Nearly two weeks after a gunman fatally shot nine coworkers at a San Jose light rail yard, the mayor of Northern California’s most populous city is proposing first-of-its-kind gun safety restrictions that would require gun owners in the city to obtain insurance and pay an annual fee to cover the cost of gun violence. While
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New York State lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that allows for civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for how they market and sell firearms. If signed into law by the governor, New York would be the first state to clear an avenue for civil litigation against gun industry stakeholders in this way. The
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GameStop is getting a new chief executive and chief financial officer, the company announced as part of its earnings release Wednesday. Matt Furlong, who will replace George Sherman as CEO, and Mike Recupero, who will be CFO, are both joining the company from Amazon. Their experience at the online retail giant will likely prove useful
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Chad Daybell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the murder and conspiracy charges he faces in connection with the deaths of his ex-wife and the two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow. Idaho 7th Judicial District Magistrate Judge Steven W. Boyce said that a scheduling conference would take place in two weeks to determine a
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Cox Media Group’s television and radio stations across the US were hit by a cyberattack last week, with some stations still untangling from the impact, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The sources did not say if this was a ransomware attack or some other cyber intrusion, but systems used by the stations
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As some states report they have Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses that are expiring before they get used, the company and federal officials say they’re looking at whether expiration dates can be extended — and whether the doses could be put to use elsewhere before they expire. “We’re working very hard, both at the
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An unrelenting surge in gun violence and murder is gripping American cities even before the habitual summer spike in crime, leaving police brass from New York to New Orleans scrambling for solutions. With states lifting Covid-19 restrictions and more people out in warmer weather, US cities are preparing for a potentially bloody summer by bulking
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Police in Arizona are investigating after a spray-painted swastika and an anti-Semitic slur were found on the door of a Tucson synagogue. “The congregation is really disappointed. We’re really taken aback,” Rabbi Ram Bigelman of the Chabad on River synagogue told CNN on Tuesday. “We didn’t think such antisemitism existed in our community.” It is
Continue Reading Singer R. Kelly spoke briefly at a court hearing Wednesday, saying he approves of a significant change in his legal team just two months before his federal trial in Brooklyn is set to begin. Half of his legal team, attorneys Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard, requested to withdraw from the case with a court filing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Carol S. Comer has died. According to the Associated Press, officials did not release a cause of death but Comer announced in July 2019 that she was undergoing chemotherapy to fight cancer. Comer was named director in Jan. 2017 by former Gov. Greitens. The Department
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Boeing is seeking a one-year delay in its deadline to deliver two new 747 jets to be used as Air Force One. And that would mean added costs for taxpayers. The aircraft manufacturer signed a $3.9 billion deal for the presidential planes with the Air Force in 2018. The planes are currently due to be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WIND POINT, Wisconsin (WISN) — A Wind Point couple got creative with their Pride decorations after their neighborhood association told them they had to take down their Pride flag. Memo Fachino and Lance Mier live at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Wind Point. They asked WISN
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The man who faces a second trial for the 2016 shooting death of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith was back in court Wednesday for a final pre-trial hearing ahead of his second trial. Judge Camille Buras said Cardell Hayes’ case is “in
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A very summer-like pattern has shaped up across Mid-Missouri with hot temperatures and increasing humidity for the rest of this week. A large upper-level high pressure ridge is centered across the Plains and Rockies and is starting to migrate east as we close in on the end of the week. Temperatures are expected to be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — New details have been released on the attempted cockpit breach on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville last week. The flight was forced to make an emergency landing at the Albuquerque Sunport on Friday. According to the criminal complaint,
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President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson are expected to commit on Thursday to working to open up travel between the US and the UK and lifting restrictions that were put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19, according to a source familiar with the matter. Biden and Johnson are expected to
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Boone Health will be hosting a Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic on June 19th from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Boone Hospital and it is open to anyone 18 and older. Boone Health also hosts a vaccination site located at the Columbia Mall where you can receive the Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WHEATLAND, California (KCRA) — The Intanko Fire showed no mercy as it burned through dry grassland near a rural Wheatland neighborhood Tuesday. The Houston family is safe, but the fire burned their home to the ground. “We saw the fire starting from over there and the wind was
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Campus Dining workers at the University of Missouri are set to hold a news conference Wednesday to air grievances about having hours cut during the summer.
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In one of its latest steps to erase Trump administration policies, the Biden administration has withdrawn a controversial proposal that could have kicked 3 million Americans off of food stamps and cost nearly 1 million children automatic eligibility for free school meals. The proposal, issued in 2019, would have tightened the rules governing who qualifies
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