The Tony Awards will return digitally this fall
After months of uncertainty, the Tony Awards will go on, show organizers say. The Tonys, originally scheduled for June, will take place this fall…
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Syracuse University suspends 23 students after ‘incredibly reckless’ gathering
An “incredibly reckless” gathering has brought the suspensions of 23 Syracuse University students, school officials say in a letter. The…
Continue Reading An 18-year-old woman drowned near a Minnesota dam after carrying several children to safety, police say
Minnesota police say 18-year-old Raina Lynn Neeland drowned after carrying several children to safety who were near a dam. Police responded to a call…
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A silver lining to the pandemic: At-home care helps patients detect life-threatening illnesses
The coronavirus pandemic might have a silver lining. With fewer in-person medical appointments and more virtual ones, patients are monitoring their…
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Churchgoers, pastors finding new ways to worship amid pandemic
Click here for updates on this story HIGH POINT, NC (WGHP ) — For a lot of local churchgoers, the physical connection…
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Erik Moses is first Black track president in NASCAR history
Erik Moses, a former XFL team president, is the first Black person to be named president at a NASCAR track. Moses was named president of Nashville…
Continue Reading Donations pour in after massive Buckhead, Atlanta, apartment complex fire displaces hundreds
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL ) — A massive fire destroyed an apartment complex in Buckhead…
Continue Reading Neighbors uneasy after years of cats mysteriously turning up dead
Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, MI (WNEM ) — The Carmen Park neighborhood in Saginaw is home to people…
Continue Reading Neighbors in soon-to-be condemned trailer park begin moving out
Click here for updates on this story KEITHVILLE, LA (KTBS ) — It was moving day for Ann Fisher Wednesday. The previous…
Continue Reading Husband, wife escape burning home in Murfreesboro, TN
Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV ) — A husband and wife were able to get out of their home…
Continue Reading Groups team up to offer COVID-19 tests for homeless in Asheville, NC
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — Appalachian Mountain Community Health Center is teaming up…
Continue Reading Rescue crews recover body of off-duty firefighter who went missing in the Detroit River
The body of off-duty firefighter Sgt. Sivad Johnson has been recovered by Detroit police and fire divers, according to a tweet from the Michigan…
Continue Reading Halle Berry and Michael B. Jordan offer support to Megan Thee Stallion after she reveals details of shooting
Celebrities across Hollywood are coming to Megan Thee Stallion’s defense after she shed more light this week on her July shooting. During an…
Continue Reading Small town Iowa makes a big comeback from 2019 historic flooding
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — “This Rose of Sharon has survived two floods and it blooms…
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Where Dona Ana County needs to be to open up nursing homes in pandemic
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico– With businesses slowly being opened across the country, one community will be under a microcope until their numbers reach a…
Continue Reading Fans crowd into an indoor concert in experiment on how to return to normality
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered clubs, bars and concert halls around the world, music fans have been dreaming of the day they can once…
Continue Reading IL ball diamond vandalized for a second time this year
Click here for updates on this story REYNOLDS, IL (WQAD) — The Reynolds Ball Diamond concession stand is a complete…
Continue Reading Rescue crews pull unconscious teen from Sandy River in OR, girl flown to hospital
Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, OR (KPTV ) — Gresham Firefighters are hailing the actions of two camp…
Continue Reading South Carolina official faces criticism for dressing in traditional Arab clothing to play a terrorist in a training exercise
A civil rights group is calling for an investigation into a South Carolina councilman who posted a photo of himself dressed in traditional Arab and…
Continue Reading Amsterdam has been collapsing for years. Now it’s paying the price
Cracks and sinkholes are appearing alongside the waterways of Amsterdam. Bicycles are tumbling into the swirling water as the canalsides vanish…
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White Sands proposing fee increases for guided hikes, group sites, backcountry camping
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – White Sands National Park is proposing fee increases for some of its enhanced visitor services. These include the full…
Continue Reading The simple reason why colleges are reopening
It took just one week into the fall semester for multiple Covid-19 clusters to emerge at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill —…
Continue Reading ‘United Shades of America’: Five reflections on life during Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has upended American life, from the way we work and learn to the way we travel, shop and socialize — even to the way…
Continue Reading Oh, great: NASA says an asteroid is headed our way right before Election Day
Well, 2020 keeps getting better all the time. Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divisive US election season, we now have an asteroid zooming toward…
Continue Reading How a brand of chalk achieved cult status among mathematicians
Some call it the Rolls Royce of chalk, the Steinway of writing utensils. Some say it’s unbreakable, others say it leaves no dust behind. And it…
Continue ReadingABC-7 First Alert: Another round of possible record breaking heat
El Paso, Texas- We will see another day with near record high temperatures on Saturday. El Paso: High 102 (record to beat is 101 set in 1994) Las…
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Families send message of love with ‘Care-A-Van’ to Las Cruces seniors
Correction: U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small was not one of the organizers of this event as originally reported. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico– The most…
Continue Reading Federal judge effectively blocks a 175-guest wedding from happening as the case winds through the legal process
A New York couple that has been battling the state government in court for the right to hold a wedding with 175 guests — more people than…
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CNN en Español’s Dr. Elmer Huerta volunteered for a coronavirus vaccine trial. Here’s why
Not enough Blacks and Latinos are participating in US vaccine trials to fight Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. CNN en Español…
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El Paso approaches 400 virus deaths as daily fatalities reported for over a month
EL PASO, Texas — Saturday morning’s news release from the El Paso Department of Public Health started the same way these announcements have every…
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