By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand’s first community Covid-19 case in six months is the Delta variant — and genome sequencing shows that it’s linked to the growing outbreak in neighboring Australia, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. The country of five million people went into a nationwide lockdown late Tuesday night, hours after confirming a
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports in July jumped 37% from a year ago, highlighting an overseas recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Finance Ministry data showed imports also grew 28.5%, rising for the second month of a trade surplus for the world’s third largest economy. Japan’s exports grew to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local U.S. Army veterans in Columbia shared their concerns Tuesday regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country. “I honestly think we kind of need to be there, personally, but then again, it’s also a battle kind of like Vietnam was, you know you can’t win
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Star softball team lost to Oklahoma, 7-0, in the semifinals at the Little League Softball World Series on Tuesday. Oklahoma snapped Missouri’s four game winning streak in North Carolina. Missouri will now play for third place on Wednesday at noon against Texas. You can hear from head
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By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Corbin Burnes took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Kolten Wong had three hits and was hit by a pitch against his former team as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0. Burnes allowed two hits and two walks, while striking out three
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Daniel Lynch allowed one run over seven sharp innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 3-1. Hanser Alberto gave the Royals the lead with a two-run double in the sixth. Michael A. Taylor also drove in a run off losing pitcher
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Thorns have traded goalkeeper Adrianna Franch to KC NWSL in exchange for goalkeeper Abby Smith and $150,000 in allocation money. Franch had been with the Thorns since the 2016 season, appearing in 65 matches with 198 saves and 26 shutouts. Franch was on the U.S. national team roster for
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SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported a record 633 new infections as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond Sydney. The state’s chief health officer said: “I can’t express enough my level of concern at these rising numbers of cases.” Infections were reported in towns in the west, north and central
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported a record 633 new infections as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond Sydney. The state’s chief health officer said: “I can’t express enough my level of concern at these rising numbers of cases.” Infections were reported in towns in the west, north and central
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Only one school district in Utah has so far approved a mask mandate for students. The Grand County School District Commissioners voted Tuesday in favor of the mandate that requires masks for 30 days starting on Thursday, the first day of school for grades K-6. At the meeting, the public
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Detectives in California have made an arrest in a 40-year-old unsolved killing after using modern DNA technology to test evidence from the case file. Sonia Carmen Herok Stone was a 30-year-old single mother living with her daughter in Monterey County when she was killed in 1981. She had worked as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several hospitals in Boone and Cole County announced today they will be offering booster shots for the immunocompromised. Boone County hospitals like MU Health Care, Boone Hospital and the Columbia/Boone County Health Department will be offering the third shot. Cole County hospitals like Capital Region, SSM Health, Jefferson City Medical Group, Health
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Continue Reading By MARK BAKER Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia-based Associated Press photographer Mark Baker is spending 14 days in mandatory hotel quarantine after returning home to Sydney after covering the Tokyo Olympics. Baker says while the food is grim, the staff has been wonderful. He spends much of his time documenting the world outside his
Continue Reading By MARK BAKER Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia-based Associated Press photographer Mark Baker is spending 14 days in mandatory hotel quarantine after returning home to Sydney after covering the Tokyo Olympics. Baker says while the food is grim, the staff has been wonderful. He spends much of his time documenting the world outside his
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is upping the pressure on the growing number of public school districts defying a state ban on mask mandates as they try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Republican governor announced Tuesday that schools won’t get any cash from a $163
Continue Reading BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian officials say at least 1,150 people fled their homes in the country’s Choco province over the weekend to escape fighting between leftist insurgents and a paramilitary group that is expanding its influence in the region. The nation’s Human Rights Ombudsman said Tuesday that the clash involved armed members of the
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a Houston police officer for his role in a fraudulent drug raid that left two homeowners dead. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Tuesday that the case against Officer Felipe Gallegos would be re-presented to the grand jury. That’s after concerns arose about the
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By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the country, entering Kabul on Sunday as former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the United States evacuated its embassy. Now, many US veterans are expressing frustration and disappointment
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Missisippi, one of the nation’s least vaccinated states, has opened its second field hospital in days to treat a surge of coronavirus patients. The Christian charity relief group Samaritan’s Purse arrived in Mississippi has brought in more than 50 medical professionals and set up
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