As members of China’s political elite prepared for an annual summit in Beijing this week, state-run news agency Xinhua noted “there is no perfect democracy, only democracy that fits best.” Hong Kong may be about to find out the democracy that fits best, at least in Beijing’s opinion, is no democracy at all. At the
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The plan is expected to save MU more than $93.7 million in repair and maintenance costs and about $2.5 million in annual operating costs, according to a news release.
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark woman was arrested Thursday by Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Officials report Leigh Bauman was arrested this afternoon in Camden County. She is currently being held at Camden County Jail with no bond issued.
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A Dallas police officer is accused of offering to pay another person to kidnap and kill two people in 2017, Dallas Police Chief Eddie García announced Thursday. Officer Bryan Riser, a 12-year veteran of the department, faces two counts of capital murder, the chief announced at a news conference. “This criminal investigation dates back to
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Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic is headed and whether vaccines are working. And there’s no way to make use of one of the most important tools for fighting infectious diseases: contact tracing. “While the public may
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When Tiger Woods crashed his car in Southern California last week, he told sheriff’s deputies that he had no recollection of driving or how the accident happened, according to a Los Angeles County affidavit for a search warrant of the vehicle’s black box. Woods was driving February 23 in Rancho Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles,
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When Humbelina Gonzales heard Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was lifting the state’s mask mandate next week, her first reaction was, “It’s too soon for it.” Gonzales, who volunteers at a thrift store called Trash & Treasure in Alice, Texas, about 45 miles west of Corpus Christi, said she intended to follow guidance by the US
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the March 4 roundtable, the topics discussed were about the efficacy and availability of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Also how health organizations are planning to use the doses and how this vaccine could be a game-changer in the pandemic. ABC 17 News spoke with MU Health Pharmacy Director Brad Myers
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Dutch Mandel’s cell phone lit up with messages: “It’s open, it’s open, it’s open!” The 62-year-old South Carolina resident told CNN on Thursday that his friends and he — all older than 55 but younger than 65 — had been anxiously monitoring the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control website for weeks to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Attorney’s Office in Jefferson City is warning residents that scammers are using the office’s title in an attempt to scam residents. Officials say the scammer claims to be with Cyber Crimes and said they (the receiver of the call) had a phone that was identified as a phone used in
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The US shouldn’t ease restrictions in place to prevent Covid-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, “and maybe even considerably less than that,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. The US should pull restrictions gradually, after a substantial portion of Americans are vaccinated, Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper. The last time
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One of the most influential women of the 20th century is being introduced as a role model to a new generation of girls. Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt has been made into a Barbie doll as part of the company’s “Inspiring Women” series, which pays tribute to women throughout history. She’s the only first lady
Continue Reading Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced this week to 14 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s office. The sentence Wednesday was part of a plea agreement, Winslow’s attorney Marc Carlos said in a statement to CNN. “Mr. Winslow was able to avoid the
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Concerned that there weren’t enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the vaccine eligibility requirement to encourage more people to make appointments. Now, in Gila County Arizona — located 90 minutes east of Phoenix — anyone above the age of 18 can get vaccinated. “We were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Thousands of Missourians would be off the hook for repaying federal unemployment benefits the state wrongly awarded them under a state bill gaining traction. House lawmakers voted 157-3 in favor of forgiving the federal portion of unemployment overpayments owed by Missourians. The state’s Labor Department doled out $146 million in unemployment
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A newly proposed bill in Tennessee would make it even more difficult to protest in the state — by making obstructing a highway a felony and giving immunity to drivers who unintentionally injure or kill those in the way. The HB13 bill, which was introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly in February, builds on legislation
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New Zealand’s emergency agency told residents in some areas to head for higher ground after a powerful earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region early Friday, sparking fears of a tsunami. The 8.1-magnitude quake was the third to strike the area on Friday morning local time, according to the New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency. People
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The irony of it all is that the laughter came during a discussion about racial inequities. Nancy Navarro, a member of the Montgomery County Council in Maryland, was speaking during a virtual meeting on Tuesday about how the county’s coronavirus vaccine rollout had failed people of color and the burden she felt as a Latina
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I was getting my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Bayou City Event Center in Houston when the news broke that Governor Greg Abbott is lifting Texas’ mask mandate — even as health officials warn not to ease restrictions aimed at stemming the pandemic. No one at the vaccination site removed their mask,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Tyreese Perkins, 19, of Columbia, Thursday for the homicide of Jakob Cole. Cole was found shot on the 4700 block of west Millbrook Dr. on Feb. 15. Deputies responded to reports of shots fired on the evening of Feb. 15 in the area of W Millbrook Drive
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