City councilor Kim Janey ‘thrilled’ to become Boston’s first Black, first female mayor
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Boston City Council President Kim Janey is on the doorstep of a…
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Shooting at bar takes life of innocent bystander
Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Hinds County deputies are investigating a deadly…
Continue Reading ‘It was always a special day for us’: Three generations of girls born on St. Patrick’s Day
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A Nebraska family has more reason than most to celebrate…
Continue Reading Cops say speeder has best-ever excuse for driving 149 mph
Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO) — Overland Park police pulled over a driver on…
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Man wants state to pay him for driving 282 miles for COVID-19 shot
As more mass vaccination events are planned and underway in the St. Louis area, some residents said they’re still traveling hours to get an…
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ISDA confirms aquatic weeds in Blue Heart Spring
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) has confirmed the presence of Eurasian watermilfoil, an aquatic noxious weed, in Blue Heart Spring…
Continue Reading Xiaojie Tan owned 2 spas and planned to retire soon. Then she became one of the Atlanta gunman’s first victims
Jami Webb was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday last week. But Xiaojie Tan, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
Continue Reading ‘Practically this has been a genocide’
Hamdayet, Sudan — More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray…
Continue Reading Massacre in the mountains
Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn’t stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in white church robes drenched in…
Continue Reading 19-yo carjacker gets 7 yrs in jail
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — An armed carjacker has been sentenced in federal court to…
Continue Reading Massive fire destroys homes of thousands in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps
A fire has swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, destroying shelters and endangering the lives of tens of…
Continue Reading Man gets life for killing girlfriend with lawnmower blade
Click here for updates on this story POCOLA, Oklahoma (KFSM) — A man accused of killing his girlfriend with a lawnmower…
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Idahoans encouraged to report hate-based crimes
The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office are asking Idahoans to report hate-based crimes to law…
Continue Reading Search and rescue teams locate woman, dogs lost on trail
Click here for updates on this story CENTERVILLE, Utah (KSL) — A woman is safe Sunday after she was trapped overnight…
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More COVID-19 restrictions eased in Washington state
Washington state is advancing to Phase 3 of its COVID-19 reopening plan.…
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Wyoming lawmakers seek solutions to K-12 funding shortfalls
Wyoming lawmakers are working on competing proposals to address a projected $300 million shortfall in K-12 education funding over the next two years…
Continue Reading Man arrested in connection with death of 1-year-old
Click here for updates on this story LEHIGH ACRES, Florida (WBBH) — A baby was killed in a Lehigh Acres neighborhood in…
Continue Reading Family of Asian woman shot to death calls for hate-crime investigation
Click here for updates on this story COMPTON, California (KABC) — A family is looking for answers after a 27-year-old…
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Wyoming Guard members back home after protecting US Capitol
All Wyoming National Guard members serving in Washington to protect the U.S. Capitol have returned…
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Utah SWAT member driving to standoff hits, kills BYU student
A Utah County sheriff’s SWAT team member driving to a standoff hit and killed a BYU student, authorities…
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Pedestrian dies after hit-and-run crash in southwestern Utah
Authorities are looking for a driver who was involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in southwestern…
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D91 superintendent finalists to stand for questions
The Idaho Falls School Board will host a “Meet and Greet” for its two finalists for superintendent of District 91.…
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Inmate back in custody after jail escape in northern Utah
An inmate is back in custody after escaping a county jail in northern Utah by scaling two…
Continue Reading Cleanup underway to make room for new park
Click here for updates on this story SUNBURY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Thanks to some young volunteers, a once-forgotten…
Continue Reading Air travel reaches a pandemic-era record despite concerns over a coronavirus variant
More than a million passengers have traveled through US airports daily for at least 11 days in a row, according to data from the Transportation…
Continue Reading Largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will be moving unusually fast
The largest asteroid that has been predicted to make a close approach of Earth this year will zip by from a safe distance on Sunday, according to…
Continue Reading COVID-19 claims first game of NCAA men’s basketball tournament
The scheduled first-round game between Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Oregon in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia announces new ceasefire offer to end Yemen war
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat announced on Monday a proposal to end the six-year conflict in Yemen, including an offer of a ceasefire and…
Continue Reading ‘Her body was a prison’: How a new gene therapy changed the lives of two Canadian girls
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new gene therapy for an extremely rare disorder…
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Idaho county sued for sheriff’s captain’s alleged misconduct
A county in Idaho is facing three separate lawsuits that accuse a sheriff’s captain of misconduct, including threatening to assault a now-former…
Continue Reading Memorial garden to honor fallen firefighters
Click here for updates on this story YORK, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A memorial garden is planned for Ivan Flanscha and…
Continue Reading Protesters hold “mask burning rally” outside health department
Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — Setting masks on fire to take a stand. A group of about 50…
Continue Reading Republic of Congo opposition candidate dies from Covid-19 complications a day after election
A leading opposition candidate in the Republic of Congo’s presidential election held on Sunday has died from Covid-related complications, party…
Continue Reading Neighbors join 97-year-old blind grandpa who greets passing cars outside home
Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — A 97-year-old Phoenix grandpa is getting some company as he…
Continue Reading Lineman worker killed when basket he was in falls 106ft to the ground
Click here for updates on this story CHAMBERS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — One lineman is dead and another is in critical…
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March Madness 2021 has more fans watching from home
After a year off due to the coronavirus pandemic, March Madness is back.…
Continue Reading Sweet celebration for woman’s 102nd birthday
Click here for updates on this story SEMMES, Alabama (WALA) — Born in 1919, Theresa “Madear” Frost is the eldest…
Continue Reading Miami Beach officers shoot pepper balls into spring break crowds to enforce emergency curfew
Miami Beach Police fired pepper balls into crowds of partiers and arrested at least a dozen people late Saturday as the city took extraordinary…
Continue Reading Firearm disguised as Nerf gun seized during search warrant
Click here for updates on this story CATAWBA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — North Carolina authorities confiscated…
Continue Reading Man wants state to pay his travel expenses after driving 282 miles for vaccine shot
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — As more mass vaccination events are planned and underway in the…
Continue Reading Baseball team finds a way back into the diamond
Click here for updates on this story CLARK COUNTY, Washington (KPTV) — There’s no joy in Mudville and no…
Continue Reading Father, son save family in overturned car
Click here for updates on this story OSCODA COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A father and son hailed as local heroes after…
Continue Reading Hundreds gathered across the US to support Asian communities after Atlanta-area spa killings
Nearly a week after eight people were killed at spas in the Atlanta area, hundreds gathered to remember the victims and call for an end to hate…
Continue Reading ‘He cut my underwear. Then he did what he did’
Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — Sergei stood on a small sheet of ice in the Dnieper River and breathed in the icy air hard. He had escaped, but that…
Continue Reading Atlanta spa attacks shine a light on anti-Asian hate crimes around the world
The outpouring of grief and anger over the news that six Asian women were among those killed in the shootings at three Atlanta area massage parlors…
Continue Reading Some experts are split on whether US could see another Covid-19 surge
More than a million passengers have traveled through US airports daily for at least 10 days in a row, according to data from the Transportation…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 22: Covid, immigration, spa killings, Afghanistan, China
More than two months after the January 6 insurrection, the temporary protective fencing around the US Capitol finally came down. Here’s what…
Continue Reading New York City high schools are reopening for in-person learning on Monday
New York City is set to reopen its public high schools on Monday, welcoming some students back to in-person learning about a year after schools first…
Continue Reading Philippines demands Chinese fishing flotilla leave disputed South China Sea reef
The Philippines has demanded that China recall more than 200 Chinese boats it said had been spotted at a disputed reef claimed by both Manila and…
Continue Reading Increased traveling and spring break crowds are making US health experts nervous. Here’s why
More than a million passengers have traveled through US airports daily for at least 10 days in a row, according to data from the Transportation…
Continue Reading Diplomats denied access as Canadian Michael Kovrig goes on trial in China
Diplomats from more than two dozen countries were denied access to a Chinese court Monday as detained Canadian Michael Kovrig went on trial in…
Continue Reading Netanyahu credits himself with bringing Israel ‘back to life.’ Now he hopes his Covid-19 campaign will save his political future
A mask may have been covering his face, but Benjamin Netanyahu’s pleasure was undeniable as Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz complimented the…
Continue Reading Arrest warrants for two Iraqi government critics spark outrage
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council has issued arrest warrants for two prominent Iraqi political analysts, prompting backlash from activists and…
Continue Reading High school football player in California collapses during game and dies
A high school football player in Sacramento, California, has died after collapsing during a game. Emmanuel Antwi, a senior at John F. Kennedy High…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested after 8 people stabbed in fight that began at Detroit hookah lounge
A 34-year-old man was arrested after eight people were stabbed during a fight that started inside a Detroit hookah lounge and continued into the…
Continue Reading Church removes Atlanta shooting suspect from its membership
A suburban Georgia church removed suspected Atlanta spa shooter Robert Aaron Long from its membership ranks on Sunday morning, according to a…
Continue Reading A company will pay you $2,400 to stay away from screens for 24 hours
Doom-scrolling getting you down? Put the phone away for an hour. Or, better yet, make it 24 hours — you might just get $2,400 out of it.…
Continue Reading ‘This was a massacre.’ Family of Atlanta shooting victim calls for justice
Jami Webb was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday last week. But Xiaojie Tan, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
Continue Reading ‘This was a massacre.’ Family of Atlanta shooting victim call for justice
Jami Webb was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday last week. But Xiaojie Tan, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
Continue Reading A man is charged with attempted murder after police officers were shot at in Chicago
Chicago police have charged a man with five counts of attempted murder after five officers were shot at, the city’s police department said…
Continue Reading ‘This was a massacre.’ Family of Atlanta shooting victim calling for justice
Jami Webb was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday last week. But Xiaojie Tan, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
Continue Reading A 12-year-old and his family were waiting in line at McDonald’s when a man stabbed the boy in the neck, police say
A 12-year-old was waiting in line with his family at a Pittsburgh McDonald’s when a man stabbed the boy in the neck with a box cutter, police…
Continue Reading Bella Thorne and longtime boyfriend Ben Mascolo are engaged
Bella Thorne and her boyfriend, Italian singer Benjamin Mascolo, are engaged. Thorne, a former Disney star, and Mascolo, who have been dating for two…
Continue Reading Scott Kolbrenner won $145,000 on ‘Wheel of Fortune.’ Now he’s giving it all to charity
Scott Kolbrenner could buy more than a few vowels with the $145,000 he won on “Wheel of Fortune” last week. But he doesn’t plan on…
Continue Reading Family that used ladder to access second story apartment expected to return home soon
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Continue Reading Nanakuli mom assaulted by tourist in viral video shares message of kapu aloha
Click here for updates on this story NANAKULI, Hawaii (KITV) — A video of a tourist assaulting a local woman at a…
Continue Reading No. 8 Loyola Chicago stuns No. 1 seed Illinois to advance to the Sweet 16
Illinois has become the first No. 1 seed to lose in the NCAA tournament after being upset by No. 8 seed Loyola Chicago. The RambIers defeated the…
Continue Reading Saluda restaurant hosts fundraiser to benefit 10-year-old girl whose cancer has returned
Click here for updates on this story SALUDA, North Carolina (WLOS) — One mountain business is holding a special event…
Continue Reading A man is killed after falling off a cliff while snowmobiling in northern California
One person is dead after falling from a cliff while snowmobiling in Nevada County, California. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said in a…
Continue Reading ‘Project Vernon Rebuild’ aims to get flood victim back in his home
Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — As we approach one-year since the dam failures in…
Continue Reading 13-year-old girl charged with stabbing 12-year-old boy in the head
Click here for updates on this story LAGRANGE, Georgia (WGCL) — A 12-year-old boy is recovering after a 13-year-old…
Continue Reading State kicks off hiking challenge to promote local parks and forests
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection is…
Continue Reading Gervais SD to provide wearable COVID-19 tracing devices for students, staff
Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — New COVID-19 tracing technology is being…
Continue Reading Nawal El Saadawi, famous Egyptian feminist author, dies aged 89
Nawal El Saadawi, a famous Egyptian feminist author, physician and psychiatrist, has died aged 89, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Sunday.…
Continue Reading Chiefs: 8,000 vaccinated at two-day event Arrowhead Stadium
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Over 8,000 individuals were vaccinated Friday and…
Continue Reading ‘It’s something I’m proud of’: Mobile County USPS employee picks up fallen American flag while out on delivery
Click here for updates on this story IRVINGTON, Alabama (WALA) — It is a postal carrier’s job to deliver mail, but…
Continue Reading High vitamin D levels may protect against COVID-19, especially for Black people: study
Click here for updates on this story Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV Network) — As people begin to soak up more of the…
Continue Reading Chef’s free cookbook contains recipes for loss of taste, smell from COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Countless numbers of those with COVID-19 have had…
Continue Reading WisDOT: 60-year-old man arrested for his 6th OWI after striking two cars
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 60-year-old man from Sun Prairie was…
Continue Reading Parents charged after infant’s death in Monroe County
Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A set of parents and a third person were…
Continue Reading Nawal El Saadawi, famous Egyptian feminist author, dies age 89
Nawal El Saadawi, a famous Egyptian feminist author, physician and psychiatrist, has died aged 89, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Sunday.…
Continue Reading U.S. administration treating Spavor, Kovrig cases as if they were Americans: Hillman
Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. says she’s…
Continue Reading 8 people stabbed in fight that began at Detroit hookah lounge
Eight people were stabbed during a fight that started inside a Detroit hookah lounge and continued into the parking lot early Sunday morning, police…
Continue Reading She lost her husband to cancer. Now, her obituary for her ‘dead sexy’ spouse has gone viral
Crystal Sauser didn’t know who wrote obituaries. Was it the funeral home? The deceased’s loved ones? At 39, she didn’t think…
Continue Reading Who’s teaching us to hate
Where does the hate come from? That was the question on many people’s minds after the killing of women at three spas in Georgia on Tuesday drew…
Continue Reading Miami Beach declares a state of emergency and curfew as spring break crowds spark safety concerns
Miami Beach Police fired pepper balls into crowds of partiers and arrested at least a dozen people as the city took extraordinary measures to crack…
Continue Reading ‘This was a massacre.’ Family of Atlanta shooting victim are calling for justice
Jami Webb says she was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday this week. But Xiaojie Tan, who owned Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
Continue Reading Miami Beach declares state of emergency and curfew as spring break crowds spark safety concerns
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber declared a state of emergency and set a curfew Saturday, saying the crowds that have descended on the city recently are…
Continue Reading Jane Goodall Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of world-renowned primatologist, activist and conservationist Jane Goodall. Personal Birth date: April 3, 1934 Birth…
Continue Reading Tom DeLay Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of former Texas Congressman Tom DeLay. Personal Birth date: April 8, 1947 Birth place: Laredo, Texas Birth name:…
Continue Reading Income Tax Deadline Fast Facts
Here’s some background information about the annual income tax filing deadline in the United States. May 17, 2021, is the deadline to file 2020…
Continue Reading Equinox Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the equinox. The equinox occurs twice a year when the sun is directly above the Earth’s equator and day and night are of…
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Here is a look at the solstice. The next summer solstice will take place on June 20, 2021. The next winter solstice will take place on December 21,…
Continue Reading Turkey withdraws from Istanbul convention to combat violence against women
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has withdrawn his country from an international treaty to protect women through a presidential decree issued…
Continue Reading This group is giving personal alarms to Asian Americans to protect them from violence
A New York City anti-hate group is distributing personal safety alarms to Asian Americans and immigrants to protect them from a recent surge of…
Continue Reading She publishes booklets in seven languages to help Asian Americans and others face hate crimes
A Korean American woman living in Los Angeles has created a hate crime booklet for Asian American seniors to prepare them in case they are racially…
Continue Reading Spring breakers flock to South Florida while some residents worry about another Covid-19 surge
Veronica Pena says she’s spent the past year carefully navigating the Covid-19 pandemic in the mostly restriction-free state of Florida. The…
Continue Reading Man arrested after taking his toddler into an elephant enclosure at San Diego Zoo
A visitor at the San Diego Zoo was arrested on Friday shortly after taking his two-year-old daughter into an elephant enclosure, according to a press…
Continue Reading A mother was killed in the Atlanta spa shootings. A GoFundMe page for her sons has now raised millions
Hyun Jung Grant was one of the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings Tuesday, leaving behind her two children. “She was a single mother who…
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Pebble Creek hosts 16th annual Monster Dummy Jump
INKOM, Idaho (KIFI) – One local ski resort brought back a unique tradition on Saturday. Pebble Creek Ski Area held their 16th annual Monster…
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