COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: Medical worker in southwestern Missouri dies of COVID-19

Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Report: Chiefs, Texans planning joint social justice protest before NFL season opener

The Chiefs and Texans players have been in communication with one another about a joint demonstration before kickoff. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Kansas Department of Health and Environment identifies 22 COVID-19 clusters in metro area

No local school cluster cases were reported by the state on Wednesday, but there were three local sports clusters. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Yahtzee, Baby Nancy, My Little Pony up for Toy Hall of Fame

Three of the 12 finalists will be inducted into the hall Nov. 5. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Trick-or-treating is banned in Los Angeles this Halloween because of coronavirus risk

To celebrate the holiday, the county’s public health department said residents could organize online parties and car parades, in which participants remain in their vehicles. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

White supremacy is ‘most lethal threat’ to the US, DHS draft assessment says

White supremacists will remain the most “persistent and lethal threat” in the United States through 2021, according to Department of Homeland Security draft documents. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Lost World War II warship discovered on seabed 80 years after sinking

The warship led an assault on a city in the April 1940 invasion of Norway. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

A North Carolina company has launched the first combined test for coronavirus, flu and RSV

The test is available to patients through doctors, hospitals and other authorized healthcare providers nationwide. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

US Marshals find 8 ‘highly endangered’ missing children in Indiana

Eight missing children were rescued in a five-day rescue operation in the Indianapolis area and one person was arrested on charges including parental kidnapping, according to federal authorities. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Bold hopes for COVID-19 antibody tests still unfulfilled

Scientists are still working to figure out how well antibodies for the coronavirus may shield someone from another infection, or how long that protection might last. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Tenet’ tallies $20.2 million as Americans step back into theaters

More Americans went to the movies this weekend than they have in nearly six months. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

More than 200 campers airlifted to safety from California wildfire

Three fast-spreading California wildfires sent people fleeing Saturday, with one trapping campers at a reservoir in the Sierra National Forest. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Colleges combating coronavirus turn to stinky savior: sewage

Colleges across the nation — from New Mexico to Tennessee, Michigan to New York — are turning tests of waste into a public health tool. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

3 deaths, nearly 150 COVID-19 cases linked to Maine wedding reception

The total number of cases associated with the wedding and reception now stands at 147. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Send a birthday card to the oldest living WWII veteran in the US as he turns 111

The oldest living American to serve in World War II is turning 111 years old, and you can be a part of the celebration. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Mississippi mayor says pandemic is partly to blame for spike in city’s homicides

“The impact of the coronavirus on jobs and mental health has heightened the problem,” he said. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike?

The fear is that backyard parties, crowded bars and other gatherings will cause the coronavirus to come surging back. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: Kansas reports 23 new deaths since Wednesday

Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

‘He had the will to live’: Man rescued after spending 4 days trapped under fallen tree

The Minnesota man was cutting down oak trees when a one of them fell and landed on his legs. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Cumulative number of infected Missouri prisoners nears 1,000

Data on the Missouri Department of Corrections website on Friday showed 953 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19, while 340 staff members statewide also have tested positive. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

This is the Mississippi state flag design going before voters in November

If voters accept the design, it will become the new state flag. If they reject it, the design process will start again. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

Election chiefs worry about uncertainty as voting nears

Election officials are bracing for a potentially chaotic election, trying to navigate the risks of voting during a pandemic, a tidal wave of mail-in ballots and the president fanning skepticism about the validity of the tabulation. Top Featured Tags: – Missouri News Press Release Distribution Service

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