This woman wants to make birding accessible to all
Retired teacher Virginia Rose came up with a map to help the mobility-challenged get outside into nature after finding her own passion for birding.
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A woman is dead after a car drove through a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis, police say
A person drove into a group of protesters in Minneapolis early Monday, killing one woman and injuring another person, authorities said. A suspect is in custody after police say they saw the vehicle on video surveillance drive into the protesters just after midnight. The crowd was protesting an officer-involved shooting from a few weeks ago
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One of 14 people hurt in Austin, Texas, mass shooting dies
One of 14 people injured in a mass shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, has died, police say. Douglas John Kantor, 25, died from his injures around noon local time Sunday, Austin Police said in a release. Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the shooting early Saturday morning, Mayor Steve Adler’s office said earlier.
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5 things to know for June 14: NATO, G7, Israel, Coronavirus, DOJ
Why is everyone so testy? The Federal Aviation Administration has recorded about 2,900 reports of “unruly behavior by passengers” since January. That’s about 18 incidents a day, ranging from inconvenient to downright dangerous. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get “5 Things You
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Creating a stress-free divorce for your kid — or getting as close as you can
Mom said they were splitting up because Dad drank too much. Dad said Mom was having an emotional affair and was spending too much money. Mom said Dad was neglectful at times, bordering on abusive. Dad shared that he felt Mom was emotionally cold and remote with him. That’s what two siblings, a teenage girl
Continue Reading At least 8 people hospitalized after a car plowed into a crowd at a Texas racetrack
At least eight people were hospitalized after a car plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas on Sunday night, officials said. Three people were in critical condition and five others suffered non-life threatening injuries, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “The preliminary investigation revealed one of
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Novavax says Covid-19 vaccine shows 90.4% overall efficacy in US/Mexico Phase 3 trial
The American biotechnology company Novavax announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was found to have an overall efficacy of 90.4% in a Phase 3 trial conducted across the United States and Mexico. Additional analyses of the trial are ongoing, according to the company, and will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals for publication. The
Continue Reading Two birds, one brain? Songbirds act as one when they sing duets, new study suggests
Singers performing a duet, jazz players riffing together effortlessly, paired-up dancers never skipping a step: great performers are so coordinated, they become one. What are the mechanisms that regulate coordination and cooperation? Neurobiologists are learning more from some of nature’s foremost musical performers: songbirds. The brains of duetting songbirds are linked together during performances, a
Continue Reading Transgender children and their parents struggle to cope with restrictive laws
The attacks on kids who identify as transgender keep coming. Arkansas in early April became the first state to ban gender-affirming care including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, for children under 18. West Virginia signed a bill into law that prohibits transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s secondary school sports teams
Continue Reading Anybody out there? Science and popular culture search the skies for UFOs and signs of alien life
If you’re ever studied astronomy, you’ve probably been exposed to something called the Drake equation. One side of the equation posits the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which it might be possible to communicate. The other side gives all the variables that add up to that number, including the average rate of star
Continue Reading A dangerous Covid-19 variant on the rise could cause outbreaks in US states with lower vaccination rates, expert says
The Delta variant is quickly on its way to becoming the dominant strain of Covid-19 in the US, raising concerns that outbreaks could hit vulnerable communities come fall. Currently 10% of Covid-19 infections in the US can be attributed to the variant, also called the B.1.617.2 variant, but that proportion is doubling every two weeks,
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are higher prices hurting your finances?
Cars, building materials, gas and meat are just some of the items that have become more expensive while inflation increases.
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Sunday Sit-down with Stefanie Golan
ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou soccer coach Stefanie Golan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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Thailand begins mass Covid-19 vaccine rollout using shots made by royal-owned company
Thailand began its mass Covid vaccination program Monday, following criticism of delays and concerns over health authorities relying on AstraZeneca shots produced by a company owned by the country’s king. The Southeast Asian nation is battling a third coronavirus wave with the highest number of daily cases and deaths reported since the start of the
Continue Reading G7 leaders share a bold vision for a net zero future. But the devil is in the lack of detail
Climate change is rarely a main talking point at the G7 leaders’ summit, but as US President Joe Biden proclaimed that “America is back at the table” on the final day of this year’s meeting, by extension, so too was climate change. Past summits with Donald Trump representing the United States struggled to culminate in
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Heroes of laziness, a Hamas supporter and David Hasselhoff. The stars of Germany’s absurd Covid vaccination publicity campaign
Public awareness campaigns launched by governments are usually anodyne affairs. Not in Germany, where officials have managed to spark a number of controversies during the pandemic in their push to keep the public safe. From spending millions on videos deemed insensitive, commissioning an alleged Hamas supporter to promote the vaccine for the country’s Arabic-speaking population
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Violence in Texas, Georgia and Illinois brings number of US mass shootings to 270 so far this year
As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to contend with for 2021. So far this year, we have suffered 270 mass shootings. From Friday afternoon to Sunday, at least nine people were killed and another 47 were injured
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Coronavirus vaccinations in Missouri continue to increase, but the younger population is falling behind in the process
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As coronavirus vaccinations in Missouri continue to increase, ages 20 to 35 are making up a large percentage of positive cases across the state. Sara Humm with the Columbia/Boone County Health Department said we have seen 244 cases of COVID-19 in Boone County in the last month. Humm said 32% of the
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‘There is famine in Ethiopia right now,’ says UN aid chief
Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing dire hunger, finds a new report by the United Nations and other aid groups. “There is famine in Ethiopia right now,” United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock warned on Thursday. According to the global Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system, which evaluates food insecurity
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