A winning lottery ticket for $14.6 million just went unclaimed
Someone won a $14.6 million lottery jackpot in Arizona. That would be really exciting — if they had claimed it. Tickets expire after 180 days.…
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A shocking gang-rape and murder of a woman is raising familiar tough questions for India
They found her charred body near a highway underpass, early Wednesday morning, on the outskirts of one of India’s biggest cities. The victim,…
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Colorado high school evacuated after school safety app reveals bomb threat
A school in Colorado was evacuated Tuesday after authorities learned of a bomb threat through the Safe2Tell app. After the Columbine shooting in…
Continue Reading Chicago’s former top cop Eddie Johnson says he is leaving the job with his ‘integrity intact’
Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson denies he intentionally lied to Mayor Lori Lightfoot after he was found sleeping behind the wheel…
Continue Reading 2019 hasn’t been easy and the word of the year proves it
If your 2019 went anything like ours, it sounded a lot like this: “What is happening? What does it all mean? How long will the human species…
Continue Reading Botham Jean’s brother accepts award from police group and implores them to ‘amplify the value of all lives’
Brandt Jean, who redirected the national conversation on police violence when he embraced the ex-Dallas police officer who killed his brother, Botham…
Continue Reading State Department offers $5 million to find US citizen on Most Wanted Terrorist List
The State Department is offering $5 million for information that leads to the arrest of an American citizen on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist…
Continue Reading PG&E’s failure to maintain transmission tower helped lead to the deadly Camp Fire, report says
Inspections and maintenance of a California utility’s transmission-line towers were inadequate for years, and that helped lead to an equipment…
Continue Reading Newspaper apologizes over cartoon making fun of the deadly Samoa measles outbreak
A New Zealand newspaper has apologized for publishing a cartoon that mocked the measles outbreak in Samoa that has killed more than 50 people. The…
Continue Reading Chicago Police infiltrated secret online groups selling guns and drugs in ‘Operation FaceBOOKED’
Chicago Police said Tuesday that 53 people are in custody as part of “Operation FaceBOOKED,” a two-year operation to infiltrate secret…
Continue Reading This ultra-massive black hole just broke a record
Much like stars and planets, black holes also fall into different categories. Astronomers have now spotted a record-breaking heavyweight black hole…
Continue Reading Pilot in the South Dakota plane crash took off in limited visibility, NTSB says
The pilot of the plane that crashed and left nine dead in South Dakota took off with limited visibility in snowy and turbulent weather, according to…
Continue Reading One of the worst crackdowns in decades is happening in Iran. Here’s what we know
Iranians are no strangers to protests. Rarely, however, has the government’s response seemed quite as brutal as this. A little over two weeks…
Continue Reading Peloton’s perplexing new holiday ad has incensed the internet
Peloton, the indoor bike start-up, released a new holiday ad that in another time may not have made a dent in the cultural conversation. But this is…
Continue Reading Dog starts house fire by switching on microwave
Every now and again incredible stories emerge of heroic dogs saving their owners from house fires. This isn’t one of those stories. A husky has…
Continue Reading From bird-friendly coffee to chocolate safe for the rainforest, these holiday gifts give back
In 2019, Impact Your World told you about dozens of people and nonprofits making a difference in their communities — from those fighting to…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg arrives in Lisbon for COP25 after sailing across Atlantic
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she will continue to “put pressure on people in power,” after completing her journey across the…
Continue Reading Belgian parade to give up UNESCO listing over ‘anti-Semitic’ floats
A Belgian town famous for its carnival parade has signaled that it is willing to withdraw from a United Nations cultural listing after the event was…
Continue Reading Typhoon Kammuri kills 4 people, forces Manila airport closure as heavy rains hit the Philippines
A powerful typhoon killed four people in the Philippines and prompted authorities to close the country’s largest airport due to powerful winds…
Continue Reading Officer shoots armed Wisconsin student in classroom
An officer on Monday shot an armed 17-year-old student at a high school classroom in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, police said. The…
Continue Reading That storm dumping snow on New England is almost over, but not before a dramatic encore today
Goodbye, heavy snow. Hello, freezing rain, slush and ice. The powerful winter storm that trekked across the country and ruined many travel plans is…
Continue Reading Charges upgraded to murder for suspect in Aniah Blanchard case
Charges against one of the suspects in the death of college student Aniah Blanchard are being upgraded from first-degree kidnapping to capital…
Continue Reading Russia switches on gas mega-pipeline to China as Putin touts closer ties
Russia switched on an enormous gas pipeline to China worth billions of dollars Monday, affirming increasingly close economic and political ties…
Continue Reading Teens from China’s wealthiest regions rank top of the class in global education survey
Teens from some of China’s wealthiest regions are outperforming their peers in the world’s richest countries in reading, math and…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for December 3: NATO, impeachment, trade, death penalty, Elon Musk
Dictionary.com has picked its Word of the Year, the word that captures the zeitgeist, the collective spirit of humankind in 2019. It’s ……
Continue Reading 12 children killed in ‘bloodiest of days’ in northwest Syria
Three separate attacks targeted busy marketplaces in northwest Syria, producing a brutal death toll Monday in the war-torn area, according to local…
Continue Reading 3 dead after a plane crashes during an emergency landing in San Antonio
An emergency landing went horribly wrong Sunday night as a plane crashed in San Antonio, leaving three dead, according to fire officials. One of the…
Continue Reading The Apostrophe Protection Society has been disbanded after announcing ‘ignorance and laziness’ have won
Welcome to the Wild West of possessive punctuation. After 18 years, the Apostrophe Protection Society has been disbanded by its founder and chairman,…
Continue Reading Emmanuel Macron’s openness toward Russia is testing the patience of NATO allies
Nobody likes to hear that an old friend is “brain dead,” so perhaps it’s not surprising that France’s allies seem to be going…
Continue Reading Kammuri expected to bring heavy rains to Philippines
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the Philippines as Typhoon Kammuri hit Luzon, the country’s largest and most…
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