Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — An Omaha boy is out of the hospital after being on life support for eight days while battling multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), a rare, life-threatening condition some kids develop after getting COVID-19. Seven-year-old Aydien Weil describes what he remembers during his time at Omaha
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A new Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax was found to be 89.3% effective in a clinical trial conducted in the UK and appears to offer protection against some variants of the coronavirus, the American biotech firm has announced. The vaccine is the first to show it is effective against new variants during trials, with high levels
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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday accused Sen. Ted Cruz of “trying to get me killed” during the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and called for his resignation from the Senate, after the Texas Republican appeared to agree with her on the need for an investigation into Robinhood following chaos on Wall Street.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — An 80-year-old woman who wandered away from her home during Kansas City’s last heavy snowfall is reunited with her family. Thankfully a watchful, quick thinking 11-year-old came to the rescue. Kansas City police and the woman’s husband were frantically searching that snowy morning
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KGO) — Video captures the dramatic rescues of a horse and pony that were caught in the mud after a big mudslide in Monterey County. Crews came the aid of the animals Thursday, after they’d been stuck for as long as 18 hours. It happened on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARSHALL COUNTY, IN (WBND) — An inmate who was in the hospital climbed into the ceiling in an attempt to escape custody, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office. Inmate Jeffrey Campbell was taken to the hospital on Wednesday around 9:30 a.m. While in the hospital he was
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will host TCU in the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Saturday at Mizzou Arena. The game will tip off at 1 P.M. The Tigers are coming off a rollercoaster ride of a stretch, marked with one top-10 upset and one narrow loss. Mizzou toppled then No. 6
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The United Kingdom is preparing to welcome potentially tens of thousands of migrants from Hong Kong, with the opening of a new visa for residents of the former British colony this Sunday. Last year, China imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong that critics say has stripped the city of its autonomy and
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With coronavirus vaccine clinics being held across Mid-Missouri on Friday, some are having to wait in long lines to get their shots.
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For months, people have been clamoring to get access to Clubhouse, a buzzy invite-only social media app where members join virtual rooms to have live, unscripted discussions. Topics range from the “future of San Francisco,” with the city’s district attorney participating, and Kanye West to startup pitch events and various off color conversations. Unlike other
Continue Reading Strangers are just friends you haven’t met — unless you’re a naked mole rat. Arguably nature’s least beautiful animals, naked mole rats speak in dialects local to their own colonies and are hostile to outsiders, according to a study published Friday. Naked mole rats are “really highly unusual in that they’re the most social rodent
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HNA Group was once one of China’s largest conglomerates, spending billions of dollars to expand its reach around the world. Now it could go bankrupt. The Hainan-based company’s creditors have asked a Chinese court to approve plans for the company to enter bankruptcy, HNA said in a statement Friday. The creditors said the conglomerate couldn’t
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, IN (WBND) — An officer who stopped a suspicious vehicle seized .75 pounds of methamphetamine, cash and a meth pipe made from baby bottles, according to the St. Joseph County Police Department. A sergeant who was on patrol noticed a suspicious vehicle driving through a
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The release of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic has been postponed until 2022. The film, which stars Austin Butler as the late rock star, will now premiere in June of 2022 instead of November of 2021. Warner Bros. did not indicate why the film’s release has been postponed but production on the movie has had its
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Some of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram nearly seven years ago have finally escaped from their captors, a father of one of the girls told CNN. Halima Ali Maiyanga, one of more than 100 young women still missing, called her father to say she and others had managed to flee Boko Haram militants
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The anti-science movement has set up the United States and the world up for a worse Covid-19 pandemic than otherwise would have been, infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez argued Thursday. “An anti-science disinformation campaign of unprecedented magnitude and led by both multinational corporations and some governments, especially the Russian and US Governments, fuels the
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Former President Donald Trump has added three additional criminal defense lawyers to his impeachment defense team, bringing the current number of attorneys representing him next month to five. Johnny Gasser and Greg Harris, two prominent South Carolina defense lawyers, have agreed to defend Trump along with Joshua Howard, a North Carolina defense lawyer. “We’re on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KABC) — Baby on the move! We’re all making do with working from home, but sometimes there are certain things we can’t control. ABC7’s Leslie Lopez had a surprise visitor during her morning weather forecast, making for one adorable news blooper. In the video, you
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The Missouri Department of Corrections says eight prison officers were hurt in an attack at a prison in the southeastern part of the state.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Ashlee Johnson felt a rush of panic early Thursday morning when she awoke to a crashing sound and saw drywall falling from her bedroom ceiling. Her first instinct was to check on her kids. Her four-year-old son Amias was fine, but she couldn’t
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