Tales of Bengal tigers on the loose, like the one found roaming a Houston front yard last week, may soon be history if a bipartisan bill becomes law. The Big Cat Public Safety Act would largely ban people from owning lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, cougars and jaguars as house pets. Zoos and sanctuaries would be
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A Mobile woman’s desperate plea for help on TikTok has touched millions of people around the world. “There’s been people from Ireland, South Africa… I didn’t expect it to.. the video.. to blow up that much,” said Valerie Partsch, who shared her mother, Michelle
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Thousands of cars have been stolen in Milwaukee in 2021. One local man makes it his business to hunt down those cars for a living. It’s no secret to local residents, car theft in Milwaukee is a known problem. “We hunt cars, we go out
Continue Reading Police in Britain are investigating an attack on a rabbi Sunday that left him needing hospital treatment. Officers went to the location in Chigwell, just outside London, on Sunday afternoon following reports of a religiously aggravated assault, Essex Police said in a statement Monday. “It is believed that two teenagers stepped out in front of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The state’s South Beltway bid request landed on his desk like a 4,000-page set of assembly instructions. And they were unfinished. Alan Hayes and others at Hawkins Construction knew what the Nebraska Department of Transportation ultimately wanted — an 11-mile line on
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Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — How much money does Canada owe Indigenous people for the theft of their land, and what could restitution look like? A new report posed these and other questions as it took a deep dive through the finances behind Canada’s historical and ongoing oppression
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — Boys born weighing less than a kilogram are 4.6 years older biologically later in life than men of the same age who were born at a normal birth weight, according to a recent study by McMaster University researchers. The study, published in the
Continue Reading The Palisades Fire has prompted ongoing evacuation orders and warnings in a zone about 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. It’s charred more than 1,320 acres since it was reported Friday and is still 0% contained, Los Angeles County fire officials said Sunday. California has been in a massive drought for weeks, and experts
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Today is Tax Day in the United States — about a month later than usual. Here’s what’s changed besides the filing deadline. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign
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Gov. Mike Parson has directed all state workers to return to work in person Monday, with no mask or social distancing requirements.
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Communities across the US ushered in a quick return to normalcy over the weekend as the country responded to the latest mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency said Thursday fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks or social distance indoors or outdoors, with some exceptions, triggering announcements nationwide
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the area near Topanga Canyon due to the Palisades Fire, with more residents on standby to leave, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The area affected, at Topanga State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains, is about 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. By Sunday afternoon,
Continue Reading Rosalie Lacorazza already has lived through two 17-year cicada events and dreads what’s coming. As the periodical cicadas in Brood X begin to emerge by the billions this month across the eastern United States and Washington, DC, area, Lacorazza said she will be taking no chances. “I’ll be back to my early pandemic ways where
Continue Reading Taiwan has imposed new restrictions including limits on gatherings in its capital as it battles its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic last year. The democratically-ruled island off the coast of China, widely praised as a success for its handling of Covid-19, reported 335 new cases Monday — a record single-day rise.
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Israel bombed the house of Hamas’ Gaza leader and obliterated a family’s home in Gaza as Hamas launched more than 100 rockets toward Israel on Sunday, marking the deadliest day of the week-long conflict so far, according to data from the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza and Israeli authorities. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said
Continue Reading China’s space agency has an extraordinary gift for the ruling Communist Party’s 100th birthday: a rover on Mars. The historic landing on Saturday of Zhurong, a rover named after the god of fire in ancient Chinese folklore, was a crowning moment for China. It not only demonstrated the country’s growing capabilities in space, but also
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is the No. 8 overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The Tigers will host an NCAA regional for the first time in five years. MU will take on University of Illinois at Chicago in the first game of regional play on Friday at 3:30 P.M. Northern Iowa
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Local businesses have been busier than ever since the pandemic as Lincoln University and The University of Missouri held graduations this weekend. The CDC announced Thursday, that fully vaccinated individuals would no longer be required to wear masks or social distance indoor or outdoors, as the vaccines have been proven to be
Continue Reading A man believed to be responsible for two early morning murders in Birmingham, Alabama, opened fire on four police officers Sunday afternoon, striking two and grazing two others, according to police. The unnamed assailant was fatally shot by the officers during the incident, and the injuries to all four officers appear to be non-life-threatening, Birmingham
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