Coral reefs can breathe again thanks to grazing urchins
Click here for updates on this story Kaneohe Bay, HI (KITV) — Hundreds of thousands of sea urchins are working hard to…
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Police standards bill draws as many opponents as supporters
Click here for updates on this story Lincoln, NE (Lincoln Journal Star) — The Legislature’s Urban Affairs…
Continue Reading Public can buy original ‘animal art’ at Niabi Zoo on Saturdays in August
Click here for updates on this story Coal Valley, IL (Quad-City Times) — During August, visitors can purchase original…
Continue Reading ‘Love is not tourism’ — coronavirus travel bans keep loved ones apart for months
Click here for updates on this story Lincoln, NE (Lincoln Journal Star) — For Jocelyn Herstein, the world seemed a lot…
Continue Reading Attorney general cautions against COVID-19 contact tracing scams
Click here for updates on this story Billings, MT (Billings Gazette) — Contact tracers with local health departments…
Continue Reading Feds file charges against two men whose state convictions were overturned on jurisdictional grounds
Click here for updates on this story Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Two men who won appeals that led to the Supreme Court…
Continue Reading Oklahoma State University opens nation’s first tribally affiliated medical school
Click here for updates on this story Tahlequah, OK (Tulsa World) — A historic “white coat” ceremony on Friday for…
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Storms pop across the area through Sunday
Some isolated strong to severe storms will be possible tonight and again Sunday across the area. The threat with some of these storms will be locally…
Continue Reading Librarian “walking miracle” after recovery from COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story Council Bluffs, IA (WOWT) — This year, back to school has more meaning than ever…
Continue Reading Man arrested and charged with 43 counts of online harassment, cyberstalking
Click here for updates on this story Geneseo, IL (WQAD) — Police say a yearlong investigation has led to the arrest of…
Continue Reading Man arrested in connection to attempted coffee stands abductions in Salem
Click here for updates on this story Salem, OR (KPTV) — Salem police arrested in connection to two attempted abductions…
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The long road to returning first-ever samples from Mars
When NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down on Mars in February 2021, the mission will spend the next two years exploring one of the oldest and…
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Doña Ana County sees 4 virus deaths in 2 days as its death count hits 23
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two Doña Ana County men were among nine new coronavirus deaths in New Mexico reported by state health officials on…
Continue Reading Buncombe County moves to follow Asheville in making reparations
Click here for updates on this story Asheville, NC (WLOS) — Two weeks after Asheville made national headlines for…
Continue Reading Local man hosting drive-up event to hand out school supplies, motivate kids
Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, MO (KMOV) — Rides N’ School Supplies will be rolling into St. Louis…
Continue Reading 14-year-old killed in drive-by shooting, police say
Click here for updates on this story Winston-Salem, N.C. (WGHP) — a 14-year-old was shot and killed in Winston-Salem on…
Continue Reading Homeowner says party flyer is just a ‘prank’
Click here for updates on this story Jackson County, MO (KCTV) — Tonight, a community is on alert because of a flyer…
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Louisiana-Lafayette assistant football coach D.J. Looney dies at 31
University of Louisiana at Lafayette assistant football coach D.J. Looney has died at the age of 31, according to a statement from the school’s…
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Las Cruces Public Schools board set to consider rescinding vote to rename Oñate High
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — There is now a chance that Oñate High School might not get a name change after all. “All the reasons I voted no are still…
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Matt Dumba is first NHL player to kneel during US National Anthem
Matt Dumba became the first National Hockey League player to kneel during the US National Anthem on Saturday. The Minnesota Wild defenseman knelt…
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Power restored for thousands in west El Paso after outage due to damaged substation equipment
EL PASO, Texas — A power outage due to damaged equipment left around 3,200 El Paso Electric customers on the city’s west side without service for…
Continue Reading 9-year-old boy fatally shot on the last day of a deadly July in Chicago
A 9-year-old boy heading to his friend’s house was fatally shot in Chicago in the waning hours of July — a violent month in which police…
Continue Reading Connie Culp, the first person to receive a near-total face transplant in the US, has died
Connie Culp, the first person in the US to receive a near-total face transplant, has died, according to the Cleveland Clinic, where the procedure was…
Continue Reading Trader Joe’s, responding to demands to change its packaging, says the product labels aren’t racist
Amidst a reexamination of American culture that has seen numerous racial and ethnic stereotypes dismantled — like the infamous Aunt Jemima…
Continue Reading Thousands gather in Berlin to protest against Covid-19 restrictions
A large crowd of far-right groups gathered for a “sit-in” at Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate on Saturday to protest against the…
Continue Reading Jimmy Butler forced to change nameless jersey prior to tip-off against Denver Nuggets
Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler has been very vocal about wearing a jersey with no name on the back. Butler says no name on his jersey signifies…
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang brace helps Arsenal lift the FA Cup against Chelsea
Arsenal came from behind to claim the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory against Chelsea thanks to a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang double at Wembley Stadium.…
Continue Reading A lottery player went to 40 stores and finally scored a $5 million winning scratch-off
After around 40 stores and four hours of searching, one North Carolina man finally struck gold. Kevin Clark, of Candler, North Carolina, played a…
Continue Reading Snakes alive! Florida removes (gulp) 5,000 pythons from the Everglades
Talk about your unwanted guests. Burmese pythons are not naturally found in Florida. But the nonnative pests reproduce — and kill other species…
Continue Reading Emirati woman smashes soccer ‘hotstepping’ Guinness record
Areej Al Hammadi, a young woman from the United Arab Emirates, has shattered the Guinness World Record for soccer ball “hotstepping,”…
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