Vaccine providers are planning for booster shots
Vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna have both pointed to people needing booster shots or re-vaccinations in the future.
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Texas’ longest-serving death row inmate to get new sentence
A court in Texas has thrown out the death sentence of convicted killer Raymond Riles, who has spent more than 40 years on the state’s death row. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled on Wednesday that Riles’ death sentence “can no longer stand” because the jury that sentenced him was not given instructions to
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Surprise conception: Woman conceives second child while carrying first
At first, baby Noah was all alone, growing beatifically in his mother’s womb. Noah’s first close-ups, taken by ultrasound at seven and 10 weeks into the pregnancy, showed 39-year-old mom Rebecca Roberts and 43-year-old dad Rhys Weaver the baby they had tried for more than a year to conceive. Then, at three months into the
Continue Reading ‘I got dealt some pretty bad cards’: Former foster youth finds comfort with new family
Click here for updates on this story LONGMONT, Colorado (KCNC) — Raise the Future can’t do the work they do so well without money. A Day For Wednesday’s Child is not successful without sponsors. American Furniture Warehouse is one of those sponsors, and a proud supporter of the mission of Raise the Future. Recently, Jake
Continue Reading One year after her children died, local mother collects prom dresses for high schoolers
Click here for updates on this story NEWNAN, Georgia (WGCL) — Deletha Bailey Colton heard the news every good mother fears. Her eldest daughter Denijiah and her youngest son, Scooter, had left the house on a Sunday for a trip to McDonalds and never came back. “My cousin called me and she said, get in
Continue Reading Rene Compean’s picture of his soot-streaked legs mobilized SoCal hiking community and saved his life
Click here for updates on this story PALMDALE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — It was a picture of a man’s soot-streaked legs, perched on rocks high above a canyon, but it piqued the interest of Southern California’s rather extensive hiking community and helped save Rene Compean’s life. Now back home in Palmdale with just a few scratches
Continue Reading Bill would repeal law banning objects hanging from rearview mirror, an issue in Daunte Wright’s case
Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — A bill introduced Thursday in the Minnesota Legislature would repeal a law that prohibits objects hanging from the rearview mirror while driving, a traffic violation in Minnesota that Daunte Wright’s mother said her son told her on the phone was the reason he
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Highway 63 pavement improvements to close lanes in northern Columbia next week
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) maintenance crews will be making pavement repairs along northbound and southbound Highway 63 between Brown Station Road and Wagon Trail Road. Crews will close one lane in each direction while work is taking place between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Work is scheduled to take place on
Continue Reading Armed robbery, car chases, gunfire: 2 CA men arrested after multi-city crime spree
Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — Two Stockton men are in jail in connection to a multi-county robbery spree. Their alleged crimes spanned 40 miles from rural Stanislaus County to San Joaquin County. “He held [a gun] at me and he said ‘You are going to make me murder you,’
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Daunte Wright’s mother says ‘justice isn’t even a word to me’ as ex-officer makes court appearance
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
Continue Reading Trans Advocates Warn Legislators: ‘Kids Are Going to Die’
Click here for updates on this story Gender Infinity’s Andrea Segovia discusses the dangerous impact of the anti-trans legislation. (OutSmart Magazine) — A slew of anti-transgender bills are moving quickly through the Texas Legislature, and the consequences could be deadly, according to trans advocates. Senate and House committees have already approved two bills that restrict
Continue ReadingPolice pull German Shepherd named ‘Booger’ from pickup’s undercarriage
Click here for updates on this story ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A German Shepherd named Booger is safe thanks to the efforts of Lufkin police and first responders. Sunday morning, Booger’s owner, Roger Grimes called authorities after seeing the dog’s tail sticking out from under the pickup. “I hated calling, but I didn’t know
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4-year-old accidentally swallows dime, which leads to doctors finding cancerous tumor
Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Miracles come in all shapes and sizes. But for 4-year-old Charlotte Mason of Dallas, hers came in the form of a dime. “She swallowed a coin,” her mom, Moriah Mason said. “This angel child who never really does anything weird like that. She doesn’t chew
Continue ReadingUnique Bilingual Newspaper Focuses on Bay Area Chinese Americans
Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A longtime journalist who got laid off from a newspaper during the early weeks of the pandemic has started the only bilingual paper of its kind in California. The publication is bringing its unique perspective to the recent wave of anti-Asian hate crimes. Portia
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports over 40% of the population to receive first coronavirus vaccine dose
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Southern Missouri Amber Alert canceled after child returned to law enforcement
The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert Friday afternoon a 5-year-old was forcibly taken from his home in southern Missouri.
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Second body recovered as search continues for 11 still missing from capsized ship off Louisiana coast
The US Coast Guard said Friday that a second body was recovered from the water near a commercial vessel that capsized earlier this week several miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted a person in the water at 7:10 p.m. while searching the area on Thursday, the Coast Guard said.
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San Antonio police officer wounded and two people dead after shooting during traffic stop, police say
Two people are dead and police officer was wounded after a traffic stop Friday ended in gunfire, according to the San Antonio police chief. A fourth person was wounded and has been hospitalized, Chief William McManus said during a brief news conference, noting that his information was preliminary. Based on his review of the body
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Police ID suspected gunman at Indianapolis FedEx facility where 8 died as 19-year-old former employee
Police arrived “to a very chaotic scene, with victims and witnesses running everywhere” at a FedEx Ground facility near Indianapolis’ main airport late Thursday night, where a former employee is suspected of shooting and killing eight people and wounding others, an Indianapolis police official told CNN. Indianapolis police on Friday afternoon identified the suspect as
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Columbia police investigating shooting in northeast Columbia; 20-year-old woman shot
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police continue to investigate a Friday afternoon shooting that sent a 20-year-old woman to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Police responded at 3 p.m. Friday to the 3200 block of Elm Grove Dr. after a report of shots fired. The 20-year-old female victim who was transported to local hospital to
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