Woman pleads guilty in crash that killed Columbia pedestrian
Regine McCracken pleaded guilty Monday in a Boone County courtroom to manslaughter and three misdemeanors.
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Regine McCracken pleaded guilty Monday in a Boone County courtroom to manslaughter and three misdemeanors.
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Click here for updates on this story REDDING, Connecticut (WFSB) — On Wednesday, the state’s Dept. of Agriculture removed goats from a property in Redding following an investigation spanning back to October of last year. The Dept. of Agriculture, along with the town of Redding and Redding police, executed the search and seizure warrant at
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Click here for updates on this story BUTTE, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Montana Tech professor David Hutchins took this video on Sunday showing the prolonged results of a 485-gallon diesel fill overflow at Town Pump No. 4 at 3700 Harrison Avenue, which took place five weeks ago on Jan. 30. The diesel went down the
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Click here for updates on this story BISMARCK, North Dakota (Bismarck Tribune) — Anywhere from 30 to 100 dead cattle were believed to be floating in the Missouri River on Monday, according to state Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Jennifer Skjod. It was not immediately clear who owned the cattle that apparently wandered onto the
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An investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager found dead in a rolled-up gym mat eight years ago, has been reopened, according to Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk. The body of Johnson, 17, was found upside-down in the mat in Lowndes County High School in January 2013. Local investigators ruled his death
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The coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, is associated with an estimated 64% higher risk of dying from Covid-19, suggests new research published in a peer-reviewed journal. A sample of people in the UK infected with the variant appeared to be between 32% and 104% — so around a probable
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A Saudi court has rejected an appeal by prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul that would have allowed her to travel freely, her family and supporters said. The 31-year-old was sentenced in December to five years and eight months in prison on what critics have described as politically motivated charges, but was released in February
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — We’re just days away from the often-dreaded act of changing the clocks to daylight saving time, and one Georgia lawmaker wants to make the switch permanent. State Rep. Wes Cantrell of Woodstock is the sponsor of House Bill 44. The bill aims to observe daylight
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Are you up for a challenge?! Mobile Fire Rescue is calling on all women across the city to take their skills to another level, hoping to recruit more women to join the department by hosting “ladies night.” Participants tackling a grueling 9 stage obstacle
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Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WiscNews) — A Madison doctor who worked at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle federal civil allegations that he wrote prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances with no legitimate medical purpose. Dr. David E. Eckerle, who according
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An annual tradition continued at Kells Irish Pub in downtown Portland on Tuesday. Every year, the pub raises money for the Center for Medically Fragile Children at Providence with “green rain” from the ceiling sweep. The pub’s ceiling was mostly bare this year due
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Prosecutors and a defense attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse agreed to move the start of Rittenhouse’s trial in fatal shootings during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from March to November 1. Rittenhouse,18, was arraigned January 5 on two felony charges of homicide in the deaths of two men and a felony attempted homicide charge in the wounding
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A woman who witnessed the aftermath of the explosions that rocked Equatorial Guinea has said the scenes resembled the detonation of an atomic bomb. Nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead after the blasts at a military base in the Central African country over the weekend, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday. The blasts in
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March 26 marks the one-year anniversary of Lauren Thomas Mandel’s Covid-19 infection — and she and her family are still feeling the effects of the illness. The worst part of a year of symptoms, she told CNN’s Chris Cuomo, is the amount of hair she has lost. In August, she said it was like she
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A social media post on the school district’s Facebook page said Roling’s last day will be June 30.
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Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSL) — Allan McDonald, the whistleblower and engineer sent by contractor Morton Thiokol to approve the 1986 Challenger space shuttle launch but who refused to sign off, has died in Ogden at age 83, according to NPR. McDonald was overruled by NASA and company management prior
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment before two violent attackers ambushed a young woman as she got back into her car at local gas station in Atlanta. The footage showed two suspects appearing to hid and take cover near the back of 23-year-old Jhanae Askew’s
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Click here for updates on this story GOLDSBORO, North Carolina (WRAL) — North Carolina farmers and farm workers are among the workers classified as essential by the state who are now eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine shot. “Farmers are important,” Melissa Howell, who helps run the family-owned Howell Farming Co. in Wayne County, said
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portlander now has an incredible story to tell after falling 100 feet off an oceanside cliff and surviving. Gil Tighe is now recovering after breaking their arm and fracturing several bones including their other arm, tailbone, ribs, eye socket and nose. Tighe considers
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Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A law that bans natural hair discrimination is set to be signed by Connecticut’s governor on Wednesday. Gov. Ned Lamont is scheduled to put his signature on the CROWN Act at 10 a.m. The ceremony is happening at the state capitol. The legislation is
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