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Last year, three in 10 adults worldwide said they wouldn’t get a Covid-19 vaccine, Gallup poll finds
Nearly 1.3 billion adults globally in 2020 said they would not get a Covid-19 vaccine if one were offered to them at no cost, according to a new Gallup poll released on Monday. The poll, which surveyed more than 300,000 people across 117 countries last year, showed that 68% of adults worldwide would get a
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Chinese man dodges two navies to cross Taiwan Strait by rubber dinghy in search of ‘freedom and democracy’
A Chinese man crossed the highly-militarized Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy Saturday in search of “freedom and democracy,” Taiwanese police said. According to police captain Shih Chun-hsu, the man, surnamed Zhou, was spotted late Friday evening near the port of Taichung after crossing the roughly 80 kilometer (50 mile) stretch of water from
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Andrew Brown Jr.’s aunt says body camera footage of his death was not shown to all of his family members
Andrew Brown Jr.’s aunt said Sunday that not all of Brown’s family members were allowed to see the body camera footage from the day he was fatally shot. “I was overcome with shock and surprise because we were told to come down, Brown family will see the video, that’s what we expected,” Lillie Brown Clark
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Community vigil being held for Fulton missing woman
FULTON, MO (KMIZ) Missouri Missing held a community vigil for a Fulton missing woman, 25 year old Tori Taylor, who is believed to be the victim of a kidnapping on Monday afternoon in Fulton. https://www.facebook.com/MissouriMissing/posts/10157617135791082 The vigil will was held at Veterans Park in Fulton at 5:30 p.m. Taylor’s family hosted the event with Missouri
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Eric McClure, former NASCAR driver, dies at 42
Former stock car driver Eric McClure has died at age 42, NASCAR announced on Sunday. The Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Department confirmed McClure’s death to CNN. Emergency personnel were called to McClure’s home Sunday morning where they found his body. His body was sent to Virginia Department of Forensic Science in Roanoke for an autopsy,
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These are the key things America now needs to tackle in its Covid-19 vaccination efforts
The US needs to vaccinate tens of millions more Americans to have a chance at suppressing the spread of coronavirus — but in parts of the country, vaccinations are slowing and demand has dropped. Experts say they saw that coming. “In the first few months, we were capturing the part of the population that really
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2 high school students were killed in a car crash on their way to prom
What was supposed to be a jubilant rite of passage was replaced by grief and tragedy in Indiana on Saturday. Two high school students died in a car crash on their way to the prom, Hamilton County sheriff’s spokesperson Ryan McClain said. The crash happened around 5:15 p.m. in Arcadia, about 40 miles north of
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3 dead, more than 20 hospitalized after vessel overturns off San Diego coast
Three people are dead and nearly two dozen people were sent to hospitals after a vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning. San Diego Fire Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz told CNN they received reports of a vessel that overturned near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma around 10:27 a.m.
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A lesbian couple was shocked to learn they won prom king and queen
A lesbian couple at an Ohio high school said they never expected to be voted as prom king and queen, but that’s what happened last month. Annie Wise and Riley Loudermilk, both 18, have been dating for six months. They were voted prom king and queen at Kings High School in Kings Mill, Ohio, on
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2 dead, more than 20 hospitalized after vessel overturns off San Diego coast
Two people are dead and nearly two dozen people were sent to hospitals after a vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning. San Diego Fire Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz told CNN they received reports of a vessel that overturned near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma around 10:27 a.m.
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High school seniors create their own prom experience
Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO) — For many high schoolers, prom is one of the most anticipated events of the school year. But for a lot of Arizonans, prom didn’t happen this year. That was the case at Red Mountain High School so seniors Anthony Jeffery and Keon Holley set
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Hundreds honor fallen Arizona officer at a candlelight vigil
Click here for updates on this story CHANDLER, Arizona (KPHO) — A community came together to honor fallen Chandler Police Officer Christopher Farrar. He was killed in the line of duty during a chase on Thursday night. Hundreds gathered at Compass Christian Church to celebrate his life at a candlelight vigil on Saturday night. “Chris
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Soldiers who went missing on secret US military mission in 1962 to be honored with Maine memorial
The families of soldiers lost while taking part in a secret US mission during the Vietnam War have long wanted their relatives’ names included on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Because of complexities surrounding Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 — which disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1962 — that hasn’t happened. But relatives
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Missouri’s positivity rate grows as state reports more than 800 new cases
Vaccinations are also continuing to decline in the state. The 7-day average of doses given daily out as of Saturday was 24,128. That’s down more than 56% of the peak on April 11th, when the 7-day average was 54,460 doses.
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Vessel overturns off San Diego coast sending almost two dozen people to local hospitals
Officials from multiple agencies are responding to a vessel that overturned off the coast of San Diego, sending nearly two dozen people to the hospital. San Diego Fire Rescue spokesperson Monica Munoz told CNN they received reports of a vessel that overturned near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma around 10:27 a.m. (1:27 p.m.
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Sajjan says nature of Vance complaint ‘does not matter,’ the steps taken afterward do
Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ont. (CTV Network) — The federal defence minister says what was known in March 2018 about the nature of the complaint levied against former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance “does not matter.” In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Harjit Sajjan says what’s of more
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Gunman kills two and wounds another before being shot by police at a Wisconsin casino
A gunman fatally shot two people and seriously wounded another at a Wisconsin casino on Saturday night before he was shot and killed by police, according to Lt. Kevin Pawlak of the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators believe the suspect had a “personal relationship” with an employee at the Duck Creek restaurant inside the Radisson
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‘We’re in a lot of trouble’: What’s happening in Alberta as it shatters multiple COVID-19 case records?
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Alberta has become one of the hot spots for COVID-19 in Canada during this third wave of the pandemic. The province broke its daily COVID-19 record for the third day in a row on Saturday when it reported 2,433 new infections. As of
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2 Indiana high school students killed in car crash on their way to prom
What was supposed to be a jubilant rite of passage was replaced by grief and tragedy in Indiana on Saturday. Two high school students died in a car crash on their way to the prom, Hamilton County sheriff’s spokesperson Ryan McClain said. The crash happened around 5:15 p.m. in Arcadia, about 40 miles north of
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