Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson just announced the birth of her first baby
First, let’s take a moment to marvel over the tiny, wide-eyed wonder that former US Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and her husband, Andrew East,…
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FBI arrests alleged white supremacist accused of planning to bomb a Pueblo synagogue
A 27-year-old man who allegedly espoused white supremacist ideology online was arrested by the FBI and accused of plotting to bomb a synagogue in…
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A Maryland police department won’t display a handmade American flag with a blue line. The governor says it should
A Maryland police department is stuck in the middle of a heated debate between a local official and the state’s governor over a wooden American…
Continue Reading All the revelations of the past 24 hours in Washington, DC
No one could say life in Washington is boring. From his first hours in office, Donald Trump’s presidency has seemed like a brazen attempt to…
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A man stole an electric shopping cart from Walmart and drove it from one bar to another to avoid a DWI, police say
A Louisiana man was arrested after stealing an electric powered shopping cart from Walmart to avoid getting a DWI, police said. Brice Kendell…
Continue Reading Trump, Putin and Hungary’s Orban all share a disdain for Ukraine. That’s raising alarm bells
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Budapest on Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had a gift already wrapped: Hours before…
Continue Reading Buffalo Wild Wings employees told a group to move because of a ‘racist’ regular, customers say
Employees at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Illinois asked a group of adults and children that included African Americans to move to other tables…
Continue Reading Xi Jinping demands end to violent protests in surprise meeting with Hong Kong leader
Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s leadership and hard work during a surprise meeting in Shanghai…
Continue Reading California inmates escaped through a hole they cut in the ceiling, sheriff’s office says
The two inmates who escaped a Northern California jail Sunday cut a hole in the ceiling of their building, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office…
Continue Reading What Voyager 2 has learned since entering interstellar space
On November 5, 2018, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft became the second human-made object to cross into interstellar space. Now, scientists have…
Continue Reading A new NYPD commissioner will lead the nation’s largest police force. Here is what he faces.
The new commissioner of the New York City Police Department will take over the leadership of a force facing a surge in officer suicides and rancor…
Continue Reading NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped an eerie image of the Mars horizon
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is still traversing the Red Planet on its own, searching for evidence of past life there. On the most recent leg of…
Continue Reading A woman might go to jail for forgetting to return library books
A woman failed to return two public library books on time and was faced with an arrest warrant. The Charlotte, Michigan resident checked out two…
Continue Reading Rodney Reed is set to be executed in Texas this month. A new witness claims he’s innocent
Less than a month before Rodney Reed is set to be executed in Texas, a former prison inmate claims someone else confessed to the murder that sent…
Continue Reading Philadelphia man charged with five murders between 2011 and 2017
A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged in five fatal shootings that occurred between 2011 and 2017, authorities said Monday. Michael…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates released in the largest commutation in US history
Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates left prison Monday before their original sentences were over. And bipartisan lawmakers couldn’t be happier. In the…
Continue Reading New radar helps scientists see inside wildfires and fits on the back of a truck
Scientists studying California’s devastating wildfires are using a powerful new radar system that could help them better understand how they…
Continue Reading Hundreds of thousands of people in California are downriver of a dam that ‘could fail’
Hundreds of thousands of people live downriver from a dam in California that recently had its risk characterization changed “from low to high…
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The Sante Fe High School massacre suspect isn’t fit to stand trial and will get psychiatric treatment, attorney says
The Texas teen accused of killing 10 people at Santa Fe High School last year will be declared not competent to stand trial, his defense attorney…
Continue Reading More than 100 vegetable products recalled for listeria concerns
The Mann Packaging Co. is voluntarily recalling more than 100 vegetable products sold in the United States and Canada for possible listeria…
Continue Reading Iran announces new centrifuges on 40th anniversary of US embassy siege
Iran has launched a new generation of advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium, the nation’s nuclear chief announced Monday, the latest in a…
Continue Reading NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill is resigning after 3-year tenure
New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill is resigning from his post atop the country’s largest police force and will take a…
Continue Reading Yvette Lundy, French Resistance heroine and concentration camp survivor, dead at 103
Yvette Lundy, a heroine of the French Resistance during World War II, died Sunday at the age of 103. Lundy joined the Resistance at the beginning of…
Continue Reading A teacher wore blackface to school and rapped on Halloween. He’s now been suspended
A high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave in California after he wore blackface to school on Halloween, according to the Milpitas…
Continue Reading Rudy Boesch, a contestant on the first season of ‘Survivor,’ has died
Rudy Boesch, who was a contestant on the first season of CBS’ “Survivor,” has died, the SEAL Veterans Foundation said. “It is…
Continue Reading 41 migrants found alive in back of truck in Greece
Police have found 41 people alive in the back of a refrigerated truck during a routine highway check in northern Greece, officials said Monday. The…
Continue Reading LeBron James building temporary housing for families at his hometown school
LeBron James is adding safe housing to the school he founded in his hometown, so students have a stable place to live while they get their education.…
Continue Reading Cleveland Browns cut safety Jermaine Whitehead for tweeting violent threats after loss
The NFL’s Cleveland Browns waived safety Jermaine Whitehead on Monday, a day after he apparently sent several profane tweets threatening…
Continue Reading A US citizen says he had acid thrown in his face after being told to go back to his country
A man has been arrested after allegedly throwing acid in the face of a US citizen, who says his attacker told him to “go back to (his)…
Continue Reading Gay Byrne, veteran Irish broadcaster, dead at 85
Veteran Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne has died aged 85, his longtime employer RTÉ announced on Monday. The network said Byrne, who hosted “The…
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