Last night, just like the rest of the world, I watched news reports of the Atlanta shootings. I saw images of Atlanta businesses, the photo of a young White man, and the sensational headlines. It’s now been confirmed that eight people were shot dead, six of them Asian women. I don’t know the victims’ names.
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TONIGHT: The severe threat will continue until about 8-9 PM but the rain will stick around. Overnight lows will fall to into the mid and upper 30s as winds turn more northerly by daybreak and pick up. Gusts will reach up to 25 mph. Some of our western counties could see rainfall transition into a wet
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — After opening a package with a suspicious powder substance inside at the Metro Courthouse on Wednesday morning, one person was taken to the hospital. Nashville Fire Department spokesman Joseph Pleasant said a woman opened a package that had a white powder substance inside. Firefighters
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Of the eight people who were killed when a White man attacked three metro Atlanta spas, six were Asian women. Investigators said it was too early to say whether the crime was racially motivated, and instead pointed to the suspect’s claim of a potential sex addiction. But experts and activists argue it’s no coincidence that
Continue Reading Scientists have discovered a “myriad” galaxies that were of previously undetected. The newly found systems were observed with the world’s most advanced optical telescope. Cosmological models had long predicted the existence of filaments — gas in which galaxies are created — but no images had been captured of the phenomenon, except in the vicinity of
Continue Reading Former Dallas Mavericks center Shawn Bradley was left paralyzed after a car struck him from behind while he was riding his bicycle in January, the team said. Bradley released the details Wednesday for the first time since the accident on January 20 one block from his home in St. George Utah, the Mavericks said in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to Columbia Parks and Recreation, common areas that tend to flood are along the MKT Trail, The Hinkson Creek Trail, and the Grindstone Nature Area. It says as of Wednesday afternoon, most of those places were underwater. The Director of Columbia Parks and Recreation Mike Griggs says visitors should watch out
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A new study released in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that it is safe for schools to open with 3 feet for social distancing as long as students, teachers and staff wear masks.
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A restaurant was spray-painted with the message “Kung flu” in Texas. A travel agency employee in California was nearly blinded. An 84-year-old man from Thailand died after being shoved to the ground during his morning walk. Many Asian Americans across the United States have been verbally harassed, spat on and injured for months in a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLLINSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — A local 11-year-old is making history with IKEA! Nick was one of over 66,000 children from around the world to submit a drawing for IKEA’s Soft Toy Drawing Competition. Out of all the entries, IKEA selected five unique drawings, including Nick’s, to be made
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With obesity a factor in Covid-19 vaccine eligibility, many Americans are scrambling to find out their body mass index, or BMI. But experts say the meaning behind those numbers — and how to lower them — isn’t always so clear-cut. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists obesity as an underlying medical condition,
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Mayor Carrie Tergin said she wanted the Cole County Emergency Management Office and power companies to sit down together to go over what the public should know if something were to happen.
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State and federal investigators are scrambling to learn more about Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in a string of deadly shootings at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, and his alleged motive. Not much information has surfaced about the 21-year-old from Woodstock, about a half-hour drive north of Atlanta. He is presently detained without bond in Cherokee
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — BeLoved Asheville launched a new project called BeLoved Camp Clean on March 13, which provides access to cleanup supplies, trash and recycling cans, and pickup to residents in the City of Asheville who camp because they do not have a home. BeLoved organizers
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Several roads around Mid-Missouri were closed Wednesday and a flood warning was in effect for a Missouri River tributary in Boone County as more storms threatened the area.
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Distribution of White supremacist propaganda reached the highest amount ever recorded since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking it, the group said in a report released on Wednesday. There were 5,125 documented cases of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters distributed in the US — an average of 14 incidents per day and
Continue Reading After Sebastian Araujo’s parents spent a week on a waitlist for leftover Covid-19 vaccines, the family was relieved when the pharmacy called to let him know that two spots had opened up. On Saturday, the trio showed up for their appointments at a Rite Aid in Mission Hills, California, a suburb outside of Los Angeles,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GWINNETT, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County police said they conducted more than 300 traffic stops during a two-day sweep aimed at street racing operations earlier this month, which resulted in several arrests of people wanted on felony and misdemeanor warrants. The stops conducted on March 5
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Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KFSN) — After four years of fighting, a North Valley family is finally getting justice. The parents of Tyler Turner, who died skydiving at the Lodi Parachute Center in 2016, just won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the facility owner. Attorney for the family, Paul Van
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