By AJ Willingham, CNN He did it. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson rocketed to outer space, becoming the first person to ride into space on a rocket he helped fund. 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
Continue ReadingThe West is beginning to ease out of the long, oppressive heat wave and New York braces for a potential flood threat. CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast.
Continue ReadingOver half a dozen locations reached all-time temperature records on Saturday across the Southwest. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar has more on the dangerous heat to end the weekend.
Continue ReadingAfter Pfizer announced that it is seeing waning immunity from its coronavirus vaccine and it will seek emergency use authorization from the FDA in August for a booster dose, the FDA and the CDC released a joint statement saying boosters were not needed yet.
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By Jomana Karadsheh and Jassar Al-Tahat, CNN A former top adviser to Jordan’s king and a member of the country’s royal family have been sentenced to 15 years in prison during a landmark sedition trial that centered on former Crown Prince Hamzah bin al-Hussein. Bassem Awadallah, a dual Jordanian-US citizen and former chief of Jordan’s
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By Esha Mitra and Jack Guy, CNN At least 65 people were killed by lightning strikes and thunderstorms in the north Indian states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, authorities said. In the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, 23 died after lightning hit Amer Fort — a popular tourist spot on the outskirts of
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By Ralph Ellis, Hollie Silverman, Melissa Alonso and Kay Jones, CNN The death toll has reached 94 as recovery operations at the Surfside condo collapse site continue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a Monday morning news conference. Of the 94 victims, 83 have been identified and 80 families of the deceased have been
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, 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. One of China’s wandering elephants has finally made it home. The herd of wild Asian elephants shot to fame
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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By Jennifer Hansler and Brad Lendon, CNN United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed the US’ commitment to defend the Philippines’ armed forces from attack in the South China Sea, under a 70-year-old mutual defense treaty. Blinken made the comments Sunday, in a statement marking the fifth anniversary of a ruling by an
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By Randi Kaye and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Baby pictures. Toys. Photo albums. Passports. These are just a few of the items found by the search teams at the site of the collapsed Surfside, Florida, condo building that drove home the immensity of what they were doing, one crew member said. The crews at the site
Continue Reading CNN’s Randi Kaye speaks with Battalion Chief Nichole Notte about the search for survivors after a condo building collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
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State Representatives across Missouri are responding to a now deleted tweet sent out by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F.
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By Sheena McKenzie, CNN A derelict plot on the banks of the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, might seem like an unusual epicenter for a political earthquake. But that was before Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s populist government announced a controversial plan for a prestigious Shanghai university to open its first overseas campus there in 2024
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By Camille Furst and Alaa Elassar, CNN California has confirmed the first death from the West Nile virus in the state for 2021. The death occurred in San Luis Obispo County, according to a news release from the California Department of Public Health. It gave no further identifying information about the death. “West Nile virus
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 12.5% on Sunday. The increase in positivity comes along with additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 534,646 since the start of pandemic. In total, 98,046 probable cases of COVID-19 were discovered through antigen testing. DHSS has recorded a total of 9,387 deaths in the
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By Sarah Jorgensen and Polo Sandoval, CNN In Arkansas, the fight against both the deadly Covid-19 Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy starts one person at a time, meeting them where they are. Sometimes, that’s at church. At St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Little Rock’s Southwest side, Oscar Martinez was seizing his chance at a pop-up
Continue Reading CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports on Arkansas’s surge of Covid-19 cases as the state’s vaccination rate has stalled.
Continue ReadingFour people were arrested after a hotel employee alerted authorities about a cache of weapons inside a room at the Maven Hotel in Denver. CNN affiliate KMGH was at a press conference where Denver Police Department Chief Paul M. Pazen updated on the arrests at the downtown hotel.
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN When Eliot Middleton was a little boy, he followed his father around everywhere, watching the talented mechanic carefully fix car after car. Less than a year after his death, Middleton, 38, now a restaurant owner, is honoring his father’s legacy by fixing junk cars and donating them to people throughout rural
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