TODAY: Mostly sunny and muggy with highs in the upper 90s. Heat index from 103-106 with a pop-up storm possible in the afternoon. TOMORROW: Clouds filling in early; highs still reach the mid-90s. A slight drop in humidity brings the feels-like down a few degrees to 100-103. Widely scattered showers possible again in the afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Just before sunset, Umra Omar boards a speedboat that will take her around the historic Lamu channel for meetings with voters. As her boat zooms past idyllic islands and arrives at shore 30 minutes later, dozens of women and children rush to greet a candidate they hope will
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, Laura Ly and Kiely Westhoff, CNN Gov. Eric Holcomb on Friday signed a bill that would ban most abortions in Indiana — making it the first state to pass a restrictive law against the procedure since Roe v. Wade was overturned this summer. The Indiana House and Senate passed the GOP-sponsored bill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone, Howard and Cooper counties are experiencing high COVID-19 community levels just a few weeks before students are expected to head back to school, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MU Health Care Pediatrician Christopher Wilhelm says COVID-19 cases will likely continue to rise as kids return to
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School is right around the corner which means many families will be looking for deals as rising inflation continues to hit people’s pockets.
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Columbia and Jefferson City are among the Missouri cities opting out of the back-to-school tax holiday again this year.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy, lows in the mid-70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the mid-upper 90s. Heat index between 103-105. Spot storm possible by late afternoon. EXTENDED: We remain mostly clear tonight as temperatures hold in the mid-70s. Tomorrow is the hotter day of the weekend with highs getting into the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A Texas jury has decided to penalize Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis. Plaintiffs Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis were awarded a total of just under $50 million in both compensatory and punitive damages.
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Massive flight cancellations have spilled over into a second day after thunderstorms pounded major airports on the East Coast on Thursday. As of 9:30 p.m. ET Friday, flight tracking site FlightAware showed more than 1,500 flights in the United States had been canceled. Once again, New York’s LaGuardia, Newark Liberty International
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN About three months into the ongoing monkeypox outbreak in the US, there are more than 12,000 cases and counting. But despite a growing supply of the Jynneos vaccine — and a new strategy that could stretch the current supply five times further — there is still no evidence that protection is
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Bullet Train” certainly moves at an appropriately brisk pace, with Brad Pitt heading a sprawling cast. But the breakneck action is offset by a smart-alecky tone that proves both uneven and occasionally too cute for its own good, along with a mashup of styles — from the music to the
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This Afternoon: Mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid-90s. Increased moisture today will bring the heat index up to 100 degrees. Tonight: Skies remain mostly clear and southerly winds keep conditions stifling overnight with lows in the mid-upper 70s. Extended: A stationary boundary to the southeast may be enough to fuel a pop-up storm
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business A few weeks ago, Klondike appalled the internet when it said that the Choco Taco would be discontinued. This week, it reversed course, saying the beloved ice cream treat may be coming back — eventually. “We’ve heard our fans, and we’re hoping to bring this favorite treat back to ice
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Étienne Klein, a celebrated physicist and director at France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, shared the image of the spicy
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy has now regained all jobs lost during the pandemic, after a blowout July jobs report that showed a gain of 528,000 jobs, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The massive monthly gain was more than double the 250,000 that economists were expecting,
Continue ReadingBy Colin McCullough, Paul LeBlanc and Sonnet Swire, CNN Three people are dead and one is injured following a lightning strike across the street from the White House Thursday night. James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, died from injuries following the lightning strike in Lafayette Park near the White House Thursday night, a DC
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration this week announced two new steps aimed at placing more Americans into high-quality jobs, dedicating $500 million toward workforce training and unveiling a new toolkit focused on helping employers hire and retain qualified workers. First, the Department of Commerce this week announced 32 awardees of the Good Jobs
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TODAY: Friday starts sunny, with clear skies behind yesterday’s cold front, which currently sits as a stationary boundary just south of mid-MO. Despite being on the “cool” side of the boundary, temperatures this morning are warm, in the low 70s, and will stay warm this afternoon, as they climb into the low 90s. Winds start
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN As a US Air Force jet carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi approached Taiwan on Tuesday night, expectations ran high in China over how Beijing would respond. Since reports emerged that the key US lawmaker would visit Taiwan during an Asia tour, conversation in China had churned with nationalist furor and amped-up
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN After years of failed attempts to bring Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed and surreal comic to the screen, Netflix finally creates a home for “The Sandman,” armed with enough top-notch British guest stars to populate a Harry Potter movie. The resulting series is visually striking but dramatically listless, made for those —
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