As a university student years ago, Kyaw Moe Tun sat out Myanmar’s watershed 1988 pro-democracy protests. “I always listened to my parents, and they wanted me to stay home,” he says. Now, as Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, he tells Meanwhile that his duty is to protest — on behalf of the people of
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Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) — The NYPD released new video of the gunman who opened fire and wounded two officers in Brooklyn. The incident happened Sunday night in a stairwell of an apartment in Prospect Lefferts Gardens where a gunman first opened fired on his roommate and then
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Alua Arthur wasn’t looking for death. At 34, she was trying hard to stay alive. Clinical depression had forced a leave of absence from her job as a lawyer, and she was traveling on a bus in Cuba when it met her: A woman, only two years older than her, dying of uterine cancer. The
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Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos surfaced of them wearing and holding racist symbols at a campus event in 2014, according to a statement from the school. In two photos verified by university spokesperson Lance Crawford, one professor is pictured wearing a Confederate soldier’s uniform, while
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An early Tuesday morning fire in Sedalia destroyed a body shop and damaged neighboring businesses.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Midstate company created a way where you can shop ’til you drop, while also helping the community. The (code)word company gives 30% off its net profit from the sale of all of its apparel to state food banks through the Feeding America Network.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (KFSM) — Governor Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (March 9) that he would sign Senate Bill (SB) 6, a piece of legislation that prohibits abortion in all cases except to save the mother’s life in a medical emergency, into law in Arkansas. SB6 does not include
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story O’FALLON, Missouri (KMOV) — A man was taken into custody after an hourlong standoff in O’Fallon, Mo. that began Monday night. Police surrounded a home in the 600 block of Hawk Run Drive, just off of Winghaven Blvd, around 8:30 p.m. after a man started making homicidal threats
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLOYD COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — The Floyd County Police Department is commending one of its officers for risking his life to rescue an unconscious teenager from a burning pickup truck. On social media, the community is calling Patrolman First Class Blake Puckett a hero. “I don’t see it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (KITV) — Police on the Big Island are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 26-year-old man. Joshua Toney was reported missing on February 12, 2021. He was last seen on February 1, 2021, at 10 a.m. leaving his parents’ Kailua-Kona home
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LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A man has been charged more than two months after police say he fired several shots with an assault-style rifle at a suburban Kansas City office for the Missouri State Highway Patrol before being shot by troopers. Court records show 28-year-old Tayland Rahim, of Kansas City, was charged Monday with
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I’m tired, you’re tired, we’re all tired — I know. I feel it in my bones. I have been in 8 states caring for thousands of patients with Covid-19. I have worked in coast to coast, north to south, in New York, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, California, and my home state of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Connecticut has plans to bring free wifi to certain areas of Middletown. It’s part of the Lamont Administration’s “Everybody Learns” initiative. Lamont joined others for a news conference on Tuesday morning to outline the initiative. He said the goal of the initiative is to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A teenager was shot in the back of head in St. Louis’ West End neighborhood Monday afternoon. Officers responded to the 6100 block of Etzel just before 5:30 p.m. Monday. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said the victim is a
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While health officials agree face masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19, state and local governments have varied widely on implementation of mask rules. Now, President Joe Biden wants to change that. Biden’s office has released plans that his administration intends to implement in the beginning of his term, and one is a national mask
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would relax the rules for immunizations. A House committee debated a proposal Tuesday that would require only students in public schools to have immunizations. and allow students to attend school without vaccinations if they have evidence of acquired immunity from a disease. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Responding to a growing controversy over 7-year-old Halloween photos the recently resurfaced, the University of South Alabama on Friday put three professors on leave and launched an internal investigation. But several dozen angry students who gathered outside a board of trustees meeting said the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — Police body camera video released Monday shows the moments after an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer shot and killed a man inside of a Corona Costco in 2019. In the newly released body camera footage, off-duty Los Angeles Officer Salvador Sanchez, who initially
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It’s the second time in two weeks that the K-8 building has been evacuated because of threats.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — Investigators released images of people who attended a party-turned-riot on University Hill in Boulder Saturday night — and they’re asking the public for help identifying them. See more images released by the city of Boulder regarding the violent riot on March 6. Police said
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