Florida teacher David Fleischer says his students on the yearbook committee spent the past year carefully planning the topics and events they wanted to include in their high school’s yearbook — and they were proud of the finished product. But on Friday, the students at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines were told that
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A group of Houston Methodist Hospital workers protested on Monday the health care system’s requirement that staffers be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to CNN affiliate KTRK. Employees had to get the Covid-19 vaccine by June 7, according to Houston Methodist. More than 100 staffers at Houston Methodist filed a lawsuit on May 28 against the
Continue Reading Editor’s note: CNN will be launching the Meanwhile in China newsletter on June 21, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. As the United States routinely faces the tragedy of mass shootings, China is struggling to put an end to
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The New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will form a partnership in an effort to reduce gun violence and stop the flow of illegal guns into New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. The program will allow ATF agents to be embedded directly within
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President Joe Biden wants to pay for his infrastructure plan by raising the corporate income tax rate.
Continue ReadingThe Franklin County, Ohio, Prosecuting Attorney’s office announced Tuesday it filed the necessary documents to appoint two special prosecutors to assist in its investigation and prosecution involving the fatal shooting of Casey Goodson, Jr., and other cases involving law enforcement use of force. Goodson, a 23-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in December by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcycle driver is dead after a head-on collision on west Old Plank Rd near W Rte K. Boone County Joint Communications reported the crash at 7:49 p.m. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. No one including two children that
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New York City police arrested a 29-year-old man Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Justin Wallace in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, police said in a statement. Jovan Young, 29, is expected to be charged with homicide and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in Justin’s shooting, the NYPD
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Enes Kanter, a center for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, called for “normal gun control measures” after he said his brother was robbed in Atlanta over the weekend. “I’m shocked and disgusted,” Kanter wrote in a tweet on Sunday. “My little brother (Ahmet) walking around Atlanta, gets a gun pulled on him, and robbed. When
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) The Kansas basketball team officially announced its non-conference schedule on Tuesday, and one game stood out among the rest. The Mizzou basketball team will make its return to Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 11. The Border War was supposed to return in Dec. of 2020, but it was canceled due to the pandemic.
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EUGENE, Oreg. (KMIZ) Five Mizzou Track & Field athletes will compete in the NCAA Championships this week in Eugene. We caught up with Mizzou Track & Field head coach Brett Halter on Tuesday afternoon. You can watch the full interview in the video player below. https://youtu.be/r1QZIunGK1c Three of the five are freshman, and all of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball standout Cayla Kessinger plans to return for her extra year of eligibility, according to her father Cory. “Barring any medical issues, she will be back,” He said in a Twitter message Monday night. Kessinger made it official in a social media post on Tuesday night. Kessinger just finished up her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A person is charged in connection with a south Columbia crash that resulted in life-threatening injuries. Hannah Jawad is charged with second-degree assault, amred criminal action and driving without a valid license. According to court documents, Jawad was driving east on Green Meadows road on September 2nd when she crossed the center
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The mother of a boy found dead last month on a trail near Las Vegas has been arrested in Colorado, Las Vegas police said Tuesday in a news release. The boy was identified by police on Monday as 7-year-old Liam Husted of San Jose, California. His mother, Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, 35, was taken into custody
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First, the good news: Covid-19 cases are down in the US. Hospitalizations are dropping. And new deaths have decreased drastically as more Americans get vaccinated. Now the bad news: Most Americans still haven’t been fully vaccinated — threatening both short-term consequences for themselves and long-term consequences for the country. “We’re definitely going in the right
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Cole County will be adding more locations at mobile pantry locaitons in the month of June. SATURDAY, JUNE 5Helias Football Stadium – Lower Level1305 Swifts Highway in Jefferson City9 – 11 a.m.COVID Vaccines availableTUESDAY, JUNE 8Trinity Lutheran Church13007 Route C in Russellville1:30 – 3:30 p.m.COVID Vaccines availableTHURSDAY, JUNE 10Knights of Columbus1822 Tanner Bridge in Jefferson
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David McMahon hated the design of his classroom. Located on the ground floor of the Pudong campus of the Shanghai French School, its almost floor-to-ceiling windows made him feel like he was “teaching in aquarium,” in the words of one of McMahon’s colleagues. Passersby couldn’t help but look in, and their attention would inevitably distract
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The coming flu season may be a doozy. Even as coronavirus was devastating populations around the world, killing 3.7 million people globally, doctors and public health officials noticed something else was missing: There was almost no flu. One child died from flu this year in the US. In 2019-2020, there were 199 flu-related deaths in
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News Investigates what happened with a Moniteau County deputy getting put on probation. That deputy is back on duty after he was put on probation last week because of an interaction with a citizen. This is body camera footage from the interaction on May 27th that we got through a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hospitals in Mid-Missouri are reporting a small increase in people battling COVID-19, as transmission rates go up and vaccinations continue to decline. According to the Columbia/Boone County Health Department, 30 people were dealing with COVID-19 infections in hospitals. Of those, 18 are in the ICU, and nine are on ventilators. Only four
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