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Boone County reported three more COVID-19 deaths Tuesday. Health officials say one patient was between 70 and 74 years old, and the other two were older than 80. Boone has reported 56 deaths from the illness. More than half of those have occurred in December. Active coronavirus cases in Boone …

(AP) — Britain has authorized use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the “vaccine for the world.” The United Kingdom government says the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has made an emergency authorization for the …

(AP) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote. The GOP leader said the Senate would “begin a process” to address the issue. But the next steps are highly uncertain. Trump has …

(AP) — The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado. Gov. Jared Polis and state health officials announced Tuesday that the case was found in a man in his 20s who’s in isolation and has no travel …

The year 2020 may have one more trick up its sleeve, in the form of wintry weather. “The most uncommon part about everything that we’re seeing here is we’re really kind of dealing with two different systems,” National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Herzog says. Herzog said on Tuesday you may …

Police categorize the death of a man found on a Jefferson City street as accidental. William Johnson’s body was found early Christmas Eve morning on Commercial Way. Medical examiners say Johnson died of hypothermia in the cold conditions. Johnson was 41 years old.

(AP) — The process of administering the COVID-19 vaccine to residents and staff at long-term care facilities in Missouri has begun. Residents at the Cottages of Lake St. Louis Retirement Center were among the first in the state to receive the vaccine Monday morning. CVS and Walgreen’s employees will administer …

There was a big drop in active coronavirus cases over the holiday weekend in Boone County, to 686. Hospitalizations dropped too, to 129, but are still straining resources. Boone County added 93 new positives on Monday, and one COVID-19 death. The patient was older than 80. That is now 53 …

(AP) — The House has voted overwhelmingly to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger payments. The vote Monday evening sends the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate, where the outcome is uncertain when senators meet Tuesday. Democrats led passage, 275-134, their majority favoring additional …

A Kansas City woman dies in a Highway 50 crash. The Highway Patrol says Kelly Sullivan’s car went off the highway at 6:45 p.m. Sunday near the Taos overpass and Lisletown Rd. east of Jefferson City. The car hit a rock bluff and flipped, ejecting Sullivan. She was 56 years …