Spontaneous combustion causes apartment fire
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Portlanders head to Vancouver to escape shutdowns
Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — Washingtonians have avoided further COVID-19…
Continue Reading Lumber prices soar, Oregonians affected by historic wildfires on the fence to rebuild
Click here for updates on this story OTIS, Oregon (KPTV) — Oregonians who lost their homes during the historic…
Continue Reading Three more victims accuse former teacher of sex crimes
Click here for updates on this story NEW HANOVER COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — More allegations of sexual misconduct…
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Continue Reading What is the difference between mRNA and viral vector-based vaccines?
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Family finds body of missing airman off Texas coast after Coast Guard suspends search
Family members of the missing 22-year-old airman found his body Tuesday morning off the Texas Coast, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s…
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Stars experience very violent lives that usually end in dazzling explosions, and scientists have tried for years to determine what happens to massive…
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Germany is considering new plans to give extra rights and freedoms to people who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The proposed changes to…
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Continue Reading Two dead after a small plane crashes into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, officials say
An aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. Two people died in the incident, the…
Continue Reading Two dead after a plane crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, officials say
An aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. Two people died in the incident, the…
Continue Reading Two dead after an plane crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, officials say
An aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. Two people died in the incident, the…
Continue Reading An aircraft crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, police say
An aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. “Emergency personnel responded to a…
Continue Reading On board a small Ukrainian patrol boat challenging Russian naval might
Painted a camouflage patchwork of gray and green, Ukrainian coastguard Boat 23 cuts through the rolling swell of the turbulent Sea of Azov. At the…
Continue Reading A plane crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, police say
A plane crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. “Emergency personnel responded to a report of…
Continue Reading 7 people arrested after the mummified remains of a religious group leader were found in Colorado home
Seven people were arrested after authorities found the mummified remains of a woman who was the leader of a controversial religious group inside a…
Continue Reading At military camps in the Myanmar jungle, doctors and students learn how to fire guns
A dozen armed recruits crawl along a dusty pathway, the cicadas masking any sound of their approach towards their target, a small village in the…
Continue Reading Lady Gaga’s dog walker was tailed before shooting and robbery, court documents say
Three men charged in the shooting and robbery of Lady Gaga’s dog walker in February allegedly drove around various parts of Los Angeles looking…
Continue Reading There were four attacks, including an assault with a hammer, on Asian Americans in New York over the weekend
There were at least four attacks on Asian Americans, including an assault with a hammer, in New York City over the weekend, according to the New York…
Continue Reading Ohio State offers settlements in five more sex abuse victim cases involving former school doctor Richard Strauss
Some of the alleged abuse victims of former Ohio State University doctor Richard Strauss could get more than $250,000 as part of an individual…
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France is “ready” to cut electricity to the British island of Jersey — just off the French coast — should the United Kingdom…
Continue Reading Asian Americans are buying guns in the wake of recent attacks, but community leaders say that’s not the way to prevent hate crimes
Some Asian Americans are buying guns for the first time as attacks fuel fear across the nation, but advocates say firearms are not the solution.…
Continue Reading Man charged with setting fire to a historic Catholic church in Southern California
A man has been charged with setting on fire a historic Catholic church in Southern California last summer, prosecutors said Tuesday. The San Gabriel…
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Continue Reading Derek Chauvin’s attorney files motion for new trial
An attorney for Derek Chauvin filed a motion for a new trial on Tuesday. The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted on April 20 of second…
Continue Reading Two men charged after nearly 24 pounds of heroin are seized at bus terminal
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Two men who were traveling through Kansas…
Continue Reading Residents ask why tornado sirens did not alert them
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Continue Reading Special agents comb more than 3,000 hotel rooms for quarantine violators
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Continue Reading Sergeant says child abuse was underreported during pandemic
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Continue Reading Belgian farmer moves border with France by mistake
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Continue Reading NBA player Sterling Brown’s $750,000 settlement approved after 2018 incident where he was tased by police
NBA player Sterling Brown’s $750,000 settlement was approved Tuesday by the City of Milwaukee Common Council following a lawsuit stemming from…
Continue Reading Biden sets goal of administering at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot to 70% of US adult population by July 4
President Joe Biden on Tuesday set a new goal of administering at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose to 70% of the US adult population and having 160…
Continue Reading Thousands of motorcycle riders get their bikes blessed for the season
Click here for updates on this story OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — For many motorcycle riders, getting…
Continue Reading A connecting flight in Qatar. A wee-hours Uber ride from KC. Kenya runner wins Lincoln Marathon after interesting journey
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Alex Ekesa ran a 26.2-mile race Sunday,…
Continue Reading Man arrested after falling through ceiling during standoff with police
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Continue Reading As car companies pledge to go all-electric in coming years, designs are getting more stylish
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Continue Reading Boy hopes to give the homeless 3,000 blessing bags
Click here for updates on this story FISHERS, Indiana (WISH) — A 10-year-old boy from Fishers is on a mission to help…
Continue Reading Asian woman bashed in head with hammer near Times Square
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The NYPD wants your help finding whoever attacked an Asian woman…
Continue Reading Disturbing video of Florida school principal paddling young girl
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — There is a disturbing video of a school principal in Clewiston…
Continue Reading Boston barber back on the job after freak accident, open-heart surgery
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WJZ) — It’s tough to get an appointment with Steve Silva. “Pretty…
Continue Reading Baltimore City fire says units were sent out less than minute after getting call
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Fire Chief Niles R. Ford addressed allegations…
Continue Reading After neighbor reportedly kills 2 pets, families desperate for police help
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — “When you look that kind of behavior up in the encyclopedia,…
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Continue Reading Patients in for a surprise after visiting an in-network hospital
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Continue Reading Firefighters cars broken into at the fire station as they were responding to a fatal car wreck
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Detectives are trying to find the person who broke into Atlanta…
Continue Reading Super Bowl’s first female official to be awarded doctorate at University of Mobile
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The University of Mobile will award the doctor of humane…
Continue Reading Inn owners say ‘no regrets’ after posting divisive sign
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Continue Reading Judge postpones Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial until the fall in light of new charges
A federal judge on Monday agreed to delay until the fall the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell to provide the defense team more time to…
Continue Reading US Army specialist from Iran who came to study at Cal State Long Beach becomes American citizen
Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Army Spc. Vahid Afsharzadeh was born in Iran, and on Monday…
Continue Reading Parker Solar Probe detects a radio signal from Venus’ atmosphere
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Continue Reading Several injured at St. Bernard Crawfish fest after stampede ensues
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Continue Reading Body found floating in Arroyo leads to homicide investigation
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Continue Reading Man responsible for killing 3 people at Jewish Community Center dies in prison
Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — The self-avowed anti-Semite convicted of murdering…
Continue Reading Texas woman suing Sacramento Black Lives Matter for libel
Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Recent social media posts are at the center of a…
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Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. Causes of Vietnam War 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and…
Continue Reading Officers buy shoplifting homeless man socks instead of arresting him
Click here for updates on this story WESTCHESTER COUNTY, New York (WABC) — Two police officers in Westchester County…
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A woman gave birth prematurely on a flight to Hawaii. Luckily, 3 NICU nurses and a doctor were on board to help
There were a lot of surprises on a flight to Hawaii last week, starting with the birth of a baby to a woman who didn’t know she was pregnant. Not…
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Why we ‘may not get to zero’ on COVID-19
President Joe Biden predicted a return to some normalcy “by the end of the summer” on Monday, but health experts are increasingly…
Continue Reading Disney unveils a real-life lightsaber
Ever since “Star Wars” premiered in 1977, kids and adults alike wanted to get their hands on a lightsaber. The “elegant weapon for…
Continue Reading Healthcare worker running to raise money for those who lost people to COVID
Click here for updates on this story BRISTOL, Connecticut (WFSB) — A local healthcare worker is looking to help people…
Continue Reading Police continue to look for suspects who stole car with child inside
Click here for updates on this story WOLCOTT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 5-year-old girl was found safe early Monday…
Continue Reading Popular backup singer won’t let cancer stop the show
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — For 31 years, a Franklin woman helped make Billy…
Continue Reading Brain injury survivor determined to dance again
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Continue Reading Truck driver recalls the moment winds flipped his big rig over during severe storms
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A tornado has not been confirmed in South Fulton but one truck…
Continue Reading Wildlife officials find human remains in bears suspected of killing a woman in Colorado
Human remains were found in the stomachs of two black bears suspected of killing a woman in southwestern Colorado, state wildlife officials said. The…
Continue Reading 6 years after nearly dying in shooting local woman set to graduate
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It has been six years since a shooting nearly killed…
Continue Reading Search goes on for student missing off Dauphin Island
Click here for updates on this story DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (WALA) — The search continues this morning for an…
Continue Reading Former teacher accused of sexually charged conversations with teen worked at 7 schools since 1999
Click here for updates on this story CITRONELLE, Alabama (WALA) — Investigators in Citronelle and Washington County are…
Continue Reading Community activists say lack of trust exists between police, residents as gun violence surges
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Violence has spiked in Milwaukee, and police say the spike is…
Continue Reading What researchers found when they rehydrated 200-year-old feces
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Continue Reading Germany busts darknet child porn site with help from RCMP
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — German authorities say they have busted one of…
Continue Reading France kept classrooms open ‘at all costs.’ At a school where 20 pupils lost loved ones, some say the price was too high
Grace was full of hope as she entered the final stretch of high school. The 16-year-old was two years away from graduating, and she wanted to make…
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Continue Reading Deadline looms for Netanyahu to build new government in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has one more day to convince potential partners to join him in a new government, or risk seeing the…
Continue Reading Asia’s multibillion dollar methamphetamine cartels are using creative chemistry to outfox police, experts say
The shipping container raised suspicions as soon as it arrived in remote northwestern Laos last July. Paperwork showed it was packed with 72 tons…
Continue Reading The NYPD hate crimes unit is investigating after two more assaults on Asian Americans
The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two attacks on Asian Americans that occurred over the weekend, an NYPD…
Continue Reading Olympic boxer charged in the deaths of a pregnant woman and her unborn child
Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez has been charged with kidnapping and killing a woman who said she was pregnant with his baby, according to…
Continue Reading There were two more assaults on Asian Americans in New York and the NYPD hate crimes unit is investigating
The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two attacks on Asian Americans that occurred over the weekend, an NYPD…
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Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez has been charged with kidnapping and killing a woman who said she was pregnant with his baby, according to…
Continue Reading San Diego captain of suspected smuggling vessel in custody after boat overturned, killing 3. Here’s what we know
The person believed to have been operating a suspected smuggling vessel that overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday, killing three people,…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s Tsai wins Canadian government-backed award that Ottawa reportedly tried to block
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has been awarded a prestigious leadership prize, in a move that could infuriate Beijing, and following reports…
Continue Reading Philippine foreign minister tells China to ‘Get the F**k Out’ over South China Sea dispute
The Philippine foreign minister on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced Twitter message that China’s vessels get out of disputed waters, the…
Continue Reading Coast Guard suspends search for missing Air Force member off Texas coast
The search for a missing Air Force member who was last seen swimming near Freeport, Texas, on Sunday has been suspended by the US Coast Guard. Elijah…
Continue Reading Man who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual assault has 10 days to identify himself so civil case can proceed, judge rules
A man who says Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted him in the 1980s when he was 14 must identify himself within 10 days so that a civil case against the…
Continue Reading Missouri woman discovers WWII military device in her backyard
A Missouri woman found more than weeds poking out of the soil in her yard this weekend. Pamela Coffey told CNN that she was just about to take lunch…
Continue Reading A good Samaritan jumped into water and saved a toddler who fell out of a car, authorities say
The 23-month-old girl who fell out of a car and into a bay Sunday after a multi-vehicle crash on a bridge in Ocean City, Maryland, is expected to…
Continue Reading German police arrest couple suspected of trading newborn babies
Two people have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading newborn babies, police said Monday. Officers arrested the two Bulgarian nationals in…
Continue Reading A good Samaritan jumped into water and saved an infant who fell out of a car, authorities say
At least eight people were taken to hospitals Sunday after a crash that left a car dangling off the guardrail of a bridge in Ocean City, Maryland,…
Continue Reading Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage
Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts. “After a…
Continue Reading Mysterious, new tarantula-like spider identified in the Florida Everglades
An elusive spider related to the tarantula just joined the ranks of recognized spiders. The Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider lives in the Florida…
Continue Reading FDA to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12-to-15-year-olds by early next week, official says
The US Food and Drug Administration is poised to authorize Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in children and teens ages 12 to 15 by early…
Continue Reading Meet Tani Adewumi: The 10-year-old Nigerian refugee who became a national chess master
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — From freeing persecution to starting a new life…
Continue Reading Man says he was awake, unable to speak or move during surgery
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Continue Reading More than 300 gunshots ring out at shopping center; 2 injured
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Here is some background information about the deaths of 13 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. Facts Twelve…
Continue Reading 2 groups put on ‘Say Their Names’ art exhibit
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — First Congregational United Church of Christ is…
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