Bitcoin and Ethereum aren’t the only digital currencies that are hitting record highs this week. Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that features the face of a Shiba Inu dog as its logo, has surpassed 10 cents for the first time. The virtual currency, which originally started as an internet parody more than seven years ago, has surged
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The shooting started in the city of Bago, Myanmar at 5 a.m. on April 9. By the early hours of the next morning, at least 82 people were dead, according to advocacy group AAPP. One pro-democracy protester, an 18-year-old member of the so-called Defense Team tasked with protecting the neighborhood from the military, says he
Continue Reading [Breaking news update at 3:03 a.m.] Eight people with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds were pronounced dead at an Indianapolis FedEx facility, police said. Authorities said they were aware of multiple other injured victims in hospitals. [Previous story, published at 1:48 a.m.] Multiple people with gunshot wounds have been brought to local hospitals after a
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The withdrawal will begin May 1 and be complete by Sept. 11, the president said. The move ends a 20-year war in a country where worries persist about whether the government can retain power.
Continue Reading Multiple people with gunshot wounds have been brought to local hospitals after a shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, according to Officer Genae Cook, a spokesperson for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Police believe the shooter took his own life and there is “no active threat to the community at this time,” he said.
Continue Reading Simon & Schuster said it won’t distribute a book written by the Louisville police officer who was shot while executing a no-knock warrant at the home of Breonna Taylor, who was killed in the raid. Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly’s book, “The Fight for Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy,” was to be published
Continue Reading It was nothing short of a miracle when it became clear that scientists had developed several effective vaccines against Covid-19 in less than a year. Announcements last week from European Union and British drug regulators finding a possible link between AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot and rare blood clots, however, have been a real low point in
Continue Reading Rescue crews will keep searching overnight for the 12 people still missing after a commercial vessel capsized Tuesday several miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, according to the US Coast Guard. Six people were rescued and one body was found after the accident. The capsized vessel has now been declared a major marine casualty by
Continue Reading Law enforcement officials in Indianapolis are working a “mass casualty situation,” according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Spokesperson Officer Genae Cook. The incident happened at a FedEx facility located at 8951 Mirabel Road in Indianapolis, according to Cook. Police are on the scene and gathering information, no other details were immediately available. The major nearby
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The science: Scientists are coalescing around the idea that Covid-19 probably spread to people through an animal or animals. That was the conclusion of a preliminary World Health Organization review of the virus’s origins released in March. It laid out four possible origin theories and argued the most likely was some form of animal-to-human transmission
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Riot police, heavily armored, their faces concealed behind masks, holding signs reading “Disperse or We Fire” and “Warning, Tear Smoke.” It’s an image that has become synonymous with Hong Kong, a vision of the city which emerged from a summer of violent protests and a year of tightening political restrictions and mass arrests in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men are now charged after a shooting in north Columbia on Nov. 19, 2020. According to police, Tevone Stapleton fired shots from his car in the area of Bodie Drive and Edenton Boulevard. According to court documents, police found nine 9mm shell casings in the street. The shooting did not injure
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Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida raised more than $1.8 million during the first three months of the year, largely driven by small donations as the Republican mounted a vigorous defense of former President Donald Trump, a new filing shows. His robust fundraising swamps the roughly $192,000 he raised during the first three months in the
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Here are the local scores from Thursday, April 15, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA WOMEN’S SOCCER Kansas Wesleyan (0) Columbia College (3) FINAL Central Methodist University (2) College of Idaho (0) FINAL HS GIRLS SOCCER Battle (0) Jefferson City (8) FINAL Mexico (0) Fulton (3) FINAL Bolivar (4)
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An attempted mass shooting outside the San Antonio International Airport on Thursday was prevented by a parks officer working overtime, police in San Antonio, Texas, said. The shooter was driving in the wrong direction on an airport roadway when the officer — who is not being named — stopped him outside Terminal B, police said.
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Over the past year, New Zealand has been celebrated for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. As other countries battled months-long lockdowns and hospital systems on the brink of collapse, New Zealand imposed a five-week nationwide lockdown before returning to something resembling normality. Although borders have been closed to foreigners for more than a year,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission held second readings today to decide the allocation of remaining CARES Act funds. Thursday morning, commissioners discussed using the money to pay for better internet connection at the county jail. Those improvements would help lawyers meet virtually with their clients. These reimbursements would use up the rest of
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President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate nine diplomats for ambassadorships on Thursday, marking his first selection of overseas envoys since taking office. He also named his picks for senior State Department official roles based at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. His selection of a slate of predominantly career officials for the top
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The Defense Department has confirmed that leaked photos and video of “unidentified aerial phenomena” taken in 2019 are indeed legitimate images of unexplained objects. Photos and videos of triangle-shaped objects blinking and moving through the clouds were taken by Navy personnel, Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough said in a statement to CNN. She also confirmed that
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ASHLAND, MO (KMIZ) The Southern Boone School District announced Tuesday evening it would hold all classes virtually on Thursday, due to staff vaccinations. Southern Boone School District’s Superintendent, Chris Felmlee, says it was a collaborative effort to make the decision to hold classes online after staff members received their second dose of the Moderna vaccine.
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