Climate activists target Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery
By The Associated Press Two climate activists have targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi…
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70-year-old love letter from Army veteran found in Grand Rapids man’s toolbox
WXMI By Jamie Sherrod , Kallista Cory Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WXMI) — A love…
Continue Reading 3 dead in bombing attack on Congo displacement camp as violence in the east escalates
By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province killing…
Continue Reading Pearl Jam gives details of new album ‘Dark Matter,’ drops first single, announces world tour
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam ‘s forthcoming album is called “Dark Matter,” its first single of the same title has been released, and the…
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Washington Post: CDC to ease Covid-19 isolation guidance
CNN By Jamie Gumbrecht and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to shift its Covid-19…
Continue ReadingPowerful nor’easter pelts region with snow, making it New York City’s snowiest day in 2 years
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Lauren Mascarenhas and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A fast-moving nor’easter dumped snow on New York City and other…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s former premier Sharif and allies agree to form a coalition
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies announced late…
Continue Reading Which houseplants make great Valentine’s gifts? Let’s start with heart-shaped ones
By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press Looking for a last-minute gift for Valentine’s Day? One that’s sustainable, beautiful and meaningful?…
Continue Reading Two fired utility execs and a former top Ohio regulator plead not guilty in bribery scheme
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two fired top executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and Ohio’s former top utility regulator…
Continue Reading President’s intervention keeps Paris’ riverside bookstalls in place for the Olympics
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand…
Continue Reading Witness testifies he didn’t see a gun in the hand of a man who was killed by an Ohio deputy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A witness has testified at the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy that he saw the man who was killed not long…
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, lands new podcast deal after parting ways with Spotify
CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year after Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, ended their podcasting partnership…
Continue Reading Fake alligators at park fooling people into calling 911 to report the danger
KPHO, KTVK, MESA PD, CNN By Jason Barry Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — There’s…
Continue Reading In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
By KWIYEON HA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OLNEY, England (AP) — For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the…
Continue Reading Jon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’ felt familiar to those who missed him while he was away
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years,…
Continue Reading Family of Palestinian-American detained by Israel seeks her release. ‘I want my mother back’
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank…
Continue Reading Fake Michigan Certificate of Votes mailed to U.S. Senate after 2020 presidential vote, official says
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press An official says a fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to embezzling millions meant to fund Guatemala forestry projects
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who managed two forestry projects in Guatemala for a New Hampshire-based investment company has pleaded guilty in…
Continue Reading What is happening at the Republican National Committee and could Lara Trump become its co-chair?
By STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the…
Continue Reading Former Indonesian general linked to human rights abuses claims victory in presidential election
By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former general linked to past human rights abuses has claimed…
Continue Reading Notre Dame cathedral’s spire revealed in Paris as reconstruction continues after fire
PARIS (AP) — Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a…
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Watch: Las Cruces Police identify person accused of killing Officer Jonah Hernandez
Update: Police identified the alleged stabber as Armando Silva. ABC-7 obtained a mugshot of Silva from a previous arrest. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico…
Continue Reading An arrest has been made in the theft of a Jackie Robinson statue later found dismantled and burned
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A 45-year-old man was arrested in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the…
Continue Reading Tiger Woods has a new apparel brand with TaylorMade. Here’s what it means
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods in a red shirt on Sunday has become as recognizable as a Masters champion in a green…
Continue Reading US Virgin Islands pushes forward on stalled law allowing recreational marijuana use
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A stalled marijuana law in the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a big push after an…
Continue Reading Fired Northwestern coach wants to move up trial, return to football soon
By ED WHITE Associated Press An attorney for former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald wants to move up the trial date in a dispute over his…
Continue Reading Judge rules that restrictions on after-hour drop boxes don’t keep Floridians from voting
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge says restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business…
Continue Reading Correction: Kansas Newspaper Raid story
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — In a Feb. 6 story about a lawsuit filed by Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn over a police raid on the Kansas…
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San Francisco 49ers players admit they didn’t know new Super Bowl overtime rules following loss to Chiefs
CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII came down to the wire. Sixty minutes of action couldn’t separate the Kansas City Chiefs and…
Continue Reading Officials say 2 boats collide on Congo River but give conflicting accounts on deaths
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials say two boats have collided on the Congo River in western Congo, but…
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