan
The Jefferson City Board of Education is set to meet Thursday at 6 p.m. to discuss the district’s back-to-school plan, among other topics.
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The Murdaugh family saga: a tangled web of secrets and murder
By Faith Karimi, CNN A powerful family. A deadly boating accident. Two mysterious slayings. Drug addiction, stolen money and a botched shooting in an alleged insurance fraud scheme. It sounds like someone took a list of sordid elements and stuffed them all into a crime thriller so twisty it could only be fiction. But the
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DHS warns of potential for violence surrounding the ‘Justice for J6’ rally in intelligence brief
By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday about the potential for violence from people involved in or opposed to the “Justice for J6” rally planned for Saturday, according to an unclassified intelligence briefing that was shared with state and local authorities and obtained by CNN. The memo also warned of potential
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Italy to mandate Covid-19 ‘Green Pass’ for all workers
By Sarah Dean and Nicolo Ruotolo, CNN The Italian government has approved a decree making it mandatory for all public and private sector workers to show proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza told a news conference on Thursday. The rule was decided at a cabinet
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White House has told governors how many Afghan refugees they can expect to be resettled
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The White House has informed governors about the number of Afghan refugees they can expect to be resettled in their states in coming weeks, an administration official told CNN Thursday. Former Delaware governor Jack Markell and former FEMA acting head Bob Fenton, who are overseeing the resettlement efforts, Homeland Security Secretary
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Angry and afraid, Afghanistan’s LGBTQ community say they’re being hunted down after Taliban takeover
By Ben Westcott, CNN Growing up as a teenager in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi felt lucky. Despite being born in a country with a long history of discrimination against its LGBTQ people, Balkhi’s family accepted her as a lesbian. Now Balkhi says that rare acceptance has put all their lives at risk, as the new Taliban
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The ozone hole over the South Pole is now bigger than Antarctica
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The hole in the ozone that forms every year over the South Pole is now larger than Antarctica, scientists from the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thursday. The ozone depletes and forms a hole over the Antarctic in the Southern Hemisphere’s spring, which is from August to October. It
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‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ isn’t as good as Jessica Chastain’s performance
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The stars outshine the movie in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” a dazzling showcase for Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield as Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker in a dutiful, somewhat disjointed chronicle of how the televangelists amassed great wealth before his disgraced fall. While it’s not a landslide vote, thanks
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New health director on coronavirus in kids: ‘Delta variant is vastly different than the alpha variant’
The new health director from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Donald Kauerauf, said the delta variant of COVID-19 is affecting children “vastly” different than the alpha variant and should be treated as an entirely new disease.
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97% of United Airlines employees are now vaccinated
By Pete Muntean and Chris Isidore, CNN Business With just five days until United Airlines will start putting unvaccinated US employees on leave, the company says 97% of workers have complied with its mandate. “United will start the separation process as early as September 28,” confirmed spokesperson Leslie Scott, who noted that only a “small
Continue Reading Jaw-dropping moments in WSJ’s bombshell Facebook investigation
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business This week the Wall Street Journal released a series of scathing articles about Facebook, citing leaked internal documents that detail in remarkably frank terms how the company is not only well aware of its platforms’ negative effects on users but also how it has repeatedly failed to address them. There’s
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Local highlights and scores: Sept. 15, 2021
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS SOCCER Smith-Cotton (3) Hickman (4) FINAL Gateway Legacy Sr. High (9) Helias (1) FINAL HS SOFTBALL Helias (0) Blair Oaks (9) FINAL Father Tolton (11) St. Francis Borgia (0) FINAL
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Dizzying glass box observatory to open high above New York
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Why settle for one sky-high attraction when you can have three inside one building? That certainly seems to be the thinking behind Summit One Vanderbilt, which is set to open at Manhattan’s One Vanderbilt tower on October 21. Billed as the “world’s most immersive observatory experience,” New York’s latest observation deck features
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ISIS chief in Sahara killed by French forces, Macron says
By Joseph Ataman and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN French forces have killed Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), in a drone strike, the French government announced on Thursday. Al Sahroui succumbed to his wounds, suffered in a strike on a motorbike carrying two people during a French-led
Continue Reading Biden announces global goal to reduce planet-warming methane emissions
By Ella Nilsen and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden announced the United States and European Union have launched a global pledge to reduce emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — by nearly 30% by the end of the decade. Biden made the announcement Friday morning during the Major Economies Forum, a virtual,
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The winner of ‘America’s Got Talent’ is …
By Chloe Melas, CNN “America’s Got Talent” has crowned another winner. Dustin Tavella, 35, was named the Season 16 winner of “America’s Got Talent” on Wednesday night. Tavella is the third magician to ever win the series and. He walked away with $1 million dollar prize and will headline a show at the Luxor Hotel
Continue ReadingA Florida chiropractor signed hundreds of mask exemption forms for students. Now, the district has tightened its mask policy
By Randi Kaye and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A school district in Sarasota County, Florida, has tightened its mask policy after a chiropractor signed hundreds of medical exemption forms that allowed students to opt out of wearing masks in schools, officials said. The Sarasota County School Board had voted in August to implement a 90-day mandatory
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FDA vaccine advisers vote to recommend booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine in people 65 and older and those at high risk
By Maggie Fox, Jamie Gumbrecht and Jacqueline Howard, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Pfizer’s vaccine to people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe Covid-19 six months after they get their first two shots. But
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Tracking summer-like heat to end the week
TODAY: Sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 80s. TOMORROW: Highs continue to rise close to 90 degrees on Friday. Be sure to stay hydrated! EXTENDED: High pressure will build and bring more moisture into central Missouri over the next few days. The heat index will likely rise into the low 90s Saturday and
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5 things to know for September 16: Covid-19, law enforcement, Nassar, US debt, China
By AJ Willingham, CNN It is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The Jewish holy day began last night at sundown and is considered the most important and sacred of Jewish religious holidays. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
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