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TUESDAY UPDATES: Active cases continue to rise in Boone County; 120 coronavirus related death reported

August 3, 2021 8:14 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back here for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri.

Judge: St. Louis County mask mandate temporarily on hold

August 3, 2021 3:43 PM Associated Press

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge has put St. Louis County’s new mask requirement on hold for at least two weeks. Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo on Tuesday sided with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in issuing a temporary restraining order of a mask mandate that was issued by St. Louis County health officials in

Man arrested in connection to December vehicle shooting in Columbia

August 3, 2021 3:21 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is arrested after an investigation into a Dec. 10 shooting near the intersection of north Stadium Blvd. and west Broadway. According to court documents, the victim told Columbia police he was at the Petro Mart off north Stadium when he drove off and a car that was at that

Titanic museum iceberg wall collapses, injuring 3 visitors

August 3, 2021 2:40 PM CNN Newsource

By David Williams, CNN A wall of ice collapsed Monday at the Titanic Museum Attraction, injuring three visitors to the popular tourist spot in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains. The Pigeon Forge Fire Department arrived at the museum at 8:11 p.m. after getting a 911 call reporting a traumatic incident, Chief Tony L. Watson told CNN. Firefighters

At least 30 bodies float down river between Ethiopia’s Tigray and Sudan

August 3, 2021 7:39 PM CNN Newsource

Story by Reuters At least 30 corpses have washed up on the Sudanese banks of a river that abuts Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, according to two Ethiopian refugees and four Sudanese witnesses who told Reuters on Monday they had retrieved the bodies. The bodies were found in the Setit River, known in Ethiopia as

Powerful blast rocks Kabul after Afghan army urges civilians to leave Taliban-controlled areas of major city

August 4, 2021 5:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Tim Lister and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A car bomb exploded near the home of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister in Kabul on Tuesday evening, just hours after the Afghan army urged residents in another city to evacuate ahead of an operation against the Taliban. Eight civilians are now confirmed dead in the Kabul attack,

Pfizer Vaccine at Sturgeon vaccination clinic

Tyson Foods to require vaccination for US workers

August 3, 2021 12:50 PM Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Meat processer Tyson Foods will require all of its U.S. employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, becoming one of the first major employer of frontline workers to so amid a resurgence of the virus. Tyson, one of the world’s largest food companies, announced Tuesday that members of leadership team must be

Colleges and Universities change their COVID-19 guidelines for the fall semester

August 3, 2021 11:42 AM Leila Mitchell

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Interim President of Columbia College Dr. David Russell has issued a mask mandate while in campus buildings to start on Monday. An email to the Columbia College community said regardless of vaccination status, a mask mandate will go into effect on Aug. 9 for all students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The only

Brécha Byrd is a student at Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh

HBCUs are canceling students’ debt, highlighting how integral they are to Black Americans’ lives

August 3, 2021 4:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera, CNN Covid-19 ruined Brécha Byrd’s inaugural season as a basketball player at Saint Augustine’s University, a historically Black school in North Carolina. The 19-year-old had been excited to play since her high school season months earlier was cut short in 2020. She lost her chance to play when the Central Intercollegiate Athletic

'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' stars Tom Hardy.

The new ‘Venom’ sequel trailer is here and it’s gory

August 3, 2021 1:50 PM CNN Newsource

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The new “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” trailer has dropped and it’s a frightfest. The movie is the sequel to the 2018 comic book film starring Tom Hardy, who is also in the latest one. Woody Harrelson also stars. The storyline is centered on the two sides of Eddie Brock, played

South Florida's Broward County Public Schools will withdraw its mask mandate after the governor threatened to withhold funding from districts that require face coverings. The Broward County school board had voted July 28 to mandate masks.

Florida’s Broward County school district reverses its mask mandate after funding threat from the governor

August 4, 2021 3:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN Florida’s second-largest school district said it will withdraw its mask mandate after the governor threatened to withhold funding from districts that require face coverings. South Florida’s Broward County Public Schools had announced last week that the district would require everyone in their buildings to wear masks to guard

Gunman shot 3 workers at SmileDirectClub in Antioch, Tennessee, before officers killed him, police say

August 3, 2021 9:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos, Jason Hanna and Paul P. Murphy, CNN An employee of a company that makes clear plastic teeth aligners opened fire at one of its Tennessee facilities Tuesday morning, injuring three people there before police officers shot and killed him, authorities said. The gunman, identified by police as Antonio King, a 22-year-old day-shift

The Delta variant has spiked Covid-19 deaths in Africa by 80% in one month

Delta variant has spiked Covid-19 deaths in Africa by 80% in one month, WHO says

August 3, 2021 7:12 AM CNN

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Coronavirus deaths in Africa rose rapidly over the past month, as fatalities surged by 80 percent within the last four weeks, the World Health Organization has said. WHO’s Vaccine Introduction Officer for the African Region, Phionah Atuhebwe, told CNN on Monday that the continent was witnessing an unprecedented rise in coronavirus

Delta variant has spiked Covid-19 deaths in Africa by 80% in one month, WHO says

August 3, 2021 7:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Coronavirus deaths in Africa rose rapidly over the past month, as fatalities surged by 80 percent within the last four weeks, the World Health Organization has said. WHO’s Vaccine Introduction Officer for the African Region, Phionah Atuhebwe, told CNN on Monday that the continent was witnessing an unprecedented rise in coronavirus

Father Don Ajoko prays Monday for blessings for nearly three dozen health care workers from around the country who arrived to help at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge

5 things to know for August 3: Covid-19, housing, voting rights, Belarus, immigration

August 3, 2021 5:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Those of us on the Gulf and East coasts are in for a rainy week. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1.

Level 3 of 4 flash flood risk for the Intermountain West

August 3, 2021 5:20 AM CNN

Heavy rains could cause flash floods in the southern Rockies, which increases the risk of debris flows from recent wildfire burn scars. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast.

How this mother braces for eviction now that the moratorium expired

August 4, 2021 5:55 AM CNN

Expiration of the nation’s eviction moratorium has left millions of families staggering. CNN’s Nick Watt reports how one mother and her family are bracing for eviction.