Kartik Pinglé and Jasmine Wright haven’t graduated from high school yet. But they’ve already discovered four new exoplanets and co-authored a peer-reviewed paper. Their paper about the newly discovered planets, which are about 200 light-years away from Earth, was published in The Astronomical Journal in January. “I remember when I came home, and I told
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A 30-year-old Northern California man undergoing a mental health episode died days after police officers kneeled on the back of his neck for nearly five minutes to subdue him, lawyers for his family said. Angelo Quinto had been “suffering from anxiety, depression, and paranoia for the previous few months,” his family’s attorneys said in a
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Each week, Sheri McGregor gets hundreds of emails from parents shut out of their children’s lives. Every story is different, she said. What the parents have in common is a profound sense of isolation. “They say, ‘I thought I was the only one,’” said McGregor, founder of a website for estranged parents who lives in
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Downtown Columbia eateries are holding Restaurant Week, and they hope this year’s event will help boost sales hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
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China has detained at least six people for allegedly defaming four servicemen killed in a bloody border clash with India last June, as state media wages a propaganda campaign hailing the dead troops as martyrs. Police said six people were detained for up to 15 days across China, with another accused currently living overseas facing
Continue Reading A court in China has ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in compensation to his former wife for housework she shouldered during their five-year marriage, in a landmark divorce ruling that has sparked discussion in the country over the value of unpaid domestic duties. Wang, a homemaker, demanded restitution equivalent to $24,700 from
Continue Reading A court in China has ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in compensation to his former wife for housework she shouldered during their five-year marriage, in a landmark divorce ruling that has sparked discussion in the country over the value of unpaid domestic duties. Wang, a homemaker, demanded restitution equivalent to $24,700 from
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The world held its breath awaiting news of Tiger Woods’ condition after the golf legend suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a rollover crash near Los Angeles. Woods, 45, was awake and responsive after a lengthy surgery at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, according to a statement early Wednesday on his Twitter account. Here’s what we know
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A new, more contagious variant of coronavirus first detected in the UK is likely to fuel a surge of cases in the spring, several experts predicted Tuesday. The variant, called B.1.1.7, was suspected of causing renewed spread in Britain. It’s been seen across much of the US — with the US Centers for Disease Control
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Golf legend Tiger Woods is awake and recovering from surgery, according to a statement posted early Tuesday on his official Twitter account. Woods, who was involved in a serious car accident on Monday near Los Angeles, is “responsive, and recovering in his hospital room,” the statement said. Woods suffered serious leg injuries and was trapped
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Here are the local sports scores from Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS HOOPS Capital City 57 | Smith-Cotton 43 FINAL Centralia 57 | Battle 74 FINAL California 51 | Southern Boone 60 FINAL Mexico 48 | Hannibal 31 FINAL Fulton 62 | Moberly 50 FINAL
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The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. at Fulton City Hall. The council held an emergency meeting the previous Tuesday about the issue caused by frozen well heads across the country after the polar vortex.
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The United States can expect to see a total of 240 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the end of March, drug companies told a House subcommittee Tuesday. Pfizer and Moderna — the two companies with Covid-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States — have pledged to make a combined total of
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A University of Missouri engineer received a grant from the National Science Foundation to plan for large-scale manufacturing of an on-skin, wearable bioelectronic device.
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A tenure-track professor at a California community college is on leave and under investigation after video of him speaking critically to a hard-of-hearing student during an online class made the rounds on social media. Last Thursday, a two-minute video — broken into three parts for TikTok — surfaced showing a Zoom recording from a physiology
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Local clerks are preparing for the April 6 election. Tuesday was the first day people could vote absentee.
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Golf legend Tiger Woods suffered serious leg injuries and was trapped but conscious when emergency responders reached the scene of his one-vehicle rollover crash on a stretch of California road known for speeding and accidents, authorities said Tuesday. Woods, 45, was driving shortly after 7 a.m. PT in Rancho Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles, when
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Officials in Aurora, Colorado, said Tuesday that an independent monitor will be set up to scrutinize police discipline and transparency after an investigation triggered by the in-custody death of Elijah McClain found a failed system of accountability. “I believe the investigative team has identified the issue that is at the root of the case: the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning Thursday morning, Oxbo Transport will move a large piece of equipment for Ameren Electric that will require an oversized vehicle to travel through Callaway and Montgomery Counties. The oversized vehicle will begin traveling at 8:45 a.m. southbound on Callaway County Route CC, south of Route O, and will then make its
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