Editor’s note: CNN will be launching the Meanwhile in China newsletter on June 21, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Xi Jinping wants China to learn how to make friends and influence people. Speaking at a study session for
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The US just recorded a seven-day average of fewer than 20,000 new daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since March 2020. The daily average of new cases dropped to about 17,248 as of Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. However, that number might be lower than reality, as some cases from the
Continue Reading A 56-year-old man died on Memorial Day after falling about 500 feet from a ridge on the summit of Mount Russell in the Sequoia National Park in California, officials said. One of the man’s hiking partners, a 45-year-old woman, fell 30 feet after trying to grab him and survived, the National Park Service said in
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a Covid-19 vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac for emergency use. The decision will allow CoronaVac to be used in WHO’s vaccine-sharing program, COVAX, which seeks to provide equitable global access to immunizations. It is the second Chinese vaccine given WHO approval after Sinopharm was approved in
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My mom and I moved to a small house in the Northeast when I was a little girl, after a difficult divorce from my father in the 1980s. After the closing, the man who sold my mom the house had his say on his way out the door. “Well, I wish you luck!” he said.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of man sentenced to death for killing a central Missouri couple in 2010. The court on Tuesday unanimously rejected Jesse Driskill’s argument that prosecutors withheld important information and that he received ineffective counsel during his trial for killing 82-year-old Johnnie Wilson and
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Click here for updates on this story YUCCA VALLEY, California (KABC) — A procession was held early Tuesday morning for a San Bernardino County sheriff’s sergeant who authorities say was fatally wounded by a motorcyclist at the end of a chase in the Yucca Valley area. Sgt. Dominic Vaca, 43, was airlifted to the hospital
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Click here for updates on this story BRADBURY, California (KABC) — Incredible video shows a wild encounter with a bear in a Southern California backyard. The frightening incident was caught on home surveillance video on Memorial Day. Hailey Morinico, 17, said she heard the family dogs barking in her backyard and saw a massive mama
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Here’s a look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock index comprised of 30 “blue-chip” US stocks. It is meant to be a way to measure the strength or weakness of the entire US stock market. The Dow began in 1896 with 12 industrial stocks. Dow Jones
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is seriously injured after a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 54 in Audrain County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states that Jerome Woelfel, 80, was driving northbound on Highway 19 in a 2018 Chevy Equinox when Karen Tyler hit the vehicle in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGE BEACH, Alabama (WALA) — Gerri Womack Garon said she got a little surprise when she was about to plop down in a comfortable beach chair on the sand in Orange Beach. Snake! The reptile — we’re not sure of the species — was making good use of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s office released its annual traffic stop report on Tuesday, showing that the statewide disparity in traffic stops based on rates made a slight drop. According to the data from the Missouri Attorney General’s Annual report on traffic stops, black drivers in Missouri were pulled over 71.6% more than
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A senior living facility is bringing some big smiles to several communities throughout Davidson County. Kempton of Hermitage is playing a game of hide and seek with the help of some rubber ducks. “All of the sudden there is this little rubber ducky smiling
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Authorities are looking for the person who threw a boulder at a New Hartford police cruiser over the weekend. It happened between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday at the New Hartford Resident Trooper’s Office behind the town hall. State police said
Continue ReadingAn off-duty firefighter shot two people, killing one, at a Los Angeles County fire station Tuesday morning, officials said during a news conference Tuesday. The off-duty employee, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was found dead in a burning home about 10 miles from the scene of the shooting, officials said. Officials did not identify the
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam. Personal Birth date: May 11, 1933 Birth place: The Bronx, New York Birth name: Louis Eugene Walcott Father: Percival Clark Mother: Sarah Mae (Manning) Clark Marriage: Khadijah Farrakhan, formerly Betsy (Ross) Walcott, (September 12, 1953-present) Children: Mustapha, Joshua Nasir, Abnar,
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A Columbia police officer pleaded guilty in connection with a child’s death.
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Missouri DHSS has added 36 COVID-19 related deaths after the state’s disease surveillance system analyzed several death certificates. Officials say the deaths will be captured and reported publicly through the dashboard Tuesday. Of the 36 deaths: one in Septemberone in Novembereight in January18 in Marcheight in April Officials at DHSS report the weekly activity typically
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Denver police say they suspect a driver was intoxicated when she crashed into multiple parked cars and headstones at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Officers responded to the sacred site on Memorial Day – a day to honor service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Police
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A plane made an emergency landing Monday on the 101 Freeway in the Westlake Village area. “The officer in command was able to land the plane,” California Highway Patrol Officer Craig Martin said. “He was able to take over and safely land the
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