DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines public schools district has fired a teacher for failing to wear a mask in school buildings. The firing came about a week after a federal judge suspended a new state law that prohibits school districts from implementing mask requirements. Phil Roeder, a spokesman for the school district,
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By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration panel said Friday that the booster should be offered at least two months after immunization but didn’t suggest a firm time. The
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By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration panel said Friday that the booster should be offered at least two months after immunization but didn’t suggest a firm time. The
Continue ReadingBy JACLYN SCHULTZ Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Nevada health officials and the COVID-19 Task Force are eyeing the potential effects on vaccine mandates on vulnerable hospitals as the Nevada Hospital Association warns of “disruptions” or “closures” due to further staffing shortages. Staffing is at “alert” levels across Northern,
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA PERRICONE Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The mother of a 26-year-old woman whose remains were identified on Wednesday morning is speaking out about the case. Jawaher Hejji was reported missing last Christmas. Her bones were found on Black Mountain months later. Her mother, who asked to be
Continue Reading QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Customers of Ecuador’s largest bank continue to experience service disruptions following a cyberattack on the institution earlier this week. Long lines formed outside Pichincha bank branches on Friday and thousands of customers took their complaints to social media. People reported being unable to access services offered by the bank’s online and
Continue ReadingBy PETER VALENCIA Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — Authorities said Friday morning that Monday’s deadly house fire in Tempe was not accidental. They are still working to determine exactly how it started. Two women were killed. It happened around 1:30 a.m. Monday at a home near Priest Drive
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost has became only the second woman to lead one of the Pentagon’s 11 so-called combatant commands that spearhead the military’s worldwide operations. At a change-of-command ceremony at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin applauded her
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted three Missourians in a fraud scheme that allegedly used the identities of deceased people to receive payments from federal coronavirus relief money. Federal prosecutors said 39-year-old Warren Watkins and 25-year-old Marissia Jackson, both of Kansas City, and 40-year-old Lamar Johnson, of Eldon, were charged
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Burns Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A group of Raleigh city employees, including dozens of police officers and firefighters, have hired a lawyer and are threatening to sue the city over its coronavirus vaccine regulations. The group, called City of Raleigh Freedom to Choose, calls a
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — One person’s complaint to the city is forcing the Sweet Tooth Community fridge to relocate. “The last thing we should be doing right now is taking away access to food,” said Aubrey Alvarez with Eat Greater Des Moines. The complaint
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has launched three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off early Saturday and was due to dock at the space station about six hours later. The three astronauts are the second crew to move into the new space station, which was
Continue ReadingBy Brett Rains Click here for updates on this story VAN BUREN, Arkansas (KHBS , KHOG) — According to Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante, detention deputies at the Crawford County Justice Center found Oddie Owens unresponsive in his jail cell Wednesday morning. First responders were called to help, but the sheriff said Owens died. The
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Lin Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Sacramento police are looking for whoever vandalized a Black Lives Matter mural in Sacramento this week. “It was just devastating,” said Keith Riedell, managing director of Capital Stage theater company. “It is an affront. An assault to social justice, to people
Continue ReadingBy KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A criminal grand jury investigation has been opened by federal prosecutors into Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective. According to CNN, The detective is accused of using his badge to terrorize Black women. He also allegedly coerced
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation told state lawmakers this week that it has received 215 tips about Catholic clergy sexual abuse and opened 122 cases. KBI Executive Director Robert Jacobs told lawmakers a task force set up to investigate clergy abuse has reviewed almost 40,000 records since its work began in
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The attorneys for prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh have released medical records they say show he was shot in the head on the side of a highway last month. Like many of the developments in the case, that seemingly basic fact has ended up in
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has launched three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off early Saturday and was due to dock at the space station about six hours later. The three astronauts are the second crew to move into the new space station, which was
Continue ReadingBy Abbie Petersen Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — One Omaha man said the mission to get Americans and refugees out of Afghanistan is personal. Safi Rauf, a former refugee himself, has put his life on hold to liberate people from Afghanistan. He has the help of a Nebraska Congressman
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines have arrested a woman accused of randomly firing several shots from a gun that wasn’t hers out of a car window on Friday. Television station WHO 13 reports that 23-year-old Sophia Garcia was arrested in the incident. Police say the shooting happened around 2 a.m. Friday,
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