An Idaho pastor skeptical of masks lands in the ICU for Covid-19
A pastor in Idaho who called himself a “no-masker” during a service and repeatedly questioned the veracity of coronavirus case reporting…
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Texas man who wanted to rape, kill, eat girl receives 40-year prison sentence
BEAUMONT, Texas – A 23-year-old east Texas man dubbed the ’dark web cannibal’ by federal authorities has been sentenced to to 40 years in…
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U of M: 57 student athletes test positive for COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story Ann Arbor, MI (WNEM) — The University of Michigan is reporting 57 student athletes…
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Las Cruces mayor suggests temporary decrease in minimum wage for tipped workers
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagashima is proposing a drop in the tipped minimum wage that the city requires restaurants to pay…
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UTEP, NMSU coaches react to NCAA basketball start date of Nov. 25
EL PASO, Texas — College basketball teams and fans are ecstatic to hear they will have a season. But with the NCAA pushing back the start of the…
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Where’s your health care plan, Mr. President?
Pandemics don’t care about partisan politics. So when Robert Redfield — President Donald Trump’s director of the US Centers for Disease…
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Fact-checking Biden’s CNN town hall
CNN hosted a drive-in town hall with 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Pennsylvania on Thursday night. It was Biden’s…
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Stocks are tumbling at the end of a turbulent week
The US stock market is on track for another day of sharp losses at the end of a turbulent week. The Dow is down 1.1%, or 310 points, in the early…
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Hollywood bubbles back to business
Everyone wants life to return to normal — and Hollywood is no different. As the months of the coronavirus pandemic drag on and uncertainty in…
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‘Disconnect to history’: El Paso museum director reacts to survey showing young Americans know little about the Holocaust
EL PASO, Texas — A disturbingly large number of young Americans don’t know the basic, yet horrific, details of the Holocaust. The Conference on…
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CDC reverses controversial virus guidelines that said people without symptoms may not need a test
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website has updated, yet again, guidelines for testing people who…
Continue Reading Springhill Rodeo still holding strong after nearly 70 years
Click here for updates on this story SPRINGHILL, LA (KTBS) — The oldest continuously-running rodeo is back for another…
Continue Reading Controversial coronavirus testing guidance came from HHS and didn’t go through CDC scientific review, sources say
A controversial update to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus testing guidance last month was not written by CDC…
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University of Cincinnati is looking into an instructor that referred to Covid-19 as the ‘Chinese virus’ in an email to student
A University of Cincinnati dean is investigating an email in which an instructor told a quarantined student who had to miss class that those…
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Venus is a Russian planet — say the Russians
No longer confined to territories here on Earth, Russia has now staked its claim on Venus, saying it is a “Russian planet.” This week,…
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US will ban WeChat and TikTok downloads on Sunday
The Commerce Department plans to restrict access to TikTok and WeChat on Sunday as the Trump administration’s executive orders against the two…
Continue Reading Baby boy safe after vehicle stolen, crashed in south Louisville with him in it
Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, KY (WLKY) — A baby is safe after the car he was in was stolen and…
Continue Reading Condo with walls lined with Budweiser beer cans on sale
Click here for updates on this story LAKE WORTH, FL (WPBF) — If you are a beer lover and looking to purchase a condo…
Continue Reading Florida senators hope to reawaken cruise industry with new billÂ
Click here for updates on this story PORT CANAVERAL, FL (WESH  ) — Florida’s U.S. senators are hoping to reawaken…
Continue Reading Hundreds of homes destroyed in Butte County wildfire
Click here for updates on this story BUTTE VALLEY, CA (KCRA) — Nearly 730 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire…
Continue Reading ‘I was not locked up at all’: Labor dept. mistakenly says man was jailed, must repay unemployment benefitsÂ
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KETV) — An Omaha man said he has to repay $6-worth of unemployment…
Continue Reading Study hints Covid-19 may have been in the US as early as December
Researchers believe they have found evidence that the novel coronavirus may have been circulating in the US as early as late December, about a month…
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Official says Europe will send 30 observers for US presidential vote instead of 500 because of the pandemic
VIENNA (AP) — Europe’s largest security organization said Friday that it has drastically scaled back plans to send as many as 500 observers to…
Continue Reading Hubble spies stormy weather on Jupiter
Each time the Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter looks a little different. This time,…
Continue Reading Man asks to see diamond rings, grabs them, runs off
Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, KS (KCTV) — Overland Park police are looking for a man who asked to…
Continue Reading Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper get ‘Holy’ in a star-studded new video
Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper have released a new track, “Holy,” with a five-minute video starring Ryan Destiny from Fox series…
Continue Reading Emmy preview: ‘Watchmen’ and ‘The Mandalorian’ lead the way into a strange virtual weekend
The Emmys will be handed out this weekend, but 70 categories have already been presented during the lead-up to the main event in what is perhaps the…
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The US economy needs more help. Congress is too divided to provide it
Small businesses are disappearing. Unemployment claims remain unbelievably high. And state and local budgets are imploding. Yet Congress is likely to…
Continue Reading Grant money makes free online tutoring program available to students
Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, AR (KFSM) — The shift to online learning brought on by the…
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Fact check: Boasting and attacking Biden, Trump makes at least 25 false claims at Wisconsin rally
As former Vice President Joe Biden was participating in a CNN town hall in Moosic, Pennsylvania, on Thursday night, and making a handful of false or…
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