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The Lakewood fire has now burned over 160 acres of land
A large brush fire in Lakewood, New Jersey, that began Sunday afternoon has so far burned over 160 acres of land and damaged at least 29 homes, officials said. The fire, which was reported at 1:30 p.m., began in Lakewood Township and spread to Garden State Parkway due to windy conditions, New Jersey Forest Fire
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Large police presence at north Columbia Waffle House
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than a dozen Columbia Police vehicles were seen responding to a scene a north Columbia Waffle House on Vandiver. ABC17 News crews on the scene saw crime scene tape and several police officers on the scene just after 11 p.m. Sunday night. A ambulance and fire truck were also on the
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Mizzou basketball is back in the big dance
INDIANAPOLIS (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018. The Tigers are a No. 9 seed and will play No. 8 Oklahoma in the opening round on Saturday at 6:25 p.m. The game will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium – the home of the
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Sunday Sit-down with Jeff Parles
ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former KTGR radio host Jeff Parles in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the entire interview in the video player above. Parles is currently the host of The Parlay Cast with Bookit Sports based out of Las Vegas.
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Weeks after a winter storm, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, may soon be able to stop boiling water before using it
The water supply in Jackson, Mississippi, may finally return to normal soon, weeks after a winter storm left some without service and forced a citywide boil-water advisory. While water has largely been restored, the boil water notice has remained, preventing some residents from using water for cooking or washing. Officials in Jackson intend to provide
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100 arrested as spring break crowds hit Miami Beach despite the pandemic
About 100 people have been arrested and two police officers injured as spring break crowds gathered in Florida’s Miami Beach over the weekend, the city says. Miami Beach Police arrested 30 people Saturday night, following Friday night’s unruly crowds that resulted in two Miami Beach police officers being sent to the hospital with injuries, the
Continue Reading From diplomat to detective, this man helped bring Asia’s notorious ‘Serpent’ killer to justice
The smell inside the morgue was overpowering, as disinfectant masked the odor of decaying corpses. “It’s them,” said a dentist, who had just inspected the mouth of a stiff body. Light from a window at the back of the room illuminated who she was talking about: two badly burnt bodies that had been opened for
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Vaccinators encourage the public to take any vaccine that is available as thousands become eligible Monday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health care experts are advising eligible people to not turn down any coronavirus vaccine if it becomes available, while vaccine supply still continues to be an issue. “Take what’s available to you when it’s your turn to sign up because you don’t know when that’s going to come again,” said Dr. Robin
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The US is now in a vulnerable spot with Covid-19. Don’t make the same mistakes Europe did, Fauci says
Don’t be fooled by the packed beaches and rollback of safety mandates in several states. Covid-19 is still spreading rampantly and must be tackled aggressively if we want life to get back to normal soon, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Sunday. Even though daily new cases have dropped since January, “over the last couple
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An iconic guitar from Elvis Presley’s Comeback Special is up for auction
Elvis Presley fans will have a chance to claim a bit of musical history when a guitar used during an iconic performance by the king of rock ‘n’ roll goes up for grabs later this month. Kruse GWS Auctions is putting the flaming red Hagstrom Viking II guitar on the block. The instrument was used
Continue Reading Two people injured in avalanche at Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
An avalanche at a Utah canyon injured two people on Sunday, according to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. Four people were involved in the avalanche near Pfeifferhorn Peak at Little Cottonwood Canyon, about 20 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet. No one was buried, but two
Continue Reading Jessica McClintock, fashion designer, dies aged 90
Fashion designer Jessica McClintock has died at age 90, according to an obituary published Sunday by the San Francisco Chronicle. McClintock “died peacefully in her sleep at home” on February 16, the obituary says. McClintock was best known for her dresses, particularly bridal and prom designs “based on the ideal of romance and beauty,” wrote
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Megan Thee Stallion gives $100K to Breonna Taylor foundation, saying ‘justice has still not been served’
Megan Thee Stallion partnered with apparel retail company Fashion Nova to donate $100,000 to the Breonna Taylor Foundation on the first anniversary of her death. The rapper showcased her initiative on Instagram, saying the core mission of the foundation is to support economic, social and racial justice through police reform. “A year ago today Breonna
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World waits for a made-for-TV bombshell, as Harry and Meghan sit down with Oprah
Millions of television viewers around the world are in a state of frenzied anticipation on Sunday, as they await the broadcast of Oprah Winfrey’s set-piece interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The primetime event, which will be shown on Sunday evening in the United States, has been relentlessly promoted by network CBS
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After daughter’s passing, two-time cancer survivor creates safer PPE
When Kezia Fitzgerald’s 1-year-old daughter Saoirse was fighting a stage four neuroblastoma tumor, Kezia knew she wanted to do everything in her power to make Saoirse’s treatment as comfortable as possible. So when Saoirse’s catheters and vascular access lines started getting in the way while she played, Kezia put her sewing hobby to the test.
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Meghan’s revelation to Oprah showed the barriers to getting help for mental health. Here’s how to manage
In Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview Sunday with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, one takeaway was that help for mental health is still hard to get — even if you’re part of the British royal family. In Meghan’s first public comments since she and her husband, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, stepped down as senior
Continue Reading Three small earthquakes shake Wichita, Kansas, area
Three small earthquakes shook the Wichita, Kansas, area early Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS measured a 3.4 magnitude quake at 7:29 a.m. ET, with a 3.5 magnitude quake following at 7:31 a.m. A third quake measured at 3.0 was reported at 8:02 a.m., according to USGS.
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Nearly 1.8 million vaccine doses given out in Missouri prior to Tier 3 opening
Vaccine distribution continues in the Show-Me state, with the total number of people completed vaccination hitting 631,832.
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Duke University undergrads ordered to stay in place all week as Covid-19 cases spike
Duke University officials issued a stay-in-place order for all undergraduate students through next Sunday as the school tries to combat a rapidly escalating number of Covid-19 cases. In a letter sent to students on Saturday, officials at the Durham, North Carolina, university said that more than 180 students have tested positive for Covid-19 and are
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