Nigerians can now be prosecuted for sending tweets following ban on Twitter
The Nigerian government has ordered federal prosecutors to arrest and prosecute users of the Twitter app, after a ban on the social media company…
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Homeless mother, special needs son wait months for affordable housing
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Every day Toni Helms cares for her 30-year-old son’s Todd…
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G7 backs Biden’s sweeping overhaul of global tax system
Group of Seven finance ministers gathering in London agreed Saturday to back a global minimum tax of at least 15% on multinational companies. The G7…
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Justice Department says it will no longer seize reporters’ records for leak investigations
The Justice Department on Saturday said it will no longer seize reporters’ records in leak investigations, a notable policy shift on the heels…
Continue Reading Family kept mom and pop store moving forward for 96 years
Click here for updates on this story HAWAII COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV) — On the island of Hawaii, just north of Hilo, in the…
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WHP reminds you to secure your load
The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) reminds motorists of the dangers of driving with unsecured loads on state highways.…
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Justice Department says it will no longer seize reporters’ records for leak investigations after fighting for New York Times reporters’ emails
The Justice Department on Saturday said it will no longer seize reporters’ records in leak investigations, a notable policy shift on the heels…
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BYU-Idaho to fully reopen for fall 2021 semester
Current health and safety measures, such as physical distancing, campus-wide sanitation, and mask requirements will still be in place at the…
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Crash survivor’s service dog in need of surgery after hit-and-run
Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — A service dog is in need of surgery after he became…
Continue Reading 174 pounds of marijuana discovered after flight from Seattle to Atlanta
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta Police’s Airport Interdiction Unit discovered 174…
Continue Reading Increase in driving school bookings as pandemic restrictions loosen
Click here for updates on this story ROCKY HILL, Connecticut (WFSB) — You may have noticed more student drivers on the…
Continue Reading Terry Stotts out as head coach of Trail Blazers
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Friday the…
Continue Reading Man faces charges after alleged racial attack against homeless man
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt…
Continue Reading Contractor under fire for displaying ‘thin blue line’ flags
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The owner of Oregon Concrete Solutions is now under fire…
Continue Reading Families of men killed by police share grief and demand change
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — For a year, a group of people who want to see a…
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Tom Hanks says movies and TV shows must ‘portray the burden of racism’
Award-winning actor Tom Hanks has urged filmmakers to tackle racism more often, suggesting that Black history and the societal impact of racism is…
Continue Reading Rare shiny clouds spotted on Mars and more top science stories this week
As far as we know, Earth is a unicorn. We have yet to find a planet quite like ours. Think of what you notice on Earth each day: the shapes of…
Continue Reading Rare, twin foals born in Alabama
Click here for updates on this story THOMASVILLE, Alabama (WALA) — Am Heath in Thomasville knew her horse, Raven was…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Democrats gear up for 2021 virtual convention
Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Wisconsin Democrats will kick off their annual state…
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5 signs that shopping is getting back to normal
When coronavirus began to spread across the United States, retailers took action. Social distancing stickers were slapped on floors, mask mandates…
Continue Reading Tom Hanks urges entertainment industry to make more films and TV shows about racism
Award-winning actor Tom Hanks has urged filmmakers to tackle racism more often, suggesting that Black history and the societal impact of racism is…
Continue Reading Hit by a ransomware attack? Here’s who to call
The list of high-profile ransomware attacks grows longer and more alarming by the week, impacting everything from gas pipelines and meat supplies to…
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‘Let’s talk at the right time,’ says Casemiro on Brazil hosting Copa America
Brazil might be hosting the Copa America, but whether the Brazilian soccer squad wants to participate in the tournament due to the uncontrolled state…
Continue Reading Nigeria bans Twitter after company deletes President Buhari’s tweet
The Nigerian government says it has “indefinitely suspended” Twitter’s operations in the country, the Ministry of Information and…
Continue Reading What Joe Manchin’s constituents think of his bipartisanship
When Joe Manchin was in the fight of his political life, vying for reelection in a state where being a Democrat had long been out of fashion, the…
Continue Reading Biden poised to announce first slate of ambassador nominees as he eyes first trip abroad
President Joe Biden has made final decisions on several high-profile ambassador posts around the world and is poised to announce the first slate of…
Continue Reading Florida children’s home pauses emergency shelter program after youths are charged with attempted murder of deputies
A central Florida children’s group home says it is suspending its emergency shelter program after two children staying there allegedly broke…
Continue Reading A passenger tried to breach the cockpit of a Delta flight to Nashville, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing
A passenger attempted to breach the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville on Friday, forcing the plane to make an…
Continue Reading Desperate and alone: The painful consequences of family ‘self-separation’ at the border
Her children cry over the phone begging that she find someone, anyone, to take them out of a government-run shelter in New York. The mother’s…
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Caught in a ‘pickle,’ millions of Americans might not have had an adequate response to the Covid-19 vaccine
It was a beautiful March afternoon, and as June Tatelman walked her dog in her Boston neighborhood, she was flying high. Tatelman had recently…
Continue Reading A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns California’s ban on assault weapons
In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a federal judge overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday,…
Continue Reading Manchin’s homegrown bipartisanship comes up against a changing world
When Joe Manchin was in the fight of his political life, vying for reelection in a state where being a Democrat had long been out of fashion, the…
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Is the handshake back? How we’re greeting each other as the world reopens
This summer is bringing back a lot of what we used to call “normal,” including greeting long-lost friends and maskless strangers. For…
Continue Reading Whether it’s rainbow capitalism or bad design, LGBTQ people are calling out disingenuous Pride merchandise
Every year, on the first breath of summer, Pride collections emerge like a horde of brightly-colored locusts. They blanket every storefront and…
Continue Reading The truth about cruise ships in Venice
It was the story that made waves around the world: cruise ships banned from Venice. On March 31, the Italian government issued a decree that would…
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Your skin on stress: Pimples, wrinkles, dullness and more
Your skin on stress is not a pretty sight. Stress hormones such as cortisol can trigger breakouts, dull skin, accelerate aging and exasperate skin…
Continue Reading A rise in adolescent hospitalization rates is a reminder that children can suffer from the virus too, expert says
A recent increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations among adolescents reinforces the importance of getting vaccinated and practicing prevention measures…
Continue Reading Belmont Stakes 2021: Horses, time, channel and what to know
The 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing, takes place on Saturday. Belmont Park in…
Continue Reading Crashing crypto prices spooked some new investors. Others are doubling down
Grant McGurn is really glad he jumped on a FaceTime call with his dad. The 27-year-old office manager in Madison, Wisconsin, had put all of his…
Continue Reading Right whales are smaller than they used to be, in part due to commercial fishing and changing oceans, study says
Scientists have found that, even though right whales are protected from direct catch, they are significantly shorter compared to 40 years ago due in…
Continue Reading Two of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. are back at work and the third intends to resign
Two of the three deputies disciplined in the shooting of Andrew Brown, Jr. have returned to work and the third intends to resign, the Pasquotank…
Continue Reading Almost 50 years later, Illinois police make an arrest in the death of a teen found stabbed multiple times
Almost five decades later, police have arrested and charged a man in the death of an Illinois teen whose body was found in a field stabbed multiple…
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Latter-day Saint Charities gives $5 million to US refugee resettlement agencies
Latter-day Saint Charities is continuing its financial support for nine refugee resettlement agencies in the United States through a series of grants…
Continue Reading State Senator’s own experience with sexual harassment inspires bill to help other women
Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Four years ago, Sen. Faith Winter was at the center of a sexual…
Continue Reading Caught in crosshairs, Fauci calls GOP descriptions of his emails ‘profoundly misleading’
President Joe Biden had just finished delivering remarks on the latest jobs report and left the room Friday when a reporter shouted one last…
Continue Reading White House rejects GOP infrastructure counteroffer, saying it does not meet Biden’s objectives
President Joe Biden on Friday rejected a new counteroffer made by Republicans on infrastructure despite a $50 billion increase in spending, telling…
Continue Reading The world’s ‘biggest and deepest’ swimming pool is to be built in the UK. It will descend 164 feet
A UK company is to build what it says is the world’s biggest and deepest pool, in a new project backed by British astronaut Tim Peake. The…
Continue Reading Goyang: How this city in South Korea went cat crazy
Best known for its annual international flower festival, Goyang is one of Seoul’s largest satellite cities. But for years, officials struggled…
Continue Reading Atlanta police say they found more than 170 pounds of marijuana in suitcases from an arriving flight
Four people were arrested and seven suitcases with more than 170 pounds of marijuana was seized after it arrived in Atlanta on a flight from Seattle…
Continue Reading An American Legion post is suspended after a microphone was cut during a speech that touched on Black people’s role in Memorial Day
The American Legion Department of Ohio has suspended the charter of a post in the city of Hudson after a Memorial Day incident in which the keynote…
Continue Reading Cincinnati school district to settle lawsuit filed by parents of bullied boy who hanged himself
Cincinnati Public Schools is on the verge of settling a wrongful death lawsuit with the parents of Gabriel Taye, attorneys for both parties said in a…
Continue Reading Bill would give parents option to decide what to do with their child’s remains after miscarriage or abortion
Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A bill that would give parents the option to…
Continue Reading 26 years after kids found human skull, police still searching for Jane Doe’s identity
Click here for updates on this story BENSALEM, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Kids in Bensalem collecting sticks for a fort found…
Continue Reading Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say life is at least somewhat back to pre-pandemic normal
Two-thirds of US adults now say their lives are at least somewhat back to normalcy, according to a new Gallup survey, reflecting a major shift in…
Continue Reading Court drops convictions of 3 men wrongfully imprisoned for 1996 murder of off-duty NYPD officer
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Three men who spent two decades in prison had their convictions…
Continue Reading Following deaths of pets and close encounters with birds, tenants in high-rise want safer windows
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Some residents say new windows installed at their Harlem…
Continue Reading Ransomware attackers used compromised password to access Colonial Pipeline network
Ransomware attackers gained access to Colonial Pipeline‘s computer networks in April using a compromised password, according to the company and…
Continue Reading Injured Capitol Police officer in emotional statement to court: ‘You have stolen moments away from me that I can’t get back’
A US Capitol Police officer knocked unconscious on January 6 has condemned Capitol rioters for injuring police and robbing her of the ability to do…
Continue Reading House Democrats finally get to interview former White House counsel McGahn
Former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn testified Friday before a small group of House Judiciary Committee members about former President Donald…
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Walmart closed on Thanksgiving
You won’t be able to go shopping at Walmart on…
Continue Reading US intelligence officials have no evidence confirming Navy pilot UFO encounters were alien spacecraft
US intelligence officials have found no evidence confirming that unidentified flying objects encountered by US Navy pilots in recent years were alien…
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106-year-old woman celebrates birthday with helicopter ride
It was an early birthday celebration for Naomi Wilde, who will celebrate 106 years of life on…
Continue Reading What to watch while we debate UFOs
The truth is out there. Well, according to the US government there is no definitive evidence that some unidentified flying objects spotted by US Navy…
Continue Reading ‘When will I be free and whole again?’ Capitol Police officer tells court in hearing on alleged rioter
A US Capitol Police officer knocked unconscious on January 6 has condemned Capitol rioters for injuring police and robbing her of the ability to do…
Continue Reading Barry Whelpley charged in 1972 murder of Julie Ann Hanson
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police in Naperville, Illinois have arrested a Minnesota man…
Continue Reading Evidence shows suspect fatally shot by law enforcement in Minneapolis fired gun, investigators say
The agency investigating the fatal shooting of a suspect during an arrest attempt in Minneapolis Thursday says evidence shows “the man fired…
Continue Reading Alleged US Capitol rioter who heckled police for ‘protecting pedophiles’ served jail time for statutory rape of 14-year-old girl
A Trump supporter accused of storming the US Capitol and heckling police officers for “protecting pedophiles” previously served jail time…
Continue Reading This retired teacher found her passion while birding. Now she’s making it accessible to all
Virginia Rose had just turned 14 when the Arabian horse she was riding took off under a guide fence wire. “I fell off and broke my back, and…
Continue Reading NRA withdraws federal lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James
The National Rifle Association has withdrawn its federal lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, where it alleges she violated the…
Continue Reading Fauci in Republican crosshairs as released emails provide fresh fodder for criticism
President Joe Biden had just finished delivering remarks on the latest jobs report and left the room Friday when a reporter shouted one last…
Continue Reading New York Times: Trump Organization finance executive subpoenaed in Trump investigation
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has subpoenaed senior Trump Organization financial official Jeffrey McConney as part of its…
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 165 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 165 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths…
Continue Reading America is on a gun-buying spree. Here’s what is driving the surge
Robin Armstrong said she’s had a phobia of guns since her brother was fatally shot, but that hasn’t stopped her from buying a Springfield…
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NRCS Idaho: This spring has been one of the driest on record
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Idaho says this spring has been one of the driest on record, leading to earlier and higher irrigation…
Continue Reading Seven high school football coaches lose jobs over allegations they made a Hebrew Israelite player eat a pizza that had contained pork
Seven of eight Ohio high school football coaches who allegedly forced a Hebrew Israelite player to eat a pizza that previously had pork on it,…
Continue Reading A ‘person of interest’ has been named in the 2000 death of a Massachusetts teenager
A man who was previously convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping, and who died in 2016, has been named as a “person of interest” in…
Continue Reading The week in 14 headlines
President Biden announced new incentives for Americans to get Covid-19 vaccines ahead of his July 4 deadline. Meanwhile, former President Donald…
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Windy weekend, still warm for Saturday with cooler temps Sunday
We’re seeing our strong ridge of high pressure, retreat to the south. This will open the door for some slightly cooler temps to push in for this…
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State Board postpones action on state ESSER plan
The Idaho State Board of Education voted Friday to postpone approval of its plan to use more than $146 million in federal Elementary and Secondary…
Continue Reading Houston woman kept child’s body in a plastic storage tote, court documents say
A Houston woman who was charged with tampering with physical evidence in the case of a missing 6-year-old boy kept his body in a storage tote, court…
Continue Reading Five additional coffins found at 1921 Tulsa massacre search site
Crews searching an excavation site at Oaklawn Cemetery for the remains of those killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre found five coffins on Thursday…
Continue Reading Democratic lawmakers wanted to call on Biden to form presidential commission on January 6 but were told it wouldn’t happen
A group of Democratic members of Congress planned to call on President Joe Biden to form a presidential commission on the January 6 attack at the US…
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Oregon closing in on vaccination goal and reopening economy
Gov. Kate Brown announced that Oregon is close to lifting mask, physical distancing and capacity restrictions statewide.…
Continue Reading Eversource hosts “Turtle-Palooza!” to train workers to protect turtles
Click here for updates on this story AGAWAM, Massachusetts (WGGB/WSHM)) — Eversource workers hosted a Turtle-Palooza to…
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Wyoming officials outline plan to ensure ARPA funds are invested in Wyoming’s future
Governor Mark Gordon, Wyoming Senate President Dan Dockstader and Speaker of the House Eric Barlow jointly recognize Wyoming has a rare opportunity…
Continue Reading Pentagon won’t change policy to allow Pride flag to be flown at military bases
The Department of Defense will “maintain existing policy for the display of unofficial flags” and “not grant an exception to…
Continue Reading How exercising can affect sleep
It was hard to get enough sleep before the coronavirus pandemic. Sleep problems actually “constitute a global epidemic that threatens health…
Continue Reading NASA is getting serious about UFOs
NASA’s new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying objects within his first month in office. Bill Nelson, the former…
Continue Reading Nevada County plane crash victims talk story of survival
Click here for updates on this story YUBA CITY, California (KOVR) — In a story of survival, two men were able to walk…
Continue Reading Father of teen killed in murder-suicide says he sought to reconnect with son
Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — The father of a teenager killed in the latest domestic…
Continue Reading White House grapples with spike in ransomware attacks as cyber vulnerabilities are laid bare
A spike in ransomware attacks cutting across vital American sectors — including summertime mainstays gasoline, meat and vacations — have…
Continue Reading Woman dead 6 years receives jury summons after also receiving unemployment card, social security numbers of others
Click here for updates on this story ALSIP, Illinois (WBBM) — Her family laid her to rest almost six years ago, but the…
Continue Reading Murals on viaducts drawing some unwanted visitors in pigeons, who are making a disgusting mess
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — 18th Street in Pilsen is where you can find some of the city’s…
Continue Reading Community helps infamous ‘Auburn butt lady’ buy new van
Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, California (KOVR) — A community came together to help a woman known for…
Continue Reading Police say armed carjackings up 115% in past year
Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND (KPIX) — Police in Oakland recently announced armed carjackings in the…
Continue Reading Father swan carries babies on back days after mother died on Esplanade
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Just days after a mother swan died on the Esplanade, there’s been…
Continue Reading Young dad killed with one punch following fender bender
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Wei Lin always had a reputation for helping others.…
Continue Reading NASA is taking a fresh look at UFOs
NASA’s new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying objects within his first month in office. Bill Nelson, the former…
Continue Reading NASA chief says Russia leaving ISS could kick off a space race
The United States has for decades enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with Russia that has often served as a powerful symbol of cooperation…
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Alex Boyé looking for movie extras
If you have ever wanted to be in a movie, here’s your…
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