Five people were injured early Saturday in a shooting on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street, and no arrests had been made as of a few hours after the incident, police said. The shooting was reported to police at 1:16 a.m. CT on the street popular with tourists near an address on the edge of the
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A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying four astronauts from three countries — docked with the International Space Station early Saturday morning ET, beginning the crew’s six-month stay in space. This mission, dubbed Crew-2, marks the third-ever crewed flight for Elon Musk’s company and the first to make use of a previously flown, privately-owned rocket
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Louisiana voters are set to weigh in on the direction of the Democratic Party, choosing between a more moderate candidate who is aligned with President Joe Biden’s White House and a more progressive contender who could make history as the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress, in a Saturday runoff election. Two
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If you have unwanted prescription drugs sitting in your medicine cabinet, the Drug Enforcement Administration will be happy to help out. The federal drug agency wants your unused or expired prescriptions for its 20th National Prescription Take Back Day on Saturday — to help ensure homes are safe from drug abuse. When walk-in clinics and
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As the pace of daily vaccinations slides in the US, the Biden administration is directing fresh urgency to one of the biggest political challenges it faces in stopping the spread of the coronavirus: tackling vaccine hesitancy, particularly among conservative and rural voters in the Southeast and Mountain West. The nation’s vaccine supply got a boost
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TODAY: We kick off the weekend with showers and rumbles of thunder throughout the morning. Most of these will exit the area just after noon, with highs reaching the mid to low 60s. Breezes will stick around with gusts from 15-20 mph possible. By the evening, clouds will begin to push out quickly and lows bottom
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The real Deborah Johnson hasn’t watched the scene in “Judas and the Black Messiah” where a cop puts a gun to her pregnant belly after a predawn raid that killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. The 70-year-old now goes by Akua Njeri. She remains a revolutionary, as well as the mother of Hampton’s namesake. She’s
Continue Reading Debris believed to be from the missing Indonesian navy submarine has been found, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono told a news conference Saturday. Six pieces of debris believed to be from the submarine, which was lost in the Bali Sea on Wednesday, were presented to journalists. The latest update came as hopes faded
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One year later, 2020 graduates are being given the opportunity to walk across the stage Saturday at Mizzou Arena.
Continue Reading Teenage models Lydia-Angel Beach and Charlotte Claussen are seated on Monastiraki Square drinking in the warm Athens sunshine, having just sated their post-casting hunger with a juicy takeout souvlaki from classic kebab joint Thanasis. London-born Beach, 18, who grew up in Ibiza, and her colleague Claussen, 19, from Hamburg, flew in a few days ago,
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“Greed,” money and power. These were the three defining words of a week that shook European football’s very foundations. On April 18, 12 of Europe’s biggest, most successful and financially powerful clubs — subsequently dubbed the “Dirty Dozen” — announced their intention to breakaway from the current UEFA competition format and create their very own
Continue Reading Following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, his family has received death threats, an attorney for the mother of his child said Friday. “There have been some threats to the family, which is disturbing,” attorney Thomas Bowers said during a press conference Friday. Bowers said he has received racist calls
Continue Reading Every Sunday night, “90 Day Fiance” or one of its popular spinoffs takes TV viewers on a chaotic journey through romance, culture clashes and the American immigration system. Each episode of the TLC reality show starts off as a love story between an American citizen and a foreign national. Then comes skepticism, cringe comedy, eye-popping
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In the moments following the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., first responders can be heard on dispatch audio saying a man has been hit and has gunshot wounds to the back. Audio of the call, posted to the archives of the website Broadcastify, includes a dispatcher saying crews are responding to a call of “shots
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Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympian and reality TV star, announced Friday she plans to run to replace California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in an expected recall election later this year. “I’m in! California is worth fighting for,” she tweeted Friday morning. Jenner, a longtime Republican, filed paperwork in Los Angeles County and announced her intent
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By mid-May, the US will likely be coming up against a significant obstacle in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic — more doses of the vaccines than people who are willing to receive them, according to data that is worrying experts. “Facebook runs a survey every day — and we look at that data on
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that pregnant people get a Covid-19 vaccine, Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Friday. Her comment follows a new study that found no safety concerns among a large group of pregnant people who received the vaccine in their third trimester, and no safety concerns for their babies. “As
Continue Reading A Grand Rapids, Michigan, officer who is seen on bodycam footage punching a man during a March traffic stop initiated for littering has been defended by his police department. Bodycam footage of the incident, provided by an attorney for the man who was punched, Diabate Hood, shows at least four officers attempting to handcuff Hood
Continue Reading Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed a bill into law on Friday requiring all Alabama athletes in K-12 public school to compete in sports based on the gender they were assigned at birth — joining a growing trend among Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that have been moving in recent weeks to impose restrictions
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson is extending the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy Assistance (EA) Program for one-time primary heating bill payments through May 31 of this year. The state is expanding eligibility for both the heating and cooling programs for Missouri households with incomes up to 135 percent of the
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