A wooden Black Power fist stood for months at the makeshift memorial in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed before it was replaced by a metal fist. Last week, the original sculpture, along with the pain and demands for justice it represents, found a new home in Brooklyn Center after yet another Black man was
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KMIZ) The Moberly Area Community College women’s hoops team will face Eastern Arizona in the first round of the NJCAA Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. “I was just so excited for our girls, especially, you know, these young women qualified last year and won the region and won the district and didn’t get to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — Effie Saifi says she and her family have been in the fight of their lives against the city of Plano to protect the Montessori Children’s House Daycare and Preschool, which she says has been her dream ever since opening 17 years ago. “I want
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Facebook has long dominated much of our screen time. Now it’s coming for our listening breaks. Facebook announced several new tools for creating and sharing audio on Monday. Similar to its moves into video behind YouTube, disappearing photos after Snapchat and short-form content on the heels of TikTok, Facebook is once again following the growth
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays. Personal Birth date: May 6, 1931 Birth place: Westfield, Alabama Birth name: William Howard Mays Jr. Father: William Mays Mother: Ann (Satterwhite) Mays Marriages: Mae Louise Allen (1971-2013, her death); Margherite Wendell Chapman (1956-1961, divorced) Children: adopted with Margherite Wendell
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago has a new crimefighter. A 7-year-old boy named Ibrahim has a life-threatening heart condition, so Chicago Police made him an honorary SWAT officer on Sunday. Ibrahim got to announce a bust against some luxury car thieves – not really, of course; it was staged
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White House officials have transferred Trump-appointed scientist Betsy Weatherhead from her position overseeing the US government’s report on the effects of climate change, a senior administration official told CNN. The move is part of a larger effort by the Biden administration to clean house of President Donald Trump’s political appointees in scientific roles. The EPA
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When news broke that Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine might be linked to blood clots, the company responded by pointing a finger at Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines, issuing a media statement that said a study showed there were reports of blood clots with their vaccines as well. But the study doesn’t show that at all,
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The New York state comptroller has asked the state’s attorney general to investigate allegations that Gov. Andrew Cuomo used state resources in the “development and promotion” of his book on the coronavirus pandemic. Attorney General Letitia James’ office received the request to investigate the Democratic governor on Monday, her spokesman confirmed. The attorney general’s office
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It’s game over for GameStop CEO George Sherman. The video game retailer and meme stock announced Monday that Sherman will be stepping down on July 31 — or earlier if a successor is found. The news is not a major surprise given that Ryan Cohen, the co-founder and former CEO of online pet supplies retailer
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team will not make the trip to Springfield to meet Missouri State, on Tuesday, due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Bears’ program. The game will not be rescheduled. Instead, the Tigers will turn their attention to the three-game series with Georgia at home on April 23-25.
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“Cruel Summer” is set in the 1990s and shares its name with a Bananarama song from the ’80s, but its bingeable qualities make it nicely suited to the 2020s. How well that will translate to Freeform, the Disney-owned cable network, could be another matter, but this time-twisting soap opera certainly doesn’t suffer from a lack
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The Ingenuity helicopter has successfully completed its historic flight on Mars and safely landed back on the surface, according to NASA. The first powered, controlled flight on another planet took place at 3:34 a.m. ET. Unlike when the helicopter’s fellow traveler, the Perseverance rover, landed on Mars on February 18, there was a bit of
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The nominations are in and “WandaVision” has come out on top. The 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards has given five nominations to the Elizabeth Olsen-led Disney+ series, including best show, best fight and best hero. Other top nominees included “Emily in Paris” (4 nominations), “The Boys” (4 nominations) and “Bridgerton” (3 nominations). The network
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Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens announced Monday that Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top official on former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, will serve as the national chair of his Senate bid. The disgraced former GOP governor has aligned himself with figures in Trump’s orbit, drawing concerns among from an array of Republicans in Missouri politics and
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Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Crews resumed their search Monday for a woman who witnesses saw struggling in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg on Sunday. Crews went to the area near the City Island Bath House just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Witnesses had reported seeing the woman alone in
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The Army is preparing to approve a request for DC National Guard forces to deploy as soon as Monday night if there is unrest in the wake of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, according to a US defense official. The move comes amid nationwide tensions after recent police killings of Americans of color
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It has been a turbulent week for Bitcoin — and it’s only Monday. After the cryptocurrency suffered a flash crash on Saturday — plummeting some 14% — it attempted to bounce back Monday. But the rebound fizzled out quickly. Bitcoin fell 0.7% against the US dollar around the time of the stock market close Monday,
Continue Reading An Indiana prosecutor says “shortcomings” in the state’s “red flag” law allowed the 19-year-old man who killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last week to legally purchase two assault rifles months after being investigated by the FBI due to his potential for violence. CNN previously reported that in March 2020, Brandon Hole’s
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The investigation of human remains found near Boonville last week will continue, the Cooper County Sheriff said Monday.
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