We’re starting to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control, at least in some parts of the world, but the pandemic won’t be over until most of the world is vaccinated. Access to vaccines continues to be a huge challenge. In the United States, we need to be more proactive in reaching the millions of people
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Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — With spring here, lots of people have been doing some sprucing up in their yard but as with many things during this pandemic, COVID-19 has now affected yard waste pick-up too. “This is just something this experience that we work on our way through,”
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A Bengal tiger that was missing for almost a week has been found, Houston officials said. “We are happy to report that the missing tiger seen in a Houston neighborhood last week has been found and appears to be unharmed,” Houston police tweeted. Houston Police Cmdr. Ron Borza identified Gia Cuevas and her husband, Victor
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta police are investigating the circumstances of what led to four people shot near the Trap Museum on Sunday around 3:40 a.m. Police said when officers arrived at the location of 630 Travis Street they found 3 men had been shot and were taken to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELLINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — Getting violently sick from eating a donut? It happened to many customers after visiting Gerry’s Donuts in Ellington. The North Central District Health Department warns people to not eat food from there while it investigates the cause. Mother’s Day weekend was supposed to be
Continue Reading Two Chicago police officers were shot on the west side of the city Sunday morning and have been released from the hospital, and the suspected gunman was also shot, according to the Chicago Police Department. Police Superintendent David Brown said officers responded to a ShotSpotter gunshot detection alert and calls of shots fired on South
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — An arrest has been made in a deadly pedestrian accident in Gresham. Gresham police said they arrested 20-year-old Cameron King Thursday, two months after the accident off Northwest Eastman Parkway. The mother of nine-year-old Baylei Martins-Read, who was killed, is reacting to the arrest.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — Mask mandates are disappearing around the Kansas City area. Saturday night the KC Mavericks hosted the Allen Americans in the first large sporting event in the region where masks were optional. In the tailgate area just outside Cable Dahmer Arena, David Buckner played lawn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — A ruptured pipe pouring several million gallons of untreated sewage into Perdido Bay is now fixed, according to the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA). The repair happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday night at the Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility, putting an end to a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A two-year-old Milwaukee boy is in critical condition. Milwaukee police say he shot himself. It happened near 48th and Marion. People who live in area say this should be a wake up call for all parents. “It’s been a lot of violence going on with
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Jose Ramos looked up from his dinner and met a strange sight outside his Houston home last Sunday. A tiger. He grabbed his phone, snapped a few pictures of the animal sitting in his front yard and posted them in a neighborhood forum, where the shots quickly grabbed the attention of an off-duty deputy living
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Imagine getting through this pandemic without Zoom. Or not having any days off work, toiling seven days a week with no overtime pay. Asian Americans have improved the lives of fellow Americans in countless ways. But some of the biggest contributions don’t end up in history books. Here’s how five Asian Americans of different ethnicities
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people are recovering from moderate injuries after a crash on I-70 in Boonville. It happened around 10 a.m. Saturday morning near the West Ashley Road exit. Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports say 36-year-old Andrain Wiley of Kansas City was traveling at a high rate of speed in a Chevy Trailblazer
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is recovering from moderate injuries after a crash on Friday night in Audrain County. Clayton Nutt, 18 from Vandalia, Missouri traveled off the left side of Route K near Audrain Road 517, just after 8 p.m. on Friday. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nutt traveled off the road, he
Continue Reading Police are trying to find whoever opened fire at a Bronx park on Saturday night, killing one person and leaving four others injured. Four males and a female were at Claremont Park when shots were fired around 9:07 p.m., a spokesperson for the New York City Police Department said. Three of the males and the
Continue Reading In the past week, America took two big steps closer to a semblance of the normalcy we’ve longed for. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration expanded its emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to include people 12 to 15 years old. And on Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced fully
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Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians boiled over this week, escalating rapidly into one of the worst rounds of violence between the two sides in the last several years. An already tense situation prompted by moves to evict Palestinian families from their homes near the Old City in Jerusalem exploded at one of the holiest sites
Continue Reading Israel bombed the house of Hamas’ Gaza leader and obliterated a family’s home in Gaza as Hamas launched more than 100 missiles towards Israel on Sunday, marking one of the deadliest days of the week-long conflict so far. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had bombed the house of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ leader since
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Here’s some information about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus, called Covid-19 by WHO, originated in China and is the cousin of the SARS virus. Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that are common among animals. The viruses can make people sick, usually with
Continue Reading No more masks? As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced fully vaccinated people can stop masking or physical distancing, except for certain extenuating circumstances, for many it felt like the breakthrough we’ve all been waiting for. The CDC decision is an enormous step in the return to normalcy for our families. Some
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