2020 through the eyes of Europe’s ‘unseen’ key workers
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Science’s biggest achievement in 2020 was undoubtedly the rapid development of effective vaccines against Covid-19 — a massive feat that…
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Three days after a Christmas Day explosion rocked downtown Nashville, investigators are still searching for a motive. Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, was…
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Continue Reading Red Rose Transit Authority announces restructuring, bus and parking fare increases in 2021
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Continue Reading Three women and two girls were found dead in Arkansas on Christmas Day
A relative visiting family at Christmas made a gruesome discovery when they entered their relatives’ Pope County, Arkansas, home to find two…
Continue Reading Here’s how officials are likely to handle the investigation of the Nashville explosion
Multiple law enforcement agencies are on the ground in downtown Nashville after a Christmas morning explosion rocked the area, injuring at least…
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Continue Reading Suicide bombing suspected in Nashville explosion as investigators search home south of the city
Investigators looking into the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville now believe the blast was likely the result of a suicide bombing, according…
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