The ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by comets, study says
Scientists know that the ingredients necessary to form life appeared on Earth early in its history, but they’re still trying to figure out…
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A Florida woman tried to build a bomb inside a Walmart using items she didn’t pay for, police say
A Florida woman is facing charges after she went to a Walmart in Tampa, got items from the shelves and started making an explosive device inside the…
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Police believe a 14-year-old who vanished on his way to school has been found dead in a chimney
Almost a month after Harley Dilly disappeared on his way to school, police believe the Ohio boy’s body has been found in a chimney. “This…
Continue Reading A healthy Chicago zoo lioness died after a puzzling fall — less than two weeks after losing her mate
A 14-year-old female African lion of an Illinois zoo died Tuesday — less than two weeks after the death of her mate, the Chicago Zoological…
Continue Reading A killer was released after nearly 30 years in prison. Two years later, he killed again, prosecutors say
Just two years ago, Timothy Chavira was released from a California prison on parole after serving nearly 30 years for killing his stepmother.…
Continue Reading A Brooklyn teenager who went missing last week has been found
A 14-year-old Brooklyn girl missing since entering a train station after school Thursday has been found in “good condition,” the New York…
Continue Reading North Carolina students ran to safety as a storm tore apart their gym’s roof and wall
Three North Carolina students were injured Monday as a storm tore through their school’s gym, leaving a gaping hole in the roof and wall and…
Continue Reading China’s government poses a ‘global threat to human rights,’ report finds
The Chinese government increasingly poses a “global threat to human rights,” according to NGO Human Rights Watch. In its annual report…
Continue Reading ‘They tried to stifle the voices of our children’: Meet the women protesters who have been occupying a New Delhi street for a month
Only a month ago, 50-year-old mother Bahro Nisa was a regular New Delhi shopkeeper, making a living selling cold drinks to tourists visiting one of…
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Big debate on small stage offered last chance for Democratic candidates before Iowa Caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa — It was the last Democratic debate before the first votes are cast in the 2020 election. Tuesday night’s debate was the…
Continue Reading The Iraq War haunts the 2020 vote
Incredibly, Americans will vote this year in the fifth straight presidential election haunted by the Iraq war — proof of the trauma seared on the…
Continue Reading Luke Kuechly, Carolina Panthers superstar linebacker, announces retirement at 28
Former NFL defensive player of the year, Luke Kuechly, a star linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, announced his retirement from pro football in a…
Continue Reading A plane dumped jet fuel over Los Angeles. 60 people on the ground were treated
Sixty people were treated after a plane dumped jet fuel while returning to the Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, hitting five elementary…
Continue Reading Rappers Jay-Z and Yo Gotti are behind a lawsuit targeting Mississippi’s prison conditions
Rappers Jay-Z and Yo Gotti helped more than two dozen Mississippi inmates file a lawsuit claiming people are dying because the state “has…
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Jetliner dumps fuel onto Southern California school playground; 60 students & staff injured
CUDAHY, California — Jet fuel dumped by an aircraft returning to Los Angeles International Airport fell onto an elementary school playground…
Continue Reading Meet the xenobot: world’s first living, self-healing robots created from frog stem cells
Scientists have created the world’s first living, self-healing robots using stem cells from frogs. Named xenobots after the African clawed frog…
Continue Reading Boston Police officer sent threatening note, fake speeding ticket after road rage incident, according to court documents
A Boston police officer who allegedly sent a threatening note and fake speeding ticket to a driver he said cut him off was arraigned Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Virginia man charged in alleged swatting ring targeting African Americans and Jewish people
The Justice Department has charged a Virginia man with conspiracy to make threats over “swatting” calls he made as part of an online…
Continue Reading A student was too poor to buy enough food. Her death has raised poverty concerns in China
A college student who experienced malnutrition because she was too poor to afford adequate food has died in southwestern China, sparking concerns…
Continue Reading Antonio Gates announced his retirement from the NFL
Tight end Antonio Gates, 39, announced his retirement from the NFL today. Born on June 18, 1980, Gates was a former college basketball star who never…
Continue Reading Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is implicated in two cheating scandals. He and the team are parting ways
Alex Cora, the manager who led the Boston Red Sox to a World Series title in 2018 but has been a key figure in Major League Baseball’s…
Continue Reading Questions over testimony of US witness in Nazi guard’s trial
The testimony of a Florida man in one of Germany’s last Nazi trials has been called into question after German media raised doubts about his…
Continue Reading Astros won’t give back their World Series trophy, but scandal will always shroud 2017 season
The Houston Astros won’t be handing the 2017 Commissioner’s Trophy back to Rob Manfred. And the Dodgers won’t be claiming a title…
Continue Reading Kentucky miners are blocking a coal train asking for back pay. They claim they haven’t been paid for nearly a month
Miners in eastern Kentucky are blocking a train loaded with coal from moving, saying the company they work for hasn’t paid them since…
Continue Reading Pharmaceutical distributor embroiled in criminal charges ceases opioid sales
A New York-based wholesale pharmaceutical distributor has announced it will no longer distribute opioid medications, almost nine months after two of…
Continue Reading Newly-opened Sikh temple property is vandalized with swastikas and graffiti
The day after a Sikh temple in California held its official grand opening, someone spray-painted a swastika and the words “white power”…
Continue Reading Mom whose baby died after she left him in a tub for some ‘me time’ is charged with murder
An 11-month-old baby in Tennessee died after his mother left him in a bathtub with his sister Wednesday, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said.…
Continue Reading A car carrying 3 teens landed upside down in an icy pond. A guy who can’t swim jumped in to save them
Terry Ingraham went out in the bitter Nebraska cold Saturday to try to catch some shots of eagles, but his camera malfunctioned. Sitting in his…
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House Judiciary Committee to investigate policy that ships asylum seekers to Mexico
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee plans to investigate the Department of Homeland Security’s migrant protection protocols (MPP),…
Continue Reading NY governor visits Puerto Rico, authorizes deployment of 115 National Guard to island as temblors continue
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo authorized the deployment of 115 National Guard members to Puerto Rico and arrived on the island for a visit Tuesday as…
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