As vaccination hesitancy slows inoculation rates in some Western countries, China is going into overdrive. Over 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered in China, according to the National Health Commission — more than in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany combined. Of course, 400 million doses doesn’t even cover
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District Attorney Andrew Womble announced Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. last month were justified in using deadly force, saying Brown “recklessly” drove at the officers on scene while trying to flee arrest. “Mr. Brown’s death, while tragic, was justified because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it
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The US has reached a “landmark day” in the Covid-19 pandemic as 60% of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. In addition, more than 3.5 million people ages 12 to 17 have received their first dose, Dr.
Continue Reading As vaccination hesitancy slows inoculation rates in some Western countries, China is going into overdrive. Over 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered in China, according to the National Health Commission — more than in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany combined. Of course, 400 million doses doesn’t even cover
Continue Reading As vaccination hesitancy slows inoculation rates in some Western countries, China is going into overdrive. Over 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered in China, according to the National Health Commission — more than in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany combined. Of course, 400 million doses doesn’t even cover
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, May 18, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Rock Bridge 1 | Jefferson City 0 FINAL Helias 2 | Capital City 3 FINAL/PK’s HS BASEBALL Hickman 3 | Troy 2 FINAL Battle 3 | Liberty 1 FINAL North Callaway 3
Continue Reading The number of divorces recorded in China has fallen by more than 70% since the introduction of a mandatory “cooling-off” period earlier this year. According to statistics released by the country’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, 296,000 divorces were registered in the first quarter of 2021, compared to 1.06 million in the final quarter of last
Continue Reading The trial of millionaire Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO crime documentary “The Jinx,” restarted Tuesday in Los Angeles after a break of more than a year because of Covid-19. The day began with a juror being dismissed and ended with the prosecution finishing its opening statement. Court is scheduled to resume Wednesday at
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People who live in rural areas have an increased risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19, yet as of April, the vaccination rate in rural areas lagged behind cities — and that could hinder the end of the pandemic, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of
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At least 6,000 people, including around 1,500 minors, swam from Morocco to the bordering Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday in the largest influx of illegal migration there in a single day, Spanish authorities said. The migrants swam from two locations, with some entering southern Ceuta at Tarajal beach, and a larger group entering the
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A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit. Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in prison before the half-brothers were exonerated in 2014. The award is significant because not
Continue Reading A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted so-called qualified immunity to Louisiana officers who were accused of forcing an unarmed Black man to the ground and beating him into compliance, a case that experts say exemplifies how difficult it can be for victims of police brutality to overcome the controversial doctrine in court. The Fifth
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HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A school bus became stranded on a flooded road in Howard County on Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that it happened on Route Z. The bus involved was not from a local school district. Student Transportation of America spokeswoman Jen Holzafel confirmed the bus did get stuck
Continue Reading A former Virginia doctor was sentenced to 59 years in federal prison for scheming more than 25 patients into having unnecessary medical procedures, including irreversible hysterectomies, and fraudulently billing insurance companies for more than $20 million, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Javaid Perwaiz, 71, was convicted by a jury in November for 52 counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a year after Columbia city manager John Glascock announced a new unit to handle emergency calls involving mental health crises, the unit remains unstaffed. Glascock added seven positions in the fiscal year 2021 budget revealed in July to create a “public safety mental health collaboration with the Police Department.” Health leaders
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Mark McCloskey, a St. Louis personal injury lawyer who gained national attention after he and his wife waved guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home last summer, says he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2022. McCloskey made the announcement Tuesday on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News. Incumbent Missouri Republican
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A Missouri farmer accused of attempting to cover up a $215,000 cattle fraud scheme by killing two Wisconsin brothers has been indicted on a federal mail fraud charge. Twenty-seven-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson already is awaiting trial on state murder and other charges in the deaths of 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel, of Shawano
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces multiple charges Tuesday after a violation on Interstate 70 in Cooper County leads to a drug and money seizure and the recovery of a stolen gun. According to a tweet by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F, William James was pulled over in a2015 Dodge Challenger
Continue Reading In the last 7 months, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have seized more fentanyl than the total for the year before, according to data from the agency. The agency released updated statistics last week of the amount of drugs confiscated by CBP authorities through April. So far this fiscal year, which runs October
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