Click here for updates on this story New Britain, Connecticut (WFSB) — Pregnancy is a joyous time, but it can also be filled with a lot of worry. Imagine having a serious heart condition get worse while you are pregnant to the point doctors needed to do surgery. It happened to a mom in New
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County government and medical leaders held their weekly coronavirus news conference Thursday. The group includes representatives from city and county governments, the county health department and the city’s two hospitals. Watch a replay of the news conference in the player below.
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MACKS CREEK, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County firefighters battled a structure fire in Macks Creek Wednesday night. A Facebook post from the Southwest Camden County Fire Protection District said crews were called to the 600 block of River Ridge Road around 7:36 p.m. Firefighters said half of the mobile home was on fire when crews arrived.
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At least five people were killed and at least 36 people taken to hospitals in a pileup involving dozens of vehicles in poor weather on Interstate 35W in the Texas city of Fort Worth on Thursday morning, officials said. The crash was one of several reported in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin areas during dicey
Continue Reading Kendall Jackson went on her first Boy Scout camping trip with her mother and older brother when she was just a toddler, and now the Indiana teen is one of the first Black females to become an Eagle Scout. Jackson was 15-years-old when the Scouts started admitting girls in 2019, so she knew she’d have
Continue Reading Jeffrey Epstein’s estate coexecutors were “indispensable captains” of his criminal enterprise to traffic girls, according to a complaint from US Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise N. George. The amended complaint, filed Wednesday, names coexecutors Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn as defendants in their individual capacities, alleging their involvement in running Epstein’s trafficking operation for years.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, Alabama (WALA) — Police say an armed suicidal patient at Providence Hospital stole an ambulance this morning and led officers on a low-speed chase before taking his own life with a gunshot. Airport Boulevard is blocked off going west at Pace Nursery Road following the incident. Sheriff’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, Alabama (WALA) — The local music community is mourning the loss of a musician killed in a wrong-way crash in Mississippi on Sunday. With his infectious smile and unique voice, Marcus Baggins was the heart and soul of his pop band Plastic Weekend. Jaron Churchwell, bass player
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In recent weeks, the United States has seen a stabilization of reported Covid-19 cases, but for Black and brown communities disparities in case and death rates remain. And as the vaccine is rolled out across the country, these communities are being vaccinated at far lower rates than White Americans. These inequities are evident in some
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Columbia Public Schools still lacks the number of substitute teachers willing to come into the classrooms that it needs as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Milwaukee (WDJT) — Two teens, ages 15 and 17, have been formally charged with homicide and sexual assault in connection to the killing of 36-year-old Ee Lee in Washington Park on Sept. 16, 2020. Kamare Lewis, 17, and Kevin Spencer, 15, each face one count of first degree
Continue Reading This year, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is bringing some extra attention to “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and sponsoring a bill that would make it the US national hymn. “My goal is to make a contribution to trying to bring this country back together,” he told CNN’s Don Lemon on Silence Is Not an Option.
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The Justice Department unsealed conspiracy charges against five people associated with the Proud Boys on Thursday in the latest and largest move against the far-right group’s coordinated role in the insurrection last month. In a criminal complaint, an FBI agent described how the group “moved closely to each other” inside the Capitol on January 6
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Benton County, Arkansas (KFSM) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has dismissed the Benton County Circuit Court’s petition to uphold Mauricio Torres’ guilty conviction in his six-year-old son’s death. Meaning, his third murder trial will move forward in full, his previous convictions will be thrown out, and new jurors
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Little Rock, Arkansas (KFSM) — A bill that would make almost all abortions illegal in Arkansas passed through a Senate committee Wednesday (Feb. 10) and will make its way to the Senate floor next week. Senate Bill 6 is the “Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act to Abolish Abortion
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Mayfield, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A state trooper in Lackawanna County is one of four people charged with illegal gambling and prostitution. Investigators say Trooper Robert Covington, 45, of Olyphant, is a co-owner of Sinners Swing Gentleman’s Club in Mayfield. State police say a year and a half investigation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lititz, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A 44-year-old Lancaster County woman is facing nearly 200 counts of animal neglect after more than 100 cats found suffering from various health ailments were removed from her home, according to the Pennsylvania SPCA. Jaime Grow, of the 1100 block of Pine Hill Road
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kenosha County, Wisconsin (Kenosha News) — Aman is in critical condition after he was found hanging in his cell at Kenosha County Jail on Tuesday night. The 25-year-old Kenosha man, who was being held at the jail on a probation hold pending new charges, was found hanging from
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A 67-year-old man who appeared to have financial problems told a motel owner in Buffalo, Minnesota on Monday not to worry about giving him a discount because “tomorrow my work will be definitely done.” The owner, Mona Patel, did not pry into what work her guest Gregory Ulrich had planned. But he now is the
Continue Reading The intelligence of pigs has long been renowned — and scientists in the US have now found that they are clever enough to be able to use computer joysticks. Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana said they were able to train four pigs to carry out a “joystick operated video game task” to get treats.
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