India has the world’s biggest vaccine producing capacity but is suffering a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections — just as supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for its huge population are running low. The government has purchased at least 205.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, according to data from the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, placing
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Officials in Hong Kong will soon be able to block people from entering or leaving the territory, raising concerns over the possibility of mainland Chinese-style “exit bans” being used to prevent activists and former lawmakers from leaving. Authorities in mainland China routinely impose similar travel bans on dissidents and foreign citizens, including those facing civil
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A North Carolina judge ruled Wednesday that video from four body cameras associated with last week’s shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. will not be released publicly at this time. Judge Jeff Foster also granted, in part, a petition from the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office allowing Brown’s family and one of their legal representatives to
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A veteran Delaware police officer has died following an assault after he was dispatched to the home of a person suspected in an attack of an elderly couple, officials said Wednesday. A suspect in the attacks is in custody, the Delaware State Police said. Delmar Police Corporal Keith Heacook, a 22-year-veteran, passed away due to
Continue Reading One Watauga County sheriff’s deputy has been killed and another wounded in an ongoing standoff situation near Boone, North Carolina, officials said in a release sent on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office said a standoff with the suspected shooter is ongoing. Sgt. Chris Ward, died after being flown to Johnson City Medical
Continue Reading India has the world’s biggest vaccine producing capacity but is suffering a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections — just as supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for its huge population are running low. The government has purchased at least 205.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, according to data from the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, placing
Continue Reading The sheriff of a suburban Atlanta county has been indicted on federal civil rights charges for allegedly ordering his employees to use excessive force against four pretrial detainees, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. An indictment unsealed Monday alleges Sheriff Victor Hill ordered staff at the
Continue Reading Three more Colorado police officers have been placed on administrative leave in connection with the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia, according to the Loveland city manager’s office. Karen Garner was arrested last June for walking out of a Walmart with $13.88 worth of items, according to a lawsuit filed Sunday. Police were
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New body cam footage released in Chicago on Wednesday shows the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez as he runs from an officer. Alvarez was armed with a gun at the time, according to police. Newly released surveillance camera footage showed Alvarez dropping what appeared to be a gun onto the grass nearby as
Continue Reading A police union has filed an appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate former Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann, who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a recreation center in 2014 when he mistook a toy pistol for a real firearm, according to court documents. The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association (CPPA) filed the appeal
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Colgate wants to save you the agony of trying to squeeze out every last drop of toothpaste. It’s doing that by partnering with LiquiGlide, a company spun out of MIT’s Varanasi Research Group, on a new toothpaste tube with a coating designed to avoid any waste. LiquiGlide went viral in 2012 when it posted a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota school district is investigating reports of a student using racist language to ask another student to prom. A photo allegedly taken in Big Lake is making the rounds on social media. It shows two young people holding a sign that reads, “If I
Continue Reading Two deputies were shot near Boone, North Carolina, and an standoff with the suspected shooter is underway, according to a statement obtained by CNN affiliate WBTV from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office responded to a call for a wellness check on Wednesday morning because the homeowner and his family did not show
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A Texas man arrested for storming the US Capitol and assaulting police officers on January 6 also serves as a Republican Party precinct chair and has been an election poll worker in north Texas. Mark Middleton, 52, was appointed as the chair of Precinct 14 in Cooke County in December, just a month after the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH (KTVT) — The Irving brother of two girls murdered by their father has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for helping his father evade capture for more than a decade. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, the 32-year-old son of FBI “10 Most Wanted” suspect Yaser Said,
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Three men were indicted on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges by a federal grand jury in Southern Georgia in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Now to a consumer warning from a CBS 2 viewer who contacted us about a suspicious email that almost cost her big time. Morning Insider Tim McNicholas shows us the red flags so you can stay scam-free. “It scared me that I fell for it
Continue Reading The comedy film “Ice Age” humorously depicted a saber-toothed cat and a mammoth as misfit friends, but in prehistoric times the feline carnivore was a formidable predator that preyed on the young of the large mammal. The scimitar-toothed cat, or Homotherium serum, hunted 2-year-old mammoths, new research published mid-April in the journal Current Biology has
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUENA VISTA TWP., New Jersey (KYW) — The New Jersey attorney general has released dashcam video from a deadly police shooting in Buena Vista Township. It shows Roy Jackel, of Wildwood Crest, stealing a Franklin Township police vehicle. This happened after a crash at Tuckahoe and Cumberland roads
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The clock is ticking. About 4,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are in danger of going to waste at FEMA’s mass vaccination site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The line outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Wednesday was nothing compared to just a couple of
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