Dolphins spotted swimming in East River near Brooklyn
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Disney testing facial recognition tech for park entry
Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO (WFOR) — Disney is testing facial recognition technology. A company blog…
Continue Reading World War II hero Jacob Cruz’s remains returned home
Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — The remains of a World War II hero are finally home,…
Continue Reading Officer Eric Talley among 10 victims of supermarket shooting was an ‘American Hero’
Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley was among the 10…
Continue Reading A man drove through a crosswalk during a ‘Stop Asian Hate’ rally and authorities say they’re investigating the incident as a hate crime
Authorities in Los Angeles County say they are investigating an incident at a “Stop Asian Hate” rally over the weekend as a potential…
Continue Reading Animal abuse suspect caught on camera
Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — Plano police are asking for the public’s help identifying…
Continue Reading Patriots release controversial kicker Justin Rohrwasser, who was drafted by team with a ‘Three Percenters’ tattoo
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It appears as though Justin Rohrwasser’s Patriots career is over…
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Here’s a look at the life of Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France. Personal Birth date: January 28, 1955 Birth place: Paris, France…
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White headmaster at New York Catholic school resigns after telling a Black student to kneel and apologize ‘the African way’
The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has resigned following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last month,…
Continue Reading Boulder killings bring back dark memories for survivor of National Supermarkets massacre
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Harold Meyer has made this trip before. He has been making it…
Continue Reading Man accused of spreading roofing nails across the entrance, exit of police department
Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Connecticut (WFSB) — Plymouth police have arrested a man who is accused…
Continue Reading Family driving to dinner has rock thrown at windshield
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Nashville man and his family were heading to…
Continue Reading Baby born on highway outside of Chicago
Click here for updates on this story DARIEN, Illinois (WQAD) — A baby boy was born during rush hour on an interstate…
Continue Reading Second eaglet hatches in Hays bald eagle nest just hours after its sibling hatched
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Continue Reading Family remembers toddler who was hit by van, killed
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Police are still investigating the death of a toddler who was…
Continue Reading 33-year-old spends three months in hospital, loses leg due to COVID-19
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Continue Reading Incident at Asian restaurant sparks community support
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — An incident at a Shorewood restaurant Monday night led to a…
Continue Reading German Catholic clergy rebel against Vatican over same-sex unions
German Catholic theologians and clergy have mobilized against a recent ruling from the Vatican that said the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex…
Continue Reading A young grocery store manager and a heroic officer were among the 10 Boulder shooting victims
Rikki Olds was a vivacious, strong, and independent young woman who worked as a front-end manager at a King Soopers grocery store. “She was so…
Continue Reading Elk population continues to grow slow & steady, 20 years after reintroduction into Smokies
Click here for updates on this story GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, North Carolina (WLOS) — It’s been 20 years…
Continue Reading How Shamus Goss transformed from convict to verified rapper, Shay Bxxgie
Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County native Shamus…
Continue Reading Oakland will give low-income families of color $500 per month, no strings attached
Low-income families of color in Oakland, California, could receive some extra financial assistance over the next year and a half. Oakland Mayor Libby…
Continue Reading US states ignore COVID surge warnings
A top health official warned the US could see a surge in COVID-19 infections if Americans let up on restrictions now. He argued, however, that it was…
Continue Reading Why you may have to wait until next year’s tax season to claim all your stimulus benefits
Millions of struggling Americans are already accessing the assistance from the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion relief package that President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Police suspect foul play after 8-year-old boy killed in possible drowning at hotel
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A mother and her boyfriend are being questioned after an…
Continue Reading Buy-back schemes and stricter gun laws: How other countries responded to mass shootings
Monday’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado is the latest tragedy to plague the United States’ tragic record on gun killings —…
Continue Reading Man survives after being bitten by venomous pet snake
Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Raleigh man took himself straight to the…
Continue Reading Merkel says confusion over Easter restrictions were ‘singularly and alone my mistake’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has walked back on her plan to impose a new hard lockdown during the upcoming Easter holiday, apologizing for causing…
Continue Reading Crane for Netflix shoot falls onto home amid strong winds
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Continue Reading Photographer revisits families he captured a year after lockdown
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Continue Reading 4 Whataburgers set to open are just the beginning, chain says
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Continue Reading How an alleged Russian spy ring stole NATO and EU secrets from Bulgaria
Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria’s capital. A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian…
Continue Reading Man jumps in river, saves dog near Sellwood Riverfront Park
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A dog rescue this weekend in Portland resulted in a man…
Continue Reading Semiconductor shortage causing issues with layoffs and dealership inventory
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Continue Reading Police: Man arrested following chase in stolen U-Haul van that reached speeds over 100 mph
Click here for updates on this story WEST SILOAM SPRINGS, Oklahoma (KFSM) — A 39-year-old suspect is behind bars in…
Continue Reading Man sentenced after officers seized 62 debit/credit cards
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (WOWT) — A man from Alliance, Nebraska was sentenced on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Two big factors are making things worse at the border. But they’re not getting much attention
The devastating storms struck more than 1,000 miles away from the US-Mexico border, wiping out homes, crops and jobs. Now, months later, some…
Continue Reading Myanmar protesters join ‘silent strike’ after soldiers kill 7-year-old girl in her father’s arms
Myanmar’s security forces shot dead a 7-year-old girl in the city of Mandalay on Tuesday, the youngest victim yet in the military’s…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to discuss case that could expand Second Amendment rights
When Supreme Court justices meet behind closed doors Friday, a conference that comes three days after the country’s latest mass shooting, they…
Continue Reading How climate change and Covid are making things worse at the border
The devastating storms struck more than 1,000 miles away from the US-Mexico border, wiping out homes, crops and jobs. Now, months later, some…
Continue Reading Hong Kong and Macao suspend BioNTech coronavirus vaccine rollout due to packaging defect
Authorities in Hong Kong and Macao have suspended the rollout of BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine citing a packaging defect found in their first…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 24: Colorado, Covid-19, White House, Myanmar, North Korea
Summer is right around the corner, and it’s time for parents to decide: Are summer camps and other warm-weather activities safe enough yet?…
Continue Reading NYPD investigating attacks on Asian Americans as potential hate or bias crimes
At least three incidents Sunday involving physical assaults against Asian Americans are being investigated as possible hate or bias crimes, NYPD…
Continue Reading A Virginia school district is returning a woman’s wallet almost 70 years after she lost it in her high school gym
A Virginia school district was able to track down a former student to let her know that they had found her lost wallet, almost 70 years after it went…
Continue Reading ‘We’re here for you.’ Survivors of two Colorado mass shootings offer words of support to a man who survived the Boulder attack
Brian Kruesi says he was walking out of King Soopers after shopping in the Boulder, Colorado, store when he spotted the gunman firing outside. He ran…
Continue Reading Suspect in Colorado grocery store shooting faces 10 counts of murder, police say
The 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at a Colorado supermarket — which left 10 dead including a store manager and a police…
Continue Reading Evanston, Illinois, approves the country’s first reparations program for Black residents
Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents…
Continue Reading A lawsuit calls Deshaun Watson a ‘serial predator.’ 16 lawsuits against him now allege sexual assault
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is now facing 16 lawsuits alleging sexual assault. Two new lawsuits were filed against Watson in Harris…
Continue Reading White headmaster at New York Catholic school placed on leave after telling a Black student to kneel and apologize ‘the African way’
The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has been placed on leave following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last…
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Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked the voters of Israel for making his Likud the largest party after the country’s fourth election in two years but…
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched a racial justice commission that will be tasked with dismantling structural racism and addressing the…
Continue Reading A new lawsuit calls Deshaun Watson a ‘serial predator.’ 14 lawsuits against him now allege sexual assault
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was called a “serial predator” in the latest of 14 lawsuits against him alleging sexual…
Continue Reading ‘It was crushing’: Denver Post editor talks about difficult process of covering another Colorado mass shooting
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Lee Ann Colacioppo,…
Continue Reading A state lawmaker said Asian Americans have never faced discrimination. He later apologized
Connecticut officials are expressing their outrage after a state representative downplayed racism against Asian Americans during a General Assembly…
Continue Reading ‘Gun, gun, gun! Run, run, run!’ Grocery store witnesses describe the deadly rampage in Colorado
A trip to the grocery store turned into a fight for survival at a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado. The shooter entered the store Monday afternoon…
Continue Reading 10 dogs found dead in trash bags in a North Carolina ditch
Authorities in North Carolina said they are conducting an investigation after they discovered ten dead dogs in trash bags that were thrown into a…
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A residential assisted living center in New York caught fire and partially collapsed early Tuesday, leaving one resident dead and a firefighter…
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Analysis: Mass shootings signal a dubious ‘back to normal’ in America
Americans have been saying for a year they want to get back to normal. Tragically, they’re getting their wish. With the gradual return to…
Continue Reading A doctor moves back home after living out of a camper for a year to keep her family safe from COVID-19
After a year of living in a camper and caring for COVID-19 patients at a hospital, one doctor is finally home. Dr. Tiffany Osborn moved back in with…
Continue Reading What has to happen after the Colorado killings
Once again Americans are grieving over lives lost to another mass shooting. On Monday, 10 people, including a police officer, were killed at a…
Continue Reading ‘Be relentless’: What it will take to free two Canadians detained in China
From her home in Toronto, Vina Nadjibulla fields hundreds of emails, texts, and phone calls, all about the only person she really wants to hear from.…
Continue Reading The Eagle has landed! New bald eagle born in Pittsburgh
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — A new bald eagle was born in the City of Pittsburgh on…
Continue Reading Some parents might have to watch kids play from their cars
Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — When youth sports games kick off next month, many…
Continue Reading 104-year-old gets first vaccine dose one century after living through 1918 flu pandemic
Click here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KETV) — Velma McElderry has now lived through two pandemics.…
Continue Reading Sheriff: Postal worker finds 2 bodies with gunshot wounds
Click here for updates on this story FAIR OAKS, California (KCRA) — Deputies are investigating after a postal worker…
Continue Reading Door-to-door vaccination effort underway in some neighborhoods
Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Teams headed out to the Pine Hills and Lockhart…
Continue Reading Netanyahu’s path to victory far from certain in Israel’s fourth election in two years
Exit polls following Israel’s fourth general election in under two years are pointing to another very close result, with Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Frozen frogs ready to come back to life
Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD) — Humans aren’t the only ones ready to say goodbye to…
Continue Reading The police officer killed in the Boulder supermarket shooting was the father of 7
When the call came in about someone at a grocery store possibly armed with “a patrol rifle,” Officer Eric Talley headed straight toward…
Continue Reading Exit polls suggest Netanyahu doing well but Israeli election too close to call
Exit polls following Israel’s fourth general election in under two years are pointing to another very close result, with Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Miami Beach business owners, residents have had enough of Spring Break crowds
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WFOR) — Everyone who lives or works in Miami Beach is hoping…
Continue Reading 444 guns turned in during LAPD anonymous gun buyback program
Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Over 400 guns were turned in during Los Angeles’…
Continue Reading Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor’s death raises awareness about potential long-term effects of COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — The death of Texas Roadhouse Founder and CEO Kent Taylor is…
Continue Reading Woman deceased for over 5 years receives IDES debit card despite family not returning identity verification
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Last year the State of Illinois mailed him the social security…
Continue Reading Uber driver released after being arraigned on kidnapping charge, woman was ‘screaming and hitting the window to get out’
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — An Uber passenger claims her driver, 47-year-old Kamal Essalak,…
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A fire swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, killing at least eleven people, destroying homes and…
Continue Reading ‘Feeding Their Soul;’ Man bakes banana bread for health care workers & first responders, says he’s delivered 10,000 loaves
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Continue Reading Bridging the Digital Divide: 12-year-old starts movement to get students in need laptops
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic started remote…
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Continue Reading Quick-thinking athletic trainers save official who suffered cardiac arrest during high school football game
Click here for updates on this story FARMINGDALE, New York (WCBS) — Two athletic trainers rushed into action after…
Continue Reading Trash can suddenly explodes at Times Square subway station
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A trash can exploded Monday inside a Times Square subway…
Continue Reading Civil War-era live cannonball round discovered in Maryland
Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON, Maryland (WJZ) — A team of bomb technicians from the Office of the…
Continue Reading Parents, students rally to save girls’ basketball coach’s job
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Dozens of parents and students rallied on Monday to try and…
Continue Reading Putin gets coronavirus vaccine behind closed doors
Russian President Vladimir Putin received a Covid-19 vaccination on Tuesday without fuss or fanfare according to the Kremlin, more than three months…
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Here’s a look at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. March 19, 2021 – The White House Easter Egg Roll is canceled for the second time…
Continue Reading 11 defendants pleaded guilty to running a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — 11 defendants have pleaded guilty to running a brazen multi-year…
Continue Reading Social media videos of puppies being kicked, thrown leads to woman’s arrest
Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A complaint about puppies being thrown, kicked and…
Continue Reading Injuries reported after explosion, 2-alarm fire at seed cleaning facility
Click here for updates on this story SILVERTON, Oregon (KPTV) — Crews have responded to a two-alarm fire at a seed…
Continue Reading Mother recovers son’s ashes lost at Kansas City Zoo
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Blue Springs woman has recovered her son’s…
Continue Reading Families struggling during pandemic start to get back on feet
Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Stimulus checks and the return of Spring break…
Continue Reading Man sentenced to federal prison for fraud targeting ex-wife’s family and friends
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison Monday…
Continue Reading Opioid crisis escalates in Nashville
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — In Nashville there’s been a 32 percent…
Continue Reading Store owner shot by deputy after opening fire during burglary misunderstanding
Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A burglary call ended with a deputy and a store…
Continue Reading 18-year-old who was in critical condition has died after weekend shooting
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — An 18-year-old who was shot near 76th and Bobolink on March 20…
Continue Reading Man accused of killing woman with lawnmower blade pleads guilty, sentenced to life in prison
Click here for updates on this story POCOLA, Oklahoma (KFSM) — A man accused of killing his girlfriend with a lawnmower…
Continue Reading UN Special Rapporteur says top Saudi official issued death threat against her for role in Khashoggi investigation
A top Saudi official issued a death threat against Agnès Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur behind the investigation into the murder of journalist…
Continue Reading Semi-truck roof, sides severed off after driver goes through low-clearance overpass
Click here for updates on this story UNION GROVE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Racine County Sheriff’s Office says no one…
Continue Reading A charismatic grocery store manager. A heroic officer. They were among the victims in Boulder — from ages 20 to 65
Rikki Olds was a vivacious, strong, and independent young woman who worked as a front-end manager at a King Soopers grocery store. “She was so…
Continue Reading Sheriff: 12 homes evacuated as a precaution after fuel tanker truck overturns
Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office evacuated…
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