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Cole County waives fees for rapid COVID-19 antibody tests

September 7, 2021 5:55 AM Zola Crowder

COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Commission voted to waive rapid antibody test fees at the Cole County Health Department during a meeting Tuesday morning. In Missouri the demand for antibody or serology tests has been steadily increasing, despite remaining well below last April’s peak demand. During the week of July 25, the total

227 people were killed defending the environment last year, a new report shows. That’s a record.

September 13, 2021 5:21 AM CNN

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Behind the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic, 227 people were killed last year protecting forests, water and other natural resources under increasing stress from climate change, making 2020 the deadliest year on record for environmental defenders according to a report published Monday. The environmental and human rights watchdog Global Witness gathered

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin invites Elon Musk to his home: 'I already set the teakettle on heat.'

Russian space chief invites Elon Musk to his home: ‘I already set the teakettle on heat’

September 7, 2021 9:36 AM CNN

By Kristin Fisher, CNN Russia’s space chief was watching as billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson blasted into space aboard vehicles they helped fund — and wishing Russian oligarchs would follow suit. “Our millionaires prefer to invest more in yachts rather than in spaceships,” Dmitry Rogozin told CNN in his first interview with Western media

New Orleans businesses survived Katrina and Covid. Now they’re contending with Ida

September 7, 2021 8:50 AM CNN

By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Wayne Encalarde’s utility truck and trailer were parked in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward 16 years ago when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters ravaged the city and all but completely destroyed the neighborhood. The 68-year-old, a plumber and owner of the local Wayne Jude Encalarde plumbing and public works business, says the deadly

The Duchess of Cornwall has become patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center

September 7, 2021 8:43 AM CNN

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the country’s largest city. The Duchess, 74, has long campaigned against domestic abuse and sexual violence and said she is “delighted to become Patron of the Mirabel Center in Lagos,” which was founded in

Michael K. Williams, ‘Wire’ actor, found dead

September 7, 2021 4:25 PM CNN

By Mark Morales and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Michael K. Williams, an actor best known for his role as Omar Little on HBO’s “The Wire,” has died. He was 54. Williams was found dead in his New York City apartment Monday afternoon, a law enforcement official told CNN. Investigators found drug paraphernalia near his body, the

Tracking an end to this warmer weather

September 7, 2021 2:50 AM Kevin Schneider

TUESDAY: It’ll stay warm this afternoon. Highs will top out in the low 90’s with a steady southerly breeze throughout the day. A front looming to our north–keeping the breeze around–will start to move through this afternoon. We might have just enough to kick up a few showers and storms this evening. Anytime between 5-6

Mandates and testing among Biden’s plans to combat Delta surge

September 9, 2021 8:08 AM CNN

By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden, entering autumn with coronavirus still wreaking havoc on the nation’s health and economy, will push for new vaccine mandates and testing programs as part of a revamped approach to ending the pandemic. The six-pronged plan Biden is set to unveil Thursday afternoon was still being

Southern Boone High School closed Tuesday for a deep clean after student tests positive for COVID-19.

Southern Boone School District returns Tuesday with COVID-19 safety measures

September 7, 2021 4:00 AM Meghan Drakas

ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southern Boone School District is returning on Tuesday with an outlined plan of COVID-19 safety measures in place for students and staff. In the plan, the district says it has been consulting with the CDC and the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services to make its safety plan

Europe experienced its hottest summer on record this year. Flames burn near the Greek village of Limni

This summer was Europe’s hottest on record as Mediterranean heat soared

September 7, 2021 6:41 AM CNN

By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor Europe experienced its hottest summer on record this year and temperatures in the Mediterranean smashed records by large margins, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Tuesday. Like much of the Northern Hemisphere, Europe was battered by extreme weather events over recent months, including record levels of rain

A teacher lectures students at a university in Afghanistan's capital on September 7.

They wanted a new life in America. Instead they were killed by the US military

September 14, 2021 9:19 PM CNN

By Sandi Sidhu, Julia Hollingsworth, Anna Coren, Abdul Basir Bina and Ahmet Mengli, CNN To the United States military, he was an ISIS-K facilitator they feared was involved in a plot to attack Kabul’s international airport. To his family and colleagues at a US nonprofit, 43-year-old Zamarai Ahmadi was an aid worker applying for a

Russian space chief invites Elon Musk to his home: ‘I already set the teakettle on heat’

September 7, 2021 9:36 AM CNN

By Kristin Fisher, CNN Russia’s space chief was watching as billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson blasted into space aboard vehicles they helped fund — and wishing Russian oligarchs would follow suit. “Our millionaires prefer to invest more in yachts rather than in spaceships,” Dmitry Rogozin told CNN in his first interview with Western media