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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading Jack Sherman, an early guitarist with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, dies at 64
Jack Sherman, a guitarist who played on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ debut album, has died at 64, the band announced on Instagram. “He was…
Continue Reading In the Hamptons, some hosts are paying for party guests to take rapid coronavirus tests at the door
Dr. Asma Rashid goes to a lot of exclusive parties in New York these days — but for a different reason. Hosts pay her to administer rapid…
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Despite effort, enrollment of minorities for coronavirus vaccine trial is lagging
Moderna, the first company to launch large-scale clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine, has enrolled minorities at levels more than three times…
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Must-watch sports videos of the week
MotoGP drivers avoid serious injury after a dramatic crash. An extreme biker performs outrageous stunts on a supersonic plane. A 13-year-old girl…
Continue Reading These men received 505-year prison sentences each. Now their cases are under new scrutiny
On an August afternoon in 1991, a federal judge in California sent an unmistakable message in the “war on drugs” when he sentenced four…
Continue Reading Spat at, segregated, policed: Hong Kong’s dark-skinned minorities say they’ve never felt accepted
Zaran Vachha was born and raised in Hong Kong. Yet the 34-year-old, of Indian, Iranian, Malay and Sri Lankan descent, says the Chinese city has never…
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A Taco Bell employee saved a man’s life after he passed out in the drive-thru
A Taco Bell employee in Tennessee is being hailed a hero for saving a man’s life after he passed out in the drive-thru. Sonja Nixon Frazier,…
Continue Reading Converse is sponsoring giant murals in 13 cities around the world that break down air pollutants
Two murals made of photocatalytic, smog-eating paint have gone up in Bangkok, Thailand, and Warsaw, Poland, as part of a project dubbed Converse City…
Continue Reading Songbirds sing so loudly at dawn because they’re warming up, study finds
Songbirds, they’re just like us. Researchers have found that when song sparrows chirp loudly outside your window in the wee hours of the…
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Biden tells ABC News: ‘I would shut country down’ to halt virus spread if scientists recommended it
WASHINGTON, DC — Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC News on Friday that as president, he would…
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Texas Rangers name 1st female captains and 1st captain with a doctorate
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Rangers are making history with three landmark promotions announced this week. After nearly 200 years, the Texas…
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As hospitalizations continue to dip, Texas tops 11,000 virus deaths – with over 1,000 added this week
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 11,000 coronavirus deaths on Friday and reported more than 4,600 confirmed new cases, while the number of patients…
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Kentucky Derby will run without fans in the stands
Just over a week after announcing that the Kentucky Derby would allow fans in the stands to witness the 146th edition, organizers have changed their…
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Out-of-work Texans could start seeing extra $300 in unemployment payments next week
AUSTIN, Texas — Unemployed Texans could begin receiving $300 in extra weekly jobless payments as soon as next week, a Texas Workforce Commission…
Continue Reading California wildfires: 560 blazes have scorched more acres than there are in Rhode Island
Almost every firefighting resource in California is battling the hundreds of blazes the include two of the largest wildfires in the state’s…
Continue Reading Man charged with arson, risking a catastrophe after allegedly setting fire outside apartment window
Click here for updates on this story Dallastown, PA (WPMT) — A Dallastown man is facing several charges, including…
Continue Reading Lori Loughlin sentenced to 2 months in prison in college admissions scam. Her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, got 5 months
Actress Lori Loughlin was sentenced Friday to two months in federal prison for her role in the college admissions scandal, a fate she and her…
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