Outreach vaccination event held for Columbia’s Black community
Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is set to host a vaccination clinic Wednesday to “provide direct access for members of the Black community.”
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Woman warns a potential scam from her idol
Click here for updates on this story Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT) — A personal text from your favorite entertainer would make most of us feel giddy but excitement turned to worry for a country music fan in Omaha. Linda Jones met the country music legend briefly 40 years ago. “I shook his hand, he was just
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‘Equipment failure’ causes more than 900 Water and Light customers to lose power
Shortly before 1 a.m., power went out for hundreds of customers near Columbia College.
Continue Reading Can we hug our vaccinated grandparents? Experts say it depends
Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV News) — As some Canadian provinces open COVID-19 vaccinations to their oldest residents, experts say meeting up with older loved ones who’ve received the vaccine remains a dilemma. On Monday, health officials in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia began offering appointments to have residents
Continue Reading Canadians’ desire to drop monarchy reaches ‘historic level’: poll
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A new poll has found that the desire among Canadians to drop the monarchy is at the highest level recorded in the past 12 years. The poll, conducted by Research Co., found that 45 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they would prefer
Continue Reading ‘Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine!’
“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine! I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate,” sang Dolly Parton, riffing on her hit song “Jolene” as she received her first Covid-19 vaccine dose. “I know I’m trying to be funny now, but I’m dead serious about the vaccine,” she told the camera. “I think we all want to get back
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The Capitol riot is an eerie repeat of the tense Reconstruction era in America
On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had gathered there expecting a celebratory speech on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant just two days earlier. But that evening, Lincoln’s speech was about
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The Capitol riot is an eerie repeat of this tense era in American history
On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had gathered there expecting a celebratory speech on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant just two days earlier. But that evening, Lincoln’s speech was about
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Latest federal report shows only one Missouri county in the ‘red zone’
Only one mid-Missouri county, Pettis, remains in the orange zone in Missouri’s latest State Profile Report.
Continue Reading UN Security Council to discuss Ethiopia conflict following CNN investigation into Tigray massacre
The UN Security Council will discuss the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday behind closed doors, two UN diplomats have told CNN. The development comes after investigations were published by CNN and Amnesty International last Friday into the massacre of civilians in two separate assaults in Tigray late last year. Thousands of civilians
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More than a dozen dead in crash involving SUV and semitruck in California near US-Mexico border
An SUV packed with people pulled out in front of a semitruck towing two trailers in a rural California county near the Mexican border on Tuesday morning, leaving at least a dozen dead and others hospitalized, officials said. Overhead video in Imperial County showed the brutal aftermath of the crash, with the jack-knifed semitruck smashed
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Australian Attorney General Christian Porter comes forward to deny historical rape allegation
Attorney General Christian Porter has outed himself as the Australian cabinet minister at the center of a historical rape allegation that has caused a storm of speculation in the nation’s Parliament. Speaking at a press conference in Perth Wednesday, Porter strongly denied the allegations made against him. “Nothing in the allegations that have been printed
Continue Reading Late and leaky. How the UK failed to impose an effective quarantine system
A week after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out a triumphant road map for the country’s exit from lockdown, off the back of its successful Covid-19 vaccination drive, major flaws have been exposed in the UK’s efforts to prevent the spread of new coronavirus variants in the country. The government issued a public appeal
Continue Reading Perseverance will search for ancient life on Mars. These places are next
When NASA’s Perseverance rover begins surveying the Martian surface in the coming months, the robotic explorer will be searching for signs of ancient life. Then, “Percy,” as she’s known to her team on Earth, will actually collect those samples, and future missions will return them to Earth. Perseverance is NASA’s first true astrobiology mission in
Continue Reading Investigators to examine data from the black box of the car Tiger Woods was driving in crash
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will retrieve data from the black box in the Genesis SUV courtesy vehicle that golf legend Tiger Woods was driving before his rollover crash last week. The department told CNN in a statement it executed a search warrant for the black box but had “no additional information regarding the
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Losing our sense of control during the pandemic
On a recent trip to the supermarket, I was trying and failing miserably to open a plastic bag to tuck my broccoli into — without licking my fingers for some much-needed traction because, well, pandemic — when I nearly lost it. My frustration only increased when all the huffing and puffing at the useless attempts
Continue Reading How to help your kids get enough sleep, especially during the Covid pandemic
Getting enough sleep was tough even before the pandemic. With disrupted routines, extra screen time and the incredible amount of stress most people face now, sleep routines seem to have gone quickly but quietly downhill. And from what I’m seeing in my child psychiatry practice — kids are suffering especially hard. Consider the work our
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6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published anymore because they portray people in ‘hurtful and wrong’ ways
Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” the business that preserves the author’s legacy said. The titles are: “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” “If I Ran the Zoo” “McElligot’s Pool” “On Beyond Zebra!” “Scrambled Eggs Super!” “The
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you know the tornado drill was just a drill?
The state of Missouri held a statewide tornado drill Tuesday to prepare for the upcoming spring severe weather season.
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More states are easing Covid-19 restrictions, even as health experts sound warnings
Several states on Tuesday announced they are loosening restrictions put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19, even as health experts warn against doing just that. Texas and Mississippi, for example, are lifting mask mandates and allowing businesses to open at full capacity. It’s too soon, health experts say. After the number of new
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