Here is a look at the European Union. About the European Union The European Union is an international organization made up of 27 European countries. It governs common economic, political, social and security policies of its member states. According to the EU website, the objectives of the European Union are to establish European citizenship, ensure
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Fire crews shut down parts of East Ashley Street and East Hess Way in Jefferson City for an early Tuesday morning fire. According to Jefferson City Fire Department division chief, Jason Turner, there were no injuries reported. However, the first floor of the building collapsed into the basement. Crews were called
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Ten people, including a police officer, were killed Monday when a gunman opened fire in a supermarket in the Colorado city of Boulder, in one of several mass shootings in the US over the last week.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — An 11-year-old girl has died three weeks after she was shot on Chicago’s Far South Side. Ny’Andrea Dyer was hit by a stray bullet at a gas station in West Pullman on March 1. Dyer was sitting in the backseat of her mother’s SUV at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — An Omaha neighborhood has been dealing with a deep sinkhole for a week now. It’s been a couple years in the making for it to finally hit its breaking point. For weeks, neighbors on South 187th Street have been dealing with a six to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A report tracking mental health in Canada during the pandemic has scored Canadians’ mental health in the negatives for eleven straight months, and suggests many Canadians fear that revealing mental health struggles could damage their career. According to Morneau Shepell’s latest data, released
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — After hundreds of Android users reported sudden app crashes on Monday, Google has released an update to the operating system. “The problem with Gmail has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest
Continue Reading Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday that his government would hold accountable any soldier found responsible for rape or looting in the country’s conflict region of Tigray, just days after CNN and the UK’s Channel 4 News published investigations into rape being used as a weapon of war against women. “Reports indicate that atrocities
Continue Reading Here is a look at the Boston Marathon terror attack. On April 15, 2013, double bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured at least 264. Facts The bombs exploded 12 seconds apart near the marathon’s finish line on Boylston Street. According to Richard DesLauriers, the special agent in
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High school held such a promise for Ja-Lin Guzman — an escape from the crime-riddled streets of north Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood that she says made her “grow up fast.” “I felt like high school was our chance to still have our childhood and to be kids and to run around and play sports and do
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Sometimes it takes the youngest among us to show us where we currently reside as a society. I was reminded of this when my daughter, age 11, a product of her Korean American mother and a White rural Southern father, wrote a letter to herself. Like most parents, my husband and I have struggled with
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American federal health officials say results from a U.S. trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have included “outdated information” and that could mean the company provided an incomplete view of efficacy data.
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Rep. Jason Crow is urging Congress to act on gun measures that he argues would make communities safer in the wake of a deadly mass shooting Monday in his home state that left 10 people dead. “There are common sense laws and legislation that we can pass that will help make our communities safer. We
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced a hard five-day lockdown over Easter, as the country battles a sharp rise in new coronavirus infections. Almost all shops will be closed over the Easter period from April 1 to 5, and no more than five people over the age of 14 from two households can gather.
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Sandy Phillips says every single time there’s another mass shooting in the US, her mind runs back to the moment she received the dreaded news nearly nine years ago — that her daughter was among 12 people killed in the Aurora theater shooting. “It takes us back to the moments and the hours and the
Continue Reading One resident is dead and two firefighters injured following a fire at a residential assisted-living center in New York City’s northern suburbs, the Rockland County fire coordinator said early Tuesday. “We’re still working to account for all the other residents that were rescued and taken from the building” in Spring Valley, Chris Kear said, adding
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One firefighter is missing and residents are unaccounted for in a fire at a residential senior center in New York City’s northern suburbs, an official said early Tuesday. It wasn’t immediately clear how many residents couldn’t be located amid the blaze in Spring Valley, Trooper Steven Nevel of New York State Police’s Troop F said
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Officer Eric Talley was the first officer to respond to reports of an armed man inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday — and it’s where the father of seven died after actions that were described as “heroic” by officials. The member of the Boulder Police Department was one of 10 people killed
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When Chinese and Russian officials meet in Beijing this week, one topic of conversation may be the hatred both countries have for the international community’s use of sanctions to interfere in what they regard as “internal affairs.” China, at least, will be able to boast of hitting back: following new sanctions announced by the European
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New York police are investigating recent attacks on Asian Americans as potential hate or bias crimes following the Atlanta spa shootings. 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 up
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