Why people eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday
Today is Shrove Tuesday. Also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras (in French) and by many other nicknames. It’s the big hurrah before Christians…
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5 things to know for February 25: Weinstein, coronavirus, Dems, Hosni Mubarak
Help yourself to some king cake today. It’s Fat Tuesday — the last day of parades, parties and indulgence before the Christian season…
Continue Reading The world said goodbye to Kobe and Gianna Bryant in an emotional and star-studded celebration of their lives
Many people have a little brother or sister who messes with their stuff, asks too many questions and makes a nuisance of themselves. For many years,…
Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault and rape convictions marked a major #MeToo moment
The guilty verdict in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault and rape case is being hailed as a turning point in the #MeToo movement but his…
Continue Reading Italy warns people not to panic-buy as coronavirus cases rise in north
Italy was racing Monday to contain the first major outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus in Europe, prompting fears that the international community…
Continue Reading Coronavirus cases top 80,000 as markets plunge on pandemic fears
Multiple outbreaks of the novel coronavirus outside of mainland China have continued to worsen, as experts warn we may be approaching pandemic…
Continue Reading Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai sentenced to ten years in Chinese jail
A Chinese court has sentenced Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison for “providing intelligence” overseas, in a case that…
Continue Reading Malaysian politics has been plunged into chaos, it may take a long time to recover
Whoever loses, Mahathir wins. That seems to be the main lesson from three days of political chaos in Malaysia, as the 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad…
Continue Reading From the Cold War to trade wars: Six things you need to know about Indo-US ties
US President Donald Trump has become the seventh US President to visit India since Dwight D. Eisenhower touched down in 1959 to cheering crowds on…
Continue Reading Search will resume Tuesday for 2 teens and an adult who went missing during fishing tournament
Two 15-year-old boys and a 43-year-old man have been missing since a Saturday fishing competition on the Tennessee River in Hardin County. The group…
Continue Reading Another University of Oklahoma professor uses the N-word
For the second time in as many weeks, a professor at the University of Oklahoma has been accused of using the N-word. A history professor issued a…
Continue Reading Two cheetah cubs were born for the first time by IVF. The breakthrough offers hope for the threatened species
A pair of cheetah cubs have been born from in vitro fertilization to a surrogate cheetah mother for the first time, and experts are hailing it a…
Continue Reading A heat wave in Antarctica melted 20% of an island’s snow in 9 days
A nine-day heat wave scorched Antarctica’s northern tip earlier this month. New NASA images reveal that nearly a quarter of an Antarctic…
Continue Reading Read Vanessa Bryant’s speech at the memorial for Kobe and Gigi Bryant
Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s widow and mother of 13-year-old Gigi, spoke at their memorial in Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Read the full…
Continue Reading Former University of Texas tennis coach sentenced in admissions scam
A former tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin who accepted $100,000 in bribes in the college admissions scam was sentenced to six months…
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Kobe Bryant memorial service: Vanessa Bryant opens up, Michael Jordan wipes away tears
LOS ANGLES, California — A powerful public memorial service was held at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles Monday to honor NBA great Kobe…
Continue Reading Kobe Bryant’s widow files a wrongful death suit against helicopter company over crash
The widow of Kobe Bryant is suing Island Express Helicopters for the January crash that killed the NBA legend and their daughter, alleging in part…
Continue Reading Kobe Bryant’s on-court heroics provide only a glimpse of The Legend of the Black Mamba
From the time he began shooting make-believe game winners with his dad’s rolled-up tube socks, Kobe Bean Bryant always wanted to ball. But his…
Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein still faces charges in Los Angeles
Harvey Weinstein, facing at least five years in prison after a New York jury found him guilty of sex crimes, still has more charges to deal with in…
Continue Reading Jussie Smollett goes back to court on 6 new counts of making false reports to police
The legal whiplash in the Jussie Smollett case keeps intensifying, with the former “Empire” actor facing new charges. Flanked by a…
Continue Reading A New York City firefighter who helped recover his brother’s body from Ground Zero has died from 9/11-related cancer
A New York City firefighter who helped recover his brother’s body after 9/11 died on Saturday from pancreatic cancer caused by his rescue…
Continue Reading Marsquakes: NASA mission discovers that Mars is seismically active, among other surprises
It’s not just Earth that’s shaking these days. A NASA mission on Mars has recorded evidence of seismic activity, including 174 seismic…
Continue Reading The ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas,’ a resilient office building that refused to be toppled, nears its end
Say farewell to the glorious “Leaning Tower of Dallas.” Crews are working to finally topple the remains of an 11-story Dallas office…
Continue Reading Car ‘intentionally’ plows into carnival crowd in Germany
Police in the German town of Volkmarsen have arrested a 29-year old man, after a car plowed into a crowd of people at a parade on Monday and left at…
Continue Reading Why solar storms from space may blind and strand whales
Space weather has more implications than causing glitches in Earth’s satellite-based communications — it can also strand gray whales,…
Continue Reading This teen makes adorable bow ties to help get shelter dogs and cats adopted
A 13-year-old from New Jersey has embarked on the cutest mission ever. He sews tiny bow ties for cats and dogs to help them get adopted. Sir Darius…
Continue Reading Derek Jeter’s first Yankees jersey sold for $369,000, the most ever for a modern-era jersey
The first set of pinstripes that Derek Jeter ever wore for the New York Yankees just sold for a whopping $369,000. That makes it the most expensive…
Continue Reading Katherine Johnson, famed NASA mathematician and inspiration for the film ‘Hidden Figures,’ is dead at 101
Without the precision of “human computer” Katherine Johnson, NASA’s storied history might’ve looked a lot different. Her…
Continue Reading Trump wants to ‘make an example’ of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, court told
US President Donald Trump is trying to “make an example” of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder’s defense team argued in a London…
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