Month: February 2020

A pet dog has been placed in quarantine in Hong Kong after it tested a “weak positive” for the novel coronavirus, authorities said. The dog was handed over to the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) after its owner was infected with the coronavirus, the department said in a statement. “We’re working with

A Boston mother and her daughter were speaking Spanish on their way home when authorities say two white women assaulted them because they thought they were making fun of them. “As they beat us, they yelled ‘This is America, speak English!’” the mother, who was only identified as Ms. Vasquez, told reporters earlier this week

A mother in Louisiana wrote a painfully honest obituary for her only child after he was shot and killed, writing that she hoped her words would show young people that “the streets offer nothing but heartache, pain, and ultimately death.” Robert Wells III, 22, was killed in Harahan, a suburb of New Orleans on February

France’s equivalent of the Oscars — the Cesars — was thrown into turmoil Friday after director Roman Polanski won top awards, prompting walkouts from actresses and protests outside the venue. The 86-year-old Franco-Polish director’s film, “An Officer and a Spy,” captured the awards for best director and best adapted screenplay, a deeply controversial choice for

Imagine if you knew what your schedule would look like for the rest of your life, every day for forever. If every year began on a Monday, and all but two national holidays fell on Mondays, too. If instead of Leap Day, you’d get an extra week every few years. Like the sound of it

A St. Louis police officer pleaded guilty to accidentally killing a female colleague at his home last year while they played a form of Russian roulette with a revolver. As part of a plea deal Friday, Nathaniel Hendren, 30, will get seven years in prison for fatally shooting fellow St. Louis officer Katlyn Alix, 24.

For more than four decades, one California police department employed every method available in its search for the killer of a 57-year-old apartment manager. But by the time technology caught up, the suspect in Naomi Sanders’ killing had died. “As you can imagine, over that 46 years, many family members directly affected by the loss

Federal prosecutors charged a Pennsylvania resident with kidnapping after he allegedly lured a woman he led to believe was his girlfriend to the Nevada desert, killed her and moved into her house, authorities say. John Matthew Chapman, 40, is set to appear in federal court in western Pennsylvania on Monday on one count of kidnapping

Girl Scout Cookie Weekend is here, which means the country’s youngest entrepreneurs will come out in droves to peddle their cookies, and you’re obligated to buy some. But there are 12 cookies and just one you. Feel stumped on which box to buy? Get to know the cookies a bit better with their dating —