QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should lawmakers block Medicaid expansion?
Voters last year approved a measure to expand Medicaid’s health-care coverage to low-income, working adults.
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Win at virtual dating with body language tips from a former FBI agent
Virtual dating is hard. It can seem nearly impossible to make a genuine connection while constrained to the flat rectangle of a video screen, but one retired FBI agent knows there is still a lot that people can glean from a person’s body language. When on a video call, a person’s body language changes tremendously
Continue Reading Stress can be good for you, and here’s why
How’s it going in that boiling lobster pot of stress? The last year of living in a pandemic has stretched human coping skills so thin that experts fear many of us may soon snap, leaving people around the world coping with a mental health crisis of catastrophic proportions. In the United States alone, a recent
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Four people, including a child, killed in a mass shooting in Orange, California, police say
Four people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting at an office complex in Orange, California, on Wednesday night, a police official said. A fifth person was transported to a local hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound, Lt. Jennifer Amat said. “Tonight around 5:30 pm officers arrived to a call of
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CDC director says Americans may soon return to everyday activities, but ‘we’re not quite there yet’
Though many Americans are eager to return to normal after a year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reminded Americans that “we’re not quite there yet.” “We are so close — so very close to getting back to the everyday activities we
Continue Reading A former Oklahoma officer has been found guilty of murdering his police chief during a conference in Florida
A former Oklahoma police officer was found guilty Wednesday in the death of his police chief while they attended a law enforcement conference in Pensacola, Florida, in 2019. Michael Nealey was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Florida jury, according to CNN affiliate WEAR. Court records show his sentencing is scheduled for April 29.
Continue Reading Multiple victims found at the scene of a deadly shooting in Orange, California, police say
Police found “multiple victims” at an office complex in Orange, California, after responding to a call of shots fired Wednesday night. “Officers arrived as shots were being fired and located multiple victims at the scene including fatalities. An officer involved shooting occurred,” the Orange Police Department said in a post on their Facebook page. The
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Local health leaders say COVID vaccine eligibility for children could be next step towards ‘herd immunity’
The assistant director of the Columbia/Boone County Health Department Scott Clardy said getting this age group vaccinated is another step towards herd immunity, as a large group of people are hesitant about getting the vaccine in the area.
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She’s 14 months old and needs a drug that costs $2.1 million to save her life
For the first few months of her life, Ayah Lundt was the picture of health. Born in January last year at a whopping 8.3 pounds, the bubbly baby girl with dark curls and bright brown eyes hit all her developmental milestones. By six months, she was crawling and trying new foods. Bananas and mushy broccoli
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Man charged in hate crime assault on Asian woman was out on parole for killing his mom
The man arrested in the assault on a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City was out on parole for killing his mother, police told CNN. Brandon Elliot was arrested early Wednesday. Elliot was charged with two counts of second degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first degree attempted assault as
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MU student in critical condition after nearly drowning in Florida
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fl. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri student is in critical condition after nearly drowning. Police in Panama City Beach Florida reports Joseph Pedrotti is being treated at a local hospital. According to police, the MU student was doing laps at a pool when friends noticed he had stopped swimming. First responders performed
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Quality issue at Baltimore vaccine plant delays some of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it had found a quality problem at a Baltimore plant helping manufacture its single-dose coronavirus vaccine under contract. The New York Times reported Wednesday. that workers at Emergent BioSolutions, the Baltimore plant that has been making Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, accidentally mixed up some of the ingredients, ruining
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It’s possible to reach herd immunity, then lose it. Repeatedly. Here’s what you can do to help prevent that from happening
If you think herd immunity is the finish line to this pandemic, it’s time for a reality check. Herd immunity with Covid-19 could come and go, scientists say. Or we might never reach it at all. “There’s a lot of things that have to go our way to actually get to herd immunity,” said Dr.
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Derek Chauvin’s body camera video shows his reaction just after George Floyd left in an ambulance
Moments after George Floyd was taken away in an ambulance last May, former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was confronted by a witness who took issue with Chauvin’s kneeling on Floyd’s neck. “That’s one person’s opinion,” Chauvin responded as he got into his squad car. “We had to control this guy because he’s a sizable
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Boone County Fire called out to garage fire Wednesday evening
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a garage fire on the 8000 block of east Mclane-Dailing road in Centralia just after 7:30 p.m. Officials say that the homeowners were home and no one was injured. A firefighter with Boone County reports the two-car garage, two cars, and other things in the
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Mizzou hoops loses fifth player to transfer portal
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Torrence Watson is the latest player to enter the transfer portal. He’s now the fifth MU player to leave the program this offseason. Watson is joined by Xavier Pinson, Mark Smith, Parker Braun and Ed Chang. Watson averaged just 1.8 points per game as a junior this past season. The
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Alexey Navalny announces he is going on hunger strike
Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny says he is going on a hunger strike to protest against prison officials’ refusal to grant him access to proper medical care, in a post shared by his team on his official Instagram page on Wednesday. “I have the right to call a doctor and get medications. They give me
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Hy-Vee expands coronavirus vaccine availability to all pharmacy locations
Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A teacher resigned after her racist rant stereotyping Black families during a Zoom call was recorded by a parent
After a Zoom call with a student and his mother, a California teacher who thought the call had ended was recorded saying her student has learned to lie and make excuses, calling the parents “pieces of sh*t” and saying “this is what Black people do,” according to the mother’s attorneys. Now, the mother from the
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