Five people were shot, two fatally, during a gathering early Saturday on the South Side of Chicago, police said. Detectives were searching for a yet to be identified person who fled the scene — described by the fire department as a yard party in the Gresham section. A 26-year-old man was shot in the head
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities detained two suspects and are now investigating after a human trafficking operation led to the discovery and rescue of nine victims and two children. The Columbia Police Department, Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, and other local, state, and federal agencies detained the two suspects
Continue Reading Delaware State University is cancelling more than $700,000 in student loans for recent graduates hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. DSU will cancel $730,655 for more than 220 people, the school announced this week. “The average eligible student will qualify for about $3,276 in debt relief,” according to the statement from the historically black, public
Continue Reading The colorful handprints of ancient humans. A spacecraft beyond the solar system. They couldn’t be more different, but some of the first known cave art and the Voyager 1 spacecraft are among humanity’s most iconic creations. It can stop you in your tracks when you think about the fact that humans were making art thousands
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — Police are now considering the disappearance of a South Windsor mother to be ‘suspicious.’ On Friday night, state police were searching a condominium in South Windsor in connection to the search for Jessica Edwards. Edwards disappeared several days ago. South Windsor Police say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This week, the Missouri legislature passed multiple bills which are now waiting for further action from Governor Parson. Senate Bill 51: Establishes Provisions Relating to Civil Actions Arising from COVID-19 Pandemic Missouri lawmakers passed Senate Bill 51 which would give protection to businesses and hospitals from being sued over exposure to COVID-19,
Continue Reading The barren landscape of Mars makes the planet seem like a quiet, frozen desert where nothing has happened for billions of years except for the occasional dust storm. New research, however, suggests that the red planet has a more recent history of activity — and it could still be volcanically active. Scientists still are trying
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A climber was killed and another injured when a block of ice fell from a glacier in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, the National Park Service says. The ice fell from Ruth Glacier, hitting the two-man rope team Thursday morning, the park service said in a release. The 31-year-old male survivor, from Logan, Utah, was knocked
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To Bob Baffert, there’s no better place than one he has visited a record seven times — the place where the Kentucky Derby winner gets adorned with roses and sport proclaims the horse and humans as heroes. “If there’s a heaven it’s in that (Churchill Downs) winner’s circle,” he told CNN in 2019. “That’s the
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s newly loosened masking and physical distancing guidelines for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 doesn’t include children under age 12. That’s because the 49 million US kids younger than 12 don’t yet qualify for any of the Covid-19 vaccines. The CDC’s guidance says that unvaccinated people still need
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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is set to race in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday evening, days after failing a post-Derby drug test. The 146th running of the Preakness will once again be the second event in the Triple Crown of horse racing, a return to normal after the
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In the United States, the finish line for the pandemic as we’ve been experiencing it for the past year-plus is very much in sight — so much so that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially said so on Thursday: Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors or out, or
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — There are traces of the sun, deep within our Earth’s core. Researchers at Heidelberg University in Germany have found evidence of particles from solar winds that were encased within the Earth’s core over 4.5 billion years ago. As described in their paper published
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If you’re wondering how to get back to in-person religious services, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen recommends thinking about it like your finances. Just like a financial budget helps you figure out what your spending limits are, a “coronavirus budget” can help you figure out where your boundaries are in terms of potentially risky
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Talking on video-conference services like Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic has helped older people stave off the effects of dementia, a new study has suggested. Researchers found that regular communication helps maintain long-term memory, and elderly people who often use online tools showed less decline in memory than those who don’t. The study, by the
Continue Reading Seven of the nine people who were injured in Thursday’s shooting in Providence, Rhode Island, remained hospitalized Friday, the city’s police chief said. The shooting that began shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday at a house was between two feuding groups who know each other, Providence Chief of Police Hugh Clements said. It has been
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The fiery wreckage of a cargo ship off the Georgia coast has been extinguished, according to a press release from the St. Simons Sound Incident Unified Command, as responding firefighter teams continue to monitor for additional flames. The wreckage of the 656-foot Golden Ray caught fire during salvage operations on Friday and seawater was used
Continue Reading Pioneering space journalist Jay Barbree died Friday, according to his former employer, NBC News. He was 87. Barbree joined NBC News in 1958 and covered every non-commercial manned spaceflight in the US, from Freedom 7 to the final space shuttle mission. He worked for the network for nearly six decades. In 1986, Barbree covered the
Continue Reading Three Nashville police officers who raided the wrong apartment last summer will be suspended without pay as well as face other disciplinary measures, the city’s police chief said Friday. Initially, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake stripped the officers of their policing powers after they executed a search warrant on what he called at the
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Between the first 12-year-olds receiving their Covid-19 vaccines and new guidance that vaccinated people can remove their masks indoors, the outlook for school in the fall resembles what it was like before the pandemic. After more than a year in which many students were learning remotely, children and educators should expect to return to in-person
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