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The wild west of cryptocurrency market
(B Magazine ~ 12/31/21)
On Christmas Day, one of the most recognizable sports venues in the United States changed its name. The Staples Center in Los Angeles, opened in 1999 and now home to two National Basketball Association teams plus another in the National Hockey League, became crypto.com Arena...
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Paths to Health: Recognizing and healing from trauma
(Health ~ 12/31/21)
The first step to healing trauma can be practicing self-compassion. It’s something Southeast Behavioral Hospital intake director and former therapist Amy Turnbull-Drilingas shares as one of the steps in moving toward healing trauma. As conversations regarding mental health have recently expanded, she says, more individuals are willing to explore and heal trauma in their past...
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Domestic assault results in shooting death of teenager, injury to his mother
(Local News ~ 12/31/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Police are investing a domestic assault that resulted in the Wednesday shooting of a Sikeston woman and the shooting death of her teenage son. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Chief James McMillen, just after 5 p.m. Wednesday, officers with DPS responded to a report of shots fired at a residence in the 200 block of William Street. ...
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2021 Year End: Supply shortages and emboldened workers: A changed economy
(National News ~ 12/31/21)
Employees at a fast-food restaurant in Sacramento, California, exasperated over working in stifling heat for low wages, demanded more pay and a new air conditioner — and got both. Customer orders poured in to an Italian auto supplier, which struggled to get hold of enough supplies of everything from plastic to microchips to meet the demand...
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Governor to allow coronavirus State of Emergency to expire
(State News ~ 12/31/21)
Gov. Mike Parson announced Friday that Missouri's COVID-19-related State of Emergency will expire today and not be renewed. The order had been in place since March 13, 2020. "Thanks to the effectiveness of the vaccine, widespread efforts to mitigate the virus, and our committed health care professionals, past needs to continue the state of emergency are no longer present," Parson said. ...
- Betty White, TV's Golden Girl, dies at 99 (National News ~ 12/31/21)
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/31/21)
Today is Friday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2021. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 31, 2019, the health commission in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that experts were investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness and that most of the victims had visited a seafood market in the city; the statement said 27 people had become ill with a strain of viral pneumonia and that seven were in serious condition...
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Out of the past: Dec. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 12/31/21)
When area cable subscribers turn on their televisions tomorrow morning, KFVS will be there, and it should remain on TCI cable television for at least the next two months; officials from the cable company say a 60-day extension on a contract with Cape Girardeau's CBS affiliate has been approved verbally; the deadline to reach an agreement was to be midnight tonight...