By Ben Westcott, CNN Singapore has warned it may need to reimpose Covid-19 restrictions if a new outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant is not contained, putting at risk the city’s shift towards living with the virus. The number of new Covid-19 infections in Singapore doubled in the past week, according to the country’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More Individuals are getting out on the roads to take holiday trips. Missouri State Highway Patrol tweeted that if holiday plans involve drinking, to get a sober driver. Andy Strubel is a Columbia resident. He said that he heard from family that the travel is not as easy as one might expect.
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender may have been a watershed moment for cryptocurrencies. But in the United States, even though you can use crypto to buy and sell products or services, don’t think for a minute that makes it just like cash — at least not if
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Here are the local scores from Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. You can watch the highlights at 10 p.m. on ABC 17! HS SOFTBALL Southern Boone 4 | Tolton 11 FINAL Hannibal 2 | Fulton 10 FINAL We will continue to update this story throughout the night.
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By Amanda Jackson, Carma Hassan and Rachel Webb, CNN A 6-year-old girl was fatally injured while riding an amusement park ride in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, according to the Garfield County Coroner’s Office. The child, from Colorado Springs, was vacationing with her family and they visited Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on Sunday, according to a statement
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The end of Labor Day Weekend always has a “Back to School” feel. So this special edition of our media digest is a preview of the week ahead and the
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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
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By Rachel Ramirez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Photographs by Edmund D. Fountain for CNN Milton Cayette Jr. was stuck in his home in St. James Parish after uprooted trees from Hurricane Ida blocked his driveway and damaged his front door. Cayette, who uses a wheelchair, called parish officials for help. They never came. Parish
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One returned safely Saturday to Columbia after being sent to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, to assist in search, rescue and assessment efforts after Hurricane Ida. FEMA tapped Task Force One on Aug. 27, sending 80 men and women from across the state to Louisiana. Chuck Leake, assistant chief of the
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Tonight: Winds continue out of the southwest allowing for temperatures to remain above average for early September. The overnight low drops to 66 degrees with mostly clear skies. Tomorrow: Central Missouri will see the warmest day of the week peaking out at 90 degrees with shifting winds after the afternoon. Cloud conditions will stay mostly
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By Maeve Reston, CNN California’s homelessness crisis is a top-of-mind issue for many voters who are still weighing whether to return their ballots in the special election to recall California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. They have watched their cities and towns transformed as scores of tent encampments have sprung up in their parks and residential
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As flu season approaches and more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, some people might be concerned about getting vaccinated against different viruses too close together. Dr. Christelle Ilboudo with MU Health Care said although the original studies said different vaccines should be spaced out by two weeks, that is no longer the
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LABOR DAY: Clear skies, low humidity and highs in the upper 80s this afternoon. Grab the sunscreen and water bottle when heading outdoors! Temperatures will fall to the mid-70s in the evening. TOMORROW: Pleasant weather continues with highs reaching the low 90s. Expect a breezy afternoon as a cold front moves in. Areas south of
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By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The communications director for a senior Democratic senator pushed back on comments from Secretary of State Antony Blinken about charter flights that have been grounded for days in the north of Afghanistan, as uncertainty over the militant group’s promises to let Americans leave Afghanistan continued to
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Hours after the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions on Wednesday night, a small group of leaders at rideshare company Lyft convened to discuss how the company would respond. “Our President and CEO, John Zimmer and Logan Green, reached out and said, ‘What can we
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By Jen Christensen and Amir Vera, CNN Covid-19 infections have risen “exponentially” among children in the US since July, according to data published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The group reported 243,373 new cases among kids over the past week. While this is a decline from last week, when 251,781 cases were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Mizzou Athletics beat writer Eric Blum in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou soccer team beat Notre Dame 3-2 in overtime on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers were up 2-0 at halftime, but the Fighting Irish answered with two goals of their own in the second half. MU’s Milena Fischer scored the game-winner for the Tigers in overtime. It was the freshman’s second goal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 46,000 fans were on hand for the Mizzou football team’s season opener on Saturday. The Tigers beat Central Michigan 34-24 to improve to 1-0 on the season. You can watch ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones full recap in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s own Rhyan Loos had some special visitors at Mizzou’s season-opener at Faurot Field on Saturday. One couple is making a cross-country trek to honor their son who died from a rare form of bone cancer. Alec and Cristy Fraser’s son Julian, an All-American swimmer and polo player, died of osteosarcoma five
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