It’s not just on the streets, and it’s not just in America. Asians around the world are experiencing discrimination, and many of them say this is happening at work. From being explicitly harassed by colleagues to seemingly minor transgressions, such as getting excluded from business activities, people can experience bias in various ways at the
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The parents of Trevor Reed, an American who has been imprisoned in Russia for almost two years, revealed for the first time on Thursday that their son served as a Marine presidential guard — a fact they believe led Russia to target him for what they say is wrongful detention. Joey and Paula Reed told
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Click here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — According to a statement released by the Cobb County District Attorney’s office Terrance Paul Corry, the man who attacked his elderly mother while staying with her during the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced to 20 years. Powder Springs Police were dispatched to a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — State police have arrested two people after seizing drugs and firearms from a home in Waterbury. Police said on April 1 around 5 a.m., a search warrant was executed at a home on Keefe Street for suspected weapons violations. The investigation is in response
Continue Reading A man who went shopping in New Mexico came back to find his car was full of bees. Thousands and thousands of them. He called 911, as anyone would do if they returned to a car full of insects. Fortunately for him, the firefighter who responded also happened to be a beekeeper. The man’s car
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) All Missourians will be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine next Friday, April 9. Local health departments are preparing on how to accommodate a larger group becoming eligible. The state is moving forward with its vaccine distribution plan as Phase 3 will become eligible on April 9. Phase 3 allows for all
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One of college basketball’s all-time coaching greats is calling it a career. Roy Williams, who led North Carolina to three national championships and guided UNC and Kansas to nine Final Fours, is retiring after 33 seasons as a head coach, UNC said. “I no longer feel that I am the right man for the job,”
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The United States Capitol Police’s Inspector General has issued a scathing preliminary report about the department’s “deficiencies” leading up to the January 6 riot that left five people dead and nearly 140 law enforcement officers injured. A source familiar with the report told CNN that Inspector General Michael Bolton found that the department failed to
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The Los Angeles Times is getting closer to finding its next top editor and the newspaper’s owner said he has met with most of the candidates in the running. “We’re in advanced rounds of interviews with several candidates, most of which I’ve met with personally,” Patrick Soon-Shiong told CNN Business this week. Soon-Shiong, a biotech
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Riding the tailwinds of months of red hot housing and IPO markets, real estate firm Compass made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. Compass’ stock, which is listed under the ticker symbol “COMP,” jumped around 20% immediately after trading began, and ended the day up nearly 12% at $20.15. The company raised
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people are injured, two with serious injuries, after a wreck north of Columbia near the intersection of US 63 North and East Highway 124. The crash happened at 3:30 p.m. Thursday after one vehicle failed to stop at an intersection, and pulled into the path of another vehicle. The second vehicle
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Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin spoke to his supervisor in a phone call shortly after kneeling on George Floyd for over 9 minutes to explain what happened on scene. “I was just going to call and have you come out to our scene here,” Chauvin told Sgt. David Ploeger in a phone call captured
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the vaccination rate for Boone County rises along with vaccine supply, demand for the vaccine seems to be leveling off according to appointment openings. On Wednesday, The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Twitter page tweeted out that there were available shots at the United Church of Christ vaccination event in California, Missouri.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows falling into the upper 20s. Frost is likely with light winds expected. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer as a south breeze sets in and gusts up to 20 mph. Highs in the upper 50s to around 60. EXTENDED: Gorgeous weather is expected over the weekend as the jet
Continue Reading An interstellar comet that crossed into our solar system nearly two years ago is revealing more of its secrets. Researchers have determined that the comet, known as 2I/Borisov, is more pristine and unaltered than any of the comets that have been observed in our solar system. The dust around the comet is also intriguingly different
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At the headquarters of biotechnology company Novavax, scientists are developing what they hope could soon be another Covid-19 vaccine for the United States and the world. Data from the company’s large-scale Phase 3 clinical trial of the vaccine in the US and Mexico are expected this month, but the timeline depends on how quickly it
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Jefferson City police officers arrested a chase suspect in Holts Summit on Thursday.
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Two Hennepin County paramedics who treated George Floyd last May said Floyd was unresponsive, not breathing and had no pulse when they arrived on the scene. “In layman terms, I thought he was dead,” paramedic Derek Smith said. Smith and his partner, Seth Bravinder, testified in former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial on Thursday.
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The S&P 500 has topped 4,000 points for the first time ever as investors kick off the second quarter with optimism about the coronavirus recovery. The index rose nearly 1.2% to close at a record high of 4,019 points on Thursday. The Dow was up 171 points, or 0.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.8%.
Continue Reading A top Michigan Democrat on Thursday called on the US Senate to pass the sweeping federal elections bill advanced last month by House Democrats to counter efforts by Republicans in his state and elsewhere to restrict access to voting. Michigan is among the battleground states that were decisive in sealing President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory
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