Several unprovoked attacks on elderly Asian Americans, including at least three in the Bay Area captured in disturbing videos in recent days, have raised concerns about anti-Asian bias related to the Covid-19 pandemic. At a news conference in Oakland’s Chinatown on Monday, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced the creation of a special response
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One Chicago doctor says that low vaccination rates among Latinos isn’t just due to their hesitancy. In many cases, emergency room physician Dr. Marina Del Rios says, it actually comes down to questions of logistics and access. “Most people are willing to get vaccinated, Dr. Del Rios told CNN. But “they have more questions related
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Boone County Joint Communication is reporting a wreck on Interstate 70 W near Providence Rd. Officials say the driving lane will be shut down. Troop F is reporting an injury wreck on southbound US 63 south of County Road 395 in Callaway County. Names released in fatal Osage Beach wreck Osage Beach police are reporting
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At least 171 people are missing and 26 have died in northern India after part of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam. Rescue teams worked through the night to find survivors trapped under the debris. Most
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday launched an investigation into conditions at the City Justice Center, a large downtown jail that was the site of a massive disturbance over the weekend. More than 100 detainees on Saturday were able to get out of their cells, smash windows and set
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House Republicans have kicked a state lawmaker indicted on federal fraud charges out of their caucus. Members on Monday voted Rep. Tricia Derges out of the caucus. GOP House leaders are calling on her to resign. A federal grand jury indicted Derges on fraud charges for falsely claiming a
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According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, better known as the U.K. variant, has been identified in an adult in Marion County. The agency gave no further details because of privacy reasons.
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Poetry and football. Two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence. One is a lyrical, niche art form. The other is a violent, mass-consumed sport. There’s something discordant about putting them together, like a mash-up gone wrong or two mismatched people on a bad date. And yet Amanda Gorman, fresh off her stunning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team moved up eight spots to No. 10 in the latest AP poll released on Monday. This is the highest the Tigers have been ranked since December of 2012. MU is also now the highest ranked SEC team in the country. Here’s a link to see the entire
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football star Jeremy Maclin will be the next head football coach at his alma mater, Kirkwood High School, pending board approval. https://twitter.com/khspioneers/status/1358841578039742467 Maclin joined the Pioneers staff after retiring from the NFL in 2019. He’s been Kirkwood’s wide receivers coach as well as quarterbacks coach/offensive coordinator in his two seasons
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The unprecedented second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will take place under extraordinary security inside the US Capitol — a physical reminder that federal officials still believe threats to lawmakers and federal buildings are possible more than a month after the January 6 insurrection. Members of the National Guard still patrol the exterior
Continue Reading Andy Jessen was the mayor pro tempore of Eagle, Colorado. Sarah Moughamian, a lover of all things outdoors, spent all the free time she had in the Utah snow. Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska’s Bear Mountain.
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Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (WQAD) — A Davenport man is dead and another is in the hospital after their car went into the river just after 6 a.m. Sunday. It happened on 23rd Street in Moline, near the Celebration Belle and River Drive. Police say a construction employee arrived at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BREVARD, North Carolina (WLOS) — Health care workers at one mountain hospital received handmade thank yous from local quilters. Members of the Western North Carolina Quilters Guild filled the lobby of Transylvania Regional Hospital with more than 140 handmade pillows, wall quilts and quilt mats as part of
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The US has ramped up its genome sequencing efforts in the hunt for coronavirus variants, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Monday. “Over the last three weeks or so we’ve increased our sequencing about tenfold,” Walensky said during a White House briefing. “So as we look more, we certainly
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Antigen test results still are not included in the total count of Covid-19 cases for some states — not even as probable cases, as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. Five states — California, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri and Nevada — publicly report only cases confirmed with PCR tests in their online tallies,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — An apartment fire left nearly dozens of people looking for a place to stay, but the newly renovated building is ready for new tenants to move in. “It was hectic though, but I’m alright now,” said Brent Anderson, tenant. Anderson was at Greenhill Apartments
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It’s something Azadeh Shahshahani dreads hearing. And something she says she’s heard too many times already. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced last week that a man who’d been detained at the privately run Stewart Detention Center in South Georgia died after contracting coronavirus. The 57-year-old, identified by Mexican authorities as Félix Montes de Oca Marcelino,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MCDONOUGH, Georgia (WGCL) — McDonough Police say a suspect went to a local senior living complex, checked for unlocked doors, then sexually assaulted a woman in her home. Ring security footage released by the department shows what officers call a suspect scouting for a victim Friday night at
Continue Reading After her mother-in-law had difficulty signing up for a Covid-19 vaccine, a Massachusetts woman created a website to make it easier for her — and she made it easier for everyone. Olivia Adams built a website that pulls in vaccination appointments from across the state, including government sites as well as ones operated by private
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