The claims are everywhere: If you add apple cider vinegar to your daily diet, it will help you lose weight. “Helps maintain a healthy weight range,” declares one manufacturer. “A lot of this is marketing,” said registered dietitian and CNN contributor Lisa Drayer. “Consumers get those messages, and they think, ‘Oh, this must be the
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Brian Kruesi says he was walking out of King Soopers after shopping in the Boulder, Colorado, store when he spotted the gunman firing outside. He ran back inside, warning other shoppers and employees about what was unfolding a few feet away — hurriedly trying to get people to the back of the store, to safety.
Continue ReadingThe 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at a Colorado supermarket — which left 10 dead including a store manager and a police officer — faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, police said Tuesday. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, of Arvada, near Denver, is accused of opening fire Monday afternoon at the King Soopers
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President Joe Biden is pushing Congress to ban the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines after 10 people were shot to death at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket.
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Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of discriminatory housing practices, according to the Chicago Tribune and Evanston Now. It is the first of its kind in the country. Alderman
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Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is now facing 16 lawsuits alleging sexual assault. Two new lawsuits were filed against Watson in Harris County, Texas, on Tuesday, alleging he assaulted women while receiving a massage in May and October 2020 respectively. A lawsuit filed earlier this week called Watson a “serial predator” and as with almost
Continue ReadingThe White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has been placed on leave following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last month, calling it “the African way” to apologize. The headmaster was temporarily removed from his job at St. Martin de Porres School in Hempstead, New York, after parent
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Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked the voters of Israel for making his Likud the largest party after the country’s fourth election in two years but exit poll projections by the three main Israeli TV networks all point increasingly towards a period of renewed political deadlock. In a moment of ritualized drama, the TV networks published their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communications is reporting Grindstone Pkwy at Highway 63 is back open after an evening wreck. A two vehicle wreck has temporarily closed lanes at the intersection of Grindstone Pkwy at Highway 63. An ABC 17 News crew on scene reports two vehicles were damaged in a wreck. Watch the
Continue Reading It turns out children really are listening to what you say. Children who overheard someone saying negative words about a particular group of people developed negative biases toward them, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Child Development. A group of 121 children ages 4 through 9 were split into smaller groups where
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The spokeswoman for the health department Sara Humm said health leaders have been working with those non-profits who work directly with the vulnerable populations
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, March 23, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS SOCCER Hickman 8 | Boonville 0 FINAL HS BASEBALL Jefferson City 18 | Union 2 FINAL WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER William Woods 0 | Columbia College 3 FINAL
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched a racial justice commission that will be tasked with dismantling structural racism and addressing the disparities laid bare by the Covid-19 pandemic. De Blasio announced the 11-member panel on Tuesday, keeping a promise he made during his State of the City address this year. The commission’s
Continue Reading Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was called a “serial predator” in the latest of 14 lawsuits against him alleging sexual assault. As with almost all of the lawsuits, the new lawsuit said, “Watson’s behavior is part of a disturbing pattern,” but was the first to include, “Plaintiff believes Watson to be a serial predator.” Seven
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Lee Ann Colacioppo, the editor of The Denver Post, was on an afternoon planning call with her staff when news broke that that newspaper would have to cover yet another mass shooting. Matt Sebastian, the
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Connecticut officials are expressing their outrage after a state representative downplayed racism against Asian Americans during a General Assembly committee meeting. Democratic Rep. Michael Winkler made his comments during a Planning and Development Committee meeting Monday. In an exchange with Greenwich Housing Authority board chairman Sam Romeo about why Greenwich doesn’t have a larger Black
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A trip to the grocery store turned into a fight for survival at a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado. The shooter entered the store Monday afternoon and opened fire, killing 10 people — including the first Boulder police officer to arrive on the scene. While families agonized for hours waiting to learn the fate of
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Police say a robber got away from a west Columbia convenience store with an undisclosed amount of money early Tuesday.
Continue Reading Authorities in North Carolina said they are conducting an investigation after they discovered ten dead dogs in trash bags that were thrown into a ditch on the side of a road. The dogs — mostly pit bulls — were found during a volunteer clean-up event called “Operation Spring Cleaning, authorities in Robeson County said. “Sadly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached between Columbia Public Schools and the family of a student over the use of seclusion rooms. The district agreed to pay a family $20,000 over claims administrators at Beulah Ralph Elementary School put a child in a room for several hours as punishment. CPS denied it did
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