Grandmother receives first vaccine in 63 years, looking forward to reuniting with family
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV ) — Jeanne Pfeifer just got the COVID-19 vaccine and now the…
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A Harvard professor argued that Korean women forced into sex slavery in WWII did so voluntarily. Now he’s facing a backlash
A Harvard professor has sparked international backlash after publishing an academic article arguing that Korean comfort women — sent against…
Continue Reading Worker knocked over by 2,000-pound boulder on lake bluff
Click here for updates on this story SHOREWOOD, Wisconsin (WISN ) — A construction worker was taken to the hospital…
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Emergency team formed to deal with zebra mussels
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has created an emergency response team to mitigate the impacts of invasive zebra mussels in the state.…
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Vice President Kamala Harris waits for her own portfolio as she settles into new role
Vice President Kamala Harris was in the middle of an Oval Office meeting last Thursday when, before her turn to speak had come, a staffer delivered a…
Continue Reading Goats seized from property following investigation into improper care complaints
Click here for updates on this story REDDING, Connecticut (WFSB) — On Wednesday, the state’s Dept. of Agriculture…
Continue Reading Diesel rises in Butte wetlands after 485-gallon overfill
Click here for updates on this story BUTTE, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Montana Tech professor David Hutchins took…
Continue Reading Dozens of dead cows believed to be floating in Missouri River
Click here for updates on this story BISMARCK, North Dakota (Bismarck Tribune) — Anywhere from 30 to 100 dead cattle…
Continue Reading Investigation into death of Georgia teen found in a rolled-up gym mat 8 years ago will be reopened
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,…
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These epic Girl Scout cookie-inspired recipes put a new spin on classic flavors
Freezing Thin Mints before devouring them, one by one, is as fancy as some of us get during Girl Scout cookie season. But this year, two pastry chefs…
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Travel guidance won’t come until more people are vaccinated, CDC says
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has so far declined to issue new guidance on travel for vaccinated Americans due to concerns about…
Continue Reading ‘Stop talking about Dr. Seuss and start working with us’: Democratic congressman lashes out at GOP colleagues over pro-union bill
Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan lashed out at his Republican counterparts on Tuesday as the House debated a pro-union bill, urging the party to end its…
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Pentagon carrying out an urgent review to determine which bases are ‘high-risk’ for sexual assault
The Pentagon is carrying out an urgent review to determine which US military installations and units are “high-risk” for service members…
Continue Reading “It wreaks havoc:” Georgia bill would make daylight saving time year-round
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — We’re just days away from the often-dreaded act of changing the…
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Russia’s Twitter crackdown ends up taking out government websites
Russia moved to slow down the speed of Twitter on Wednesday after the social media company failed to remove what the country’s media watchdog…
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GE dismantles the business that ended its dominance a decade ago
General Electric is selling off its aircraft leasing business, closing the books on its once mighty GE Capital unit, the financial arm of the company…
Continue Reading Why small grocery stores are (still) out of toilet paper
If you’ve gone into your local independent grocery store recently, chances are you’ll still find a shortage of items like toilet paper,…
Continue Reading Fire-Rescue challenging women to intense 9-stage obstacle course, first step to becoming firefighter
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Are you up for a challenge?! Mobile Fire Rescue is…
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Thailand launches yacht quarantine scheme
All visitors to Thailand must currently spend 14 days in quarantine on arrival, but now they can choose a more luxurious way to wait it out —…
Continue Reading Doctor pays $110,000 over allegations of improper opioid prescriptions
Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WiscNews) — A Madison doctor who worked at Group Health…
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Coronavirus variant first identified in UK appears to be more deadly, study suggests
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…
Continue Reading Pub holds virtual ceiling sweep to raise money for children
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An annual tradition continued at Kells Irish Pub in…
Continue Reading Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in fatal Kenosha protest shootings pushed back to November
Prosecutors and a defense attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse agreed to move the start of Rittenhouse’s trial in fatal shootings during protests in…
Continue Reading Starbucks is launching a new cold brew line in grocery stores
Starbucks wants you to buy more of its coffee at the grocery store. So it’s offering up something more on-trend than the bottled Frappucinos of…
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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak will perform at the Grammys
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak will be performing at the Grammys. The Recording Academy has invited the pair’s new group, Silk Sonic, to the…
Continue Reading Michelle Obama opens up about mental health struggles during COVID-19 pandemic
Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke candidly in an interview published Wednesday about her struggles with low-grade depression during the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Our pandemic nightmare is almost over. We should all thank the US government
One year after it began, the Covid-19 pandemic nightmare is nearly over. With millions of Americans getting vaccinated each day and the imminent…
Continue Reading Black journalists say UK media ‘in denial’ about racism
More than 160 journalists of color have rebuked a UK media industry body for claiming that racism played no part in coverage of Meghan, Duchess of…
Continue Reading Equatorial Guinea explosion witness says dynamite blast devastation akin to aftermath of ‘an atomic bomb’
A woman who witnessed the aftermath of the explosions that rocked Equatorial Guinea has said the scenes resembled the detonation of an atomic bomb.…
Continue Reading This COVID long-hauler is afraid to take a shower a year after her infection because of the amount of hair she has lost
March 26 marks the one-year anniversary of Lauren Thomas Mandel’s COVID-19 infection — and she and her family are still feeling the…
Continue Reading House to take final vote on Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic plan
The House of Representatives is slated to take a final vote Wednesday to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan,…
Continue Reading Ryan Murphy addresses complaint from Naya Rivera’s father over college fund promise
Ryan Murphy has spoken out after being accused of not following through on a promised college fund for Naya Rivera’s young son.…
Continue Reading If vaccinations pick up while cases drop, US would be ‘closer to being safe’ from another surge, Fauci says
Nearly one in 10 Americans — more than 32 million people — are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers…
Continue Reading Allan McDonald, engineer who refused to approve Challenger launch, dies in Utah
Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSL) — Allan McDonald, the whistleblower and engineer sent by…
Continue Reading Caught on Camera: Violent attackers ambush young women at Atlanta gas station
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment before two…
Continue Reading ‘People have to eat’: Farm workers now eligible for coronavirus vaccine
Click here for updates on this story GOLDSBORO, North Carolina (WRAL) — North Carolina farmers and farm workers are…
Continue Reading Oregon resident survives 100 foot fall down oceanside cliff
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portlander now has an incredible story to tell after…
Continue Reading Clorox prepares for a return to normal by selling wipes to businesses
Clorox got a huge boost from worried consumers continually wiping down surfaces at home during the height of the pandemic. But now that more people…
Continue Reading Gov. to sign bill banning natural hair discrimination
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A law that bans natural hair discrimination is set…
Continue Reading How a Missouri native became a top fighter ace during World War II
Click here for updates on this story PERRY COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV ) — The family of Missouri’s top World War II…
Continue Reading Starbucks is launching a new cold brew line in stores
Starbucks wants you to buy more of its coffee at the grocery store. So it’s offering up something more on-trend than the bottled Frappucinos of…
Continue Reading ‘Severely injured’ puppies brought in for treatment leads to arrest of man
Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A Saginaw County man was arrested after multiple…
Continue Reading The US added 379,000 jobs in February, signaling the recovery is finally gaining steam
The US economy added 379,000 jobs last month, far more than economists had expected, signaling the labor market recovery is finally gaining steam.…
Continue Reading Americans’ wages have gone up, but the news is not all good
The average paycheck for American workers has gotten bigger during the pandemic. Ordinarily that would be cause to jump for joy. But the reason for…
Continue Reading America’s unemployment problem is much worse than it seems
The national unemployment rate is masking how much some groups are still struggling in the pandemic economy. That’s why the Federal Reserve…
Continue Reading One year into the pandemic, America is still down nearly 10 million jobs
The American job market is nowhere near fixed. Nearly one year into the pandemic, the nation is still down nearly 10 million jobs. Another 745,000…
Continue Reading Two women take their hair salon on the road
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Two bestfriends had a lot of free time last year.…
Continue Reading GameStop shares surge more than 100%
GameStop shares climbed rapidly and were halted twice for volatility ahead of the closing bell Wednesday. The gaming retailer’s stock was…
Continue Reading Michael Bolton wants you to break up with Robinhood. Yes, that Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton wants you to dump Robinhood. In the strangest twist yet in the already bizarre Robinhood saga, Bolton is singing about payment for…
Continue Reading The US economy was stronger than we thought last quarter. But it still wasn’t strong enough
The US economy fared ever so slightly better in the fourth quarter of 2020 than initially thought. The nation’s gross domestic product grew at…
Continue Reading American consumer spending jumped in January thanks to stimulus checks
US consumer spending jumped at its quickest pace since June as stimulus checks put more cash into Americans’ wallets. Incomes rose 10% in…
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Biden to announce plans to purchase 100 million more Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses, sources tell CNN
President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday that he is directing the US Department of Health and Human Services to purchase an additional 100 million…
Continue Reading Alaska opens vaccines to residents 16 and up, the first state to drop nearly all eligibility requirements
Alaska, one of the states leading the US in vaccinations, has made the COVID-19 vaccine available to any resident ages 16 and up. It’s the…
Continue Reading A Utah woman found a 19th century tombstone in the yard at her new house
A Utah woman’s new home came with an old mystery — a tombstone from the 1890s. Elise Armand was going through her storage shed over the…
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The voters the GOP wants to silence
From the passage of the 13th Amendment to the present, racial progress in America has often been prematurely celebrated. Fifty-six years ago this…
Continue Reading Texas authorities investigating allegations of racism and bullying of a 13-year-old by his classmates during sleepover
Texas school and law enforcement officials have launched investigations after videos surfaced showing a 13-year-old allegedly being bullied by…
Continue Reading Scaramucci finds ‘great irony’ in Republicans opposing Biden’s rescue plan
Anthony Scaramucci is dumbfounded by the universal opposition among Republicans in Congress to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion America…
Continue Reading Hawaii declares an emergency as flooding causes extensive damage, including bridge collapses
The state of Hawaii is under an emergency proclamation as the state struggles with widespread damage from flooding. Gov. David Ige signed the…
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The world needs all the doctors it can get right now. This cancer patient is risking the time she has left to become one
Perched on her living room couch, cup of tea in hand, Krista Bose rattles off complex medical terms without the slightest hesitation, then pauses to…
Continue Reading Biden’s German Shepherd has aggressive incident and is sent back to Delaware
The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week…
Continue Reading Second death of official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party raises fears of Myanmar military detention
An official from ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi‘s party has died in custody following alleged torture, the second such death while in…
Continue Reading Trump’s clash with GOP over using his name in fundraising ignites midterm worries
Donald Trump’s push to route his supporters’ money through his own political apparatus, rather than traditional Republican campaign…
Continue Reading House GOP struggles over conservative hardliners’ tactics: ‘It’s a pain in the a**’
House Republicans are engaged in an internal struggle over how to assert their power with their robust minority, with a small contingent of…
Continue Reading Speedy vaccines are boosting King Dollar
Heading into 2021, most of Wall Street was in agreement: the US dollar, which spiked a year ago as Covid-19 sent markets into a tailspin, was poised…
Continue Reading Zoom hearing abruptly ends when court realizes suspect is in same home as victim of alleged assault
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A U.S. court hearing via Zoom for a man accused of…
Continue Reading As pandemic lockdowns swept the US, here’s how some found the silver linings
Many of us are looking back through our phone’s camera roll right about now, reminiscing on where we were this time last year. We all have a…
Continue ReadingTaco Bell is bringing back a fan favorite after a five-year hiatus
Cheese connoisseurs, it’s time to celebrate: Taco Bell is bringing back the Quesalupa after a five-year hiatus. The Quesalupa quickly became a…
Continue Reading Meghan formally complained to ITV about Piers Morgan’s comments
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex made a formal complaint to British broadcaster ITV relating to Piers Morgan’s comments about her, following the…
Continue Reading Media freedom fight threatens to escalate UK-China tensions
Beijing has summoned Britain’s ambassador to China over an article she wrote on press freedom, escalating a bitter row between the two…
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How pandemic unfolds from here depends on how Americans act in critical weeks ahead, CDC director warns
Nearly one in 10 Americans — more than 32 million people — are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to data from the Centers…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know so far about the massive Microsoft Exchange hack
Many security experts remain alarmed about the large, Chinese-linked hack of Microsoft’s Exchange email service a week after the attack was…
Continue Reading What can fully vaccinated people do? Dr. Leana Wen says some CDC advice too cautious
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued long-awaited guidance on what fully vaccinated people can safely do, and with it, an…
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Angel Moroni placed on Pocatello Temple
People in Pocatello and Chubbuck were surprised Wednesday morning to see the Angel Moroni being placed on top of the new LDS…
Continue Reading As Texas governor lifts state mask mandate, here’s what we know
Texans will no longer be under a statewide mandate to wear masks in public as of Wednesday, but they shouldn’t be too quick to throw out their…
Continue Reading ‘This horror has to stop.’ Spiritual advisers to death row inmates decry recent wave of federal executions
It wasn’t until Yusuf Nur was inside the execution chamber, standing next to a condemned man strapped to a gurney, that he understood why…
Continue Reading Erling Haaland breaks multiple records as his goal-scoring streak continues in the Champions League
They say scoring goals is the hardest part of soccer but Erling Braut Haaland continues to make the process look easy. With yet another brace in…
Continue Reading Piers Morgan leaving ‘Good Morning Britain’ after storming off set over his attacks on Meghan
Piers Morgan, who prompted a backlash and an investigation from the United Kingdom’s media regulator over his comments about Meghan, Duchess of…
Continue Reading The slow road back to normal starts with a first step
It’s hard to believe that the one-year anniversary of the declaration of a pandemic is this week. It has been a long, brutal year that has felt…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 10: Coronavirus, stimulus, Congress, Myanmar, China
Sea levels are rising, and of course that’s affecting coastal cities. But the very infrastructure that makes those cities run compounds the…
Continue Reading Stimulus checks could come quickly, but the jobless may have a wait for unemployment benefits
The $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill that President Joe Biden championed even before taking office is expected to land on his desk in coming days, but…
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Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky on training in a backyard pool and her aspirations for Tokyo 2020
A backyard pool in California might be the last place you’d expect to find one of the world’s greatest swimmers in training, but that was…
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Blackfoot runaway located
The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 12-year-old, Jayde Jaramillo.…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s military has detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup. Here’s what you need to know
Myanmar’s military seized power of the Southeast Asian country in a coup on Monday, after detaining the country’s civilian leader Aung…
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Here’s what you need to know before going to your annual wellness exam
When the pandemic swept across the globe a year ago, people’s health suddenly became a whole lot more important. CNN Chief Medical…
Continue Reading 5 benefits of apple cider vinegar (and a few duds), according to experts
Apple cider vinegar is one of the most popular natural health products around, with claims that it can do almost anything, including sanitizing…
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What can fully vaccinated people do? Dr. Leana Wen’s advice
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued long-awaited guidance on what fully vaccinated people can safely do, and with it, an…
Continue Reading What Dubai looked like before it boomed
Dubai is a desert phenomenon. In the space of 50 years, it has grown from a small trading outpost into one of the planet’s most iconic cities.…
Continue Reading The world needs all the doctors it can get right now. This terminal cancer patient is risking the time she has left to become one
Perched on her living room couch, cup of tea in hand, Krista Bose rattles off complex medical terms without the slightest hesitation, then pauses to…
Continue Reading 1 in 3 women worldwide experience violence in their lifetime, WHO says
One in three women globally are subjected to physical or sexual violence during their lifetimes, estimates a damning new report from the World Health…
Continue Reading Namibia’s First Lady releases powerful video message to trolls who ‘slut-shamed’ her
Namibia’s First Lady, Monica Geingos, marked International Women’s Day with a powerful message to internet trolls, who she says have…
Continue Reading Roger Mudd, longtime TV journalist, dies at 93
Television journalist Roger Mudd, who was once Walter Cronkite’s primary substitute at CBS, died Tuesday at his home in Fairfax County,…
Continue Reading One year after Ahmaud Arbery was killed, Georgia’s House passes bill to overhaul citizen’s arrest law
Georgia’s House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that would roll back citizen’s arrest law in the state. Monday’s…
Continue Reading Longtime TV journalist Roger Mudd dies at 93
Television journalist Roger Mudd, who was once Walter Cronkite’s primary substitute at CBS, died Tuesday at his home in Fairfax County,…
Continue Reading China and Russia agree to build joint lunar space station
China and Russia have agreed to jointly construct a lunar space station that will be “open to all countries,” the China National Space…
Continue Reading Facing recall, California Gov. Newsom pleads for optimism and patience
Facing a recall effort that has threatened his political future, California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged Tuesday night the fatigue and frustration…
Continue Reading First independent report into Xinjiang genocide allegations claims evidence of Beijing’s ‘intent to destroy’ Uyghur people
The Chinese government’s alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations’ Genocide Convention,…
Continue Reading Westerners are increasingly scared of traveling to China as threat of detention rises
Jeff Wasserstrom is a self-proclaimed China specialist who is seriously considering never returning to China — at least, he says, not while…
Continue Reading Heavy rainfall in Hawaii’s Maui damaged homes, sparked evacuations and worries over possible dam failure
The mayor of Maui has asked some residents to evacuate and others to shelter in place due to flooding that threatened to cause a dam failure earlier…
Continue Reading NBA player Meyers Leonard apologizes for using anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game
NBA player Meyers Leonard issued an apology Tuesday after a video appeared to show him using an anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game.…
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