The Palestinian Authority has canceled an agreement with Israel that was to have seen at least 1 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 transferred to the West Bank and Gaza. The abrupt turnaround came after health officials in Ramallah inspected the first delivery of almost 90,000 doses Friday afternoon, the Palestinian Health Minister
Continue Reading Although Kashirah Jackson is back at work, she’s still far from recovering from the economic upheaval the coronavirus pandemic wreaked on her finances. Early last year, the independent hair stylist’s business in Charlotte, North Carolina, was doing well and socking away her earnings for a down payment on a home. But the state lockdown left
Continue Reading Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, has won Iran’s controversial presidential election, according to preliminary results announced by the interior ministry Saturday. Raisi, who is currently under US sanctions, emerged as the frontrunner after an election supervisory body barred all of his serious rivals from the race. Analysts described
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As President Joe Biden celebrated America’s 300 million vaccine dose milestone Friday, experts warned that the spread of coronavirus variants could spur a surge in troubling new cases if more people don’t get inoculated. Overall, Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the US have declined significantly in recent months. But virus variants, particularly the Delta
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The Delta variant of Covid-19 is expected to become the dominant strain in the United States, and it’s further reason why people need to ramp up the vaccination pace, said the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an interview with CNN on Friday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that the Delta
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man faces multiple charges after a vehicle chase on June 9 in Boone County and then on Thursday in Callaway County. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy attempted to stop Davy Rasa for failing to display proper registration in a vehicle. Rasa drove off and the
Continue Reading Welcome to the start of summer! Now slow down. You don’t want to miss anything by hurrying past it. And there is no need to sweat even more, unless you’re also having fun while doing it. That’s the wisdom of summer. It teaches us to be fully awake, engaged and open to everything around us.
Continue Reading The US Postal Service has issued a set of stamps to celebrate a decade of watching the sun from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, according to NASA. The Sun Science stamps draw attention to the different views of the sun as seen from the SDO. “I look at each of these pictures from the Solar Dynamics
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fire crews are reminding people to be mindful of propane tanks during the extreme heat. Boone County Fire crews worked to cool off a propane tank in the 2900 block of Bonne Femme Road after it overheated. Crews were called to the area after people reported hearing a sound coming from the
Continue Reading Police in Oregon are searching for a suspect believed responsible for three separate attacks that left three people dead and one person seriously injured on Friday. “We have not positively identified who this individual is,” Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier said at a news conference. However, investigators released several surveillance photos of the suspect,
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Water in a key California reservoir is expected to fall so low this summer that its hydroelectric power plant will be forced to shut down for the first time, officials said Thursday, straining the state’s already-taxed electric grid. An unrelenting drought and record heat, both worsened by the changing climate, have pushed the water supply
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a local fire chief and a business owner at the Lake of the Ozarks, awareness of a boat’s condition and even its smell can help boaters prevent fuel fires. Two boats have caught fire in the last week due to fuel issues, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sporting events continue to play through the extreme heat while making sure it’s being done in a safe way. Little League Baseball games are happening Friday night at both Cosmo Park and with Daniel Boone Little League. When the heat index reaches 90 degrees, the National Weather Service advises individuals to use
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A body found in the Osage River is that of a man who went missing Wednesday while fishing, the Miller County Sheriff’s Office said.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRWAY, Kansas (KCTV) — Local historians and scientists are searching for unmarked graves in one of Johnson County’s most historically significant cemeteries. The study is ongoing at the Shawnee Methodist Mission Cemetery, a Kansas State Historical site, located on Shawnee Mission Parkway and Canterbury Road. The small plot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JOHNSON COUNTY, Kansas (KCTV) — A now former daycare employee in Johnson County is accused of hundreds of instances of abuse. Rachel Beth Schrader has been charged with four counts of child abuse. According to a charging affidavit, the footage showed her physically abusing four different children at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Visitors staying at Baldwin County beaches were greeted with double red flags Friday morning, June 18, 2021 and building surf. The water was off limits to swimming, but it didn’t keep folks off the beach or from tying the knot. It’s always risky
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The Tennessee Army National Guard announced that a medical flight crew performed an air evacuation after a camper was attacked and injured by a bear while sleeping in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park on June 18th. The Tennessee National Guard said that shortly
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Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILLS RIVER, North Carolina (WLOS) — A construction oversight caused a mess and resulted in costly repairs at Asheville’s water treatment plant in Mills River. A city report said a hatch was left open during construction at the plant, then heavy rain moved in and flooded a portion
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