Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Experts say COVID-19 vaccines may promote little or no response in people taking certain medications or those with underlying conditions, and are calling for more research to protect this group. Dr. Deepali Kumar, the head of the University Health Network’s Transplant Infectious Diseases
Continue Reading Health care workers are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, risking their lives to protect Americans from illness and even death. Among them are countless Asian American medical professionals, serving as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians and more. But as they work around the clock to stop the virus from spreading, many are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — As the population of unhoused people continues to grow across the Southland, so too is the number of violent crimes. “He was just tired of being asked to leave, so he came randomly one day, charging at me with a, I don’t know, a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HEMET, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A woman was killed and four others shot during a large brawl involving as many as eight people in Hemet, police said Wednesday. Fighting in the 1200 block of Valencia Avenue was reported just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to Hemet police. Officers were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — Two teen girls spoke out after a car chase throughout Modesto resulted in their friend, who was behind the wheel, being shot by a deputy, leaving him on life support. They’re now questioning why that Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy opened fire, when they say
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — A woman was arrested after coming onto a high school campus in Santa Rosa Wednesday and allegedly assaulting students and a teacher inside a classroom. The incident happened at around 9 a.m. on the campus of Pivot Charter School on Cleveland Ave. Santa
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A strange underwater creature known as the vampire fish is making a comeback to the American River. Just this week, local divers spotted two of them. The vampire fish, otherwise known as pacific lamprey, is long with leather-like skin, and it has teeth. “It looks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — Police in Palo Alto said a coordinated group of at least ten suspects stole more than $150,000 in handbags from the Neiman Marcus store at Stanford Shopping Center Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday at about 12:20 p.m., Palo Alto police dispatch received a second-hand
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story THORNTON, Colorado (KCNC) — Police in Thornton say Travis Butts, 38, was driving under the influence at 102 mph when he ran a red light in March, killing a father and his 7-year-old son. Officers responded to the crash just after 1 a.m. on March 6 at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — An Aurora police officer, Daniel Bertelson, sent a department-wide email this month as he announced his retirement, offering some barbs and harsh assessments of the current climate for law enforcement. “I am leaving Colorado for palm trees and less communism,” wrote Bertelson, who spent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — This week’s Game Changer makes a remarkable comeback a couple of months after a devastating collision on the field. Caeleb Menough is a senior second baseman for the T.C. Roberson Rams. He suffered serious head and facial injuries in an outfield collision
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man armed with a gun robbed a Wells Fargo bank in Asheville on Thursday and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. Asheville police said the suspect entered the Wells Fargo on Merrimon Avenue about 4:45 p.m., threatened employees and customers and
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The Russian military plane touched down in heavy wind and light snow, then slid across the icy tarmac. That the large, four-engine Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter could land at all on the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, is a testament to Moscow’s growing military might in this remote part of
Continue Reading The Nigerian army says it is looking into reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died after blowing himself up to avoid being captured by a rival group. Shekau, the long-time leader of the extremist group — also known as Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad (JAS) — has waged an insurgency in northeast Nigeria
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools graduations start Friday morning at Mizzou Arena, but with some COVID-19 restrictions in place. CPS will be following all the protocols and guidelines the university has in place. Graduates will have the opportunity to have their name called and walk across a designated space. Due to COVID-19, ceremonies will
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In one week, there were nine cases of Covid-19 in fully vaccinated members of the New York Yankees organization: one player, three coaches and five team staff. The revelation has led to questions about vaccine efficacy and fears of super-strength variant strains. But experts say these cases show the vaccine is working, and testing remains
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins in less than two weeks, and NOAA is already predicting we’ll see above-average storm activity for a sixth year in a row. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today”
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May’s “flower” supermoon will grace the sky this Wednesday. This supermoon will be the closest moon to Earth in 2021, according to EarthSky. There are two to four supermoons each year. These lunar events are often a brilliant sight to see because they are brighter and larger than a normal full moon. The definition of
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The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, after a CNN investigation revealed that the soldiers were cutting off critical aid routes. A CNN team traveling through Tigray in late April witnessed Eritrean soldiers, some disguising themselves in old Ethiopian military
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