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March 31 coronavirus news

April 1, 2021 1:29 AM CNN Newsource

A former Oklahoma officer has been found guilty of murdering his police chief during a conference in Florida

April 1, 2021 12:14 AM CNN Newsource

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.

Multiple victims found at the scene of a deadly shooting in Orange, California, police say

March 31, 2021 11:25 PM CNN Newsource

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

Local health leaders say COVID vaccine eligibility for children could be next step towards ‘herd immunity’

March 31, 2021 6:28 PM Connor Hirsch

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.

She’s 14 months old and needs a drug that costs $2.1 million to save her life

March 31, 2021 10:04 PM CNN Newsource

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

Man charged in hate crime assault on Asian woman was out on parole for killing his mom

March 31, 2021 10:00 PM CNN Newsource

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

MU student in critical condition after nearly drowning in Florida

March 31, 2021 9:43 PM ABC 17 News Team

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

Quality issue at Baltimore vaccine plant delays some of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine

March 31, 2021 9:19 PM CNN Newsource

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

It’s possible to reach herd immunity, then lose it. Repeatedly. Here’s what you can do to help prevent that from happening

March 31, 2021 9:03 PM CNN Newsource

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.

Derek Chauvin’s body camera video shows his reaction just after George Floyd left in an ambulance

March 31, 2021 8:57 PM CNN Newsource

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

Boone County Fire called out to garage fire Wednesday evening

March 31, 2021 8:55 PM Karl Wehmhoener

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

Mizzou hoops loses fifth player to transfer portal

March 31, 2021 1:05 PM Andrew Kauffman

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

Alexey Navalny announces he is going on hunger strike

March 31, 2021 8:27 PM CNN Newsource

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

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Hy-Vee expands coronavirus vaccine availability to all pharmacy locations

March 31, 2021 8:58 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

A teacher resigned after her racist rant stereotyping Black families during a Zoom call was recorded by a parent

March 31, 2021 7:55 PM CNN

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

Senate committee hears testimony on bill to limit local health order power

March 31, 2021 11:11 AM Chanel Porter

The Senate rejected a similar proposal on an initial vote last week. Nine Republicans and 10 Democrats voted against that proposal.

Covid-19 led to a global increase in stillbirths, maternal mortality, and depression, review finds

March 31, 2021 7:33 PM CNN Newsource

The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant and negative impact on pregnant women and their infants, according to a global review of studies. The review, published Wednesday in the journal the Lancet, found that stillbirths and maternal deaths increased by nearly a third, according to pooled data from 40 studies that covered 17 countries. There was

Brown University undergraduates vote for reparations for descendants of enslaved people

March 31, 2021 7:22 PM CNN Newsource

Over a decade ago, Brown University released a report with findings on its ties to slavery, and now undergraduate students have voted in support of reparations for descendants of enslaved people. The vote comes at the recommendation of Undergraduate Council of Students (UCS) President Jason Carroll, who is himself a descendant on both sides. Carroll

Witnesses make a devastating case against Derek Chauvin and a history of injustice

March 31, 2021 7:15 PM CNN

The trial of Derek Chauvin on second-degree murder charges in the killing of George Floyd has cast a bright spotlight, one that forces Americans to re-confront the police violence that helped trigger a transformative social movement. It also demands we pay attention to the deeper connections between this act of violence — that so many

Man arrested in hate crime assault on Asian woman was out on parole for killing his mom

March 31, 2021 7:07 PM CNN Newsource

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 will be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on two counts of second-degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first-degree