NYPD asks for help identifying suspect who attacked 61-year-old Asian man
Authorities in New York City are asking for help to identify a man who attacked a 61-year-old Asian man last week. The victim was approached from…
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NYPD ask for help identifying suspect who attacked 61-year-old Asian man
Authorities in New York City are asking for help to identify a man who attacked a 61-year-old Asian man last week. The victim was approached from…
Continue Reading Elizabeth City declares state of emergency as Andrew Brown’s family prepares to view video of fatal police shooting
A North Carolina city declared a state of emergency Monday morning amid concerns that video showing the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. could…
Continue Reading Armed men stormed her school in a kidnapping raid. Then she found her family in her captors’ hideout
Habiba Iliyasu, 15, was asleep in her school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria when a group of armed men burst in and ordered her and her schoolmates…
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House Democrats want to see permanent child tax credit in Biden’s second recovery
A group of House Democrats have introduced a bill to permanently expand the child tax credit and want to see it as part of President Joe…
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EU expands on ‘coordinated approach’ to reopening to Americans
The European Union is seeking to resume “transatlantic travel as soon as it is safe to do so,” and is urging member nations to take a…
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Justice Department to investigate the Louisville Police Department, law enforcement source says
Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce a Justice Department investigation into the practices of the Louisville Police Department, a…
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London’s new see-through Sky Pool is first of its kind
For some, flailing around in a clear box suspended 115 feet above the streets of London is the stuff of nightmares. For others, it’s the…
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US to begin sharing AstraZeneca doses soon
The US will begin sharing millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine with other countries soon, an official told CNN on Monday. The US has tens…
Continue Reading State police on scene of officer-involved shooting
Click here for updates on this story ANSONIA, Connecticut (WFSB) — An officer was involved in a shooting that happened…
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Frances McDormand’s third Oscar win puts her one step closer to most honored best actress
Frances McDormand’s third Oscar win puts her nearly in a league of her own. McDormand won the Best Actress award on Sunday night at the 93rd…
Continue Reading Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access
Republican-controlled legislatures are charging forward with a raft of new state laws imposing limits on voting. GOP lawmakers in Montana recently…
Continue Reading Video shows the moment a man jumped through a moving car window to stop a reckless driver
When an erratically driven car threatened the lives of pedestrians in a public square, a brave passerby took matters into his own hands with a…
Continue Reading Trump ally Doug Collins will not run for Georgia Senate or governor in 2022
Former Rep. Doug Collins, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, announced Monday he will not run for office in 2022, taking out a potential…
Continue Reading ‘The tightest tightrope’: Kevin McCarthy continues to embrace Trump as he charts course to lead Republicans
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy continues to thread a precarious needle as he tries to balance all the factions of the Republican Party by…
Continue Reading Local activists hold sit-down protest over Jacob Blake shooting
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A CBS 58 crew saw a few protesters get arrested on Sunday,…
Continue Reading 1-year-old girl might have overdosed on ‘pill of unknown origin’ at hotel
Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO, KTVK) — A Phoenix baby is fighting for her life after possibly…
Continue Reading Trump ally Doug Collins will not run for Senate or governor in 2022
Former Rep. Doug Collins, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, announced Monday he will not run for office in 2022, taking out a potential…
Continue Reading US sending around 650 troops to Afghanistan to protect forces as they withdraw
The Pentagon is assembling a force of around 650 troops to send to Afghanistan in the coming days to protect US forces as they withdraw from the…
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Lucrative Indian Premier League cricket tournament continues as India suffers alarming Covid-19 surge
Despite a devastating Covid-19 second wave killing thousands of people every day in India, the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament is…
Continue Reading Murfreesboro community calling for preservation of Blackman Park
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A debate over the future of a Murfreesboro park is…
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Bitcoin is back up after a five-day slump
After a five-day losing streak, bitcoin was up about 8% Monday morning to $53,600. Last week, the cryptocurrency tumbled below $50,000 for the first…
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Bingham dispatcher recognized for life-saving efforts
Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowlands is spotlighting the work of 9-1-1 Communications Officer Samantha Cuttlers for service that may have saved the…
Continue Reading Census Bureau to announce population numbers that will be used to reapportion congressional seats
The United States Census Bureau will announce updated state population totals on Monday, numbers that will be used to reapportion seats in the House…
Continue Reading EU sues AstraZeneca after delays in vaccine deliveries
The European Union said Monday it is suing AstraZeneca over an alleged breach of its vaccine supply contract, a dramatic escalation of a months-long…
Continue Reading In leaked tape, Iran’s foreign minister heard criticizing Revolutionary Guards and Qasem Soleimani
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was heard criticizing the country’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the assassinated…
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2 Montana men cited over helicopter poaching of wolves
Two Montana men have been cited over illegally poaching two wolves from a helicopter in the Big Hole Valley.…
Continue Reading Mother charged in stabbing death of 5-year-old daughter waives court appearance
Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Henderson County woman has waived her…
Continue Reading Supreme Court agrees to take up major Second Amendment case
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will consider the scope of the Second Amendment next term in a case concerning a New York law that restricts an…
Continue Reading The Oscar-winning directors of ‘Two Distant Strangers’ wore tuxedos that honored Black victims of police killings
On the red carpet, the directors of the Oscar-winning short film “Two Distant Strangers” honored the Black Americans killed by police who…
Continue Reading Bags of anti-vaccine propaganda dropped off on doorsteps
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Eric Turmail lives in Grand Center in St. Louis City and woke…
Continue Reading Judges Targeted Fast Facts
Here’s a look at notable cases in which US judges have been targets of lethal violence. Three federal judges were targeted and murdered from…
Continue Reading Roe v. Wade Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Case 1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane…
Continue Reading Domino’s is bringing back this 1980s mascot
Domino’s Pizza is bringing back the Noid, its popular mascot from the 1980s — with a techy twist. For those who don’t remember the hair…
Continue Reading ‘Purses with a Purpose’ donations benefit sexual assault survivors
Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — When the pandemic proved to be more than a two-week…
Continue Reading Apple doubles down on the United States, promising another $80 billion investment
Apple is doubling down on its manufacturing presence in the United States. The company announced Monday it’s bolstering a previously announced…
Continue Reading Supreme Court takes up state secrets dispute involving Guantanamo detainee
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case concerning Abu Zubaydah, an associate of Osama bin Laden, who is currently housed in Guantanamo…
Continue Reading Officer hit by car at Clarkston Station Apartments
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An officer is recovering and a man is in jail after hitting the…
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Liz Cheney on charging Trump: ‘That’s a decision that the Justice Department is going to have to make’
Rep. Liz Cheney, a top House Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump earlier this year, said Monday that it should be up to the Justice…
Continue Reading Police: Six killed in fiery crash were part of a sober living group
Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT, Georgia (WGCL) — First responders worked a fatal car crash on Interstate…
Continue Reading Paris like you’ve probably never seen it before
Looking at things from the air is nothing new for Jeffrey Milstein. He took his first aerial photographs from a Cessna 150 in 1961 when he was 17,…
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US COVID-19 vaccination efforts may start to slow, official says. Here’s why
COVID-19 vaccination efforts may begin to slow down as more Americans get vaccinated, an official told CNN on Sunday. More than 42% of the US…
Continue Reading Biden’s family plan to lay out economic ambition — and underscore the long road ahead
President Joe Biden, on the verge of the 100-day mark, will soon lay out the final piece of a sweeping, $4 trillion spending proposal — one…
Continue Reading Supreme Court won’t let Texas immediately defend Trump-era ‘public charge’ immigration rule
The Supreme Court on Monday denied, for now, a bid by Texas and 13 other states to defend a controversial Trump-era rule that makes it more difficult…
Continue Reading Glenn Close doing ‘Da Butt’ at the Oscars after losing for the eighth time is the lesson we didn’t know we needed
Glenn Close has always been a national treasure, but on Sunday she literally showed us what she’s working with. The esteemed actress was part…
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Dunkin’ is adding a new plant-based milk to menus
Coconut milk is soon being added to Dunkin’ menus nationwide, a sign that demand for plant-based milk alternatives shows no signs of slowing.…
Continue Reading Got vaccinated? Here’s all the free stuff you can get
After surviving a fear-filled year of the COVID-19 pandemic, getting vaccinated is a cause for celebration. As COVID-19 vaccines become more readily…
Continue Reading Suspect faces numerous charges after alleged assault on Delaware policeman and elderly couple
Delaware State Police have arrested a man in connection with assaults on an elderly couple and a 22-year veteran officer of the Delmar Police…
Continue Reading Kansas City mourns loss of local reporter after stray bullet strikes her in apartment
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Police say a woman is on life support after…
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Wet and Chilly with storms
A Pacific system makes for a nasty day in East Idaho and Western Wyoming. Highs from mid 40’s in Jackson to low 50’s in Pocatello and 58 in…
Continue Reading Rick Santorum Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Rick Santorum, former Pennsylvania congressman. Personal Birth date: May 10, 1958 Birth place: Winchester,…
Continue Reading Rental car prices are so high in Hawaii, tourists are renting U-Haul trucks
U-Haul trucks are unexpectedly getting a new look in Hawaii. While the trucks are usually used for moving, tourists are now renting them because…
Continue Reading Russia Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Russia. The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-ninth of the earth’s land…
Continue Reading Thousands of dollars raised to protect Dog River during Mudbottom Revival Music Festival
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — On the banks of beautiful Dog River, music lovers and…
Continue Reading Biden will announce new CDC mask guidance Tuesday, sources say
President Joe Biden is expected to announce Tuesday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for wearing masks…
Continue Reading “100 & Fabulous” Special birthday celebration for woman
Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — A Baldwin County woman is celebrating 100 years…
Continue Reading French energy giant Total suspends huge Mozambique project because of insecurity
French energy giant Total is suspending its operations on a multi-billion liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique because of ongoing…
Continue Reading 17-year-old fatally shot in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A 17-year-old boy is dead following a shooting in…
Continue Reading Anti-Trump conservative group to grade GOP lawmakers on whether they uphold (or undermine) democracy
An anti-Trump conservative group is launching an effort to track and evaluate whether Republicans in Congress, in the group’s view, have acted…
Continue Reading A ‘sign war’ has erupted in a Virginia town and now the world is watching
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A war is heating up among businesses in a…
Continue Reading Five Canadians facing charges in the U.S. for allegedly buying up PPE, reselling at higher prices
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Five Canadians have been charged by a U.S. grand…
Continue Reading Iran hands British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe another jail sentence
An Iranian court has handed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe a new one-year jail sentence and travel ban on charges of…
Continue Reading Will Biden share vaccines with India?
The Biden administration said it will deploy additional supplies and support to India in response to mounting pressure to help the Covid-19 stricken…
Continue Reading The SPAC boom has ‘screeched to a halt.’ That may be good thing
One of the hottest corners of financial markets is getting slightly less manic. What’s happening: Billionaires, celebrities and athletes have…
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Anthony Hopkins visits father’s grave and pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman
According to Sir Anthony Hopkins, people on the internet were not the only ones surprised by his historic Oscar win for best actor Sunday night. The…
Continue Reading Twitter blocks posts in India critical of Narendra Modi’s Covid-19 response
Twitter has removed several tweets about Covid-19 at the request of the Indian government, including some that were critical of Prime Minister…
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Long before Colin Kaepernick knelt, a Black female athlete defied the US National Anthem, but she’s been largely forgotten
She laced up her boots and sped on to the skating rink. A seemingly innocuous act, except in 1952 during a time of racial segregation in the US, this…
Continue Reading How Biden anchored his first 100 days on two simple principles
The increasingly radical presidency of Joe Biden was built on a straightforward foundation: putting Covid-19 shots in arms and stimulus checks in the…
Continue Reading CDC’s updated COVID-19 guidance for summer camps emphasizes getting vaccinated, wearing masks and staying distanced
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in newly updated guidance for summer camps that people who can get vaccinated against COVID-19…
Continue Reading Russia suspends Alexey Navalny’s political movement across the country
Moscow’s chief prosecutor froze the political movement of jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny on Monday by suspending activities at his…
Continue Reading Google and Microsoft’s Indian-born CEOs pledge support to the country over coronavirus crisis
Google’s Sundar Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella are rushing aid to India as the country battles an onslaught of coronavirus cases.…
Continue Reading Fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies of Covid-19 age 59
Celebrated fashion designer Alber Elbaz, perhaps best known for his work at Yves Saint Laurent and Lanvin, has died of Covid-19 at the age of 59,…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for April 26: Covid-19, White House, SCOTUS, police violence, Oscars
The US has begun to withdraw troops from Afghanistan ahead of the White House’s September 11 deadline, marking the beginning of the end of…
Continue Reading Chadwick Boseman didn’t win the best actor Oscar
The producers of this year’s Academy Awards promised that it would be like a movie. They may want to consider a reshoot of the ending. Chadwick…
Continue Reading What’s next for the 3 other ex-officers charged in George Floyd’s death
With Derek Chauvin’s convictions secured, the three other former Minneapolis Police officers on scene during George Floyd’s death last…
Continue Reading Congress faces busy week of negotiations as Biden prepares for joint address. Here’s what to watch.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will juggle a slate of competing priorities this week as both parties wrestle with tense negotiations over infrastructure…
Continue Reading Russian prosecutor suspends activities at Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s headquarters
The headquarters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption organization has been suspended, pending a court decision on whether…
Continue Reading US COVID-19 vaccination efforts may start to slow now, official says. Here’s why
COVID-19 vaccination efforts may begin to slow down as more Americans get vaccinated, one US official told CNN on Sunday. More than 42% of the United…
Continue Reading Academy Awards 2021: ‘Nomadland’ wins best picture at an Oscars that spreads the wealth
“Nomadland,” director Chloé Zhao’s small-boned movie about nomads in America, earned best picture at a 93rd Academy Awards defined…
Continue Reading Full moon in April 2021: When to see the ‘Pink’ supermoon
April’s full moon is the “pink” moon, and it’s a supermoon, too. Catch it in the night sky this Monday. This moon will be at…
Continue Reading Red carpet fashion Oscars 2021: A glimpse of normalcy at star-studded event
At a pandemic-era Oscars, it was never going to be business as usual on the red carpet. But with a scaled back ceremony, organizers tried their very…
Continue Reading Another Italian town is selling houses for one euro
The pandemic is raging, quarantine rules are changing by the day, and there’s still uncertainty over when we might vacation again, but one…
Continue Reading An Arizona wildfire that’s ‘raging out of control’ prompts evacuation orders for about 200 homes
A wildfire is “raging out of control” in the Hualapai Mountains near Pine Lake, Arizona, according to officials. The blaze, named the…
Continue Reading At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire
At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday.…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation vaccinates more than half of its adult population, outpacing US national rate
As Covid-19 vaccinations have become more widely available across the US, the Navajo Nation has reported more than half of its adult members have…
Continue Reading A return to normal won’t happen all at once. But officials say more guidance on what we can safely do is coming in the next days
Two leading US officials say fully vaccinated Americans may get more guidance in just a matter of days on what they can safely do. Part of that…
Continue Reading Yuh-jung Youn becomes first Korean to win acting Oscar
Yuh-jung Youn won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in “Minari” on Sunday and made history by becoming the first…
Continue Reading Brad Pitt fan and Oscar-winner Yuh-jung Youn has been a bright light of award season
One of the most “stars are just like us” moments at Sunday’s Academy Awards happened while Yuh-jung Youn was on stage becoming a…
Continue Reading Mars helicopter achieves fastest, farthest flight yet
The Ingenuity helicopter has successfully flown for the third time on Mars in a week. This time, the helicopter logged a flight that was faster,…
Continue Reading ‘Nomadland’ wins best picture
In an award season that felt a little wandering itself, the winner for best picture is “Nomadland.” Star Frances McDormand, also winner…
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Montana sweeps Idaho State
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho State softball team dropped all three games to Montana at Miller Ranch Stadium. The Grizzlies completed the sweep…
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Tommy Togiai returns back home before the NFL Draft
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – It was always Tommy Togiai’s dream to come back to Pocatello and host a football camp. The NFL Draft prospect from Ohio…
Continue Reading Chloé Zhao has made Oscar history
Chloé Zhao has made Oscar history. On Sunday, Zhao became the first woman of color and the first woman of Asian descent to earn best director at the…
Continue Reading Fully vaccinated Americans will be able to vacation in the EU this summer, European Commission president tells New York Times
Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to visit the European Union this summer, Ursula von der Leyen, president of…
Continue Reading Authorities issue warrants for 4 suspects in Georgia murder investigation
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has issued murder warrants for four suspects in connection with the death of 37-year-old Rossana Delgado, who was…
Continue Reading Academy Awards 2021: ‘Nomadland’ claims the coveted best director prize at an in-person Oscars
The 93rd Academy Awards kicked off an in-person ceremony with a long tracking shot, serving notice that the Oscars — presented under Covid…
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