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Harry, Meghan and the power of their story
Among journalists in Queen Victoria’s England, Walter Bagehot was a central figure. Not only did he marry well — to the daughter of the…
Continue Reading Jackson, Mississippi, officials report progress in restoring water after last month’s powerful storm
After more than two weeks without a drop of water, one Jackson, Mississippi, restaurant is finally back open for business. “It has been…
Continue Reading Germany should have led the world at handling the pandemic. But experts slam Merkel’s vaccine response as a disaster
The fridges are here but the shots are not. Doctor Sibylle Katzenstein spent thousands kitting out her Berlin practice so she could administer…
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Equatorial Guinea blasts kill more than 12, injure hundreds
Explosions in Equatorial Guinea killed more than a dozen people and injured hundreds on Sunday, according to the Central African country’s…
Continue Reading French politician Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
French politician Olivier Dassault has died in a helicopter crash in northwest France at the age of 69, CNN affiliate BFM TV reported Sunday.…
Continue Reading Police officers injured breaking up large gathering in Colorado
Three SWAT officers were injured Saturday while responding to a large gathering near the University of Colorado Boulder, the Boulder Police…
Continue Reading Here’s how to watch the 2021 NBA All-Star Game
Not even a pandemic can keep the NBA All-Star Game from a rebound. The 70th annual NBA All-Star Game will air Sunday on TNT and ESPN Radio, live from…
Continue Reading About 50 people were vaccinated at a Florida site despite being ineligible
About 50 people were vaccinated Saturday at a site in south Florida despite not being eligible, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency…
Continue Reading Canada Post is sending every household a postcard to send to a loved one for free
Canada Post is sending a free prepaid postcard to every household in the country to help citizens stay connected during the continuation of the…
Continue Reading Why sweeping police reform over the last year has largely been elusive
In the year since Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in an overnight drug raid, the Democratic-led US House of Representatives has passed a bill…
Continue Reading NYC deputies shut down an unlicensed warehouse club with more than 100 partygoers inside
New York City deputies shut down an illegal warehouse party in Queens overnight Saturday, clearing more than 100 people inside, the New York City…
Continue Reading Students collect food for Meals on Wheels
Click here for updates on this story PITTSTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A group of eighth-graders have spent the last few…
Continue Reading Internal investigation clears teacher
Click here for updates on this story GRAVETTE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Gravette School District Superintendent, Maribel…
Continue Reading Fifty people file lawsuit against city of Wauwatosa
Click here for updates on this story WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Fifty people are now suing the city of Wauwatosa.…
Continue Reading K9 deputy dies after battle with cancer
Click here for updates on this story GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A K-9 deputy from northern Michigan died…
Continue Reading Missing man threatens to shoot police after taking child
Click here for updates on this story JENNINGS, Missouri (KMOV) — A search is underway for a missing St. Louis County…
Continue Reading Family, friends celebrate life of baseball star
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — He was rear-ended and run off the road on his way to…
Continue Reading Suspects in 2017 murder to be tried together
Click here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Two suspects connected with a brutal murder on Oahu’s…
Continue Reading Egyptian swimmer takes the art of leaping out of water to new heights
Egyptian swimmer Omar Sayed Shaaban soared to success when he set a new record for the highest jump out of water while wearing a monofin. The…
Continue Reading Over 166,000 hens die in Arizona farm fire
Over 166,000 laying hens died on Saturday after a fire broke out at a bird warehouse in Arizona. Flames engulfed three massive warehouses containing…
Continue Reading The key question for jury selectors in the George Floyd trial
Jury selection is one of the most difficult — and crucial — steps in any criminal trial. A veteran defense lawyer once told me,…
Continue Reading Liza Minnelli Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Liza Minnelli, award winning singer and actress. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1946 Birth place: Los Angeles,…
Continue Reading Michael Hayden Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Personal Birth date: March 17, 1945 Birth…
Continue Reading Elton John Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Elton John, award-winning singer, composer and pianist. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1947 Birth place: Pinner,…
Continue Reading Switzerland narrowly votes to ban face covering in public
Swiss voters have approved a ban on full facial coverings including niqab and burqa in nearly all public places in a closely contested referendum on…
Continue Reading Canadian company using shipping containers to help overwhelmed hospitals
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — When Sabrina Fiorellino left her construction…
Continue Reading British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has her ankle monitor removed but faces new court date
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been jailed in Iran for almost five years, has had her ankle monitor removed,…
Continue Reading Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, British-Iranian charity worker jailed in Tehran, has her ankle monitor removed, British MP says
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been jailed in Iran for almost five years, has had her ankle monitor removed,…
Continue Reading Italian prosecutor asks for life sentence for two Americans charged with police murder
An Italian prosecutor on Saturday asked for life sentences for two American students charged with murdering a police officer in an alleged drug deal…
Continue Reading Hundreds risked everything in Selma 56 years ago today. This group is trying to identify them
Debra Barnes Wilson was 8 on “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. She and her grandmother, Julia Barnes, joined the voting rights marchers,…
Continue Reading How Merkel’s vaccine disaster dented Germany’s handling of the pandemic
The fridges are here but the shots are not. Doctor Sibylle Katzenstein spent thousands kitting out her Berlin practice so she could administer…
Continue Reading He adopted a dog that no one else wanted. It ended up saving his life
They say a dog is a man’s best friend. For one New Jersey man, his rescue dog has become much more than that. Sadie, a 100-pound German…
Continue Reading One person killed in shooting at George Floyd memorial site in Minneapolis
One person was shot to death Saturday night in Minneapolis at the same intersection where George Floyd died last year — an area that has since…
Continue Reading How rape allegations among Australia’s political elite reignited its #MeToo movement
When Australia’s attorney general last week outed himself as the minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, his denial was…
Continue Reading Black mother pepper-sprayed in front of her toddler, police say
The Police Accountability Board in Rochester, New York, is calling for fundamental changes in the city’s police department after police said a…
Continue Reading New body cam video shows man telling officers ‘I can’t breathe’ before he died in 2017
Newly-released police body camera footage shows a California man telling Fresno police officers, county sheriff’s deputies and paramedics that…
Continue Reading 12-year-old arrested for four carjacking incidents in Washington, DC
A 12-year-old boy was arrested Thursday evening after a series of attempted armed carjackings and one successful one in Washington, DC. All four…
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Woman says she is being fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine
A Cumberland County healthcare worker says she is being fired after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. 26-year-old Desiree Pelletier of Newville says her…
Continue Reading Family trying to bring back father’s body from Puerto Rico after drowning while saving daughters
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connectitcut (WFSB) — A Hartford father lost his life after heroically…
Continue Reading Tom Brady rookie card sells for record $1.32 million
The most expensive trading card in football history, a Tom Brady rookie card, has sold for $1.32 million. FitBit CEO and co-founder James Park made…
Continue Reading University of South Alabama professors on leave – but some students say that’s not enough
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Responding to a growing controversy over 7-year-old…
Continue Reading Contractor accused of home improvement theft
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — From accused to charged, public records show that a contractor,…
Continue Reading Three dads, a baby and the legal battle to get their names added to a birth certificate
Meet Ian Jenkins and his partners, Alan and Jeremy. They’re a “throuple”: a committed polyamorous relationship involving three…
Continue Reading Biggest, fastest-known asteroid to pass by Earth later this month
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — The biggest and fastest known asteroid of 2021 is…
Continue Reading Milder reinfection may follow severe bouts of COVID-19, study suggests
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — One serious bout of COVID-19 may not be enough to…
Continue Reading Relatives of inmates protest conditions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Click here for updates on this story MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV) — According to the Department of Public Safety, 75…
Continue Reading Pope Francis condemns extremism as ‘betrayal of religion’
Visiting Ur, the ancient Iraqi city where Jews, Christians and Muslims believe their common patriarch Abraham was born, Pope Francis denounced…
Continue Reading Mark Pavelich, member of ‘Miracle on Ice’ 1980 Olympic hockey team, dies at 63
Mark Pavelich, a member of the “Miracle on Ice” 1980 Olympics US men’s hockey team, has died at age 63. He died in North Sauk…
Continue Reading Family gives up on 911 after hearing automated please hold message
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — When you call 9-1-1, you expect to be able to…
Continue Reading Police: Good Samaritan robbed when attempting to help what he thought was a stranded motorist
Click here for updates on this story HENRY COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Police are investigating an armed robbery after a…
Continue Reading Teens help neighbor during ice storm
Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A few weeks ago when that powerful ice storm ripped…
Continue Reading Professor hopes to end hunger with ‘food computer’
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — New technology being developed at UNO is helping to put…
Continue Reading Couple reaches resolution after raccoon arson committed in front of their house
Click here for updates on this story LEBANON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Ellie and John Salahub were in their home…
Continue Reading Amanda Gorman, inaugural poet, ‘tailed’ by security guard on her walk home
Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, said she was “tailed” and told “you look suspicious” by a…
Continue Reading A drained swimming pool shows how racism harms White people, too
If you’re a White person who thinks racism only hurts people of color, the story behind an empty, abandoned swimming pool in Missouri might…
Continue Reading Canada vowed to protect its Indigenous women. But they are still being blamed for their own deaths
February marked the culmination of a nearly decade-long legal saga that raised national questions about how Canada treats Indigenous women. Cindy…
Continue Reading Pope Francis holds historic meeting with revered Shia cleric in Iraq’s Najaf
Pope Francis has held a historic meeting with revered Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of the pontiff’s…
Continue Reading Car bomb explodes in Somalia’s capital, killing at least 20 people
At least 20 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a car bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday night, police and…
Continue Reading At least 6 people hospitalized after a natural gas explosion and fire in Texas
At least six employees of CenterPoint Energy were transported to local hospitals Friday after what the company described as a “natural gas…
Continue Reading The Apollo 11 astronauts quarantined after returning to Earth. Here’s why
Just weeks after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine. It’s…
Continue Reading An 18-year-old wins $25,000 on her very first lottery ticket
Now that she had turned 18, Sloan Stanley decided she’d do some grown-up things. One item on her to-do list: Buy her very first lottery ticket.…
Continue Reading Is there a border crisis? It depends who you ask, but it’s clear that more migrants are crossing into the US
An American flag blew in the South Texas wind as Father Roy Snipes prepared to welcome 100 migrants to the school close to his church. He set the…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s ethnic groups have long suffered from military brutality. The junta gave them a common foe
For many of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, the bloodshed inflicted across the country’s towns and cities this week is a continuation of the…
Continue Reading Suspect shoots himself after killing wife, her 2 children in St. Louis County home, police say
Click here for updates on this story ST LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The man who police say killed his wife and her two…
Continue Reading A Black police officer in Florida was fired for using the n-word, but his police union wants him reinstated
A Black police officer in Florida was fired this week after footage from his body camera showed him using the n-word during a personal phone call and…
Continue Reading A judge ruled photos of enslaved individuals belong to Harvard, not their direct descendant
A woman who says she is the direct descendant of a man and woman pictured in some of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people does not have…
Continue Reading Doctors in Chicago are making house calls to give vulnerable patients the Covid-19 vaccine
Hattie Blumenberg can’t easily get to a mass vaccination center. The 90-year-old woman has limited transportation, and leaving her Chicago home…
Continue Reading Woman’s perseverance sees dream of Appalachian Trail artist retreat space become reality
Click here for updates on this story Hot Springs, North Carolina (WLOS) — There is a special place nestled in the…
Continue Reading Around 5,000 customers are still without water in Jackson, Mississippi, city official says
Though thousands are still under boil water advisories, about 5,000 customers in Jackson, Mississippi, don’t have water service, a decline from…
Continue Reading Four sisters in their 80s and 90s reunited to get their Covid-19 vaccines together
Four elderly sisters in New Jersey haven’t been able to have their regular get-togethers during the coronavirus pandemic, but they made an…
Continue Reading No ‘mass exodus’ in California during the pandemic, study finds
No, Californians have not been packing up and leaving the Golden State en masse during the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s despite some headlines and…
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California to let Major League Baseball, Disneyland reopen
California officials will allow people to attend Major League Baseball games and other outdoor sporting events, go to Disneyland and watch live…
Continue Reading Perseverance rover takes its first drive on Mars, sends back image
The NASA Perseverance rover has taken its first drive on Mars, traveling about 21 feet and doing a little spin across Jezero Crater. And that first…
Continue Reading Increasing evidence that Myanmar’s military forces are shooting to kill as country mourns young victims
Zin Ko Ko Zaw, 22, killed by a bullet to the head. Ma “Angel” Kyal Sin, 19, fatally shot in the head. Nay Myo Aung, 16, killed by a…
Continue Reading To-go cocktails with limits closer to reality in Georgia as Senate bill passes
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Cocktails-to-go edged closer to becoming…
Continue Reading Engine failed on United Airlines flight after pilots increased power, NTSB report says
The right engine of United Airlines Flight 328 failed with a fiery bang minutes after takeoff last month when the aircraft’s pilots throttled…
Continue Reading Police recover stolen U-Haul containing family’s belongings, ashes of their son
Click here for updates on this story COVINGTON, Georgia (Rockdale Citizen) — Law enforcement authorities have located a…
Continue Reading James Lovell Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of astronaut James Lovell. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1928 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: James Arthur…
Continue Reading Rupert Murdoch Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Personal Birth date: March 11, 1931 Birth place: Melbourne, Australia Birth name:…
Continue Reading Iraq Prison Abuse Scandal Fast Facts
Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Facts Abu Ghraib prison…
Continue Reading It’s been a ‘mixed bag’, but most Canadian schools have kept students in class
For one of Canada’s most densely populated communities, this Toronto suburb, locked down for weeks, was eerily quiet on a recent Friday…
Continue Reading Appeals court orders judge to reconsider third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court should reconsider the state’s motion to reinstate a third-degree murder charge…
Continue Reading Armed guards, volunteers join police to patrol streets
Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — The community in Oakland’s Chinatown is fighting…
Continue Reading Flight diverted after passenger dies on plane
Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A flight was diverted to Sacramento International…
Continue Reading Wayward cat wanders from New Jersey to Pittsburgh while missing for over 4 years
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Who says black cats are bad luck? One just found…
Continue Reading Firefighters save bride’s wedding dress after fire breaks out at hotel
Click here for updates on this story BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Firefighters in Montgomery County saved a…
Continue Reading Actor Hugh Jackman delivers homemade sourdough bread to pregnant ER nurse
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Actor Hugh Jackman came through for a local nurse on the front…
Continue Reading Best friends die days apart from COVID
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two fathers and grandfathers connected to one Minnesota…
Continue Reading Man sees four endangered Florida panthers at same time
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — What a stroke of luck to get a glimpse of a Florida Panther in the…
Continue Reading United Airlines engine failed after pilots throttled up to minimize turbulence, NTSB report says
The Pratt & Whitney engine part that failed with a fiery bang on United Airlines Flight 328 last month in the skies above Denver had most…
Continue Reading Great apes at the San Diego Zoo receive a Covid-19 vaccine for animals
Several great apes at the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated against Covid-19 a few weeks after the zoo’s gorillas tested positive for the…
Continue Reading 1,500 pounds of methamphetamine worth $112 million seized
Click here for updates on this story PARAMOUNT, California (KCAL/KCBS) — The FBI says a joint investigation with the…
Continue Reading Movement starts to stop hate crimes towards Asians as incidents surge
Click here for updates on this story VALLEY PARK, California (KCAL/KCBS) — People from Los Angeles to Orange County are…
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Appeals court orders trial court to reconsider third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court should reconsider the state’s motion to reinstate a third-degree murder charge…
Continue Reading Dallas police officer Bryan Riser arrested, charged with 2 counts of capital murder
Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — The Dallas Police Department arrested Officer Bryan Riser this…
Continue Reading Residents alarmed as dozens of dead waterfowl turn up around lake
Click here for updates on this story HAMMOND, Indiana (WBBM) — Concerns were growing in Northwest Indiana this week…
Continue Reading She lost her husband to COVID-19. Now she wants Texans to keep wearing their masks
Eight months ago, Delia Ramos was unable to say goodbye to her husband, Ricardo, in person as he died in the hospital from COVID-19. Now, after Texas…
Continue Reading DeSantis denies involvement in vaccine drive following revelation of $250,000 PAC donation from former Illinois governor
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is denying the state had any involvement in a vaccine drive at a private, gated community after questions arose about a…
Continue Reading 12-year-old creates self-care workshop for students struggling during pandemic
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A local tween is on a mission to help students who are struggling…
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