Tipton storm damages homes, takes out electricity
Storms ripped through Tipton in the early morning hours Friday leaving residents to wake up to damage.
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Gen Z isn’t that into dining out. Here’s how restaurants are chasing them
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants have had a tough couple of years, with the pandemic, soaring ingredient prices and labor shortages. Now they have another problem: Gen Z isn’t all that interested in dining out. According to a recent survey from market research company NPD Group, people between the ages of 18 and 24
Continue ReadingGrieving Uvalde families condemn responding officers as ‘cowards’
By Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Every new piece of information about the way officers responded to a school gunman in Uvalde, Texas, is adding to the pain of losing their loved ones, relatives told CNN. “It was just like putting salt on an open wound,” said Velma Duran, sister of murdered teacher
Continue ReadingHere’s what’s in Biden’s executive order on abortion rights
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health services in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. The executive order attempts to safeguard access to medication abortion and emergency contraception, protect patient
Continue ReadingLargest parrot colony in the world lives in Patagonia’s crumbling cliffs
By Ashley Strickland, CNN At the northern tip of Patagonia’s desert coast in Argentina, the skies above El Cóndor are filled with shifting clouds of chatty, colorful parrots. The mountain’s crumbling sandstone cliffs are home to the largest parrot colony in the world, containing 37,000 nests. The burrowing parrots are so named because they tunnel
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Quiet and mild weather in store for weekend
TODAY: Temperatures are starting warm again Friday. Rain ongoing across the area earlier this morning, will add to any humid feeling at the surface. At the same time, behind the rainfall, winds will generally shift more northerly, lending to an overall cooling effect today. Expect highs in the upper 80s to low 90s from north
Continue Reading‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ nabs a mighty box office opening for Marvel
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The God of Thunder still has some pop. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, made an estimated $143 million domestically for its opening this weekend, according to Disney. That number is on par with industry expectations, which had the film making around $150 million
Continue ReadingThe economy added 372,000 jobs in June, outpacing expectations
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy added 372,000 jobs in June, an unexpected boost in hiring and a signal that the labor market remains robust despite recession fears, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, still close to the 52-year low last reached
Continue ReadingNo antibiotics worked, so this woman turned to a natural enemy of bacteria to save her husband’s life
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN In February 2016, infectious disease epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee was holding her dying husband’s hand, watching him lose an exhausting fight against a deadly superbug infection. After months of ups and downs, doctors had just told her that her husband, Tom Patterson, was too racked with bacteria to live. “And I have
Continue ReadingBiden signs executive order aimed at safeguarding abortion rights
By Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The President said the order will safeguard access to abortion care and contraceptives, protect patient privacy and establish an interagency task
Continue ReadingFTC warns tech companies against misusing health data, following Biden’s executive order protecting abortion access
By Brian Fung, CNN Tech companies and data brokers that misuse or misrepresent how they handle Americans’ personal data, including reproductive health information, may find themselves on the hook with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency warned this week. On Monday, the FTC renewed its vow to investigate or sue companies that use Americans’ digital
Continue ReadingShinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, assassinated during campaign speech
By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Tara John, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan. The assassination of the former world leader in broad daylight has shocked a nation not used to gun violence and prompted an outpouring
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 8: Shinzo Abe, Parade shooting, Brittney Griner, Covid, Heat
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Summer travel is heating up, but understaffed airlines are struggling to avoid melting down. American Airlines this week agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after thousands of flights were left without pilots. Several other major airlines are also offering salary increases for pilots who fly on peak days,
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 8: Shinzo Abe, Parade shooting, Brittney Griner, Covid, Heat
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Summer travel is heating up, but understaffed airlines are struggling to avoid melting down. American Airlines this week agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after thousands of flights were left without pilots. Several other major airlines are also offering salary increases for pilots who fly on peak days,
Continue ReadingPrivate browsing may not protect you as much as you think
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business For years, the most popular internet browsers have included options to search for and visit websites in “private” modes. Those options may now be viewed as vital tools for some in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, as abortion-seekers look to avoid having their personal data used against them
Continue ReadingJuly 8, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Hafsa Khalil, Aditi Sangal, Hannah Strange, Adrienne Vogt and Elise Hammond, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingJuly 8, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Hafsa Khalil, Aditi Sangal, Hannah Strange, Adrienne Vogt and Elise Hammond, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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California boil order lifted after two negative E. coli test results
The California boil order was lifted Thursday after the Department of Natural Resources confirmed two negative test results for E. coli.
Continue ReadingJapan’s strict gun laws make shootings rare
By Nectar Gan, CNN The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shocked Japan, a country with one of the world’s lowest rates of gun crime due to its strict laws on gun ownership. Abe was shot dead on Friday in the city of Nara while delivering a campaign speech, Prime Minister Fumio
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New omicron variant spreading across Missouri; COVID vaccine recommend on children as young as 6 months old
The Columbia-Boone Health and Human Services reported there have been 1,622 COVID cases for children under the age of 5 in Boone County.
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