Ronald Greene, a Black man who died after a pursuit by Louisiana State Police in 2019, can be heard apologizing to officers and telling them he was scared before being tased, dragged and kicked in newly obtained body camera video by the Associated Press. The AP posted three clips, totaling just over two minutes in
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A Virginia sheriff’s deputy, confronted with an overturned car and a child inside screaming for his mother, lifted the vehicle to save the woman trapped underneath, according to the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office. When Gloucester Sheriff’s Deputy J. Holt arrived at the scene on May 7, he found a boy sitting in the overturned car screaming
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police have arrested two more people in connection to a shots fired incident in the parking lot of the Walmart off Broadway on May 10. Columbia police, with assistance from the Jefferson City police, arrested 23-year-old Mariquan Midgyett, of Columbia, for first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Shaquail Midgyett Columbia police
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Will you or won’t you take off your mask? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on May 13 that fully vaccinated people can take off their masks in nearly all settings. Not so fast. Many people are deciding for themselves about which settings in which they feel comfortable shedding them.
Continue Reading The Singapore and Indian governments berated a senior Indian opposition politician on Wednesday for fanning a coronavirus scare between their countries, saying his comments were “irresponsible” and not based on facts. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal outraged Singapore in a Twitter post a day earlier in which he said a new form of the virus
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Quintin Jones was executed by lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville on Wednesday night, according to Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Jeremy Desel. Jones became the first inmate executed in the state of Texas since July 2020, and only the third person put to death in the state since Covid-19 first
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A ceasefire in the bloody Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be “imminent, possibly within 24 hours,” Hamas officials told CNN Wednesday, as world leaders dialed up pressure on both sides to end the fighting. Israel, however, has not commented on the possibility of a ceasefire deal. Concerns have been growing over the worsening humanitarian situation, as the
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Arrest warrants have been issued for two former Colorado police officers in connection with the violent arrest last year of a 73-year-old woman with dementia, a top prosecutor said Wednesday afternoon. Former Loveland police officer Austin Hopp has been charged with two felonies: assault in the second degree causing serious bodily injury to an at-risk
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hartsburg man is charged with second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy after an alleged sexual assault occurred on Aug. 21, 2020. According to court documents, Tomas Vino-Osorio went to meet the victim at a residence to watch a movie. According to the victim, Vino-Osorio took the victim to a bedroom and started
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While the world may be opening up because of the increase in Covid-19 vaccinations, top medical experts say there may be another round of shots needed within about a year. A booster Covid-19 vaccine for people who have already been vaccinated may be needed as soon as eight to 12 months after their second shot,
Continue Reading Arrest warrants have been issued for two former Colorado police officers in connection with the violent arrest last year of a 73-year-old woman with dementia, a top prosecutor said Wednesday afternoon. Former Loveland police officer Austin Hopp has been charged with two felonies: assault in the second degree causing serious bodily injury to an at-risk
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman is charged with first-degree child endangerment after allegedly hurting her 5-week-old baby. Carolyn Yunek is accused of causing several fractures to the child including to his skull and leg. According to court documents, a pediatric radiologist stated the fracture in the leg typically occurs when someone would pick up
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On the long-awaited January morning when members of the nation’s largest police department became eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations, hundreds flocked to get the shot. “We’ve been ready to go for some time,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said at the time, describing the rank and file as “definitely eager” to get vaccinated but acknowledging “some hesitancy.”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Three California residents appeared Monday in Henry County Circuit Court on preliminary hearings for Class X felony methamphetamine trafficking after the 2006 Honda Accord they were traveling in April 27 was allegedly found to hold 31.8 pounds of methamphetamine. Judge James Cosby found
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has given its 14 member schools $23 million each to help offset the financial impact of COVID-19 on their athletic programs. The league announced the supplemental revenue distribution on Wednesday. The SEC said it plans to use future conference revenues from increased media rights fees to pay for
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University of Missouri leaders are scheduled to vote on Wednesday, on whether or not to increase tuition and fees for students for the upcoming school year.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — A 75-year-old Madison woman died from COVID-19 Sunday after contracting the illness more than a month after being fully vaccinated, according to her sons, who say immunosuppressant drugs likely reduced her vaccine protection and chronic diseases made her more vulnerable to infection.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorney for a man accused of taking part in a robbery that killed someone in 2017 wants a judge to give him the chance to post bond. Stephen Wyse, the attorney for 28-year-old Jeffrey McWilliams, asked Judge Jeff Harris to set a $50,000 cash or surety bond in the case. Such
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An 11-year-old girl waiting for her school bus in Pensacola, Florida, was able to fight off an alleged kidnapping attempt on Tuesday morning and get to safety, authorities said. A 30-year-old suspect was arrested later that day after a search involving at least 50 deputies and other personnel, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons told reporters.
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