One of Missouri's Covid hotspots and is set to welcome thousands to the Ozark Empire Fair next week

Amy Tignor remembers the crowds that attended the Ozark Empire Fair's rides, concerts and livestock shows in past years. ...

Mask mandates are back on the table as Covid-19 surges nationwide

While the need for mask wearing never fully dissipated during the pandemic, guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in May that removed restrictions for vaccinated individuals was a welcome harbinger of a possible return to normalcy. ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blames this for surge in cases

As coronavirus cases are on the rise in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis vows he won't impose a mask mandate. CNN's Leyla Santiago reports. ...

Family says radio host changed his tune on vaccines after he was hospitalized with Covid

• Analysis: As Covid cases rise, some conservatives make surprising course correction on vaccine ahead of 2022 midterms • Watch: DeSantis blames this for rise in cases ...

Analysis: As Covid cases rise, some conservatives make surprising course correction on vaccines

Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey's blunt message that unvaccinated people are letting the nation down capped a week where some Republicans finally seemed ready to abandon their dangerous coddling of Covid-19 vaccine skeptics and push Americans to get the shot. ...

Meet the lawmakers on the Jan.6 commission

• Bumble match turns in riot suspect who allegedly whipped police • Watch 'Almost giddy': Author describes Donald Trump during Capitol riot ...

'People are just walking out in the middle of shifts': What it's like to work in a restaurant

• Why hundreds of Frito-Lay workers are striking • Watch: Why are there so many job openings? ...

Trump ally Tom Barrack strikes a $250 million bail deal to get out of jail

A federal magistrate judge on Friday ordered Tom Barrack, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump who was indicted earlier this week on charges of illegal foreign lobbying, released from jail pending trial, freeing him on a bail package that includes a $250 million bond secured by $5 million in cash. ...

Lemon to Hannity: You know better than to cop out

Fox News host Sean Hannity encouraged his audience to consult with their doctors about the coronavirus vaccine and even said he believes in vaccine science, despite several hosts on the network consistently pushing vaccine disinformation. CNN's Don Lemon calls out the Fox News anchor for what he says was a cop out when Hannity made a clarification on air. ...

Staff director for Jan. 6 committee accused of retaliating against whistleblower

David Buckley, the newly named staff director for the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection, was found to be retaliating against a whistleblower during his time as the CIA inspector general, according to a report by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security. ...