By Daniel Dale, CNN A former Democratic congressional candidate went viral on Twitter over the weekend with a false claim that Tennessee has banned Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing emergency contraceptive known as a “morning-after pill.” Pam Keith’s inaccurate tweet came five days after Politico revealed a February draft opinion in which a Supreme Court majority
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Since Covid-19 vaccines became widely available, there has been a wide gap in deaths between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. But recent Covid deaths are much more evenly split as highly transmissible variants take hold, vaccine protection wanes and booster uptake stagnates. Breakthrough infections have become more common in recent months, putting
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By Henry Klapper, CNN Two Russian reporters appeared to post at least 30 articles on Monday that criticized President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. CNN reviewed the articles, which were taken down almost immediately after they were published on a pro-Kremlin news site. Some were pegged to the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat
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By Brad Lendon, CNN A Russian bomber fired three hypersonic missiles at the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Monday night, Ukrainian officials said, as part of a barrage that leveled a number of civilian targets including hotels and a shopping mall. It is not the first time Moscow has deployed its Kinzhal hypersonic
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business In another blow to the US economy, prices at the pump soared to fresh record highs. The national average price for regular gasoline climbed more than four cents on Tuesday to $4.37 a gallon, according to AAA. That takes out the prior record of $4.33 set on March 11. The
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN High winds and extreme heat are fueling dangerous wildfires across the Southwest. Four states — New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas — are battling a dozen large fires that have already burned more than 320,000 acres, and triple-digit temperatures are only making matters worse. Here’s what you need to know to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN High winds and extreme heat are fueling dangerous wildfires across the Southwest. Four states — New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas — are battling a dozen large fires that have already burned more than 320,000 acres, and triple-digit temperatures are only making matters worse. Here’s what you need to know to
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TODAY: Temperatures this morning are about 5 to 10 degrees warmer than they were 24 hours ago. This will give today a very good chance of outpacing yesterdays temperatures by a few degrees. With a largely similar forecast, temperatures will climb faster and farther than Monday. Expect highs in the low to mid 90s Tuesday
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By Rachel Ramirez and Michelle Watson, CNN More human remains were found at Lake Mead over the weekend, less than a week after a body in a barrel was discovered at the reservoir. National Park Service rangers responded to a call on Saturday afternoon that reported the remains in Callville Bay. The Clark County Medical
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Austin Williams likened the capture of Alabama fugitive Casey White, accused of killing Williams’ mother in 2015, to a “miracle,” saying Tuesday he did not expect White would be captured alive. Williams, 42, and his family had been hoping for the best for Vicky White, the jailer accused of helping
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, May 9, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL STURGEON (2) TOLTON (17) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (10) ST. JAMES (0) FINAL HALLSVILLE (8) CENTRALIA (1) FINAL MOBERLY (0) MEXICO (2) FINAL BLAIR OAKS (8) JEFFERSON CITY (0) FINAL MARCELINE
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Alabama fugitive Casey White and corrections officer Vicky White are in custody, and she is hospitalized with injuries sustained in a chase, authorities said Monday at 5 p.m. They were taken into custody after a chase in Evansville, Indiana, and their vehicle crashed, officials said.
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Those living in Columbia may find themselves in a different U.S. Congressional district than their neighbors if a proposed map in the Missouri House of Representatives passes.
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A crash left a vehicle on its roof at Providence and Green Meadows roads Monday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN Iryna Danylovich’s family and friends have no idea where she is. The Crimean human rights activist and nurse disappeared on her way home from work in the Russian-annexed peninsula more than a week ago. She has not been seen since. Danylovich is believed to have been detained by
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and breezy with lows in the upper 60s to around 70. Wind gusts up to 25 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot. Highs in the low 90s with a heat index near 100 degrees. EXTENDED: We’ll continue our streak of near record neat through Thursday as forecast highs reach the low 90s. This isn’t
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By Jason Hanna, Amanda Watts and Miguel Marquez, CNN Recaptured Alabama fugitive Casey White intended to have a shootout with law enforcement, and would have done so had pursuing officers not forced him to wreck in a ditch Monday in Evansville, Indiana, a sheriff said Tuesday. The crash ended White’s 11-day run on the lam
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The school year is coming to an end with children hanging up their backpacks and parents looking for summer programs to keep their children busy during the break.
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN The Na’vi are back in the nearly wordless trailer for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” And based on the new footage, we can expect the lithe blue folk to fight side by side (or against) humans for the safety of their vibrant world. “Way of Water” is the long-awaited sequel to
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By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added one destination — a relaxed Caribbean playground — to its “high” category for Covid-19 risk. The British Virgin Islands moved up to Level 3 on Monday; it previously had been at Level 2. The islands are known for
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