Family of Molson Coors shooting suspect expresses ‘sadness and heartache’
The family of the employee who killed five co-workers at the Molson Coors complex in Milwaukee before taking his own life on Friday expressed…
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Much of Houston remains under boil-water notice as crews repair broken water main that supplies about half of the city
Hundreds of schools and businesses in Houston remained closed Friday as crews attempt to repair a water main that provides up to half of the…
Continue Reading An entire Swiss village must evacuate due to a World War II ammo dump. The cleanup could take 10 years
Residents of the Swiss village of Mitholz are going to have to find new homes, so authorities can clean up a crumbling ammunition depot filled with…
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Why do we even have a leap year? (Get ready to do some math)
2020 is a leap year, which means we get to enjoy a whole extra day of February, and people born on February 29 finally get some presents. But why do…
Continue Reading Colorado police officer accused of distributing marijuana seized on the job
A policeman has been charged with distributing about a pound of marijuana he confiscated while on duty in December, the Colorado Bureau of…
Continue Reading Tulane University removes its Victory Bell after learning it was originally used on a plantation
Tulane University has removed its Victory Bell after learning that it originally came from a plantation where Africans were enslaved. University…
Continue Reading This astronomy student found 17 new exoplanets — and one is potentially habitable
Michelle Kunimoto has a knack for finding exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system. The University of British Columbia…
Continue Reading A growing list of US colleges are canceling or rerouting study abroad programs because of the coronavirus
A growing list of American universities have canceled study abroad programs as the novel coronavirus continues to spread. At least seven universities…
Continue Reading Plans are on hold for a Philadelphia safe-injection site to combat overdoses
Plans to open a Philadelphia facility that would allow and supervise the injection of illegal drugs have been put on hold. On Thursday, the nonprofit…
Continue Reading 4 kids, from 3 to 4 years old, were taken to a hospital after a car crashed into a Pennsylvania day care center
Four children ages 3 and 4 were injured when a woman crashed her car through the window of a day care center, Pennsylvania authorities say. The black…
Continue Reading Tensions escalate between Kremlin and Ankara after dozens of Turkish troops killed in Syria
Fatigue with Syria’s endless conflict can’t hide the enormity of this moment. It is highly unlikely that the Syrian regime had the will…
Continue Reading Earth has a new mini-moon — but it’s only temporary
It’s not the moon, but you can call it mini-moon. Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit. The asteroid, known as 2020 CD3,…
Continue Reading Biggest explosion in the universe spotted by astronomers
A record-breaking explosion created by a black hole 390 million light-years away has been discovered by astronomers. “In some ways, this blast…
Continue Reading Nigeria says it is ready and more than capable of dealing with coronavirus
The head of Nigeria’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country is more than capable of dealing with coronavirus as…
Continue Reading Did Iran give Trump a foreign policy victory, after all?
All hell didn’t break loose, after all. Before the new coronavirus epidemic gripped the globe — about a million supercharged news cycles…
Continue Reading Houston water main break causes major flooding, submerging cars and filling streets
A water main break Thursday sent water flowing nearly two miles away, submerging some freeways, streets and even cars in east Houston, Harris County…
Continue Reading French cinema faces moral reckoning as Roman Polanski’s new film up for 12 gongs at prestigious awards
French cinema is gearing up for a watershed moment on Friday when “An Officer and a Spy,” the latest movie from Roman Polanski, competes…
Continue Reading At least 33 Turkish soldiers killed in an air attack by Syrian regime, Turkish governor says
At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria’s Idlib province on Thursday in an aerial attack by Russian-backed Syrian regime forces,…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for February 28: Coronavirus, Taliban, immigration, Syria, Michigan
Don’t turn your calendars over just yet! It’s a Leap Year, which means tomorrow is your once-every-four-years bonus day. Here’s…
Continue Reading Novel coronavirus sparks massive US stock market losses as cases spread worldwide
Stock markets in the US have posted some of their worst ever losses as the novel coronavirus sparked mass sell-offs. The Dow dropped 1,191 points on…
Continue Reading One of the victims of the Milwaukee shooting was supposed to meet a friend for a drink. He never showed up
Dale Hudson had planned to go out for an after-work drink at a bar near Milwaukee on Wednesday. His usual Miller High Life Light was waiting on ice…
Continue Reading A Florida woman is accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase for hours until he died
Sarah Boone called 911 and said her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek, court records show. The Florida…
Continue Reading Teacher of the year suspended for showing students a picture of her fiancée wins $100,000 settlement
A Texas art teacher who was placed on administrative leave after talking about “her future wife” in class hopes her settlement with a…
Continue Reading A neo-fascist party hopes for big gains in Slovakia’s election
A neo-fascist party, whose leader is on trial for hate speech, has big hopes for the general election in Slovakia this weekend. If things go as some…
Continue Reading Foreign diplomats to be evacuated from North Korea as country steps up efforts to prevent virus outbreak
A plan is in the works to evacuate quarantined foreign diplomats from North Korea, a source inside the country has revealed, as concerns about the…
Continue Reading A missing Mennonite woman from New Mexico was found dead 250 miles away
A Mennonite woman who went missing from New Mexico last month was kidnapped and murdered, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said. The body…
Continue Reading Four students save lives with the help of Columbia University’s naloxone training program
A Columbia University student walking down a street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side saved a man from dying from an opioid overdose using…
Continue Reading A mother made her son do pushups in a store’s bathroom because he wouldn’t listen
Parents, have you ever asked your kiddo to do something or behave properly and they’ve ignored you? Yeah, you’re not alone. To combat…
Continue Reading China wants to get back to normal as its coronavirus case numbers ease. That could be dangerous
Everyone knows the feeling. It’s day six of a two-week course of antibiotics, and you’re feeling much better. You’re ready for a…
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