Road work keeps MoDOT busy despite COVID-19 pandemic
The Missouri Department of Transportation said Tuesday that calls for service were on track with previous years in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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Columbia police investigating armed robbery near Business Loop
Columbia police officers say an armed robbery called out near the Business Loop early Tuesday morning is under investigation.
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Florida manatee mutilated by someone who etched ‘Trump’ onto its back
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR ) — Federal wildlife authorities in Florida are looking for the person or persons who mutilated a manatee by carving the word “Trump” onto its back. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the manatee was discovered Sunday in the headwaters of the Homosassa River in
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CDC to require negative Covid-19 test for international passengers flying to US
The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to sign today or Wednesday an order requiring all international passengers to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test before boarding flights to the United States, a federal health official tells CNN. The order will go into effect two weeks after it’s
Continue Reading FDA expands Sportmix dog food recall after 70 dogs reportedly died
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded a recall and is alerting pet owners and veterinary professionals about high levels of aflatoxin in some pet foods after 70 dogs reportedly died and over 80 others were sickened. The dog food in question has been identified as certain Sportmix products manufactured by Midwestern Pet Foods. The
Continue Reading Resident drives military-style tank through residential streets
Click here for updates on this story PALMETTO BAY, Florida (WFOR ) — Residents of the usually quiet South Florida community of Palmetto Bay are buzzing after spotting one of their neighbors riding his military style tank down residential roads. Many were confused by the sight and wondered if it’s even allowed and apparently it
Continue Reading 107-year-old woman receives COVID-19 vaccine
Click here for updates on this story WINDHAM, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A 107-year-old New Hampshire resident is thrilled that she received the COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday. Mary Dentler was five years old during the 1918 pandemic, and she will be turning 108 next week. “I wasn’t nervous at all, and I’m glad it’s almost
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Missouri House Democrat calls on Josh Hawley to resign
A Democratic member of Missouri’s House of Representatives filed a resolution on Tuesday calling on Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) to resign from office.
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Analysis: Will deplatforming make Trump and the far-right vanish, move — or radicalize further?
Just now, silence may not be that comforting. For years there has been a din on social media — from President Trump on Twitter, from right wing extremists amplifying his varying brands of crazy, from smaller sites hatching their own parallel universe. But now Trump is off Twitter, and Parler seems shut down for the
Continue Reading Dentists say they should be higher on Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccine distribution list
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — If you’re a dentist, then you do a job that’s about as face-to-face as it gets, yet the state has placed them at the very bottom of Phase 1 of the COVID-19 vaccination list. Dentists say they should have access to the vaccine now. “We’re
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Capitol rioters shouted ‘This is our house.’ But the Capitol was built by enslaved Black Americans
“This is our country; this is our house,” one rioter told a reporter while storming the US Capitol last week in support of President Donald Trump. And that rioter wasn’t alone. The sentiment of the Capitol being “our house,” according to those who invaded the building, was heard multiple times throughout Wednesday’s event. But the
Continue Reading Powerful ultra violet lights installed on SMART trains to kill coronavirus
Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, CA (KPIX) — Remember those black lights you used in college? Now, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is using its medical grade cousin to help make the trains safer. Out of sight, in the overhead compartment, is what SMART believes is the latest weapon against COVID,
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Chadwick Boseman’s widow Simone gives emotional tribute at Gotham Awards
Simone Ledward Boseman tearfully paid tribute to her late husband Chadwick Boseman Monday night during the 30th annual IFP Gotham Awards. She accepted the Actor Tribute award for the actor, who died in August at the age of 43 after a private battle with colon cancer, saying, “As an artist, an actor, and a person,
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How Trump’s second impeachment will be different from the first
The overall impeachment process laid out in the Constitution is relatively simple: President commits “high Crime or Misdemeanor,” House votes to impeach, Senate conducts a trial. Those overall contours are constant. But there’s no such thing as a routine impeachment. The one President Donald Trump faces now, after inciting a riotous mob to attack the
Continue Reading UK COVID-19 variant detected in Maryland, couple in isolation
Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) — The UK variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. There are now two cases of the new, more contagious strain in Maryland- a married couple from Anne Arundel County. “Just a couple of minutes ago, I got
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Etsy removes ‘Camp Auschwitz’ shirt from its website following Capitol siege
Etsy removed a “Camp Auschwitz” t-shirt from its website after a rioter was spotted wearing a shirt with the same message during the US Capitol siege. The e-commerce company removed the item immediately upon learning that the shirt was for sale and banned the shop that listed it, a spokesperson for Etsy told CNN Business.
Continue Reading Noose found hanging at worksite; police investigating, concourse expansion work temporarily stopped
Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KCNC) — A hangman’s noose was found at a work site at Denver International Airport in late 2020, bringing a $700 million airport gate construction project to a halt, triggering a Denver Police investigation and prompting the construction company involved to offer a $125,000 reward for
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Only about 2,000 people speak the Cherokee language fluently. The tribe is saving some vaccine doses for them
Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And as Covid-19 began to spread, that number started to dwindle. So when the Cherokee Nation began receiving shipments of the Covid-19 vaccine, the tribal
Continue Reading Woman charged, along with boyfriend, in capital murder of her 8-year-old son in Irving hotel
Click here for updates on this story IRVING, TX (KTVT) — Irving Police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Leslie Curtis and her boyfriend, 29-year-old Codie McCrory, with capital murder in the death of Curtis’ son, 8-year-old Delmar Best-Curtis. Police said on Friday, Jan. 8, around 5:30 p.m., officers responded to to an unconscious person call
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Sheldon Adelson, Republican kingmaker and casino magnate, has died at 87
Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87. Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands last week to resume treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which his aides first disclosed in
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