The European Union aims to vaccinate 70% of its adult population by September. But anxiety over a possible link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and reported blood clot cases may put that target in jeopardy. Europe’s vaccine rollout has already been slower than expected. Meanwhile, the continent is confronting a third wave of the pandemic, fueled
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According to Columbia Police’s Dispatch, the department has responded to 98 shots fired and heard calls in 2021.
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A Korean American woman living in Los Angeles has created a hate crime booklet for Asian American seniors to prepare them in case they are racially targeted. The idea was born amid the coronavirus pandemic, after Esther Lim heard the term “China virus,” a phrase often used by former President Donald Trump, followed by a
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Veronica Pena says she’s spent the past year carefully navigating the Covid-19 pandemic in the mostly restriction-free state of Florida. The Miami Beach resident stopped going to bars, gets regularly tested and has a tight circle of friends she interacts with, who are as cautious as she is. Now, as she waits to get her
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) The Mizzou wrestling team finished in seventh place at the NCAA Championships. The Tigers had three All-Americans. 165 pounds: Keegan O’Toole – 3rd place 149 pounds: Brock Mauller – 5th place 197 pounds: Rocky Elam – 5th place Former Mizzou and Tolton standout Jaydin Eierman took second place at 141 pounds. He’s
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The pandemic’s end is in sight — but right now, the US is in a critical spot. A highly contagious — and potentially more deadly — coronavirus variant is spreading across the US, threatening to send infection numbers spiking once again. Meanwhile, the number of vaccines administered across the country is growing, as officials work
Continue Reading A visitor at the San Diego Zoo was arrested on Friday shortly after taking his two-year-old daughter into an elephant enclosure, according to a press release from the San Diego Police Department. Jose Navarrete, 25, made it into the elephant enclosure with his daughter after passing multiple barriers, the release said. Once the father and
Continue Reading The largest asteroid that has been predicted to make a close approach of Earth this year will zip by from a safe distance on Sunday, according to NASA. Scientists estimate the asteroid is between 1,300 and 2,230 feet wide. The near-Earth asteroid, known as 2001 FO32, will be 1.25 million miles, or more than five
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Hyun Jung Grant was one of the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings Tuesday, leaving behind her two children. “She was a single mother who dedicated her whole life to providing for my brother and I,” her son Randy Park wrote on a GoFundMe page after the shooting. “It is only my brother and I
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Perfectly Frank‘s customers are a loyal bunch. Last year, they carried the restaurant through the darkest days of the pandemic with donations. Now, they’re carrying each other — with donated meals. The restaurant, a nearly 16-year staple in Norfolk, Virginia, has begun a free meal initiative to feed the community with meal donations from customers.
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After schools moved online a year ago because of the pandemic, one public school science teacher was determined to make his chemistry labs interactive and accessible. Jonte Lee, a teacher at Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, DC, figured the way to do so was to connect to the students on social platforms. As a
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Tom Cornish, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, continues to serve his country decades later by knitting and donating hundreds of hats to the Salvation Army. Cornish, who lives at the Champlin Shores senior living community in Minnesota, took to knitting hats during the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, the veteran donated 400 handmade hats to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shortened its physical distancing guidelines for children in schools to recommend most students maintain at least 3 feet of distance. The CDC had previously said schools should try to maintain at least 6 feet of distance between children. This change comes after a new study
Continue Reading A Kentucky mother has been arrested after her 2-year-old son ingested fentanyl, according to a news release from the Ludlow Police. The mother, Lauren Baker, faces charges of murder, importing fentanyl and trafficking in a controlled substance, the release says. According to an initial post-arrest complaint obtained by CNN, Baker admitted to Ludlow, Kentucky, police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say shots were fired into a home on the east side of Columbia Saturday evening. The Columbia Police Department taped off an area near the 5300 block of Godas Circle around 5:45. Officers tell us there were shell casings on the ground near the home. Officers say no one has
Continue Reading Duke University said it will end its stay-in-place order for undergraduate students Sunday, citing a decline in new Covid-19 cases among students. In letter sent to students Saturday, Duke said most parts of the order will be lifted at 9 a.m. Sunday. All in-person courses can resume and students living in university housing will be
Continue Reading That morning, Capt. Ripusudan Prasad phoned his wife, Anita, as he did every day from the oil tanker he commanded, the MT Duke. The ship was about eight hours from port in Lomé, Togo, from where Prasad planned to fly home to Kolkata, India. But, at 7:45 a.m., he got a call that would dramatically
Continue Reading Sixteen children considered critically missing were rescued during a four-week operation that concluded this week, according to the US Marshals Service office in Philadelphia. At least four of the recovered children were connected to child sex trafficking, the marshals service said on Thursday. Dubbed Operation Safeguard, the initiative began on February 15 when a US
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Timothy Phan drove eight hours from Florida to attend a Saturday rally in Atlanta, aimed at grieving those killed at three Georgia spas and opposing hate against Asian Americans. Phan didn’t know the eight people slain, six of whom were women of Asian descent. But with reports of attacks against Asian Americans against the rise,
Continue Reading After his team’s loss to Oral Roberts in the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Friday, Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell says he was the victim of threatening messages on social media. The 20-year-old, who finished with a team-high 23 points, missed a free throw in the final seconds of No. 2 seed Ohio State’s 72-75, opening
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