Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — No matter how old we get there’s still a kid in all of us. The town of Winthrop is learning that first hand thanks to 91-year-old Dean Conklin and his sledding skills. John Lauritsen shows us the reason why his trip down the hill was
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After police forced her away from the White House with flash bangs and pepper spray, Allison Lane and dozens of people who were peacefully protesting George Floyd’s killing last summer ran into a stranger’s home to escape the clouds of tear gas. “I was pepper sprayed for being Black and protesting,” the 34-year-old bartender and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged on multiple counts after a teen finds a camera hidden in the bedroom and gives it to the police. According to court documents, the victim went to the police with the camera last Saturday. According to court documents, the camera had 50 files on it with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Miami (WFOR) — Doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been incredibly successful in treating severe cases of COVID. The study involved patients at Jackson Memorial Hospital and at the University Miami Tower. Many of them had acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). “I
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Ten months into the pandemic, I turned 51 and did the math: I’m entering the final third of my life. I know that sounds grim, and I am hoping to get more time than that, but I often do these mental calculations because the clock of life inspires me to make the most of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — After recent moments of division in the country, a Texas woman has found a way to thank police officers all across the nation and remind them why they are appreciated. The initiative called “I’ve got your 6,” stemmed from the organization South Plains
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The number of people dying of Covid-19 in Los Angeles County in a day is now equivalent to the number of homicide deaths the city saw in an entire year, Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “Yesterday we had 259 deaths, that’s one more than all the homicides in 2019 in L.A. city combined,” he said at
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“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said.
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As the US looks for ways to speed the administration of Covid-19 vaccines, some states and providers are pulling in non-traditional vaccinators, including dentists, retirees and students, to aid in the process. With health care workers stretched thin responding to record numbers of coronavirus hospitalizations, jurisdictions are scrambling to find extra hands with the skills
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAK LAWN, Illinois (WBBM) — It turns out that in addition to the skyrocketing incidence of violent carjackings in Chicago over recent months, the number of cars just being stolen is up too. Some thieves want the cars so bad, they are pushing them right out of driveways
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1940 Birth place: Columbus, Ohio Birth name: Jack William Nicklaus Father: Louis Charles Nicklaus Jr., a pharmacist Mother: Helen (Schoener) Nicklaus Marriage: Barbara Jean (Bash) Nicklaus (July 23, 1960-present) Children: Michael, July 24, 1973; Gary, January 15, 1969;
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Many people have taken up hobbies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but what about treasure hunting? Two Baltimore amateur historians are doing just that and may end up knocking on your door to see if they can dig things up. The duo — historian and artifact
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of former NFL running back Ray Rice. Personal Birth date: January 22, 1987 Birth place: New Rochelle, New York Birth name: Raymell Maurice Rice Father: Conrad Reed Mother: Janet Rice, special education teacher Marriage: Janay (Palmer) Rice (March 28, 2014-present) Children: Jaylen, 2016; Rayven, 2012 Education: Attended Rutgers University
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN RAFAEL, California (KPIX) — A recent good deed by a homeless man in the North Bay set off a chain reaction of kindness that is now helping turn his life around. Sean Curry is a 57-year-old homeless man who stays in Marin County. Last month he came
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Rep. Andy Kim says he was devastated to see the smashed furniture, broken American flags, cigarette butts and other debris left behind by the pro-Trump mob that ran wild in the US Capitol. So he found a trash bag, got down on his knees and helped clean up. “It was really just kind of instinctual.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will not host LSU on Saturday, due positive COVID-19 tests within MU’s program. The Southeastern Conference said that Mizzou conducted contact tracing, which resulted in mandatory quarantines. The program added that it will reevaluate whether or not it can meet Vanderbilt and Texas A&M at a later
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A US Capitol police officer is the latest to be confirmed dead after a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday. Four other people died during the stunning attack at the heart of American democracy as mob members vandalized the building and assaulted police officers. One woman was fatally shot by
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A 22-year-old woman caught on video falsely accusing the teenage son of a Black jazz musician of taking her iPhone apologized and admitted in an interview that she could have handled the situation differently. But Miya Ponsetto, in a CBS “This Morning” interview taped before her arrest in California on Thursday, insisted race was not
Continue Reading Prominent Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has been arrested by police in the country for the third time in six months, his lawyer told CNN on Friday. Mtisi Gift, from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said he is being charged with “peddling falsehoods,” adding they are awaiting the full list of charges. “He is still
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