SENIOR CENTER MEALS
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of Jan 10. Palmer Center: 218 N.
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St. Louis news anchor criticized for being ‘very Asian’
ST. LOUIS – A news anchor at a St. Louis television station received an outpouring of support from around the world after a viewer criticized her for “being very Asian” and told her to “keep her Korean to herself.”
Oldest US veteran of WWII dies at 112
NEW ORLEANS – Lawrence N. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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Trump maintains grip on GOP
WASHINGTON – As a raging band of his supporters scaled walls, smashed windows, used flagpoles to beat police and breached the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn a fair election, Donald Trump’s excommunication from the Republican Party seemed a near certainty, his name tarnished beyond repair.
WHO: Record weekly COVID jump
GENEVA – The World Health Organization said Thursday a record 9.5 million cases of COVID-19 were tallied around the world last week, marking a 71% weekly surge that amounted to a “tsunami” as the new omicron variant sweeps worldwide. However, the number of recorded deaths declined.
Italy to enforce mandate for ages 50 and up
ROME – The Italian government approved a measure Wednesday requiring people older than 50 to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the country struggles with nearly daily new records of fresh infections fueled by the omicron variant.
NATION & WORLD WATCH
Winning Powerball tickets yield $632M in Wisconsin, California MADISON, Wis. – Powerball tickets sold in Wisconsin and California were winners of the latest jackpot and will split $632 million, officials said.
Missouri hospitals sound COVID alarm
St. Louis area hospitals are getting “crushed” by the highest number of COVID patients they’ve seen yet in the pandemic, hospital leaders said Wednesday.
Friends remember Coker as leader and mentor
As an elementary principal in the Independence School District, Patty Schumacher said, if she ever wanted to send out a mass communication, she would have Roberta Coker check it first. Coker, better known by friends by her nickname “Poo,” was director of community relations for ISD, and Schumacher later became an associate superintendent.