FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton’s Josh Reams is our Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play from Friday night’s game against California in the video player above. Up next – Fulton will host Richmond on Friday at 7 p.m.
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By Daniel Dale, CNN A story went viral last week about Oklahoma hospitals and ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug some Americans are taking to treat Covid-19 even though it is not approved or proven for that purpose. It was a poor piece of journalism — inadequate in its reporting, inaccurate in its depiction of what was
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with shifting winds as a front moves through the area. Lows in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and comfortable. Highs in the lower 80s. EXTENDED: Temperatures heated up to around 90 this afternoon ahead of a cold front that will bring some fall-like air to the area by tomorrow. Showers and thunderstorms
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is adjusting guidance for Afghan children who arrived in the US without a parent to allow them to stay with the adult they traveled with, according to guidance obtained by CNN. The guidance, issued by the Health and Human Services Department over the weekend, outlines steps to avoid
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats are moving “full speed ahead” on the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill despite the call for a “strategic pause” and smaller price tag from moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. “We’re moving full speed ahead,” Schumer said on a call
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, Ella Nilsen, Priscilla Alvarez, Nikki Carvajal and Manu Raju, CNN The Biden administration is asking for billions of dollars for “urgent” extreme weather recovery efforts and the resettlement of Afghan refugees in its proposal to keep the government funded past September 30. In a Tuesday afternoon call with reporters, administration officials detailed
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The crash happened at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday when the 2009 Polaris Ranger the boys were riding drifted and dropped off the curb before the driver overcorrected and hit the storm drain, Capt. Brian Leer of the sheriff’s office said. The driver and two passengers were thrown from the vehicle completely, one passenger was partially ejected and investigators don’t know if the fifth boy was thrown from the vehicle, Leer said.
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Damage to power poles from Hurricane Ida across two states was greater than that caused by Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, according to Entergy, which provides electric service to more than 1 million customers in Louisiana. “Our crews are encountering massive damage — particularly in the hardest-hit areas,” Entergy Louisiana
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Addison Rae has officially gone Hollywood. Netflix has signed the TikTok star to a multi-picture film deal, reports Variety. The news comes after “He’s All That,” a remake of 1999’s “She’s All That,” starring Rae as the lead, was a hit for Netflix. The film has reached number one in multiple
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Today: Temperatures will continue to increase with southerly flowing winds up to 92 degrees. Mid-Missouri will continue to see mostly clear skies with clouds increasing throughout later this afternoon. Tonight: Scattered showers and storms will begin to develop late this afternoon into the early hours of the evening as an approaching old front makes its
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By Matt Egan Video game CEO John Gibson stepped down from the helm of Tripwire Interactive after his support of the Texas abortion law created a firestorm. Tripwire, which publishes games including “Chivalry 2,” said in a statement Monday that Gibson has stepped down and that his views don’t reflect those of the company. “His
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By Melanie Zanona and Whitney Wild, CNN Law enforcement officials are bracing for potential clashes and unrest during an upcoming right-wing rally in Washington, DC, as violent rhetoric surrounding the September 18 event has increased online and counterprotests are being planned for the same day, according to an internal Capitol Police memo reviewed by CNN.
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business As abortion rights advocates scramble to fight a Texas law that effectively bans abortion in the state, economists are drawing attention to the financial hardships — and subsequent economic downsides — that can occur when women’s reproductive rights are restricted. The effects having children can have on a woman’s career
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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