First enhanced child tax credit payments to go out July 15
The families of more than 65 million children will start receiving enhanced child tax credit monthly payments of up to $300 on July 15, the Biden…
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Neanderthal cave discovery and more top space and science stories this week
The colorful handprints of ancient humans. A spacecraft beyond the solar system. They couldn’t be more different, but some of the first known…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s getting more expensive
Used cars, homes, lumber, gas and chicken: What do they all have in common? They’re all getting more expensive. The stimulus-fueled economy is…
Continue Reading Impacted by loved ones with addiction, crowd marches, raises awareness for substance abuse
Click here for updates on this story WAYNESVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — More than 200 people marched down Main Street…
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Pickle-flavored hard seltzer is coming this summer after April Fool’s tease
What started as a 2020 April Fool’s joke is becoming reality, giving the hard seltzer hype a controversial twist. Drinkware company BrüMate…
Continue Reading These are the immunizers putting a personal face on a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination effort
When Hannah Rummer and her brother Nick Reid administer COVID-19 vaccines, they don’t just see a series of arms to inject and bandage. They see…
Continue Reading Virginia mom recruits four of her sons to work alongside her on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic
A Virginia nurse recruited her sons to work with her at Arlington County Public Health to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Michele Fletcher, 58, has…
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Silvio Berlusconi Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of billionaire and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Personal Birth date: September 29, 1936 Birth…
Continue Reading Train derailment and fire prompts evacuations in northwest Iowa
Union Pacific crews are readying to remove rail cars after a train derailment and fire prompted evacuations in northwest Iowa on Sunday, Union…
Continue Reading A New Jersey wildfire has torched about 900 acres … and counting
An out-of-control wildfire has scorched about 900 acres and is threatening buildings near Little Egg Harbor Township, the New Jersey Forest Fire…
Continue Reading Tenants frustrated after rain seeps through walls, ceilings
Click here for updates on this story RAYTOWN, Missouri (KCTV KSMO) — Some people sleep better when it’s raining at…
Continue Reading After the Texas missing tiger saga, owning a big cat as a house pet might become illegal in the US
Tales of Bengal tigers on the loose, like the one found roaming a Houston front yard last week, may soon be history if a bipartisan bill becomes law.…
Continue Reading Woman’s plea results in support for mom who had stroke
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A Mobile woman’s desperate plea for help on TikTok has…
Continue Reading Man makes a business tracking down stolen cars
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Thousands of cars have been stolen in Milwaukee in 2021. One…
Continue Reading British rabbi treated in hospital after street attack by teenagers
Police in Britain are investigating an attack on a rabbi Sunday that left him needing hospital treatment. Officers went to the location in Chigwell,…
Continue Reading On 11-mile construction site, a bridge rises
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The state’s South Beltway bid request…
Continue Reading ‘Cash Back’: Report investigates what restitution for Indigenous land theft could look like
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — How much money does Canada owe Indigenous people…
Continue Reading Premature boys age faster than those with normal birth weight, study suggests
Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — Boys born weighing less than a kilogram are 4.6…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about the wildfire burning in Los Angeles County and evacuations
The Palisades Fire has prompted ongoing evacuation orders and warnings in a zone about 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. It’s charred more…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 17: Mideast violence, coronavirus, Capitol riot, US policing, Tigray
Today is Tax Day in the United States — about a month later than usual. Here’s what’s changed besides the filing deadline.…
Continue Reading Mandatory wildfire evacuations are ordered for parts of western Los Angeles County
Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the area near Topanga Canyon due to the Palisades Fire, with more residents on standby to leave,…
Continue Reading Taiwan was a Covid success story. Now it’s fighting its biggest outbreak
Taiwan has imposed new restrictions including limits on gatherings in its capital as it battles its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the start of…
Continue Reading Israel-Palestinian conflict marks its deadliest day as scenes of horror unfold in Gaza
Israel bombed the house of Hamas’ Gaza leader and obliterated a family’s home in Gaza as Hamas launched more than 100 rockets toward…
Continue Reading China’s space agency just gave the Communist Party a big 100th birthday gift: a rover on Mars
China’s space agency has an extraordinary gift for the ruling Communist Party’s 100th birthday: a rover on Mars. The historic landing on…
Continue Reading Suspect shoots two officers before being fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama
A man believed to be responsible for two early morning murders in Birmingham, Alabama, opened fire on four police officers Sunday afternoon, striking…
Continue Reading Tennessee governor signs controversial bathroom bill into law
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a so-called controversial bathroom bill into law Friday, according to the state General Assembly website, prompting…
Continue Reading One person was killed and three others injured in a Toronto shooting
At least one person is dead and three others injured after a shooting in a Toronto suburb Sunday, Toronto police said. Witnesses in Etobicoke said…
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Fauci urges Emory graduates to strive for ‘even better normal’ after COVID-19
Anthony Fauci has used his experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic to call upon Emory graduates to fight societal divisiveness and work together to…
Continue Reading Israeli emergency services responding to a synagogue bleacher collapse described as a ‘mass casualty event’
Israeli emergency services are responding to what they have described as a “mass casualty event” after bleachers collapsed at an Orthodox…
Continue Reading One person was killed and four others injured in a Toronto shooting
At least one person is dead and four others injured after a shooting in a Toronto suburb Sunday, Toronto police said. Witnesses in Etobicoke said…
Continue Reading A 4-year-old boy was found on a street ‘murdered in a violent act,’ Dallas police say
Dallas police are investigating the grisly killing of a 4-year-old boy who was found on a street Saturday morning. “A child was murdered…
Continue Reading Climate change may be accelerating decay of ancient Indonesian cave art, study says
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new Australian study suggests that climate…
Continue Reading 500 made-in-Canada ventilators arrive in India
Click here for updates on this story HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (CTV Network) — India has received 500 Canadian-made…
Continue Reading A 9th vaccinated New York Yankees member tested positive for Covid-19 but feels good, manager says
Another vaccinated New York Yankees staff member has tested positive for Covid-19, the ninth to do so in the last week, manager Aaron Boone announced…
Continue Reading NYC Pride parade organizers ban the NYPD from its events until 2025
Organizers of New York City Pride banned the New York Police Department from participating in the annual June parade and related events and moved to…
Continue Reading Mold problems force closure, cleanup of LSUS science building
Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A major university in Shreveport has had a major…
Continue Reading ‘Exceptional as they come’ — Snell twins leave their mark on GA high school
Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — It’s likely few people have…
Continue Reading Arson suspect arrested after a string of brush fires in HI
Click here for updates on this story MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV) — Maui County police Friday arrested a man suspected of…
Continue Reading Flint using city crews to collect yard waste amid worker shortage
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — With spring here, lots of people have been doing some…
Continue Reading What we know about the Houston tiger that’s been turned in after going missing for nearly a week
A Bengal tiger that was missing for almost a week has been found, Houston officials said. “We are happy to report that the missing tiger seen…
Continue Reading Police: 4 people shot near the Trap Museum in Atlanta
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta police are investigating the circumstances of what led to…
Continue Reading Woman claiming she became sick from eating at CT donut shop now fighting for her life
Click here for updates on this story ELLINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — Getting violently sick from eating a donut? It…
Continue Reading 2 Chicago police officers and a suspect shot on the city’s west side
Two Chicago police officers were shot on the west side of the city Sunday morning and have been released from the hospital, and the suspected gunman…
Continue Reading OR mom ‘letting a big breath out’ after driver arrested in connection to deadly accident
Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — An arrest has been made in a deadly pedestrian accident…
Continue Reading Maskless crowds resume at Kansas City Mavericks games
Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — Mask mandates are disappearing around the Kansas…
Continue Reading Repairs made to ruptured pipe that spilled millions of gallons of sewage into Perdido Bay
Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — A ruptured pipe pouring several million gallons of…
Continue Reading ‘Keep an eye on your kids:’ 2-year-old boy in critical condition after shooting, woman arrested
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A two-year-old Milwaukee boy is in critical condition.…
Continue Reading A tiger went missing in Houston for nearly a week. Here’s how the search unfolded and what’s next for him
Jose Ramos looked up from his dinner and met a strange sight outside his Houston home last Sunday. A tiger. He grabbed his phone, snapped a few…
Continue Reading Asian American history is American history. These AAPI leaders transformed the US for generations to come
Imagine getting through this pandemic without Zoom. Or not having any days off work, toiling seven days a week with no overtime pay. Asian Americans…
Continue Reading A shooting in a Bronx park leaves 1 person dead and 4 others injured, New York police say
Police are trying to find whoever opened fire at a Bronx park on Saturday night, killing one person and leaving four others injured. Four males and a…
Continue Reading Tensions between Israel and Palestinians are sky-high. Here’s what you need to know
Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians boiled over this week, escalating rapidly into one of the worst rounds of violence between the two sides…
Continue Reading Israel-Palestinian conflict sees rising death toll as scenes of horror unfold in Gaza
Israel bombed the house of Hamas’ Gaza leader and obliterated a family’s home in Gaza as Hamas launched more than 100 missiles towards…
Continue Reading Tiger missing in Houston turned in to authorities, police say
The nine-month old Bengal tiger that has been missing for days in Houston was found Saturday and was transferred to the appropriate authorities,…
Continue Reading A tiger went missing in Houston for nearly a week. Here’s how the search unfolded and who police say the owners are
Jose Ramos looked up from his dinner and met a strange sight outside his Houston home last Sunday. A tiger. He grabbed his phone, snapped a few…
Continue Reading There’s a database whose mission is to stop problematic police officers from hopping between departments. But many agencies don’t know it exists
When a police officer leaves their department because of misconduct, there’s no easy public way for people to know if they’re rehired…
Continue Reading Tiger missing in Houston turned to authorities, police say
The nine-month old Bengal tiger that has been missing for days in Houston was found Saturday and was transferred to the appropriate authorities,…
Continue Reading Israeli strikes hit home in Gaza refugee camp, media offices as conflict intensifies
Israel bombed a house in Gaza where a family had gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan and an office housing international media as a new flurry…
Continue Reading Arizona mother charged with murder after her two children are found dead in Tempe
The mother of two children who were found dead in a Tempe, Arizona, apartment has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in their…
Continue Reading Tiger missing in Houston found safe, police say
A Bengal tiger that has been missing in the Houston area has been located, officials said. The tiger is secure at BARC, the city’s animal…
Continue Reading Brooklyn Center City Council approves sweeping police reforms in the wake of Daunte Wright’s death
The Brooklyn Center City Council voted 4-1 Saturday afternoon to dramatically reduce the power of its police department in a sweeping new measure.…
Continue Reading Houston police still don’t know where a missing tiger is. Here’s what we do know
It’s a wild story about a wild animal, but you won’t find this tiger tale on Netflix. A Bengal tiger last seen in a west Houston…
Continue Reading Former Uber driver earns bachelor’s degree after a passenger paid off her debt
A single mother who used to drive for Uber has a bachelor’s degree now thanks to a passenger from three years ago. It’s a big milestone…
Continue Reading South Carolina sheriff announces changes to bond hearings following the death of a mentally ill Black man in custody
Following the release of footage showing the death of a Black man as deputies forcibly removed him from his cell, a South Carolina sheriff announced…
Continue Reading Arizona mother detained after two children found dead in Tempe
The mother of two children who were found dead in a Tempe, Arizona, apartment has been detained, police said Saturday. Police found a 9-year-old girl…
Continue Reading University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after settlement reached
The University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after reaching a settlement agreement, a statement from…
Continue Reading These Uyghurs were locked up by the US in Guantanamo. Now they’re being used as an excuse for China’s crackdown in Xinjiang
The men crouched inside the cave, their faces streaked with dust, occasionally flinching involuntarily at the explosions overhead, which seemed to…
Continue Reading Rombauer wins Preakness Stakes
Rombauer, trained by Michael McCarthy and ridden by jockey Flavien Prat, won the 146th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in…
Continue Reading Union Pacific train derails in southern Minnesota
A Union Pacific train derailed Saturday afternoon in Albert Lea, Minnesota, according to local authorities. No injuries have been reported among the…
Continue Reading Child reporter who interviewed President Obama dies at age 23
Damon Weaver, who as a child landed an interview with President Barack Obama in 2009, has died at the age of 23, according to a medical examiner. At…
Continue Reading Michael Jordan to present Kobe Bryant at Hall of Fame induction
From gravity-defying dunks and in-air acrobatics to an unquenchable thirst for dominance and an overt disdain for anything shy of excellence, Kobe…
Continue Reading A loggerhead sea turtle was hit and killed by a car in Florida. Researchers saved dozens of her eggs
A large loggerhead sea turtle was killed when she wandered onto a busy Florida highway while looking for a spot to lay her eggs. But researchers…
Continue Reading A 50-car train derailed in south Minnesota
A 50-car train derailed Saturday afternoon in Albert Lea, Minnesota, according to local authorities. The accident happened by Goose Lake, per the…
Continue Reading Meet the 9-year-old activist using social media to send oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As India continues to attempt to contain a…
Continue Reading Black bear released into the wild after being burned in Colorado wildfire
An orphaned black bear cub that was suffering from injuries received during Colorado’s biggest wildfire is running free in the Rockies after…
Continue Reading 14 months after COVID-19 , parks still closed
Click here for updates on this story PRICHARD, Alabama (WALA) — Friday was a gorgeous day, perfect for youth sports or…
Continue Reading “It’s like drinking water, breathing air “: Obligation to attend mass to be reinstated for thousands of Catholics
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — After 15 months worth of sacrifice and changes because of…
Continue Reading Woman turns herself in after machete attack, police says; son still at large
Click here for updates on this story DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — The Daphne Police Department says a woman wanted after a…
Continue Reading Oil Chem owner sentenced for violating clean water act
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A businessman has been sentenced for dumping nearly 48…
Continue Reading City crews used to collect yard waste amid worker shortage
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — With spring here, lots of people have been doing some…
Continue Reading NFL player leads shoe giveaway to middle school
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The current Seattle Seahawks Safety Ugo Amadi is…
Continue Reading Veteran’s account linked to another person, struggles to get help for over a year
Click here for updates on this story SPRINGVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — For 17 months, a Navy veteran Carl Holland…
Continue Reading A card exempted a gay man from serving in Iran’s military. It may have cost him his life
Alireza Fazeli-Monfared’s future was brutally cut short last week when members of his family allegedly murdered him due to his sexual…
Continue Reading ‘Need more people like them’: Firefighters deliver orders after Instacart driver’s car destroyed in crash
Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Missouri (KMOV) — Firefighters are typically the first to arrive in…
Continue Reading Covid-19 cluster identified at high school
Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Buncombe County Schools announced Friday,…
Continue Reading Law center renamed in honor of fallen deputy
Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A special dedication was held Friday in…
Continue Reading Police: Man pushes woman into traffic, burns power pole, resists arrest
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Police say a suspect is facing numerous charges after…
Continue Reading Business booms for ‘mobile gas station’ during fuel shortage
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Anthony Powe owns a business with a service that’s in high…
Continue Reading Five people shot, two fatally, at Chicago gathering
Five people were shot, two fatally, during a gathering early Saturday on the South Side of Chicago, police said. Detectives were searching for a yet…
Continue Reading University cancels $700,000 in debt for graduates affected by pandemic
Delaware State University is cancelling more than $700,000 in student loans for recent graduates hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. DSU will cancel…
Continue Reading Disappearance of mom being considered ‘suspicious’
Click here for updates on this story SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — Police are now considering the disappearance…
Continue Reading Volcanoes could still be active on Mars
The barren landscape of Mars makes the planet seem like a quiet, frozen desert where nothing has happened for billions of years except for the…
Continue Reading Falling ice kills climber in Alaska’s Denali National Park
A climber was killed and another injured when a block of ice fell from a glacier in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, the National…
Continue Reading Bob Baffert spent a lifetime getting to the top of the field in horse racing. Controversy now stalks him
To Bob Baffert, there’s no better place than one he has visited a record seven times — the place where the Kentucky Derby winner gets adorned…
Continue Reading Preakness Stakes set to welcome fans and Medina Spirit after the colt’s failed post-Derby drug test
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is set to race in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday evening, days after…
Continue Reading Study finds evidence of solar wind particles buried within Earth’s core
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — There are traces of the sun, deep within our…
Continue Reading ‘No regard for human safety’: Police chief says 7 people remain hospitalized from Rhode Island shooting
Seven of the nine people who were injured in Thursday’s shooting in Providence, Rhode Island, remained hospitalized Friday, the city’s…
Continue Reading A fire on a capsized cargo ship off the Georgia coast has been extinguished using seawater
The fiery wreckage of a cargo ship off the Georgia coast has been extinguished, according to a press release from the St. Simons Sound Incident…
Continue Reading Jay Barbree, space journalist and ‘Moon Shot’ author, dies at 87
Pioneering space journalist Jay Barbree died Friday, according to his former employer, NBC News. He was 87. Barbree joined NBC News in 1958 and…
Continue Reading Three Nashville police officers are suspended without pay over botched apartment raid in 2020
Three Nashville police officers who raided the wrong apartment last summer will be suspended without pay as well as face other disciplinary measures,…
Continue Reading Two workers were killed in an explosion while doing maintenance on an Oklahoma dam
The bodies of two contract workers were recovered Friday after they died following an explosion in an Oklahoma dam that was undergoing maintenance,…
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