China is sending three veteran astronauts to work on the country’s orbiting space station. A rocket will launch from the Gobi Desert in just over 24 hours, according to China’s space agency. CNN’s Steven Jiang reports.
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Oregon Zoo welcomed 10 California condor chicks to the Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation – the largest batch in the zoo’s 18-year effort to save the endangered species. The zoo said the final chick hatched on May 22 to an “experienced condor mom”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The family of a co-pilot involved in a deadly WWII aircraft crash is suing the owner of the plane. According to the family of Michael Foster, Foster was serving as a volunteer co-pilot on the B-17 that crashed at Bradley International Airport on Oct.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Candler man has been arrested and charged with numerous counts in connection with a child pornography investigation. Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office have charged Michael Gauge Smith of Candler with 38 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — As communities rebuild from the ashes of the devastating wildfires that destroyed Oregon cities last summer, there’s stories of giving coming out of the arduous processes to reconstruct towns and cities. The beginning stages of rebuilding Mt. Horeb Baptist Church are taking shape
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The scene that unfolded in a northeast Portland neighborhood Tuesday afternoon sounds like it belongs in an action movie. Neighbors saw what appeared to be a car chase, followed by several gunshots and an SUV crashing through the corner of a home’s garage, leaving
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A child is recovering after nearly drowning at an apartment complex pool in Madison on Monday. Nashville Fire tell us crews responded to Amalie Apartments on Kate Street around 9 p.m. after calls came in about a child who fell into a swimming pool. Officials
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — It’s blight and a safety hazard St. Louis City residents say needs to be towed away. Anita White Tramble says the deteriorating conditions of two vehicles on her street are indicators that the cars were intentionally dumped and left in front of her home
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Newly-released video shows a corrections officer at the St. Louis City Jail opening an inmate’s cell to allow two other men to attack him. The four-minute jailhouse footage shows two male inmates walking up to talk to corrections officer Demeria Thomas at the podium
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Three Amazon warehouse employees are facing charges, accused of stealing more than $50,000 worth of merchandise while on the job. North Haven police have arrested Teyska Miranda, Carlennys Matos-Romero, and Nelson Feliciano. The arrests came after police were notified that Amazon discovered inventory
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COBB County, Georgia (WGCL) — Neighbors in a Cobb County community are stunned. Residents said they were shocked to learn that the man living in a home on Forest View Trail in Smyrna is accused of impersonating a police officer. “It’s really scary that something like this would
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Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San Suu Kyi Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army who helped negotiate Burma’s independence from Britain. He was
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1954 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Sonia Maria Sotomayor Father: Juan Sotomayor, factory worker Mother: Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, nurse Marriage: Kevin Edward Noonan (August 1976-October 1983, divorced) Education: Princeton University, A.B.,
Continue Reading WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the spread of coronavirus is moving faster than the global vaccine rollout, adding that a Group of Seven (G7) pledge to donate hundreds of millions of shots falls short of what is needed now. “I welcome the announcement that G7 countries will donate
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As newly reported Covid-19 cases in the United States drop to some of the lowest levels of the pandemic, the link between vaccinations and transmission is getting clearer, exposing pockets of at-risk populations, but also a safer path forward. A CNN analysis found that states that have fully vaccinated more than half of their residents
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Lary D. Turner, 71, was pronounced dead at University Hospital after the crash Sunday afternoon on Route B near Highway 54, just north of Auxvasse.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Toronto Western Hospital has closed its COVID-19 unit as infection numbers continue to decline across Ontario. Infectious disease expert Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, who works at the hospital, said on Twitter he was “thrilled” to report that the unit officially closed on Monday. “Let’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new survey suggests about 20 per cent of vaccine-hesitant Canadians would lie about their COVID-19 vaccine history if injections were required for international or domestic travel. The 2021 Smart Traveller Survey, conducted by the Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada (THIA), found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were thrown off a Yamaha Boulevard motorcycle on Tuesday in Osage County, after it overturned in a crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the motorcycle was trying to pass another vehicle while traveling westbound on Mo 100 West of Two Socks Trail, when it had a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the state profile report, Missouri has moved back into the substantial transmission level of COVID-19. For the past month, the state has been bouncing back and forth between the moderate and substantial transmission level. May 21st was the first time this year the state had dropped to the moderate level.
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