As colleges and universities nationwide make plans to welcome back students in the fall, a growing number have announced they will require all students to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to campus. So far, at least 14 colleges have said vaccinations will be required, according to a CNN tally — and that number
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri alumni Bill and Nancy Thompson established the Ron Ashworth Endowed Professorship in Child Development with a $1 million gift. The gift honors Ron Ashworth, board chair for the Thompson Foundation Board of Directors and a longtime advocate of both neurodevelopmental disability issues and the Thompson Center for Autism and
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Vaccination eligibility will soon expand to all adults across the show-me state. An estimated 1.1-million Missourians will get access to vaccines against COVID-19 under phase three. Local health care experts, owner of Flow’s Pharmacy Anthony Desha and MU Health Care’s Director of Pharmacy Brad Myers, talk about this expansion and how other vaccination efforts are
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(CNN) — Police in Bryan, Texas, are searching for a suspect after six people were injured during a shooting at an industrial park on Thursday afternoon, according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department.
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A recently published study from the journal of The Lancet Psychiatry says that nearly 34% of individuals studied had some sort of neurological or psychiatric effect, six months after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
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An undercover officer with the New York Police Department arrested a woman yelling anti-Asian slurs at a Chinatown nail salon, according to city officials. Sharon Williams, 50, allegedly went into the nail salon Tuesday afternoon and is accused of making anti-Asian statements and having “physically threatened people inside,” said NYPD spokesperson Det. Denise Moroney. Williams
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction will being April 19 for a Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) project aimed at reducing the number of crashes along U.S. Route 63 in Boone County. Crews will begin work at several intersections between Route H and Route M/Y near Ashland. Work will take place between the hours of 7
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lake area realtor accused in a murder-for-hire case has bonded out of jail Thursday. 43-year-old Leigh Ann Bauman posted her $400,000 bond Thursday morning. She was charged in Camden County for conspiracy to commit murder back in March. Bauman is accused of attempting to hire someone to kill her ex-mother-in-law. According
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One person was killed and at least five others were wounded — four of them critically — in a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, police said. A trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety was shot while pursuing the suspect, the department tweeted, and is in serious but
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a tow truck driver has died after a wreck on westbound Interstate 70 at the 151-mile marker on March 29. The Troop F crash report reports Ryan Brewer died Thursday from his injuries from the wreck. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Some local students experienced feeding time at the WNC Nature Center on Thursday. American river otters snacking on fish were a big hit with the students, who enjoyed some spring break time at the center. As the weather warms, employees at the center
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One person was killed and at least four others were wounded in a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, police said. One person was later taken into custody in nearby Grimes County after a trooper was shot, Sheriff Donald Sowell told CNN, adding the incident may be connected to the
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A renowned pulmonary critical care doctor testified Thursday morning that George Floyd died from a “low level of oxygen” when former police officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the street and restricted his ability to breathe. “This caused damage to his brain that we see, and it also caused a PEA arrhythmia that caused his
Continue Reading Police in Bryan, Texas, are searching for a suspect after six people were injured during a shooting at an industrial park on Thursday afternoon, according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department. The victims were taken to a local hospital, but James could not speak to the extent of their injuries in a
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Prosecutors charged a Jefferson City man Wednesday with assault and armed criminal action after a Tuesday road rage incident and stabbing.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A Flint man is in critical conditional after being attacked by a machete in Riverbank Park. About 4 a.m. on April 8, an adult man was cut and stabbed multiple times with a machete at Riverbank Park, Flint Police said. The victim has been
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More than 5,000 people attended an unauthorized and illegal event at Tonto National Forest near Phoenix on Saturday, leading to multiple violations and one person being emergency evacuated, officials said. Forest protection officers were patrolling near the Lower Sycamore Creek Recreation Area when they discovered thousands of people who were illegally gathered, the U.S. Forest
Continue Reading Here’s a look at weapons inspections in Iraq from 1991 to 2007. Facts At the end of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, the United Nations passed Security Council Resolution 687 setting the terms for the ceasefire between Iraq and the US-led coalition. Section C of the resolution called for the elimination of Iraq’s weapons of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Family, friends, even strangers commemorated 16-year-old Iremamber Sykap, the 16-year-old boy shot and killed by Honolulu Police on Monday. People gathered near Kalakaua Canal, where the vehicle Sykap was driving crashed following an alleged crime spree. Flowers, a stuffed toy and bandanas were just some
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