Tensions in Jerusalem reached their highest point in years Monday with rocket sirens sounding just after 6:00 p.m. (11 a.m. ET), capping another day of violence in the holy city, where hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli police. In response to what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said were dozens of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball standout Jenna Laird is the SEC Freshman of the Week for the fourth time this season. The New York native was a big part of the Tigers series win over No. 17 Tennessee this past weekend. Laird hit safely in all three games. She batted .375 with a home run
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Click here for updates on this story PACIFIC PALISADES, California (KCNC) — Police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti that has been sprayed on benches and pathways from Will Rogers State Park south into Venice over the past month. The neon spray-painted messages are hard to miss and especially upsetting with phrases like “the Jew is guilty”
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Tensions in Jerusalem reached their highest point in years Monday with rocket sirens sounding just after 6:00 p.m. (11 a.m. ET), capping another day of violence in the holy city, where hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli police. In response to what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said were dozens of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PINE, Colorado (KCNC) — Starting in June, a handful of all-terrain wheelchairs will be made available to disabled “hikers” at Staunton State Park. Four battery-powered Action Trackchairs and one GRIT Freedom Chair have been provided to users through the end of October. “Being able to offer the therapeutic
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Critical race theory. You may be hearing those three words a lot these days. Lawmakers in Tennessee and Idaho have banned its teaching from their public schools’ curriculum, while parents in Texas are opposing a school district‘s efforts to combat racism with lessons in “cultural awareness” — seen by some as critical race theory. It’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOVELAND, Colorado (KCNC) — There are exactly 108 stitches on a baseball. Christopher Valerio has that beat. Easily. The 12-year-old baseball player from Loveland received 500 stitches on his noggin last month after he dove for a foul ball and ran head-first into a chain link fence. Chris’s
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F posted on Twitter that troopers are investigating a fatal crash at highways 50 and 5, just outside Syracuse.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Kellen Buffington is the organizer one of the biggest AAU tournaments the North Texas area has seen in a while, with 189 teams from all over the nation having come to play. In addition, his job is to evaluate the talent for some of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANIER ISLANDS, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — A woman and two teenagers were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta on Sunday after they were injured when a boat exploded at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands and caused a dock fire at the lakeside attraction. Hall County Fire Services
Continue Reading A lightning strike sent a chunk of highway through the windshield of a truck in Florida on Monday and authorities say the truck’s occupants are lucky that their injuries weren’t more severe. When fire rescue crews in Walton County, 40 miles north of Destin, responded to the scene of a traffic accident near mile marker
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — This Mother’s Day, new technology is helping a Kansas City mom who suffers from a rare disease affecting her vision. KMBC 9 talked to her about how a special device is helping her regain her independence and confidence as a mother. Ashley Mizell
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — When Danielle Yonemura was 14 and her daughter, Leilani, was born, she said she made a promise to give her a better life than she had. And that started with bettering herself first. “Wow, I really need to get my stuff together because
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A 96-year-old retired schoolteacher, who is now a crossing guard in the Sherman Park neighborhood, says he loves what he does, and he’s hoping to hit a milestone. “I get up at about 4 o’clock in the morning,” Julius Campbell said. “And then I go
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WMTW) — Sometimes maternal bonds can cross into other species. A Maine family from Jefferson is sharing video from their trip to the Franklin Park Zoo last month, where one of the gorillas seemed fascinated with their five-week-old son. Emily Austin held up her sleeping son Canyon
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When Alexandra Leighton set out to get her Covid-19 vaccine, she found herself pleasantly surprised. Leighton, who produces television commercials, found she could get any of the three Covid-19 vaccines — Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson — within a reasonable drive from her Miami home. “At the beginning it was horrible — you wanted
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ORLANDO (WESH) — A Polk County mother and military wife is back in Orlando with her family, after being deported three years ago. Alejandra Juarez entered the United States illegally more than twenty years ago and lived undocumented. She was deported in 2018. Congressman Darren Soto asked President
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It’s the claim that’s suddenly everywhere: The Covid-19 vaccine is going to make women infertile. “No! You don’t know the science!” one woman posted on Twitter in response to naysayers. “The vaccine creates an immune response to the placenta and renders a woman sterile! They know this and this is the objective! It’s a shifty
Continue Reading New York Police Department investigators are looking for a 31-year-old man they believe to be the shooter who left three people injured in Times Square over the weekend, according to two law enforcement officials. The law enforcement officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, say the man intended to
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week it had designated a coronavirus variant first seen in India as a “variant of interest,” adding it to the growing collection of viral variants it’s keeping an eye on. Vaccine makers are so worried about the chance new variants will escape the protection offered
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