TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans Roger Marshall of Kansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri were among a handful of conservative U.S. senators who opposed moving forward with a Democratic-sponsored measure for confronting hate crimes against Asian Americans. Marshall’s office said Thursday that an existing federal hate crimes law already prohibits intentionally injuring or trying to
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — An analysis by News4 Investigates shows despite multiple complaints of inappropriate sexual behavior and even being convicted of sex crimes, massage therapists have kept their state licenses for several months and even years afterward. The analysis came in the wake of Tuesday’s arrest of Tarek
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — One South Nashville school is working to make sure some underserved in their community get the COVID19 vaccine, especially in an environment they trust. Stem Prep Academy said they want to help all of the immigrant and refugee community they serve when it comes to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Tennessee (WSMV) — A female upset about a bus being late pulled a gun on a Maury County bus on Tuesday afternoon, school officials said on Thursday. Maury County Public Schools bus No. 50 was making a scheduled stop around 4 p.m. Tuesday. While at the stop,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN GABRIEL, California (KABC) — Two local twins created a new invention to help people who are hard of hearing. Eight-year old Cambria and Kayla Henry created an app that pairs up with a hearing aid. These SoCal twin sisters are using real-life experiences to better the lives
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — An area family says the fact that their 4-year-old is living today is an absolute miracle, but now they need your help to keep their little boy alive. “He would just collapse, then I would ask him, ‘Buddy, what’s wrong,’ and he would say,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (KCTV) — Three people are in custody after a 12-year-old boy was killed in a drive-by shooting in Leavenworth Wednesday evening. Police were called about 6:45 p.m. on a shots fired at the KARE Pharmacy, 2500 S. Fourth Street. Upon arrival, officers gathered information that multiple
Continue Reading The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability will release body camera footage on Thursday from the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo last month. In a news conference Thursday ahead of the video’s release, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she had seen the videos and they are “incredibly difficult to watch.” “As a mom,
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Ernest Fann never imagined his baseball career would be tainted by racism more than a decade after Jackie Robinson‘s debut. “Somebody told me baseball was a White man’s game,” he says about a teammate who approached him while he sat on the bench. It was the early 1960s and Fann was playing for the Burlington
Continue Reading Four young men were found burned to death and two others were found hanged by unknown assailants in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, police said on Thursday. The four men who burned to death were discovered on Wednesday night in a field in the province’s Lady Frere village, while the two other men were found
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The family of Daunte Wright — the Black motorist shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer during an arrest attempt last weekend — sees a manslaughter charge filed against the officer as a “good initial step” toward justice, a lawyer for the relatives said Thursday. Wright’s mother Katie, however, later questioned whether even justice
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A Columbia man faces multiple felony charges after being accused of trying to use an improvised explosive to set the Boone County Courthouse on fire.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) — State health officials are urging thousands of Coloradans to get revaccinated after getting doses at Dr. Moma’s Health & Wellness Center in Colorado Springs. The revaccination effort comes after the Colorado Department of Health and Environment investigated Dr. Moma Health and Wellness Clinic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CARROLL COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Police have released dashcam footage from a police pursuit that crossed several jurisdictions and left three officers injured by gunfire. The Monday incident started as a high-speed chase on I-20 in Bremen and continued south into Carrollton before heading north on Highway 61,
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About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. This is the CDC’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Connecticut (WFSB) — The elusive beefalo that has been on the lam since last August has been captured. Plymouth police posted an update on Facebook Wednesday afternoon saying ‘Buddy’ the beefalo was located. “His capture was the result of a community effort from spotting him, feeding him
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Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — The City of Oakland is ready to pay residents to help officials stop the problem of illegal dumping. City officials held a press conference Wednesday announcing they are ready to get serious about cleaning up piles of junk, saying the problem got worse during
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Missouri put state-mandated exams on hold last year as many students were learning online through the coronavirus pandemic, but the assessment is making a return this semester.
Continue Reading The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability will release body camera footage on Thursday from the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo last month. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and community leaders are set to hold a news conference at 12 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET) ahead of the video’s release. In a joint
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story May is Mental Health awareness month and ‘The Catharsis’ is a play About It (WTRT) — Winsphere Jones Productions and Royal Treatment proudly presents The Catharsis: A Beautiful Journey of Neo Classical Monologues on Saturday, May 1 at 7:30p.m. Seating will start at 7p.m. and this is a
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