At least 10 NFL teams sending people to watch Colin Kaepernick’s private workout
At least 10 NFL teams will send personnel to watch Colin Kaepernick’s league-arranged workout Saturday, a league source with direct knowledge…
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Red tide is back off the coast of Florida. Residents aren’t sure how much more they can take
Starting in the summer of 2017, Colleen Gill’s strolls on the beach were often interrupted by the smell of death. For more than a year, she…
Continue Reading A California power company has agreed to pay $360 million to counties and cities to settle claims from wildfires and another disaster
Utility giant Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $360 million to settle claims with 23 cities and counties impacted by three recent…
Continue Reading Earth was on the other side of the galaxy when dinosaurs reigned
Apart from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, there aren’t many connections between space and dinosaurs outside of…
Continue Reading Wrongfully convicted man is freed after 11 years in prison for a string of armed robberies he didn’t commit
In 2008 Ruben Martinez Jr. was sentenced to 47 years and eight months in prison for a series of armed robberies, even though he was at work when two…
Continue Reading Massachusetts now offers a nonbinary driver’s license option
Massachusetts residents can now choose a nonbinary gender designation on their driver’s licenses and ID cards. On Tuesday, the gender…
Continue Reading NFL teams invited to Colin Kaepernick private workout this weekend
Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who claimed the NFL and its teams colluded to keep him from playing following his refusal to stand during…
Continue Reading Astros say they’re cooperating with MLB investigation into video sign stealing
The Houston Astros organization said it’s cooperating with a Major League Baseball investigation of allegations the team used a hidden camera…
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Guide to Trump impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON, DC — As public hearings start Wednesday at 8 a.m. Mountain Time in the U.S. House impeachment inquiry, here’s…
Continue Reading 3 school staff members to be charged in the restraining death of California boy with autism
Three ex-employees of a shuttered Northern California alternative school each face an involuntary manslaughter charge after a 2018 incident in which…
Continue Reading This Arctic blast is shattering hundreds of records and causing deadly road conditions. And it’s not over
We’re still 38 days from the official start of winter, but Mother Nature doesn’t care. Hundreds of million of people were grappling with…
Continue Reading Worst floods for 50 years bring Venice to ‘its knees’
The worst flooding to hit Venice in more than 50 years has brought the historic city to its knees, its mayor said on Wednesday. “Venice is on…
Continue Reading Department of Veterans Affairs Fast Facts
Here is a look at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Facts There are 18.2 million veterans in the United States, according to the most recent…
Continue Reading Transgender ex-cashier sues Dunkin’ Donuts, saying managers let coworkers and patrons harass her, then fired her
A transgender woman is suing Dunkin’ Donuts and one of its Pennsylvania franchisees after, the woman alleges, managers at a Bethlehem store…
Continue Reading Robert Gates Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of former CIA Director and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Personal Birth date: September 25, 1943 Birth…
Continue Reading Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed files petition saying 7 new witnesses can exonerate him
Lawyers for Rodney Reed, the Texas inmate set to be executed next week, said in a legal filing that testimony from seven new witnesses help to prove…
Continue Reading Former test administrator pleads guilty in college admissions scandal
Igor Dvorskiy, a former Southern California test administrator accused of taking bribes in the college admissions scandal, has pleaded guilty to one…
Continue Reading Eight free ways to make someone’s day on World Kindness Day
Making other people feel good feels good, and, best of all, it requires little more than a generous heart. Kindness pays off in dividends: Studies…
Continue Reading History will be televised live in today’s impeachment hearings
This was originally published in the November 13 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers.…
Continue Reading Ralph Lauren Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of American fashion designer and philanthropist Ralph Lauren. Personal Birth date: October 14, 1939 Birth place:…
Continue Reading ‘Real King Kong’ primate was related to the orangutan
An immense prehistoric primate that once roamed southern China was first discovered in 1935 after a scientist found a jaw bone in a traditional…
Continue Reading Jesse Jackson Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of civil rights activist and clergyman Jesse Jackson. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1941 Birth place: Greenville,…
Continue Reading Dan Rather Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of journalist and former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather. Personal Birth date: October 31, 1931…
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September 11 Terror Attacks Fast Facts
Here is a look at the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Facts Nineteen men hijacked four fuel-loaded US commercial airplanes bound for west…
Continue Reading A caretaker told police a 4-year-old fell out a window. Then, doctors found burn marks and homemade stitches
After police found 4-year-old Zya Singleton badly injured, her caretaker told them that the girl had fallen out a second-floor window while playing…
Continue Reading The Mars 2020 rover will search for fossils and signs of ancient life
When the Mars 2020 rover lands on the Red Planet in February 2021, it will touch down in Jezero Crater, the site of a lake that existed 3.5 billion…
Continue Reading Thousands of birds found dead by an Indian lake and no one knows why
It’s a mystery that has baffled officials in India. What killed more than 2,000 birds near the country’s largest inland lake? Locals…
Continue Reading A Japanese spacecraft is coming back to Earth with samples from a nearby asteroid
For a little over a year, a tiny unmanned Japanese spacecraft has been sampling the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, capturing images,…
Continue Reading Anti-Semitism ‘neither human or Christian,’ says Pope Francis
Pope Francis has condemned anti-Semitism, describing the persecution of Jews as “neither human or Christian.” Departing from prepared…
Continue Reading ‘Fantastic Adventures’ YouTube mom accused of abusing her children has died
YouTube mom Machelle Hobson, who was accused of 30 counts of kidnapping and child abuse, died Tuesday morning in Scottsdale, Arizona, Maricopa police…
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