Click here for updates on this story MOLALLA, Oregon (KPTV) — An 11-year old Molalla girl has quite the story to tell. She delivered her baby brother with the help of a 911 dispatcher Thursday morning. Jordan Eck says Thursday morning she felt some pains, she was still over two weeks from her due date
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Ma’Khia Bryant and two other young women argued over a messy house and unmade bed before a fight that ended with the fatal police shooting shooting of the Black teenager, the woman who cared for Ma’Khia in foster care said Thursday. Angela Moore said two of her former foster children had come to her Columbus,
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting two people are seriously injured after a two-vehicle wreck on Highway 5 at Deer Valley road in Camden County. According to the crash report, a 2010 Hyundai crossed over the center turning lane and hit a 2008 Lincoln head on. Marie Capps, 32, the driver
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Zimbabwe will “soon” start selling rights to shoot as many as 500 elephants this year, the country announced this week. Tinashe Farawo, a spokesman for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, told CNN Thursday that declining tourism revenue owing to the coronavirus pandemic was among the main reasons for the move. “We eat what
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ST. JAMES, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and woman are now charged in connection with a St. James homicide investigation. According to court documents, 20-year-old Josue Martinez is seen stabbing the victim, Donald Wethy, 14 times at a motel in St. James on surveillance video. Minutes prior to the stabbing, video captured Martinez talking with his
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Ma’Khia Bryant and two other young women may have argued over a messy house and unmade bed before a fight that ended with the fatal police shooting shooting of the Black teenager, the woman who cared for Ma’Khia in foster care said Thursday. Angela Moore said two of her former foster children had come to
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Americans have spent more than a year without live access to the performing arts, so maybe we can all be forgiven for engaging in a bit of theater. It’s everywhere. Too much hygiene. First, let’s consider that some theater can be harmful, which is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a
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Russia ordered its top military brass to return troops to their permanent bases starting Friday, saying it had concluded a “snap inspection” of its forces in the country’s east and west, near the Ukrainian border. A buildup of Russian troops along the border in recent weeks has reignited tensions in eastern Ukraine, where government forces
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The tests were shipped out to pharmacies this week after FDA gave the test emergency use authorization. No prescription is needed for the test or to have the test processed in a lab.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has been charged with abandonment of a corpse after being arrested in late March. According to court documents, Columbia police began a death investigation in the 3100 block of Wingate Court on March 22 after a drug overdose at a Columbia hotel. Columbia police arrested Kenneth C. Jones, 32,
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chesterfield man is now charged after he allegedly fired a gun inside an Eldon funeral home Wednesday at noon. After Eldon police arrived on scene, tey found three men on the ground at the funeral home and Bradley Duncan had his hand on the trigger of a gun. A victim told
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The families of George Floyd and Philando Castile joined mourners in Minneapolis on Thursday to bid farewell to Daunte Wright, a Black man whose death this month at the hands of a police officer prompted renewed cries for justice and accountability. In his eulogy for Wright, whom he called the “Prince of Brooklyn Center,” the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — For 50 years, the landfill in the middle of Houston’s Sunnyside community has sat empty and closed off to the public. “You could smell it,” said longtime Sunnyside resident Deatrice Cloud. Ms. Cloud is 100 years old and moved to the Sunnyside area in 1951
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Glenn Close is up for an Oscar this Sunday for her role in the film “Hillbilly Elegy.” But in real life, the Academy Award nominee and Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner is busy shining the spotlight on mental health awareness. And for Close, it’s personal. “Most families are dealing with some aspect of mental
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LeBron James tweeted, then deleted, a post about the killing of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant at the hands of Columbus police. The Ohio teen was killed Tuesday, about 30 minutes before the verdict was delivered in the killing of George Floyd. On Wednesday, James, an Ohio native, tweeted a photo of a Columbus police officer who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Two Dougherty County Jail employees have been fired after their arrests on charges related to providing contraband to inmates, and the investigation could lead to additional arrests. Detention officers Lisa Grant and Lamar Snells violated Georgia law prohibiting providing or conspiring to pass
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City police department is unveiling several new policies in response to citizen complaints in the aftermath of last summer’s racial injustice protests. The department also announced Thursday about 900 of its officers are now equipped with body cameras, which was one of several demands made by community activists.
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A New York woman who was attacked in her driveway is hoping for answers, as police try to hunt down the man who threw a cup of acid in her face. Nafiah Ikram, 21, was in the driveway of her Elmont home on March 17, when a man approached her from behind and threw a
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Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A federal grand jury indicted four more members of a Davenport-based street gang on 37 counts of alleged racketeering, according to a Wednesday news release from the Iowa Department of Justice. Fifteen members of the Lowrider Street Gang have now been charged. The
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