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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — H&R Block is getting flooded with complaints after millions of stimulus checks wound up in the tax preparer’s hands instead of those of their customers. As the company sorts through what happened, we are hearing about other IRS messes too. CBS 2’s Lauren Victory talked
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Click here for updates on this story HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) — Police are searching for a man after he allegedly threatened an employee with a gun, pushed down another after they both asked him to wear his mask correctly in an Arundel Mills Mall store. At around 4:20 p.m. on Monday, a store employee at
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Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of the St. Sabina parish in Chicago, is “devastated, hurt” and angry after being asked to step aside after an allegation was made against him of sexual abuse of a minor, Pfleger said in a post on his Facebook page. In the post, the social activist said his “life is
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Click here for updates on this story ELKTON, Md. (WJZ) — A Cecil County man earned the first-ever state record for the invasive flathead catfish, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Joshua Dixon caught a 57-pound, 50-inch long flathead catfish, or Pylodictis olivaris, on Dec. 27, 2020 while he was fishing near the
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Click here for updates on this story GRANITE BAY, California (KOVR) — For the first time, we are hearing from the man who lives in the Granite Bay mansion that hosted hundreds in a New Year’s Eve bash, feared to be a super-spreader party. And we’re learning he’s also got a controversial past, with a
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Gov. Mike Parson and two state leaders gave updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and millions of dollars being given to Missouri’s higher education institutions. The governor also rebuked violent protests that broke in Washington DC on Wednesday.
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A woman who was shot inside the U.S. Capitol during the violent pro-Trump protest has died.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As protests erupt across the country rallying against the outcome of the Presidental election, the Missouri Capitol Police report that the demonstration in Jefferson City was peaceful. Chief of Capitol Police Zim Schwartze said they had the ability to speak with organizers and make sure their permits were in line ahead
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Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A San Francisco couple that got stranded in New Zealand due to coronavirus restrictions has been reunited with their dogs, Whiskey and Waffles after living nearly 10 months apart. Michelle Paulson and Eric Denman left the dogs with a dogsitter in San Francisco last
Continue ReadingMother Nature may have taken it easy on us in some ways this year. We saw a drier than average end to the year, and a pretty mild severe weather season. We did see, however, some impressive storms make their way across mid-Missouri. Top 10 states that saw lightning this year For yet another year
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Only 29 people have experienced severe allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccine, making it a rare outcome, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. In the first week and a half of the US Covid-19 vaccine effort, the CDC said there have been 21 additional confirmed cases of severe allergic reactions known
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Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR) — Donating your stool could get you a shopping spree. UC Davis is paying for poop for its latest study. The smelly study is giving 20 volunteers a $75 Target gift card for their trip to the golden throne. “I think ew, like that kind
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The Rev. Raphael Warnock is the latest HBCU grad breaking barriers and standing up to shape the nation. Students and alumni from historically Black colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Warnock winning his US Senate race in Georgia, hoping it will change the misconceptions around the institutions’ quality of education and graduates’ social
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Click here for updates on this story LOMA LINDA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Doctors and nurses in San Bernadino County are swamped as a surge of COVID-19 patients continues to pour into hospitals. Tad Worku, a trauma nurse at Loma Linda University Medical Center, heals patients in many ways and helps them to recover by managing
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Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — A 38-year-old Zimmerman man is accused of assaulting a Minnesota State Patrol trooper after he crashed his vehicle in Brooklyn Center. Authorities say he was arrested with help from a good Samaritan who stopped to assist the trooper According to the Hennepin County Attorney’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — About 50,000 Denver workers will receive larger paychecks as the city’s scheduled minimum wage increase took effect on Jan. 1. Struggling industries, like food and beverage, appreciate the employee raise. However, some restaurant owners would prefer the City of Denver delay the increase. “I had
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Click here for updates on this story LOWELL, MA (WBZ) — A pair of Lowell police officers are being praised for “beyond the call of duty thoughtfulness” after they brought groceries to an elderly woman whose items were run over by a car. Last month the elderly woman was taken by van to her weekly
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Jackson County Prosecutor has hired a former police sergeant to investigate police use-of-force cases and possible wrongful convictions. The prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that 28-year-old police veteran Sgt. Tony Sanders started working this week in the office. Sanders will also investigate allegations of police misconduct submitted by the community.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The national pharmacy chain CVS Health says it has completed coronavirus vaccinations at more than 100 long-term care facilities in Missouri, but it still has 500 more to go. The U.S. Department of Health and Senior Services last year selected CVS Health and Walgreen to administer vaccinations at nursing homes and
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