There were a lot of surprises on a flight to Hawaii last week, starting with the birth of a baby to a woman who didn’t know she was pregnant. Not only did there happen to be a doctor on board the Salt Lake City-Honolulu flight, but there were also three neonatal intensive care nurses —
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An attorney for Derek Chauvin filed a motion for a new trial on Tuesday. The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted on April 20 of second degree unintentional murder, second degree manslaughter and third degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The four-page document, filed by attorney Eric Nelson, details a number of errors
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After the city of Columbia announced there will likely be no new health order after the current one expires on May 12, businesses are left with the choice to keep social distancing and masking restrictions or not. The event industry was one of the first and hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Pentagon has said it is tracking a large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this weekend, raising concerns about where its debris may make impact. The Chinese Long March 5B rocket is expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere “around May 8,” according to a statement from Defense Department
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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Two men who were traveling through Kansas City, Missouri are facing charges in federal court after officers seized nearly 24 pounds of heroin, Monday. Darwin G. Morales-Sagastume, 23, and Cristian J. Lopez-Catalan, 28, have been charged with one count of possessing heroin
Continue Reading The Department of Defense’s watchdog is set to examine how the Pentagon has handled reports of UFOs, which the department refers to as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. The investigation from the department’s inspector general was announced in a letter Monday to Pentagon leadership and signed by Randolph R. Stone, assistant inspector general for evaluations. “The objective
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has voted in favor of barring state and local officials from putting any restrictions on businesses, churches or other non-public entities during public health emergencies, except in certain circumstances. The Republican-led House voted 117-23 to send the bill to the Senate ahead of a May 14 deadline to
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Krispy Kreme is preparing to go public. The doughnut company said on Tuesday that it has confidentially filed paperwork related to a public offering of its stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The number of shares that will be offered and their price range has not been determined, the company said, adding that the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — With severe weather making its way through north Georgia for a second day, the Douglas County Government released a statement on the county’s emergency sirens. The county had received inquiries from a number of residents near Kings Highway this week after many were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story O’AHU, Hawaii (KITV) — On Friday, special agents with the attorney general’s office scoured 10 hotels, primarily in Waikiki, for quarantine breakers. During the operation, which covered 3,200 hotel rooms, agents worked with hotel security staff to identify guests subject to the state’s mandatory 10-day quarantine. “It (the
Continue Reading Epic Games and Apple kicked off their high-profile trial on Monday, beginning a legal battle that is expected to run for at least two weeks and has the potential to change not only the iPhone maker’s app ecosystem, but also the broader app economy worth hundreds of billions of dollars. At the center of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Throughout the pandemic, parents have voiced concerns that some kids might fall through the cracks, either in terms of educational development or their health and safety. Early in the pandemic, the Portland Police Bureau expressed concern that the same could be true when it
Continue Reading NBA player Sterling Brown’s $750,000 settlement was approved Tuesday by the City of Milwaukee Common Council following a lawsuit stemming from a 2018 altercation where he was tased, tackled, and stepped on by city police officers. The former Milwaukee Bucks player brought a civil rights lawsuit in federal court claiming Milwaukee police used excessive force
Continue Reading Will Smith is getting serious about his health and will document his journey for YouTube. In the upcoming tentatively titled series “Best Shape of My Life,” Smith will show the actor “rebuilding his body into the best shape of his life and getting his groove back along the way,” according to a description distributed by
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Rep. Liz Cheney’s days as the No. 3 in House GOP leadership appear to be numbered, with speculation growing about her replacement and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy contending she has failed to do her job in driving the party’s message to take back the majority. Cheney has grown increasingly isolated within her conference amid
Continue Reading Business groups and voting rights organizations are attempting to apply public pressure on Texas Republicans as lawmakers gear up to finalize bills that would make it harder to vote in parts of the Lone Star State and criminalize some of the actions of election workers. A group of some 50 trade associations and companies, including
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A house fire in Fulton Tuesday afternoon causes an estimated $60,000 in damages. The Fulton Fire Department responded to the house fire on the 800 block of Jefferson Street in Fulton at 1 p.m. When crews arrived, they found smoke showing from a two-story wood framed residential structure. Fulton police on scene
Continue Reading A major diplomatic incident has been avoided in Europe after a Belgian farmer accidentally moved the border with France, making his home country about 1,000 square meters bigger. Luckily, local authorities saw the funny side. The border between Belgium and France stretches 390 miles (620 kilometers) and the stone markers that define it have been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — For many motorcycle riders, getting their bikes blessed each year before the riding season is the most important ritual. It’s one of the safeguards bikers use to make sure they’re protected while they’re on the road. Thousands of riders and their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Alex Ekesa ran a 26.2-mile race Sunday, taking on the warming temperatures and wind gusts that came with it. Turns out, that was the easy part to his weekend. Due to days of multiple travel issues, the 38-year-old runner from Kenya didn’t
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