[Breaking news update, published at 8:49 p.m. ET] One law enforcement officer was killed in the shooting at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, two law enforcement sources told CNN. One senior law enforcement source also says the weapon used in the shooting was an AR-15-style rifle. [Previous story, published at 7:52 p.m. ET]
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A fifth company — AstraZeneca — released data Monday about how well its coronavirus vaccine works and said it plans to ask the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization in the coming weeks. Drug giant AstraZeneca said Monday its vaccine, developed with Britain’s Oxford University, showed about 79% efficacy in preventing symptomatic
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The Chicago suburb of Evanston could become the first US city to offer reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the impact of decades of discriminatory housing practices. Alderman Robin Rue Simmons and the Evanston City Council have developed plans to direct revenue from a 3% tax on legalized cannabis into assistance for home
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Miami Beach was forced to extend a curfew and state of emergency, possibly for several weeks, after city police struggled to control shoulder-to-shoulder crowds of spring breakers last weekend, Mayor Dan Gelber said Monday. “It feels in some ways like our city is a tinder right now,” Gelber said on CNN’s “New Day.” “It’s not
Continue ReadingHours after witnesses said a person came into a grocery store in south Boulder, Colorado, and began shooting, the shopping center was still an active crime scene with a massive police presence and authorities had released few details about what happened. The Boulder police tweeted about 2:49 p.m. (4:49 p.m. ET) that there was an
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The governor of Sao Paulo state has called Jair Bolsonaro a “psychopathic leader,” in a sharp rebuke over the Brazilian President’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “We are in one of those tragic moments in history when millions of people pay a high price for having an unprepared and psychopathic leader in charge of a
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Across the US, Asian Americans are under attack — verbally, economically and physically. An elderly man on his daily walk was ambushed, shoved to the ground and killed. Strangers hurled insults and rocks at an Asian American family’s home. A business owner’s restaurant was spray-painted with “Kung flu,” “go back 2 China” and “hope U
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake of the Ozarks woman accused of trying to hire someone to commit murder was in court Monday. Leigh Bauman appeared in Camden County court on a charge of conspiracy to commit a felony. Another court hearing is scheduled for her at 9 a.m. on April 7. Investigators say she tried
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More and more American schoolchildren are returning to the classroom. In New York, 55,000 of the city’s public school high schoolers returned Monday. (That’s a fraction of the city’s high schoolers, but it’s a start). In Los Angeles, the teacher’s union approved a plan to get elementary school kids back by mid-April and middle and
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Lego is launching a new set that is out of this world: the space shuttle Discovery and the Hubble Space Telescope. The set, which will be released on April 1, was created in partnership with NASA to mark the 40th anniversary since the first space shuttle flight on April 12, 1981, that started a new
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Basketball Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor died from natural causes Monday, according to the Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor, who played for the Lakers for 14 seasons and was an All-Star 11 times, was 86. “Elgin was the love of my life and my best friend,” his wife, Elaine, said in a statement provided by the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several NFL draft hopefuls participated in Mizzou’s Pro Day on Monday. Here’s the full list of participants: LB Nick BoltonOL Larry BoromRB Larry Rountree IIIDB Joshuah BledsoeDB Tyree GillespieWR Damon HazeltonWR Jonathan NanceWR Johnathon JohnsonTE Zach Davidson (UCMO) You can watch our extended highlights from Pro Day in the video player below.
Continue ReadingPolice in Colorado responded Monday afternoon to reports of an active shooter at a grocery store in south Boulder. The Boulder police tweeted about 2:49 p.m. (4:49 p.m. ET) that there was an “Active Shooter at the King Soopers on Table Mesa. AVOID THE AREA.” More than two hours later, the shopping center was still
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Boone County officials have removed occupancy limits for gatherings and group sizes will no longer be limited at bars and restaurants under a new health order that takes effect Wednesday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Carrollton Township, Michigan (WNEM) — A local apartment complex is a complete loss after an overnight fire claimed the life of one man and left roughly a dozen residents displaced. The fire spread quickly at the Bauer Drive Apartments, trapping some residents on their balconies until firefighters could
Continue ReadingPolice in Colorado responded Monday afternoon to reports of an active shooter at a grocery store in south Boulder. The Boulder police tweeted there is an “Active Shooter at the King Soopers on Table Mesa. AVOID THE AREA.” The supermarket is part of a large shopping center with a two-story strip mall next door. King
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TANNERSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Pictures are being shared on several different social media outlets showing a ski lift chair on the ground at Camelback Resort near Tannersville. A father and his two children were riding the lift when it fell off a ski lift line and crashed to
Continue Reading After years of debate and thousands of public comments, California finally approved an ethnic studies model curriculum for its K-12 students last week. The nearly 900-page curriculum was approved by the state Board of Education on Thursday, following hours of public comments. The curriculum has been under development for nearly four years and the version
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Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WLOS) — A new member of Greenville Zoo that’s captured the hearts of many now has an official name: Providence! Greenville Zoo made the announcement online, saying the name for the newest female giraffe calf was chosen by the Moore family who put in the
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