Florida man sleeping in dog cages for 10 days to raise awareness of shelter animals needing homes
Click here for updates on this story PASCO COUNTY, FL (WFTS) — A Tampa Bay area man will spend the next 10 days…
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Florida man has hand partially severed after lighting firework in car, deputies say
Click here for updates on this story DELTONA, FL (WESH) — A man is recovering after a firework exploded in a vehicle…
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EPA science board criticizes Trump administration’s environmental proposals
Members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s own Scientific Advisory Board are raising concerns about several of the Trump…
Continue Reading Man says Baby Yoda mural in Ada is way to promote arts for young Oklahomans
Click here for updates on this story ADA, OK (KOCO) — Fans are flocking to the town of Ada to see a mural of one of the…
Continue Reading Girl battling brain tumor who gave Patrick Mahomes bracelet he wears every game has passed
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KMBC) — Whitney Wells, the 10-year-old girl from St. Joseph who…
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A 12-year-old boy saved his great-grandparents when his half brother allegedly stabbed them
A 12-year-old Texas boy saved the lives of his great-grandparents by wresting a knife away during a stabbing attack while driving Sunday. The…
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Teen climber falls 500 feet on Oregon’s Mount Hood and survives
A 16-year-old mountain climber is somehow recovering with just a broken leg after falling 500 feet on Oregon’s Mount Hood. Gurbaz Singh…
Continue Reading Danielle Outlaw was the first African American woman to be Portland’s police chief. Now, she’s Philadelphia’s first black female commissioner
The police chief of Portland, Oregon, Danielle Outlaw, has been announced as Philadelphia’s next commissioner of the police department, the…
Continue Reading Republican Susan Collins says she is ‘open to witnesses’ in Senate impeachment trial
Republican Sen. Susan Collins said Monday that she is “open to witnesses” in an upcoming Senate impeachment trial, but said it is…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Trump winery fires 7 undocumented employees
The Trump Organization on Monday fired “at least seven” undocumented workers at its winery in Virginia, The Washington Post reported, a…
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Two puffins scratched their itches with sticks — the first evidence that seabirds can use tools
Perhaps puffins aren’t as bird-brained as previously believed. A team of animal experts observed two Atlantic puffins, more than 1,000 miles…
Continue Reading A Texas sheriff’s deputy has been shot and killed during a traffic stop
A sheriff’s deputy in East Texas is dead after being shot by someone he was trying to pull over early Tuesday, and a suspect was arrested later…
Continue Reading As families prepare to bury those slain in a Texas church shooting, the minister asks for continued prayers
As two families prepare to bury their loved ones killed in a Texas church shooting, the minister of that church is asking for continued prayers as…
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Stocks ended the decade with a bang
US stocks finished off the year — and the decade — on a high note. 2019 was the second best year of the decade for stocks, thanks to…
Continue Reading Family getting VIP treatment at Citrus Bowl after kidney transplant
Click here for updates on this story BATTLE CREEK, MI (WXMI) — A Battle Creek girl has been dealing with a rare kidney…
Continue Reading A survivor of the NY Hanukkah stabbings needed 3 staples in his head to close his wounds
One of the survivors of the New York Hanukkah celebration stabbings was hit in the side of the head by the suspect’s machete and doctors had to…
Continue Reading North Carolina town ends New Year’s Eve Possum Drop tradition
Every year, thousands flock to cities around the world for grand New Year’s Eve celebrations. But a North Carolina community’s…
Continue Reading Family uses fence to provide for homeless, struggling families
Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, UT (KSTU) — An Ogden family is using their fence to create change in their…
Continue Reading US population growth slowed this decade due to lower immigration rates and fewer births
US population growth slowed this decade, partially due to fewer births, more deaths and a decline in international migration to the US. Newly…
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Microsoft takes away 50 websites from a North Korean hacking group
Microsoft has been granted a court order to take over 50 websites it alleges were used by a North Korean hacking group to steal “highly…
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Denuncias de “injerencia” y expulsiones de personal diplomático: lo que sabemos de la tensión entre Bolivia, México y España
(CNN España) — No ha sido un fin de año tranquilo en la diplomacia de Bolivia. Mes y medio después de la renuncia del presidente Evo Morales a…
Continue Reading All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s
Before we fully free ourselves from the last decade, let us not forget all of the fleeting obsessions, challenges, crazes and movements that, for…
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A month-by-month look at Donald Trump’s top lies of 2019
A defining feature of the Donald Trump presidency is the bombardment of lies — Trump’s unceasing campaign to convince people of things…
Continue Reading Carlos Ghosn’s signature auto alliance has struggled since his arrest
The alliance between three automakers created by Carlos Ghosn, the former auto industry bigwig who just fled Japan in advance of a scheduled trial,…
Continue Reading Projection shows Florida and North Carolina among states that could gain congressional seats after Census
Newly released government population estimates suggest the presidential battlegrounds of Florida and North Carolina could make gains in the Electoral…
Continue Reading NASA satellite shares a new image of Marree Man, an Australian carving that has puzzled scientists for decades
NASA confirms one of the greatest modern art mysteries is still going strong in Australia. A pilot discovered the mysterious 2.6-mile-long geoglyph…
Continue Reading How did Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan without any of his three passports?
Carlos Ghosn was once feted in Japan as a titan of the auto industry, the charismatic boss of emblematic automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. If…
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Michelle Williams and ‘Hamilton’ director Thomas Kail are engaged and expecting
Michelle Williams is engaged to “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail, and the two are expecting a baby, a source close to the actress confirms…
Continue Reading Remembering the decade in political memes
The 2010’s brought us a lot: From “YOLO” to Baby Yoda, Unicorn Frappuccinos to Bitcoin, and, thanks in part to social media’s…
Continue Reading What 2020 could bring for the stock market
2019 was a heck of a year for US stocks, but can the market keep soaring in 2020? Stocks face several obstacles to growth in the new year: The…
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