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A wise fictional woman once said, “Waffles, friends, work. Or friends, waffles, work. But work is third.” She’s right; work is…
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NYPD says it will remove some non-convicts from its local DNA database
The New York Police Department says it will soon expunge DNA profiles of some people who’ve never been convicted of a crime from the…
Continue Reading Boy Scout parents and a former victim still see benefits of organization for children despite sexual abuse allegations
Hiroko Rose joined the Boy Scouts of America in February 2019 and said she’s loved it so far. The 12-year-old is part of her troop in…
Continue Reading North Carolina police find body of missing baby
Police in North Carolina found the body of a 6-month-old baby near a cemetery Saturday. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police discovered the remains of…
Continue Reading Pilot in crash that killed Kobe Bryant violated weather-related flight rules in 2015, FAA records indicate
Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in California, killing NBA legend Kobe Bryant, violated weather-related flight rules in 2015,…
Continue Reading New Jersey just raised its threat level for white supremacists to ‘high,’ well above ISIS and al Qaeda
White supremacists are officially more of a threat to New Jersey than both ISIS and al Qaeda, according to state security officials. In New…
Continue Reading A controversial religious group is at the center of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak
More than half of South Korea’s novel coronavirus cases are linked to a branch of a controversial religious group in the southern city of…
Continue Reading Fears over containing novel coronavirus grow as cases outside China spike
Concerns are growing over the global spread of the novel coronavirus after a spike in cases outside of mainland China among people with no connection…
Continue Reading Lori Vallow, mother of missing Idaho children, asked a friend to lie to police about son’s whereabouts, affidavit says
The mother of two children missing in Idaho repeatedly lied to police and asked others to lie as detectives began investigating the disappearances,…
Continue Reading There isn’t an AMBER Alert for every child who goes missing. Here’s why
Evelyn Boswell is a 15-month-old girl missing in Tennessee. Andrew Caballeiro was a week old when he was last seen in Florida. Osiel Rico, 3, has…
Continue Reading Today is George Washington’s birthday. But here’s why we celebrate it on Presidents’ Day
Today is George Washington’s birthday. But does it seem like it? Americans haven’t celebrated the first US president’s birthday on…
Continue Reading How one Florida woman amassed a collection of more than 21,000 banana labels
If you see a 70-year-old woman digging through a trash can for discarded banana peels in Florida, you may have spotted one of the world’s most…
Continue Reading 2,000 Native American remains, which sat at a university for 50 years, will soon go home
For decades, the remains of thousands of Native Americans have been resting at a university in Tennessee. But this spring, they will finally go home.…
Continue Reading 40 years later the ‘Miracle on Ice’ hockey team continues to be a point of American pride
For defenseman Dave Christian, the final ten minutes of the Olympic hockey game “were the longest ever.” “When the horn went off at…
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Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses; decision supported by El Paso passengers
EL PASO, Texas — Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to…
Continue Reading 2 people arrested and charged in disappearance of 15-month-old from Tennessee
Two people were arrested and charged in connection with an AMBER alert for 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, who was last seen two months ago. William…
Continue Reading A 15-month-old was reported missing this week — two months after she was last seen
Tennessee authorities are looking for a 15-month-old who was last seen two months ago and the reward for her safe return has reached $33,000. An…
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Trump wants to block Bolton’s book over claims of classified conversations
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has told his staff that he will look to block the release of John Bolton’s upcoming book over…
Continue Reading Surveillance and police body camera video in Jersey City kosher market shooting released
Newly released surveillance and police body camera video of the December 2019 shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, shows a…
Continue Reading A swarm of nearly 40,000 bees attacked police responding to a single bee sting report
They were responding to a report of a single bee sting. But their problem was about to get a whole lot worse. A group of firefighters and police that…
Continue Reading Jurors’ note in Harvey Weinstein trial suggests they may be deadlocked on most serious charges
Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s trial sent the court 10 notes over four days of deliberations — including one note suggesting they may be…
Continue Reading Students and teachers said California didn’t have a plan to teach kids to read. Now, the state has to pay $53 million
A handful of students, teachers, advocacy groups and parents sued the State of California two years ago, alleging the state deprived students from…
Continue Reading Boyfriend of deceased Georgia college student Anitra Gunn charged with murder
A man who had been arrested for damaging the property of a female college student whose body was found Tuesday night is now accused of her killing.…
Continue Reading A New York university student called 911 but police say they could not pinpoint his location. He was found dead hours later
A student working on his doctorate at a New York university was found dead by his roommate earlier this month five hours after the student made an…
Continue Reading Penn State and the Paterno family settle claims against each other
Penn State announced Friday it has reached a “resolution of the outstanding issues” between the university and the family of the late…
Continue Reading Family of Connecticut man killed in police shooting intends to seek $10 million in damages
The family of a Connecticut man fatally shot by a state trooper after a high-speed chase is planning to seek $10 million in a wrongful death claim…
Continue Reading What’s spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians
In New York City, a man assaults a woman wearing a face mask, calling her a “diseased b****.” On a Los Angeles subway, a man proclaims…
Continue Reading How the charges in Harvey Weinstein’s trial work, and why Annabella Sciorra’s testimony is so vital
Less than an hour after jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York trial began deliberating, they returned with a long note for the court with a…
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A 12-year-old boy left his dog outside a shelter. A heartbreaking note explained why
A 12-year-old boy left his puppy outside a shelter with a stuffed animal and a touching note: He wanted to spare him the wrath of his abusive father.…
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