Protesters are expected to rally in cities across the United States this weekend in support of Palestinians, as Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire ending days of destruction and bloodshed. Since May 10, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 243 people in Gaza, including 66 children, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. Twelve
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Covid-19 vaccination rates in some regions need a boost to reach the levels that experts say the US needs to hit — and some state leaders have begun offering incentives to motivate those who are still wary. In Vermont, for example, that incentive comes in the form of a promise of an early return to
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For many, a nationwide return to normalcy from the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to accelerate into the summer as more businesses and state governments prepare for a large-scale reopening. Sports stadiums are filling up, mask mandates are being shed, and travel and tourism industries anticipate a rebound with cruise lines planning for passengers once again.
Continue Reading Police in Minnesota brought a murder charge this week in the killing of a woman 11 years after her death. Nicholas James Firkus, is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Heidi Firkus, in their Minnesota home in 2010, according to a criminal complaint. “After years of tenacious work by investigators and our law enforcement partners,
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HARRIS, Mo. (AP) — A rural north-central Missouri woman has died after being attacked by a mother cow. KTVO-TV reports that 76-year-old Jane Heisey died about 8 a.m. Thursday on a farm near the Sullivan County town of Harris. Sullivan County Coroner Bob Wyant says Heisey and her husband, Glenn, were in a lot near
Continue ReadingMARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) — State fire officials say a massive fire and explosion at a Marshfield propane tank plant was accidental. The Missouri Division of Fire Safety said this week the fire at the Kosan Crisplant facility on May 13 likely was started when a spark from a dropped tank ignited the propane. Investigators said
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Two years after Ronald Greene died after an encounter with Louisiana State Police, the agency released the video footage recorded by body cameras that night, Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis said at a Friday news conference. The news comes the same day that CNN obtained an autopsy report from the night Greene died in 2019 as
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As countries ravaged by the coronavirus rushed to vaccinate their populations earlier this year, there was little sense of urgency to get inoculated in Taiwan. The island of 23 million people had recorded close to zero local infections for months, and demand for the vaccine was so low that only 1% of the population was
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An autopsy report from the night Ronald Greene died in 2019 did not assign a manner of death and noted missing information from police. Greene died after a police chase on May 10, 2019, and his death has been the subject of a two-year investigation by the Louisiana State Police. The autopsy said the 49-year-old
Continue Reading A federal lawsuit has been filed in Tennessee by the daughter of a man who died while in jail custody in May 2020, according to the complaint. In the complaint filed in October 2020 and amended in February 2021, Dominique Jennette alleges her father, William Jennette, 48, died as a result of “savage beating, suffocation”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Spork’s daily walk can be unpredictable, but Kimi Anderson is always there to lift him up. Spork has a degenerative disc disorder, causing paralysis in his back. However, things are about to get a little easier for both Spork and Kimi. The first time CBS13
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it is investigating a shooting involving a Miller County deputy.
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Click here for updates on this story PLEASANT HILL, California (KPIX) — A quiet Pleasant Hill community became the center of a massive police operation as authorities received a call about a possible murder. As it turned out, it was anything but that. About an eight-block area off off Geary Road in Pleasant Hill was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREMONT COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A Colorado school bus driver was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly admitted to slapping a 10-year-old girl for how she was wearing her face mask. Jaquez Bertram Armand, 63, was captured on surveillance cameras hitting the girl in April in Fremont County.
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Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE (KPIX) — The signs in front of Umai Savory Dogs in northeast San Jose make it clear: masks are required inside. On Tuesday one customer disagreed. “We asked her politely to put on a mask and she refused,” said Andrew Lam of Umai Savory Dogs. After
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA BARBARA (KCAL, KCBS) — Firefighters got a fast-moving brush fire under control which threatened a television station and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in Santa Barbara Thursday evening. The Loma Fire had burned 10 acres and was 50% contained as of early Friday morning, according
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Click here for updates on this story CRESTONE, Colorado (KCNC) — After a mummified body was found in a home near Crestone and several members the religious “Love Has Won” cult were arrested, the group has reappeared online. It appears the cult has changed its name. Calling itself “5D Full Disclosure,” members of the group
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When Ronald Greene’s family first learned of his death, his mother said investigative officers with the Louisiana State Police told the family he crashed into a tree following a pursuit. But Mona Hardin says she was not told the whole story. Two years later, body camera video has publicly emerged to show some of his horrific
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CNN has obtained an autopsy report from the night Ronald Greene died in 2019 as well as body camera video from a Louisiana State Police trooper who arrived as other officers attempting to arrest Greene had him on the ground. The new video is 30 minutes long and appears to show a different perspective from
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI employee has been indicted on charges that she stored classified documents and other national security information at home over the course of more than a decade. The Justice Department says 48-year-old Kendra Kingsbury had unauthorized possession of a broad swath of sensitive government documents, including materials that describe FBI sources
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