National News Archives

CDC, FDA lift pause on using J&J’s coronavirus vaccine, add safety warning

April 23, 2021 4:09 PM CNN

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to recommend resuming use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.

US health panel reviews J&J vaccine pause over rare clots

April 23, 2021 8:56 AM Associated Press

U.S. authorities are weighing whether to resume the Johnson & Johnson vaccine more than a week after a pause was issued out of an abundance of caution.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should workers get paid leave for coronavirus shots?

April 22, 2021 2:04 AM ABC 17 News Team

President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged employers to provide paid leave for workers to get their coronavirus shots and recover from the side effects.

Garland announces Minneapolis police probe

April 21, 2021 9:18 AM Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death.

Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd

April 20, 2021 2:44 PM CNN Newsource

A former Minneapolis police officer has been found guilty of murder in the killing of a Black man last summer.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial reach the right verdict?

April 21, 2021 2:44 AM ABC 17 News Team

The jury in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd started deliberating Monday and reached a verdict the next day.

Walter Mondale, Carter’s vice president, dies at 93

April 19, 2021 8:10 PM Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, has died. He was 93. Mondale’s family says he died Monday in Minneapolis. Mondale served Minnesota as attorney general and U.S. senator. He followed the

8 people killed in shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, police say

April 16, 2021 9:02 AM CNN Newsource

A gunman opened fire outside and inside a FedEx Ground facility near Indianapolis’ main airport Thursday night, killing eight people, wounding several others and sending witnesses running before taking his own life, police said. Police were called to the facility at about 11 p.m. local time for what has become the country’s deadliest shooting since

Marshall, Hawley oppose moving ahead with hate crimes bill

April 15, 2021 3:15 PM Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans Roger Marshall of Kansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri were among a handful of conservative U.S. senators who opposed moving forward with a Democratic-sponsored measure for confronting hate crimes against Asian Americans. Marshall’s office said Thursday that an existing federal hate crimes law already prohibits intentionally injuring or trying to

Federal official: CDC, FDA taking reports of blood clots and J&J Covid-19 vaccine ‘seriously’

April 13, 2021 5:34 AM CNN Newsource

US health agencies are taking concerns about blood clots and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine “seriously” and are working to assess whether the shot is associated with a very small increased risk of rare blood clots, a federal official told CNN.

Student fired at officers at Tennessee school, was killed

April 12, 2021 3:09 PM Associated Press

The Knoxville Police Department said in a tweet Monday afternoon that multiple people were hurt in a school shooting including a police officer.

A shooting at a Texas office park has left 1 person dead and 5 wounded, police say

April 8, 2021 4:27 PM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — Police in Bryan, Texas, are searching for a suspect after six people were injured during a shooting at an industrial park on Thursday afternoon, according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department.

Derek Chauvin trial continues with MMA fighter who watched George Floyd’s death

March 30, 2021 7:16 AM CNN Newsource

The second day of Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death is set to begin Tuesday with further questioning of a professional mixed martial arts fighter who stumbled onto the scene of the 46-year-old Black man’s final moments.

Versailles man arrested in connection to Jan. 6 Capitol riot

March 29, 2021 6:29 PM ABC 17 News Team

VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man has been arrested in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. 55-year-old Matthew Loganbill faces charges for obstruction of congressional proceedings, unlawful and violent entry and disorderly conduct. According to court documents, he was arrested after witnesses told police that he posted his involvement in the riot on social

The first day of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in the death of George Floyd starts Monday

March 29, 2021 9:29 AM CNN

Opening statements are set to begin Monday in former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial, 10 months after George Floyd’s death under his knee launched a summer of protest and unrest.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should assault weapons be banned?

March 24, 2021 2:02 AM ABC 17 News Team

President Joe Biden is pushing Congress to ban the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines after 10 people were shot to death at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket.

10 dead in shooting at a grocery store in Colorado — less than a week after the spa killings in Atlanta

March 23, 2021 8:20 AM CNN

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.

US: AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in vaccine trial

March 23, 2021 8:05 AM Associated Press

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.

10 people killed after gunman opens fire at Boulder, Colorado, grocery store

March 23, 2021 1:14 AM CNN

Ten people, including a Boulder police officer, were killed in mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said Monday. A suspect is in custody, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said. The chief said Officer Eric Talley, who was 51 and had been with the department since 2010, was killed. He was one of

Records: Missouri man took photos in Capitol during riot

March 19, 2021 4:08 PM Associated Press

CEDAR HILL, Mo. (AP) — Court records say a Missouri man charged in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol was identified after posting on Snapchat and Facebook that he was inside the building during the melee. The Kansas City Star reports that documents released in the case against 28-year-old Nicholas Burton Reimler, of Cedar