By Stephanie Elam, CNN Across the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients battling a trifecta of respiratory illnesses — Covid-19, RSV and the flu. “We’ve seen a real increase in cases … particularly since Thanksgiving,” said Dr. Christopher Longhurst, chief medical officer at UC
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN United Airlines placed a massive order for at least 200 Boeing planes on Tuesday, split between two models dogged by recent problems: the 737 Max and the 787 Dreamliner. It’s a crucial vote of confidence for Boeing, which took tens of billions of dollars in financial losses due to the problems
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN Mississippi State University has hired Zach Arnett as the team’s next head football coach following the death of Mike Leach on Monday. Hired in 2020, Arnett served as the team’s defensive coordinator for the last three seasons. The school says he agreed to a four-year deal worth $3 million per year
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Drought Assessment Committee plans to meet Tuesday to talk about current conditions. Board members expect to hold a virtual meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. The public is invited to watch the meeting. Committee members expect to talk about recommended changes to the ongoing state and federal responses. Since
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN The violent attack on Paul Pelosi drove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s decision to leave House Democratic leadership, with the family deciding while in an intensive care unit with him that they were “done,” their daughter detailed in an in-depth interview with CNN on Tuesday morning. “You have to make sense with
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN An experimental personalized mRNA vaccine in combination with the immunotherapy Keytruda reduced the risk of recurrence or death from melanoma in patients who had already had surgery, Moderna and Merck said Tuesday. The randomized trial included 157 patients with stage 3 or stage 4 melanoma who had already had surgery. Some
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TODAY: Tuesday is shaping up to be a wet day with showers and thunderstorms already approaching from the west to start the day. Rain showers will track generally to the northeast as the overall line pushes from west to east through the day. There will generally be two rounds; first the showers and storms early
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. As a starry-eyed, soccer-mad 11-year-old, Al-Haddad screamed with joy as she watched former FIFA President Sepp Blatter open an envelope, revealing Qatar’s name, live on television, in 2010. That one of the
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports Moscow’s so-called “military operation” in Ukraine and that if he had the opportunity and necessary skills, he would “certainly go as a volunteer.” Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers, was released Thursday from
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports Moscow’s so-called “military operation” in Ukraine and that if he had the opportunity and necessary skills, he would “certainly go as a volunteer.” Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers, was released Thursday from
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Monica Garrett, CNN At least five tornadoes were confirmed in Texas during a storm outbreak Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. Three of the tornadoes were in Tarrant County, with the strongest having an EF-1 rating. One damage track was seen in the city of
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise decision to become an independent has Democratic leaders struggling to answer a basic question: How should they deal with her if she runs for reelection in Arizona? In interviews with top party leaders and rank-and-file members on Monday, Democrats were sidestepping the
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they used to power the experiment. A so-called “net energy gain” is a major milestone in a decadeslong attempt to source clean, limitless
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN K-pop supergroup BTS entered a new era on Tuesday as Jin, its oldest member, began his mandatory military service amid tight security at an army training center in South Korea. Jin, 30, will spend 18 months in uniform after crossing into the Yeoncheon army base in northern Gyeonggi
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Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The Covid-19 vaccines have kept more than 18.5 million people in the US out of the hospital and saved more than 3.2 million lives, a new study says — and that estimate is most likely a conservative one, the researchers say. The US is nearing the second anniversary of its first
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The body of prominent American journalist Grant Wahl has been returned to the US and an autopsy is being performed after he died while covering the World Cup in Qatar, his manager said. Wahl, 49, died Friday after he collapsed while covering a match between Argentina and the
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The Columbia Board of Education approved its five-year continuous school improvement plan at its meeting Monday night.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. Mike Hassinger, public information officer with the Georgia secretary of state’s office, confirmed
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A Columbia man was charged with murder last week in connection with a September crash into a utility pole and subsequent electrocution in southern Boone County.
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