The Louisville Metro Police Department fired two detectives connected to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, according to copies of the officers’ termination letters. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in her apartment during a flawed forced-entry raid in the early hours of March 13, 2020. Detective
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Consolidated Water is issuing a precautionary boil advisory for customers near S Old Hwy 63. According to Consolidated Water, the boil advisory isdue to a water main repair. Customers including 19347 S Old Hwy 63 and South, Zumwalt Rd, N Mount Pleasant Rd, Raitt Rd, Critter Crossing Rd, Lee Rd, S Mt
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri police investigated an incident on the University of Missouri Recreation Trail where a man allegedly was masturbating in front of a runner on Nov. 1, 2020. Officials say the woman was running the trail when a male rode past her on a bike and would stay to stare at
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Click here for updates on this story STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Search efforts are underway to find thieves who stole a security camera that was aimed at finding a lost dog. Bruno, a Shih Tzu was last seen on New Year’s Eve after bolting out the door because of fireworks. Hound Hunters of NEPA and
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Pregnant women in South Asia who have been exposed to air pollution face an increased risk of pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and stillbirth, according to a new study. Researchers found that an estimated 349,681 pregnancy losses each year across India, Bangladesh and Pakistan were associated with bad air quality. Published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that Congress would resume the certification of the Electoral College votes on Wednesday after rioters incited by President Donald Trump breached the Capitol and halted the process of declaring President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election.
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The US coronavirus vaccine rollout has been slow, and some states eager to move more doses are beginning to vaccinate more than the health care workers and nursing home residents initially at the front of the line. Just 5.3 million of the 17.3 million doses distributed have been administered in the United States — only
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At least 52 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in the UK have been found in the United States, according to data posted Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes at least 26 cases in California, 22 cases in Florida, two cases in Colorado, and one case each in
Continue Reading NEW FLORENCE, Mo. (KMIZ) New Florence police are investigating after a juvenile shot another juvenile in the face Tuesday. Officials say a juvenile was playing outside the residence when a second juvenile arrived and pulled a gun from a backpack and shot the first juvenile in the face. The shootinng victim was taken to a
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Members of Congress from Missouri are reacting on social media to news that protesters have breached the U.S. Capitol.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri state colleges are getting $68 million in federal funding to fix up old buildings. Gov. Mike Parson announced the federal funding on Wednesday, along with $127 million in previously restricted state funding that he says now can be spent. Parson last year blocked close to $450 million from the
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Twitter said Wednesday it has locked President Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours, and warned for the first time that it may suspend him permanently. The temporary lock reflects Trump’s violation of the Twitter rules, the company said. “We have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and
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The US Food and Drug Administration has made clear that it does not plan to make any changes to Covid-19 vaccine dosing schedules in the United States — but if any changes were made, the vaccine manufacturer would have to specifically ask the agency to adjust authorization. CNN confirmed with the FDA on Wednesday that
Continue Reading Students and staff at the University of California, San Diego, can now get Covid-19 tests by picking them up — from vending machines. The self-administered tests, which are free for students and staff, became available at 11 locations around campus on January 2, according to the university’s website. Users can conduct their own nasal swabs
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — Police have a suspect in custody after another woman was attacked in Brooklyn on Monday. Police believe the same person is responsible for attacking at least five women in a Bushwick subway station. Surveillance video shows a man pounce on a woman working behind
Continue Reading Plastic will be the likely calling card of our time on Earth when modern sites are excavated by future researchers. And plastic is leaving its mark at historic sites as well, according to a new study. Castell Henllys is the site of an Iron Age village in the Welsh Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANNANDALE, New Jersey (WCBS) — With their baby sister battling leukemia, five siblings stepped up to see if their bone marrow could be a match, and the results were unbelievable. Meet the Hewitt siblings — Justine, Kurtis, Morgan, Colin, Andrew and Ian. In September, 15-year-old Morgan, the baby
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — MIS-C is multisystem inflammatory syndrome and it develops in children with COVID-19 days and weeks after infection. With a lot unknown about its long-term impact on ones health, parents are warning others to be on a close lookout. One day Natalie Torrez was a joyful
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A 16-year-old Montgomery County boy has been arrested in the shooting death of a 23-year-old woman inside her Norristown home. Police charged Victor Bell Jr. with third-degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime and manslaughter. Officers found 23-year-old Diamond Rahatt suffering a gunshot wound
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