Lone Star state’s trouble comes in bunches
“O Gertrude, Gertrude,” King Claudius says to his wife in Act IV of Hamlet. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in…
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Cloning Fast Facts
Here’s some background information about cloning, a process of creating an identical copy of an original. Facts Reproductive Cloning is the…
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Quecreek Mine Rescue Fast Facts
Here’s some background information about the Quecreek Mine Rescue. From July 24 through 28, 2002, nine coal miners were trapped for 77 hours in…
Continue Reading Oil Spills Fast Facts
Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi…
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Myanmar police open fire on protesters in Mandalay leaving at least two dead, say reports
Police opened fire on protesters in the Myanmar city of Mandalay on Saturday, leaving at least two dead, according to volunteer emergency workers…
Continue Reading Russia tells WHO it has detected first case of avian flu strain in humans
Russian authorities say they have detected what is believed to be “human infection with avian influenza H5N8,” the World Health…
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McDonald’s hoodies and Dunkin’ robes: Why fast food chains want to sell you clothing
Fast food wants to be a force in fast fashion. McDonald’s latest non-edible creation is a hoodie, timed to coincide with the launch of its new…
Continue Reading ‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Ted Cruz’s trip to Cancun and others who needed to apologize
“Saturday Night Live” felt like a lot of people needed to apologize this week, so on Saturday’s episode that’s what happened.…
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US Covid-19 numbers may be slowing but experts project tens of thousands more deaths in next 3 months
Covid-19 trends may be encouraging in recent weeks — but a new forecast offered a grim reminder the US is not in the clear. More than 497,500…
Continue Reading Commercial Passenger Airplane Crashes Fast Facts
Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related…
Continue Reading These two charts show how much minimum wage workers have fallen behind
With Congress already battling over hiking the minimum wage to $15 an hour, President Joe Biden likely raised a few eyebrows when he recently said…
Continue Reading Three people killed, two injured, in shooting at gun store in Louisiana
Three people were killed and two were injured in a shooting at a gun store in Louisiana on Saturday. Deputies were called to the scene at the…
Continue Reading Black women’s roles in the civil rights movement have been understated — but that’s changing
Claudette Colvin did a revolutionary act nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks. In March 1955, the 15-year-old was arrested for refusing to give up her…
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How bitcoin is like a teenager
With the value of bitcoin in the market topping $1 trillion, longtime backers may be wiping tears from their eyes. The cryptocurrency is growing up.…
Continue Reading White parents, it’s time to do the work this Black History Month
Black History Month is a celebration of Black excellence and you are invited. Right now, all over the United States, Black families are teaching the…
Continue Reading Meet the bunnies that helped people survive 2020
Meet Finn and Budgie, rabbits that are more than just lovable companions. They provide their owners with emotional support. “So many people…
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Democrats turn to Biden’s agenda after impeachment trial
With impeachment in the rearview mirror, congressional Democrats are directing their full attention toward President Joe Biden’s agenda as they…
Continue Reading After the snow melts, the flooding will begin. Here’s how to prepare
You’re probably familiar with the dangers that snow and ice pose for motorists. But how about your home? More than 73% of the United States…
Continue Reading CNN Exclusive: WHO panel to recommend ‘deeper’ study of early Covid-19 clues
The World Health Organization’s preliminary report into the origins of the novel coronavirus will recommend more extensive contact tracing of…
Continue Reading She’s 21 and just became the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Briton Jasmine Harrison, 21, has become the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometer)…
Continue Reading WHO panel to recommend ‘deeper’ study of early Covid-19 clues
The World Health Organization’s preliminary report into the origins of the novel coronavirus will recommend more extensive contact tracing of…
Continue Reading Shooting at bowling alley in Pennsylvania leaves one dead, 3 wounded, police say
Police in East Norriton, Pennsylvania, are searching for a suspect who opened fire at a bowling alley Saturday night, leaving one person dead and at…
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Why the red planet captures our imagination in movies and books
Consider the odds of your having been born: from the earliest stirrings of protohominid life — the ones writer Arthur C. Clarke and director…
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Bengals comeback falls short in Bozeman
BOZEMAN, Montana (KIFI) – Montana State had the final run to beat Idaho State 88-80 in overtime Saturday in Big Sky women’s basketball. The Bengals…
Continue Reading One dead, one badly hurt in small plane crash north of Birmingham
One person is dead and another is severely injured after a small plane crashed in Cullman County, Alabama, Saturday, according to Cullman County…
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Bonneville survives overtime to eliminate Blackfoot
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Bonneville kept its season alive by outlasting Blackfoot in overtime 48-46 Saturday night. The loss eliminates the…
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Hillcrest moves on to district title game after sinking Skyline
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Hillcrest shut down Skyline 47-34 Saturday to secure a spot in Wednesday’s 4A District 6 championship game. Isaac Davis led the…
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Blackfoot wins their first 4A State Championship
NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – History was made inside the Idaho Center. For the first time in school history, the Blackfoot Broncos girls basketball team are…
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Thunder Ridge loses a heartbreaker to Mountain View
NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – Thunder Ridge let a 16 point lead slip away as they fell to Mountain View 62-55 in the 5A State Championship game. The…
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30 classic Italian dishes that everyone should try
Think of Italy and you’re likely to think of food first, and all the other beautiful things it offers second. Italian cuisine — or some…
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Sugar-Salem drops 3A title game to Timberlake
NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – In their fourth 3A State Championship game in five years, Sugar-Salem fell 65-49 to Timberlake. With the victory, the Tigers…
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Bear Lake’s Cinderella season comes to an end
NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – In the 2A State Championship game, Bear Lake fell 51-40 to the Melba Mustangs. Hailey Humpherys scored 21 points in the Bears…
Continue Reading Garland to call Capitol riot ‘heinous attack’ and tell Senate Judiciary Committee he’ll supervise prosecution of White supremacists
Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, calls the January 6 attack on the US Capitol a “heinous…
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Avalanche in Southeast Idaho kills Preston man
PRESTON, Idaho (KIFI) – Authorities are warning of extreme avalanche danger as another avalanche in our area has claimed the life of a 48-year- old…
Continue Reading United Airlines flight suffers engine failure, sending debris falling on neighborhoods outside Denver
A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Denver International Airport Saturday after it suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff,…
Continue Reading READ: Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland’s opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee
President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next…
Continue Reading Missing Princess Latifa ‘being cared for at home,’ Dubai royal family says
Dubai’s royal family says Princess Latifa is “being cared for at home,” dismissing videos in which she accused them of holding her…
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Swansea City footballer Yan Dhanda ‘angry and hurt’ by racist abuse as he labels social media companies ‘selfish’
Yan Dhanda has been a leading light in helping Swansea City return to the Premier League, but he is also driven by the fact he’s one of only a…
Continue Reading Biden visits Bob Dole following cancer diagnosis
President Joe Biden visited former Sen. Bob Dole Saturday afternoon, according to the White House, after the longtime Kansas senator announced…
Continue Reading A zoo crocodile in Florida underwent surgery to remove a shoe from her stomach
A Nile crocodile named Anuket had to undergo surgery in Florida recently. The problem started in December when a shoe slipped off the foot of a…
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Semi crash on I-15 near Roberts
Idaho State Police investigated a crash on Interstate 15 at mile marker 135, near Roberts Saturday around 7:45…
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197 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 197 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading Biden is racing a ticking clock to fulfill this campaign promise
When Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis ran for President against George H. W. Bush in 1988, he made competence one of his major campaign themes.…
Continue Reading Texas officials are investigating outrageous energy bills in storm price surge
Dallas resident DeAndre Upshaw said it was “very shocking” when he opened his latest electricity bill. “While I’m trying to…
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 83 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 83 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading The first Black sheriff in Wyoming takes over an agency that has faced significant controversy
For the first time in its 130-year history, Wyoming has a Black sheriff. Aaron Appelhans, 39, has taken charge of the Albany County Sheriff’s…
Continue Reading Trump to speak at CPAC in first public appearance since leaving White House
Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, next Sunday, according to a source…
Continue Reading Two Floridians attempted to get second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine by dressing as elderly women
Two women were caught trying to get second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine by dressing up as “grannies,” the Director of the Florida…
Continue Reading United Airlines flight returns to airport as aircraft debris found in neighborhoods outside Denver
A United Airlines flight bound for Honolulu returned to Denver International Airport Saturday after suffering an engine failure with debris from the…
Continue Reading Six Flags plans to open all of its amusement parks for 2021 season
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation says it is planning to open all 26 of its amusement parks and water parks for the 2021 season, including five…
Continue Reading Four-year-old twins in critical condition after house fire in Ohio
A pair of 4-year-old twins are in critical condition after firefighters rescued them from an early morning house fire Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.…
Continue Reading What Biden’s future hinges on
When Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis ran for President against George H. W. Bush in 1988, he made competence one of his major campaign themes.…
Continue Reading Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US dip to lowest level since November
Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States are at the lowest level since early November, when a fall surge in cases and deaths was picking up…
Continue Reading Biden visiting Bob Dole following cancer diagnosis
President Joe Biden is visiting former Sen. Bob Dole Saturday afternoon after Dole announced earlier this week that he has been diagnosed with stage…
Continue Reading This Black trans activist is fighting to shield her community from an epidemic of violence
As a teenage runaway in the foster care system and forced into homelessness, Vanessa Warri’s childhood was marked by trauma — but…
Continue Reading United Airlines flight returns to airport as police receive reports of airplane debris in neighborhoods outside Denver
A United Airlines flight bound for Honolulu was forced to return to Denver International Airport Saturday after suffering an engine issue, a…
Continue Reading 29-year-old leaves local hospital after nearing death from COVID-19 | ‘Just sheer terror’
Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — A 29-year-old was released from the hospital after months of…
Continue Reading Snowmobiler killed in Idaho avalanche
A man snowmobiling in the Sawtooth National Forest in central Idaho died Friday after triggering a large avalanche. The snowmobiler was riding up a…
Continue Reading A final round of freezing temperatures strikes Texas as it struggles to recover from winter storms
Texans weathering harsh winter conditions will get some relief from the cold on Saturday, although many in the state are still without basic…
Continue Reading Hotel that hosted a mostly maskless rally for Florida’s governor is under investigation
More than 100 people, mostly not wearing face masks, attended an indoor event held by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday — and the hotel where…
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High School Basketball Scores- February 20
(KIFI) – High school basketball scores from the girls state tournament and boys district tournaments for Saturday February 20. Girls Basketball State…
Continue Reading ‘You did the unthinkable’: Ohio’s Anthony Gonzalez faces fury over impeachment vote
To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to…
Continue Reading Are dogs self-aware? Scientists say there’s a good chance
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study suggests that dogs, like humans, are…
Continue Reading The US deported a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard
A Tennessee resident who was a guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has been deported to Germany, the US Justice Department said in…
Continue Reading Sanders says $15 minimum wage not ‘incidental’ to federal budget as its place in Covid relief bill questioned
Sen. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour isn’t “incidental” to the federal budget, despite…
Continue Reading “I think she may be saying that she’s having fun!” Meet Donut, the snow sledding chicken
Click here for updates on this story Nasvhille (WSMV) — A lot of us grew up with a little pet who just loved playing in…
Continue Reading Equipment stolen from volunteer fire company
Click here for updates on this story Klingerstown, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — “This building is normally locked. There…
Continue Reading Kroger looking into data breach that impacted pharmacy customer
Click here for updates on this story Atlanta (WGCL) — The Kroger Co. issued a notice advising of a data breach to its…
Continue Reading The TSA wants to hire 6,000 new airport security officers by the summer
The Transportation Security Administration is working to hire more than 6,000 airport security screening officers ahead of the traditionally busy…
Continue Reading Alexey Navalny remains in jail as court rejects his appeal. Then he’s fined $11,500 in defamation case
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half year jail sentence…
Continue Reading Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter, sidekick and traveling companion of NASA’s Perseverance rover, has checked in with a good report and is…
Continue Reading A 90-year-old Seattle woman walks six miles in snow to get her Covid-19 vaccine
Many people in the US are determined to get their Covid-19 vaccine, but a 90-year-old Seattle resident showed just how motivated she was by walking…
Continue Reading Full ‘stay-at-home’ lockdowns not necessary with vaccinations, strict distancing: U.K. study
Click here for updates on this story Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — A robust vaccination program and strict…
Continue Reading Brother, sister reunited after over decade apart
Click here for updates on this story Caro, Michigan (WNEM) — A reunion years in the making involving a man whose family…
Continue Reading Jill Biden is hitting the ground running — in all directions
As far as Jill Biden is concerned, there isn’t necessarily going to be one “first lady platform,” or even two or three. A month…
Continue Reading Health officials warn of heart attack risk while shoveling snow
Click here for updates on this story Stark County, Iowa (WQAD) — Stark County health officials took to the internet to…
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Bad weather closes roads in Upper Valley
High winds and drifting snow has closed ID 32 in both directions from mile post 0 to milepost 28. That’s between ID 33 (near Tetonia) and ID 47…
Continue Reading Police investigate death of 2-year old
Click here for updates on this story Cheyenne, Wyoming (Cheyenne Post) — The body of a 2-year old boy was found in a…
Continue Reading College friends, military vets plan to open brewery and taproom
Click here for updates on this story Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal-Star) — The military scattered the friends…
Continue Reading Biden approves major disaster declaration for Texas
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas, unlocking more federal resources to assist the state struggling to recover…
Continue Reading Students make 250 Valentine’s Day cards for seniors
Click here for updates on this story Matherville, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Evelyn Weakley remembers going with her…
Continue Reading New gun carry law has campus officials pondering
Click here for updates on this story Missoula, Montana (Missoulian) — The implications of Montana’s new…
Continue Reading Embattled coroner asks county to pay her legal fees
Click here for updates on this story Covington, Georgia (Rockale Citizen) — Newton County’s controversial coroner has…
Continue Reading One week after historic winter storm, thousands in Oregon still without power
Click here for updates on this story West Linn, Oregon (KPTV) — Friday marks one week without power for tens of…
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COVID-19 vaccines may prevent infection and not just symptoms, study suggests
Health experts have said that data so far has shown that COVID-19 vaccines prevent symptoms of the virus — but a new study suggests that the…
Continue Reading Chemicals in plastics damage babies’ brains and must be banned immediately, expert group says
Synthetic chemicals called phthalates are damaging children’s brain development and therefore must be immediately banned from consumer…
Continue Reading This device is crucial in the fight against Covid. It may not work on dark skin
In the fight against Covid-19, the pulse oximeter has been an essential tool for doctors and other medical professionals. But the small device that…
Continue Reading Neera Tanden to keep reaching out to senators next week as confirmation in jeopardy
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget Neera Tanden will carry on with her outreach to senators next week…
Continue Reading Beloved canine moves on after helping hospital staff through a year of the pandemic
Staff members at a Denver hospital have said a sad goodbye to Wynn, their canine companion for nearly two years and a presence during the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Kim Kardashian West files for divorce from Kanye West
Kim Kardashian West has filed for divorce from Kanye West, a court clerk for Los Angeles Superior Court confirmed to CNN on Friday. Christy Welder, a…
Continue Reading A final round of freezing temperatures strikes Texas as the state struggles to recover from winter storms
Texans weathering harsh winter conditions will get some relief from the cold on Saturday, although many in the state are still without basic…
Continue Reading Cuomo’s national star threatened by increased scrutiny over handling of nursing home deaths
During New York’s darkest pandemic days, Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged as one of the country’s brightest political stars. His data-heavy…
Continue Reading By day, Myanmar’s protesters are defiant dissenters. By night, they’re terrified of being dragged from their beds by the junta
Each day before the internet goes down, anti-coup activists in Myanmar pile on to social media and encrypted messaging apps to frantically organize…
Continue Reading Cuomo’s explanations don’t comfort New York families who lost loved ones in nursing homes to Covid-19
As Ted Minissale watched New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speak for the first time Monday about the heightening controversy around nursing home Covid-19…
Continue Reading Here’s how to drive safely on ice and snow
Winter storms ravaged swathes of the United States this week, creating dangerous road conditions from Texas to New York. Bad weather has led to at…
Continue Reading Naomi Osaka overcomes Jennifer Brady to win second Australian Open title
Naomi Osaka powered her way to a second Australian Open title with a comprehensive straight sets victory over grand slam final debutante Jennifer…
Continue Reading Alexey Navalny remains in jail after Moscow appeals court confirms prison sentence
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half year prison sentence…
Continue Reading How Biden’s massive Covid relief bill was put on a glide path to passage
It’s not supposed to look this easy. A little more than one month since President Joe Biden entered office, his cornerstone legislative…
Continue Reading Meet the bunnies who helped people survive 2020
It’s National Love Your Pet Day on Saturday, and a couple animal buddies in particular are earning their snuggles. Rabbits Finn and Budgie are…
Continue Reading A 50-year pen pal friendship that began with a message in a bottle
Robbinroger Beever was 15 years old and walking home along a beach in Liberia, West Africa. The year was 1967. Beever’s family lived near…
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