Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville group is pressing police and the district attorney to make an arrest in a road rage incident in which a pickup truck hit a homeless man’s cart with a cat inside. The video of the driver circling and then striking the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Dramatic dash camera video captures the scary moments a driver plows into an Illinois State Police squad car. The sergeant pulled off to the side of the highway after a traffic stop in Moline earlier this week. The emergency lights were still on when
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CEDAR HILL, Missouri (KMOV) — A man was killed and a deputy was wounded during an shootout with police who were executing a search warrant in Jefferson County late Friday night. Deputies with the Jefferson County SWAT team arrived to the 8000 block of Lake Drive near Cedar
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — St. Louis police have released surveillance pictures of suspects who they say danced on top of a police car and damaged it on Washington Avenue early Sunday morning. Videos of the incident have circulated on social media. Officers told News 4 there was a
Continue ReadingTry to imagine for a moment, if you will, what it must be like to walk in space. After suiting up, you step outside the airlock. The International Space Station, nearly the length of an American football field, dwarfs you. Its exterior will be your workspace for the next six-and-a-half hours. Planet Earth appears before
Continue ReadingAt least seven people were wounded during a shooting late Friday in Miami, police said. Officers responding to gunshot detection system alerts in Wynwood shortly before midnight found several people with what appeared to be gunshot wounds, Miami Police Department spokeswoman Kiara Delva said. Some shooting victims arrived at the hospital on their own, Delva
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Pastor Greg Locke has grown his congregation over the last year by preaching that Covid-19 is a “fake pandemic” and the vaccine is a scam. Many people who were eager to get around pandemic restrictions drove from out of state to attend services at Locke’s Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. His following
Continue ReadingSeismologists in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 61 earthquakes in a 24-hour period on Saturday around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, which erupted a week ago, warning residents to keep well away from lava flows. The details were outlined in a daily report prepared for the government by the Goma Volcanic Observatory (GVO), and seen
Continue ReadingBonnie is a very good girl. But every time the 4-year-old Shepherd mix goes outside in the yard to play or relieve herself right now, her owner, Julie Matthews, straps a muzzle over Bonnie’s face. The goal? To keep her from indulging in a potential buffet of Brood X cicadas that have recently begun emerging
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Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been seeking to better understand immunity to the novel coronavirus. How long is a person immune after having Covid-19, after getting vaccinated, or both? And what could long-lasting immunity mean for booster shots? It’s still too early to tell — but experts are getting closer to cracking
Continue ReadingThis weekend kicks off “Hot Vax Summer,” an unofficial term meaning that vaccinated Americans are ready to go wild and make up for lost time. We’re going on vacation again, drinking heavily (still), dressing up and eating out. Oh, we’re apparently having a lot of sex, too — so, good for us! Here’s some of
Continue ReadingAmerica’s truck driver shortage is driving pay higher. But it’s not solving the scarcity of truckers. Massive increases in online ordering during the pandemic have sent demand for delivery truck drivers through the roof. That’s increased competition for those willing to be long-haul truckers, forcing those trucking companies to hike pay. But that hasn’t persuaded
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Here’s some background information about Salmonella. Facts Salmonellosis, the infection caused by the bacteria Salmonella, is one of the most frequently reported foodborne illnesses in the United States. Prono: sal•mo•nel•la. The first “L” is pronounced, unlike the silent “L” in salmon, the fish. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reports of Selected Salmonella Outbreak Investigations.
Continue ReadingLas Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the body of a child found by hikers Friday morning. The boy is believed to be Hispanic and about 10 years old, Lt. Ray Spencer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. He was 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 123 pounds.
Continue ReadingAs more schools reconsider the role of legacy status in college admissions, Colorado has taken a significant step toward leveling the playing field. Gov. Jared Polis signed a law earlier this week banning officials at state-supported higher education institutions from considering family relationships to alumni — otherwise known as legacy preference — as a criteria
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The intelligence community’s push to uncover the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic has largely relied on traditional intelligence-gathering tools up until now, but President Joe Biden’s 90-day “redoubled” effort is intended in part to elevate scientific analysis. The effort will bring in the National Labs, a collection of 17 elite research facilities under the Energy
Continue ReadingA team of Australian scientists has discovered a curious “chocolate frog” tree frog in the lowland rainforests of New Guinea. Tree frogs are known for their green skin — but due to its brown coloring, researchers named it “chocolate frog” — and the name stuck. “The closest known relative of Litoria mira is the Australian
Continue Reading It’s all true. Memorial Day weekend may very well look like it did before the coronavirus pandemic upended life more than a year ago. Vaccines have made the gradual return to normalcy possible. To date, more than 166 million people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the US Centers
Continue ReadingA Philadelphia restaurant owner celebrated his birthday and a return from lockdown in the most Philadelphia way possible — a 510-foot-long cheesesteak. Rene Kobeitri, owner of Rim Cafe, said it was the longest Philly cheesesteak in the world, breaking the previous record of 480 feet. Kobeitri told CNN that chefs from across the United States
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene has turned herself into one of the most visible Republicans in the country — stoking an endless stream of controversies that has caused headaches for a defeated party trying to find its footing while she rakes in campaign cash without fear of consequences. Her most recent incendiary comments have followed her home
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