Ousted vaccine expert tells Congress that U.S. has no master virus plan
WASHINGTON, DC — Whistleblower Rick Bright warned on Thursday that the U.S. lacks a plan to produce and fairly distribute a coronavirus vaccine…
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A woman went biking on Mother’s Day. She hasn’t been seen since
A 49-year-old Colorado woman who went cycling on Mother’s Day hasn’t been seen since, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s…
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The US accounted for nearly half of the $72.9 billion spent on nuclear weapons last year
A collective $72.9 billion was spent on nuclear weapons by the world’s nuclear-armed nations in 2019, with the US spending nearly as much as…
Continue Reading Coronavirus global death toll passes 300,000 as countries wait in lockdown
More than 300,000 people around the world have now died globally from the coronavirus, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, as the…
Continue Reading Georgia officials are asking the public to help them track 4-foot long, invasive lizards
There’s more to add to that list of invasive species you just found out about and already don’t like. Georgia officials are working to…
Continue Reading This mother auctions off homemade giant cinnamon rolls to feed frontline medical workers and help food banks
Whitney Rutz was sheltering in place and going out of her mind. “I was still working full-time, and my husband was trying to figure out how to…
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CNN to air two-hour special honoring the class of 2020
CNN on Saturday will air a two-hour, primetime special honoring the class of 2020, as millions of students across the nation have had their…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state’s stay-at-home order
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned the state’s stay-at-home order, ruling it “unlawful” and “unenforceable” in…
Continue Reading ‘Mini Rover’ can wiggle and crawl its way across tricky terrain on other planets
Rovers exploring planetary surfaces like Mars or the moon can encounter soft, loose and steep soils, the perfect ingredients for getting stuck. But…
Continue Reading Man arrested after allegedly shooting and stabbing multiple people in California rampage
A man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and stabbing multiple people during a rampage through Rancho Cucamonga, California. Sergio…
Continue Reading A priest rode around in the back of a pickup truck blessing people in Philadelphia
It’s not quite the popemobile, but it will have to do. For nearly two hours on Tuesday evening, Rev. Nicholas Martorano of St. Nick’s…
Continue Reading A suspect in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing had a confrontation with a black man days earlier, neighbor says
Less than two weeks before the February 23 shooting that left Ahmaud Arbery dead, a suspect arrested in the case had a confrontation with an…
Continue Reading Nursing home workers warned government about safety violations before Covid-19 outbreaks and deaths
A flu shot will protect you from coronavirus, a worker reported being told by supervisors at a Rhode Island nursing home, where at least 60 residents…
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Nursing home workers warned government about safety violations before Covid-19 outbreaks and deaths
A flu shot will protect you from coronavirus, a worker reported being told by supervisors at a Rhode Island nursing home, where at least 60 residents…
Continue Reading About 15 people, some armed, confronted the wrong black teen. Now an officer is fired
A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy is out of a job and facing charges after he and about 15 other people, some armed, harassed a black teenager…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 14: Stay-home orders, vaccines, Dr. Bright, Flynn, groceries
It may be hard, but you gotta keep moving! A new study finds you don’t have to be young and in great shape to reap the benefits of exercise.…
Continue Reading Horse racing to resume at Santa Anita Park
Live horse racing will resume at Southern California’s Santa Anita Park on Friday after receiving approval from Los Angeles County health…
Continue Reading With armed white men harassing his mother, a black teen had to remember he might be a threat
When Monica Shepard awoke to find her son trying to keep an armed man out of their home, she grabbed the 18-year-old and pushed him to the back of…
Continue Reading American woman dies in plane crash while attempting to deliver Covid-19 tests to remote Indonesian village
An American pilot died when her plane malfunctioned while she was on her way to deliver Covid-19 rapid test kits to a remote Indonesian village,…
Continue Reading A black man in Vermont says he was threatened and told to leave the state, police say
A black man in Vermont told police he was threatened and told to leave the state by a white man, Vermont State Police said in a news release.…
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Videos show skydivers spiraling as they descend in Titusville, Florida
Harrowing eyewitness videos shows parachutes spiraling, moments before the Titusville Fire Department in Florida says two skydivers crashed in the…
Continue Reading Videos show skydivers spiraling as they descend in Titusville, Florida
Harrowing eyewitness videos shows parachutes spiraling, moments before the Titusville Fire Department in Florida says two skydivers crashed in the…
Continue Reading A New Jersey inmate died after suffering from possible Covid-like symptoms 10 months before she was up for parole. Now her family wants answers.
A New Jersey inmate who was up for parole in less than a year died after experiencing “respiratory distress” at a state correctional…
Continue Reading This nursing home director explains how her facility staved off coronavirus cases while a major outbreak sits miles away
Two Oregon nursing homes sit less than 20 miles apart: one is the site of a major coronavirus outbreak, the other has seen no cases at all. The…
Continue Reading Maurice Fayne, ‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ star, arrested for fraud, federal officials say
Maurice Fayne, who stars in VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” has been arrested and charged with federal bank fraud after…
Continue Reading Unsigned note left at the Ahmaud Arbery memorial: ‘I am so sorry. I should have stopped them’
An unsigned note reportedly left at the memorial marking the place where Ahmaud Arbery was killed is raising questions about who left it there and…
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Unsigned note left at the Ahmaud Arbery memorial: ‘I am so sorry. I should have stopped them’
An unsigned note reportedly left at the memorial marking the place where Ahmaud Arbery was killed is raising questions about who left it there and…
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Mexico has more mass bad-alcohol poisonings, up to 40 die
MEXICO CITY, Mxeico — Authorities said as many as 40 people died after drinking methanol in two states in central Mexico, the latest in a series of…
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Remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife will be removed from a Memphis park
The remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife will be removed from a Memphis park where a monument of him once stood. The…
Continue Reading Remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife will be removed from a Memphis park
The remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife will be removed from a Memphis park where a monument of him once stood. The…
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