Columbia city manager gives plans for moving past pandemic ahead of state of emergency expiring
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Third person charged in Columbia parking lot shooting
Columbia Police have now charged Mariquan Midgyett with armed criminal action and 1st degree assault after a shooting in a parking lot on May 10.
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Buckhead mother survives attack, family uses phone to track suspect
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An Atlanta mother and teacher fought off a suspect who tried to rape and strangle her, police say. He took off with her phone but it only made tracking him easier. The victim’s family used an iPhone app to help investigators locate then arrest a
Continue Reading Singer Akon’s Range Rover recovered after being stolen from Buckhead gas station
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An SUV belonging to a musician Akon was recovered in Forest Park Tuesday morning after being stolen from a Buckhead gas station. According to Atlanta police, the music artist was pumping gas at the QuikTrip on Sidney Marcus Boulevard on Tuesday just after midnight. Moments
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Detained Belarusian dissident appears in video as fury mounts over ‘hijacking’ of Ryanair flight
Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich has appeared in a new video after his arrest by Belarusian authorities on Sunday, following the government’s extraordinary diversion of his Ryanair flight to capital city Minsk. The video — the first since Protasevich’s arrest — comes amid mounting fears for his safety and widespread fury over the diversion of a
Continue Reading One year after George Floyd’s death, where does ‘defund the police’ stand in Canada?
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A year after the death of George Floyd, one expert says Canadian cities have made little progress in addressing calls to defund the police. Julius Haag, a sociology and criminology professor at the University of Toronto, told CTV’s Your Morning on Tuesday that
Continue Reading State Senate expected to give final approval for online gaming, sports betting
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Final approval on a bill that would allow online gaming and sports betting is expected from the Connecticut State Senate on Tuesday. The bill, labeled House Bill 6451 “An Act Concerning Gaming Agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians
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Moderna says its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and appears effective in adolescents
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and appears to be effective in adolescents, the company said Tuesday. In a Phase 2/3 trial of 3,732 children ages 12 to 17 in the United States, blood tests showed that the vaccine produced an immune response that was equivalent to earlier findings in adults. The trial wasn’t designed to
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Louisiana State Police say senior officer at Ronald Greene scene did not initially report his camera footage
A senior officer who came to the scene where Louisiana State troopers were arresting Ronald Greene after a car chase did not initially report his camera footage in the evidence submitted to District Attorney John Belton, according to a spokesperson for the Louisiana State Police. Lt. John Clary’s body camera and dash camera of the
Continue Reading Police: Husband confesses to wife’s death, hiding body
Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man from South Windsor confessed to kneeling on his wife’s neck after a fight and trying to hide the body when he realized he’d killed her. Tahj Hutchinson, 22, was charged last week in connection with the death of Jessica Edwards. He was
Continue Reading Woman says man tried to lure her 8-year-old son into car
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A mom in northeast Portland is warning other parents about a man she says tried to lure her son into his car Sunday night. Kattie Haws told FOX 12 it happened just off Northeast 165th and Northeast Sandy at around 8:19 p.m. when her
Continue ReadingNonprofit suing city of Portland over property disposal during homeless sweeps
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The same day the city of Portland promised to start cracking down on clearing more homeless camps, a class action lawsuit on behalf of campers was filed in Multnomah County court. The Oregon Justice Resource Center is representing four people experiencing homelessness and is
Continue Reading Blind man has sight partially restored after 40 years
A blind man has had his vision partially restored using optogenetic therapy and engineered goggles — the first successful case of such therapy in humans. Researchers treated a 58-year-old man who for 40 years had been suffering from retinitis pigmentosa — a neurodegenerative eye disease where loss of photoreceptors can lead to complete blindness. Retinitis
Continue Reading Archaeologists recover victims of the Spanish Civil War
Archaeologists have recovered the bodies of victims of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco who were executed and buried at a cemetery in central Spain. The team of forensic archaeologists and anthropologists are working to find, exhume and identify those who were killed by the Franco regime at the cemetery in the town of Almagro
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Dylann Roof’s bid to overturn his conviction in the 2015 Charleston church massacre is set to begin
Lawyers for the White nationalist who killed nine people at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, will make their case Tuesday that his conviction and death sentence can’t stand because he was too “disconnected from reality” to represent himself. That’s the chief contention laid out in a sprawling 321-page motion filed last year
Continue Reading Body of Kansas City boy, 12, found in Indiana river, days after he disappeared
Click here for updates on this story HAMMOND, Indiana (KCTV, KSMO) — A 12-year-old boy from Kansas City who went missing on a trip with his family in Indiana has been found dead. Kyrin Carter, who has autism, was last seen May 15 at the Best Western Hotel in Hammond, Indiana. A volunteer kayaker involved
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Mexico resident shoots man reportedly firing gun at home
MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Police in Mexico, Missouri, are investigating a shooting Monday night that left a man hurt. According to the Mexico Public Safety Department, the shooting happened around 6:05 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Breckenridge Street. Police said a person at a home on Breckenridge Street shot the 30-year-old man after he
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Nearly 50 years after the crime, Massachusetts district attorney says teenager was murdered by a Catholic priest
Nearly 50 years after a Massachusetts teenager was murdered, officials announced Monday that a Catholic priest close to the family was responsible for the crime. On Friday, officials were obtaining an arrest warrant for Richard R. Lavigne, but he died that evening in the hospital, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni’s office said in a statement
Continue Reading Vandals destroy $100K in property from gunfire
Click here for updates on this story EDGERTON, Kansas (KCTV, KSMO) — Authorities are requesting the public’s help in identifying those responsible for two separate incidents totaling nearly $100,000 in property damage in southern Johnson County. The first incident occurred on April 11 after signs were stolen from a construction project in Edgerton. Additionally, five
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Missing fisherman found alive after 17 nights in the Oregon wilderness
A missing fisherman has been found alive after spending 17 nights in the Oregon wilderness, according to police. Harry Burleigh, from Roseburg, Oregon, was reported missing the evening of May 7 by his wife, Stacy, after he failed to return home from a camping trip in the Toketee area. Burleigh, 69, was originally due to
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