When a person gets called up to a float at a Mardi Gras parade, it’s usually a sign they’re about to get something special — what…
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There are still several unknowns surrounding the novel coronavirus: How quickly it spreads, the symptoms it presents (or lack thereof) and the impact…
Continue Reading Around 70,000 years ago, a Neanderthal was laid to rest in Shanidar Cave. Excavations in recent years have slowly revealed its entire upper body,…
Continue Reading After Robert Durst was arrested for the killing of his longtime friend, the New York real estate heir sat down with a prosecutor for hours, making…
Continue Reading Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala was re-arrested on Tuesday, just hours after a court acquitted him and eight other defendants…
Continue Reading Former Temple University fraternity president Ari Goldstein was convicted Tuesday for his role in an attempted sexual assault of another student…
Continue Reading In a video widely circulated earlier this month, a crowd of people swarm a cart of toilet rolls in a Hong Kong supermarket, pushing, shoving, and…
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LONE PEAK, Utah — From flat tires to possible home invasions, the officers with the Lone Peak Police Department in Utah are used to dealing…
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Date night for two off-duty officers ended with them foiling a robbery at a restaurant chain in Kentucky. Chase and Nicole McKeown are both police…
Continue Reading Two top executives at newspaper publisher Tribune are stepping down as the company deals with its largest shareholder, a hedge fund known for cutting…
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is released from prison after his sentenced is commuted by President Donald…
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JACKSON, Mississippi — Historic flooding in Mississippi should begin to recede this week, but not before a flash flood warning could bring more…
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers voted Tuesday to put new regulations on pornography and remove some on polygamy in separate proposals moving…
Continue Reading The Westerdam cruise ship was supposed to have been the lucky one. After being stuck at sea for days, when Japan, the Philippines and Thailand turned…
Continue Reading Over the last two and a half months, more than 206 million gallons of toxic sewage has spilled into Fort Lauderdale waterways. That’s the…
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man is charged with firing shots at children who threw snowballs at his car, injuring two of them. William Carson, 24,…
Continue Reading Faye Marie Swetlik, a South Carolina 6-year-old who went missing from her home, was abducted and killed by a neighbor who died by suicide,…
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman convicted in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme is among the 11 federal inmates around the nation on whose…
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DAYTONA, Florida — NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors, a day after a fiery crash near the finish line of…
Continue Reading Authorities in Georgia have escalated the search for a missing Fort Valley State University student who was last seen on Valentine’s Day. The…
Continue Reading Jury deliberations have begun in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York, but the verdict will not come today. The jury, made up of seven men…
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A crossing guard who died after being hit by a vehicle in Kansas City, Kansas, saved the lives of two children before the…
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Fast-food chain Wendy’s has agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations that it violated child labor laws by having teenage…
Continue Reading A skier in Colorado died after his coat became wrapped around his head and neck on the chair lift, according to the company that operates the chair…
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ARLINGTON, Virginia — An orange tabby cat got a new lease on life and a name to go with it after veterinarians removed an arrow that someone…
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ROCHESTER, New York — Meet Herman and Lundy, recent cuddle buddies and rescue animals. The two are an unlikely pair: Herman, a pigeon, suffered…
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Coroner says death of 6-year-old South Carolina girl who disappeared from her front yard was caused by…
Continue Reading NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin and his team’s owner have apologized for celebrating their Daytona 500 win in the wake of Ryan Newman’s fiery…
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