Trump calls off GOP Nat’l Convention in Florida, citing virus ‘flare-up’
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump says he has scrubbed his planned Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month,…
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U.S. tops 4 million virus cases as hospitalizations near record
The U.S. on Thursday surpassed 4 million officially recorded Covid-19 cases — and a quarter of that count came in just the last 15 days. The…
Continue Reading A climber died after falling from the Dragon’s Tail in Glacier National Park
A climber died at Glacier National Park in Montana after falling several hundred feet from a ridge known as the Dragon’s Tail. The 20-year-old…
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After 128 days in a hospital — 51 on a ventilator — Covid-19 survivor ‘Miracle Larry’ is finally home
NEW YORK, NY — At one point Larry Kelly was considered the sickest patient at Mount Sinai hospital in New York. A day after being admitted, he…
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Jeffrey Epstein’s homes in New York and Palm Beach are for sale for a combined $110 million
Two homes owned by Jeffrey Epstein and cited in court documents as some of the locations where Epstein was accused of sexually abusing young women…
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2nd El Pasoan arrested in a day for allegedly leaving dog outside in heat & sun to die
EL PASO, Texas — A second El Pasoan has been arrested, just hours after the first, on animal cruelty charges after police said he left his dog…
Continue Reading It’s the class of the new normal at New Orleans universities & colleges
Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — From Tulane to Xavier to UNO to Loyola, they’re getting…
Continue Reading Walmart’s NWA LPGA Tour event to be held without spectators in 2020
Click here for updates on this story ROGERS, AR (KFSM) — Walmart’s LPGA tour event will go on without fans…
Continue Reading Washington Nationals star tests positive for Covid-19 hours before home opener
Washington Nationals left fielder Juan Soto has tested positive for Covid-19. Soto will miss the team’s opener against the New York Yankees…
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Las Cruces cyclists divided over order to wear face masks when going for a ride
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered people excising outdoors to wear masks back on July 13. The order is a…
Continue Reading ‘Doxing’ officers in Kansas City could soon be a crime
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Mayor Quinton Lucas is taking action to protect police…
Continue Reading A typo on a death certificate exposes a man allegedly trying to avoid prison
A Long Island man allegedly created a fake death certificate to avoid being sentenced for unrelated charges, but a typo on the certificate gave him…
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AP poll finds 3 in 4 Americans support orders requiring face masks
LOS ANGELES, California — Three out of four Americans, including a majority of Republicans, favor requiring people to wear face coverings while…
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Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison
NEW YORK, NY — A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying the government…
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Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Portland & D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that it will conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who…
Continue Reading At least 15 prisoners at a California prison have died of apparent complications from Covid-19
At least 15 people incarcerated at California’s oldest prison have died since June from apparent Covid-19-related complications amid a growing…
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El Paso Electric sale to JP Morgan approved by federal regulators
EL PASO, Texas — Federal regulators on Thurday approved the $4.3 billion sale of the El Paso Electric Co. to an investment fund controlled by…
Continue Reading University professors fear the risks of classroom teaching in pandemic hot spots
Dr. Joe Gerald will be lecturing students in person this fall. But what he might teach them in his public health course is that being in the…
Continue Reading Cardinals plan to display ‘unified’ message regarding social justice on Opening Day Friday
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — The topic of social justice has risen to the forefront of…
Continue Reading The Boston Red Sox put up a Black Lives Matter billboard over the Massachusetts Turnpike
The Boston Red Sox are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The phrase “Black Lives Matter” — written in the…
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Woman dies after flipping car over in northeast El Paso following argument with boyfriend
UPDATE: Police on Thursday said 23–year old Monique Alicia Brooks died at University Medical Center from her injuries after her SUV struck a light…
Continue Reading Talks between Bottoms and Kemp may keep mask mandate case out of court
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — After weeks of back and forth, it appears the fight over…
Continue Reading Washington’s football team to call itself Washington Football Team until it settles on a new name
The Washington NFL franchise, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, is officially going to change its name to the Washington Football Team. The…
Continue Reading Portland mayor tear gassed after speaking with protesters on presence of federal agents
Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear gassed in downtown Portland early Thursday morning, according to video and posts on Twitter from a New York Times…
Continue Reading World will have 710M tons of plastic pollution by 2040 despite efforts to cut waste, study says
If the world embarked on an immediate and globally-coordinated effort to reduce our plastic consumption, there would still be an estimated 710…
Continue Reading Memphis councilman wants to make police misconduct complaints more transparent to public
Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — Inside the Raines Police precinct, a man was handcuffed for…
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter protests across America continue nearly 2 months after George Floyd’s death
The national Black Lives Matter protest movement, rekindled in the days after an unarmed George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis last May,…
Continue Reading To stop vote meddling, Western leaders have to want to do something about it
The question is not whether Russia and China will try to influence Western elections — it’s whether Western governments have the wit and…
Continue Reading Convent outside Detroit lost 13 nuns to Covid-19 with 12 dying in one month
Coronavirus spread so quickly through a convent in Michigan that it claimed the lives of 12 nuns in one month, beginning on Good Friday. They were…
Continue Reading Wow! That WAS a bear roaming through the neighborhood
Click here for updates on this story MARIETTA, GA (WGCL) — Residents in an area of Marietta may have been doing double…
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