Although weather in Central Missouri has been calm and pleasant this past week, people will be looking ahead to their vacations away. Many people prefer to spend their time away at a coastal beach. People spend large amounts of time and money in planning their vacations but one thing not often accounted for is the
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN President Joe Biden has gone from narrowly winning Wisconsin nearly two years ago to becoming an apparent liability for Democrats running there — so much so that two of the leading candidates running for their party’s US Senate nomination won’t say whether he should run again. But the
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Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill into law Thursday that will require health care facilities to let patients have visitors in a reaction to restrictions seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a major blow to climate action by handcuffing the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate planet-warming emissions from the country’s power plants, just as scientists warn the world is running out of time to get the climate crisis under control. It is a major loss
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The Defense Department is reviewing 1,300 proposals from 800 companies for innovative new weapons and commercial capabilities they may be able to develop and produce for Ukraine to use in its fight against Russia’s invasion of the country, a defense official told CNN on Thursday. The Pentagon hopes to
Continue ReadingBy Homero de la Fuente, CNN It was nine years in the making, but former No. 1 Mark Appel made his MLB debut on Wednesday following a turbulent start to his career due to injuries and mental health issues. Selected by the Houston Astros with the No. 1 pick in the 2013 MLB Draft, Appel
Continue ReadingBy Meron Moges-Gerbi and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A stretch of prime Southern California beachfront real estate was returned to the descendants of its Black owners Tuesday, nearly a century after the parcel was taken by the city of Manhattan Beach. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to give the land back to
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Phil Mattingly and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an exception to the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to pass most legislation — in order to codify abortion rights and the right to privacy through legislation passed by
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN We now know a bit more about Beyoncé’s forthcoming new album, “Renaissance.” The superstar singer posted an ethereal photo of herself upon a see-through horse on her verified Instagram account Thursday, captioned with some insight. “Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a
Continue ReadingBy Kasie Hunt, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, told the House January 6 committee that she was contacted by someone attempting to influence her testimony, three sources familiar with the hearing presentation told CNN. The committee’s vice chairwoman, GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, said at
Continue ReadingBy Dan Berman, CNN With recent decisions on abortion, gun control, religious freedom and the environment, the US Supreme Court once again reasserted its central role in America. The nine justices are unelected, serve for life and until recently were all White men. But their actions have helped define the American way of life for
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Amazon has brought a new facility to Mid-Missouri, the first Amazon facility outside of the St. Louis and Kansas City metro areas.
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures will continue to climb back into the lower 90’s this afternoon with winds returning out of the southwest at 10 mph. Skies remain mostly clear. Tonight: Temperatures continue the warming trend as the overnight lows top out near 70 degrees. Skies remain mostly clear. Extended: Heading into Friday, Central Missouri sees a stark
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, Ella Nilsen and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration’s attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming. In
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Davies and Amy Woodyatt, CNN It has been another tumultuous week in Formula One. Former driver Nelson Piquet apologized Wednesday for his racial slur aimed at Lewis Hamilton and said his comments had no racist intent. Piquet used a Brazilian Portuguese racial slur to describe seven-time champion Hamilton when addressing a high-speed collision
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TODAY: The dry streak continues, with another day under the sun in mid-Missouri. Blue skies, and highs in the low 90s will make for another picturesque summer day. The warmer than normal temperatures will be a bit more tolerable thanks to dewpoints in the 50s this afternoon. TONIGHT: Skies stay clear through the evening, with
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Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Nicole Chavez, Ray Sanchez, Priscilla Alvarez and Rosalina Nieves, CNN When San Antonio Police officers responded to the scene of a tractor-trailer with dozens of migrants inside, they were hoping to rescue the occupants, Police Chief William McManus told CNN. Instead, they discovered a scene “beyond tragic.” “This was a crime against
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, Kiely Westhoff and Samantha Beech, CNN The man accused of killing a young mother Wednesday as she pushed her 3-month-old baby in a stroller on New York’s Upper East Side was remanded without bail Saturday in what prosecutors called a “premeditated execution,” according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Isaac Argro, 22,
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Bayly, CNN Business Consumer expectations for prices to continue rising over the next year increased to the highest level on record, according to the latest Survey of Consumer Expectations from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, released on Monday. Median short-term inflation expectations ticked up to 6.8% in June from 6.6% in
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