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‘I was disappointed’: Dr. Wen reacts to Biden’s answer on Covid-19 vaccine

July 22, 2021 12:33 PM CNN

CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen fact-checks President Joe Biden’s answer on coronavirus vaccine efficacy during a CNN town hall with Don Lemon.

Watch cattle flee as California wildfire rages

July 22, 2021 12:33 PM CNN

Wildfires are blazing in 13 states across the the US, burning more than 1 million acres in western states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

See what Liz Cheney had to say about McCarthy

July 22, 2021 12:33 PM CNN

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) decision to pull all Republicans from the select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

Passengers trapped inside submerged subway as China battles deadly floods

July 22, 2021 12:33 PM CNN

Several people in Zhengzhou, China have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded the city’s subway. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as emergency services have been deployed to assist in the rescue operations.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Missouri’s vaccine incentives work?

July 22, 2021 2:05 AM ABC 17 News Team

Missouri is having a surge in coronavirus cases health officials say is being powered by the more contagious delta variant combined with a low vaccination rate. About 40% of the state is fully vaccinated.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman listens as tenants share their thoughts regarding the future of the site of the Champlain Towers South building that collapsed in Surfside.

Surfside victims will not be asked to donate their real estate for the public good, judge says

July 22, 2021 1:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN As the search winds down and the survivors of the Surfside condo building collapse begin to pick up the pieces of their lives, a judge said Wednesday they and the families of the deceased will not be asked to donate their property. “These victims who have lost their homes, their personal

Death toll rises as passengers recount horror of China subway floods

July 23, 2021 3:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Zixu Wang, CNN At least 33 people have died and eight remain missing in central China, as authorities ramp up rescue and recovery efforts following devastating floods that submerged entire neighborhoods, trapped passengers in subway cars, caused landslides and overwhelmed dams and rivers. Torrential rains have battered Henan province since last

Trees burn along Highway 89 during the Tamarack Fire in the Californian city of Markleeville on July 17.

Wildfires have erupted across the globe, scorching places that rarely burned before

July 22, 2021 5:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Photo editor Sarah Tilotta, CNN Yakutsk in Russian Siberia is known as the world’s coldest city. In a place where even an exposed nose during the winter months can cause biting pain, people are accustomed to taking precautions against freezing temperatures, including spending extra time in the morning to dress in

Police and emergency services gather following the massacre at a summer youth camp on July 22

A far-right extremist killed 77 people in Norway. A decade on, ‘the hatred is still out there’ but attacker’s influence is seen as low

July 23, 2021 1:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Ten years ago, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in a bomb attack and gun rampage. The July 22 attacks left Norway, a small, close-knit Nordic country, stunned and grieving. Just over a year later, Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the

Teenager charged after allegedly changing yearbook to include Hitler quote and Boston Marathon bomber reference

July 21, 2021 11:50 PM CNN Newsource

By Liam Reilly, CNN A Connecticut teenager has been charged with two counts of third-degree computer crimes after he allegedly changed two yearbook entries to include a quote from Adolf Hitler and a reference to the Boston Marathon bomber, according to an arrest log from the Glastonbury Police Department. Last October, the 18-year-old Glastonbury High

An exterior shot of one of Robert Taylor's barbershops.

Nevada becomes latest Covid-19 hotspot, as hospitalizations rise and vaccination rates plateau

July 22, 2021 3:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN At Robert Taylor’s Las Vegas barbershop, the buzzing sounds of clippers and friendly banter are a welcome return to normalcy after a small Covid-19 outbreak among his staff. Three of his barbers were out sick with Covid-19 in the last month. Two have been able to return to

Hear barber’s inspiration for setting up a vaccination site at his shop

July 22, 2021 3:23 PM CNN

CNN’s Ed Lavandera visits a Las Vegas barbershop amidst rising cases of Covid-19 in Nevada. After several unvaccinated employees were infected, business owner Robert Taylor set up a vaccine site at his shop.

Chinese government rejects WHO plan for second phase of Covid-19 origins study

July 22, 2021 3:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Ben Westcott, Isaac Yee and Yong Xiong, CNN The Chinese government will not participate in a second phase of the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of Covid-19, a top health official announced Thursday, after the possibility of the virus leaking from a Wuhan lab was included on the proposal. Zeng Yixin, deputy

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics

July 22, 2021 6:06 AM CNN Newsource

This is what athletes are getting up to in the Olympic Village

July 23, 2021 7:51 AM CNN

Olympic athletes at the 2020 Games in Tokyo are sharing what life is like inside the Olympic Village.

People wearing face masks wait while caskets with bodies are queued outside a crematorium at the Yay Way cemetery in Yangon

Myanmar doctors in hiding and hunted by the junta as Covid crisis ravages the country

July 21, 2021 9:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Helen Regan, CNN A severe Covid-19 wave is devastating Myanmar — a country already on its knees following February’s military coup — with people queuing for hours for oxygen in major cities and the seriously ill dying at home because they are too scared to visit understaffed, ill-equipped hospitals. Images from the biggest city,

Jerry Fitzwater in the Randolph County Courthouse.

Judge denies bond in deadly Moberly shooting

July 21, 2021 3:54 PM Zach Boetto

Judge Mason Robert Gebhardt on Wednesday set a Sept. 10 preliminary hearing date for Jerry Fitzwater of Moberly. Fitzwater, 79, is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting death of Mitchell Nickerson.

Fulton man faces multiple charges after allegedly hitting caseworker and officer with vehicle

July 21, 2021 7:37 PM Karl Wehmhoener

FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police arrested a man Wednesday they say hit a caseworker and officer with a vehicle. Officers report Charles McMasters entered the caseworker’s vehicle drove the vehicle, hitting the caseworker and an officer on the scene. Both were knocked to the ground and suffered moderate injuries. Officials say McMasters drove away in

The Ocean City Police Department and the FAA arrived to the scene to inspect the aircraft shortly after its landing. Both the FAA and the National Safety Transportation Board will investigate the incident

‘Screaming in joy!’: Teen explains how he landed plane on bridge

July 21, 2021 8:06 PM CNN

A teenage pilot had to make an emergency landing on a New Jersey bridge after the aircraft experienced an engine malfunction.

Florence 'SeeSee' Rigney is seen after receiving an award.

Florence ‘SeeSee’ Rigney, said to be America’s oldest working nurse, retires at the age of 96

July 21, 2021 8:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Jackson, CNN For over seven decades, Florence “SeeSee” Rigney, a nurse in Washington, has been taking care of patients and assisting doctors. Last week, at 96 years old, she officially hung up her scrubs and retired. Rigney, a beloved member of the MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, served as an operation room nurse where