Simone Biles ties record for most world gymnastics championship medals with vault gold
Simone Biles continued stuffing her trophy case Saturday, winning a gold medal in the gymnastics world championships — a record-tying 23rd…
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Elaine’s townhouse from ‘Seinfeld’ is on sale for $8.65 million
Nostalgic for the ’90s and have a couple million dollars lying around? This might be the place for you. The New York townhouse used for the…
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Five gang members are sentenced for chasing a 15-year-old and killing him with a machete
The five gang members who slashed a New York teen to death with a machete and knives last year after mistaking him for a rival have been sentenced to…
Continue Reading Aaron Jones fined more than $10K for taunting Cowboys’ Byron Jones with a wave goodbye
Aaron Jones of the Green Bay Packers teased Dallas Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones with a sassy wave goodbye during last Sunday’s game, and now…
Continue Reading Family finds $600,000 worth of cocaine floating near a South Carolina beach
A family on vacation in South Carolina found more than just seashells and crabs while strolling along the beach. Justus Holland and his family were…
Continue Reading US Sen. Ted Cruz rips Beijing ‘dictatorship’ during Hong Kong visit
US Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday condemned China’s handling of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, saying suppression of free speech in the…
Continue Reading The far-right is changing the face of the EU’s third biggest city
A far-right party is exerting its political influence in the Spanish capital of Madrid, starting with its Christmas lights. Vox made a pact with the…
Continue Reading Raging fires and hundreds of thousands without power. Officials fear it’s the ‘new abnormal’ for California
When the power went out for almost 800,000 Californians this week to prevent wildfires, it was not the first time. And many are left wondering…
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani under investigation by federal prosecutors for Ukraine lobbying work
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is being investigated by federal prosecutors in New York for possible lobbying…
Continue Reading California governor says ‘greed’ to blame for power outage
An angry California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed the state’s largest utility over its power shutoffs, saying they’re the result of years of…
Continue Reading Some evacuees are returning home after Saddleridge Fire burns 7,500 acres
Robin Navickas left behind her hearing aids and even her shoes when the Saddleridge Fire was creeping toward her home. When she returned hours later,…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania police department warns parents after finding THC-laced candies that look like the harmless kind
A recent drug bust in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, uncovered loads of cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, and…. Nerds Rope candies.…
Continue Reading A man found guilty of killing his ex-wife’s family in Texas will die by lethal injection
A man found guilty of killing six members of his former wife’s family in Texas will die by lethal injection, a jury decided. The judge made the…
Continue Reading National Coming Out Day: What it is, and what people are saying about it
National Coming Out Day is here. Friday marks the 31st anniversary of National Coming Out Day, celebrated every year on October 11, the anniversary…
Continue Reading Five 13-year-olds in Mississippi have been arrested for making school threats. A new law makes those felonies
Five students from a middle school in the Mississippi town of Ocean Springs have been arrested on suspicion of making threats to shoot up the school,…
Continue Reading Farmers in Idaho rallied to harvest a neighbor’s potatoes as a deep freeze threatened to ruin them
With meteorologists predicting a hard freeze in southeast Idaho for Wednesday, farmers rushed to harvest all their potatoes before the surprise cold…
Continue Reading He sold illegal AR-15s. Feds agreed to let him go free to avoid hurting gun control efforts
For more than a year, Joseph Roh illegally manufactured AR-15-style rifles in a warehouse south of Los Angeles. His customers, more than two dozen of…
Continue Reading ISIS families attempt to escape camp in northeast Syria
ISIS family members have attempted to escape from an encampment in northeastern Syria, a commander for the Kurdish forces that guard the site told…
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160 bodies buried in mass grave in Juarez
About 160 bodies have been buried in a mass grave in Juarez. The Juarez Medical Examiner’s Office designated them as unclaimed. The bodies were…
Continue Reading Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg takes her message to Denver
Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg did not win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize but that didn’t stop her from taking her call for…
Continue Reading Water at the moon’s south pole may be more recent, study says
The return of humans to the moon, as well as ongoing robotic missions, may require using resources already on the lunar surface. The moon’s…
Continue Reading A 5.6 pound avocado set a new world record and it made enough guacamole for 20 people
The only thing extra about the avocado at the Pokini household is the size. The Pokini family from Hawaii landed themselves in the Guinness Book of…
Continue Reading Mistrial declared on 2 counts against ex-police chief who called Trump ‘last hope for white people’
A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday after a jury failed to reach a verdict on two charges filed against a former New Jersey police chief who…
Continue Reading New York will require menstrual product packages to contain a list of all ingredients inside, making it the first state to have such a law
New York just became the first state to require an ingredient list on menstrual product packages, in a move the governor says will “empower…
Continue Reading Passenger ‘in crisis’ was removed from an American Airlines flight after forcing his way onto the plane
A man was forcibly removed from an American Airlines flight at Miami International Airport Monday after he tried to force his way onto a plane. The…
Continue Reading Jury in trial of Georgia officer who fatally shot naked, unarmed man has still not reached a verdict
The jury in the trial of a Georgia police officer charged with fatally shooting a naked, unarmed black man has yet to reach a verdict, one week after…
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Shepard Smith abruptly leaves Fox News Channel
Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on a network dominated by supporters of President Trump, says he is…
Continue Reading ‘Americans sold us out,’ Kurds guarding US base in Syria say
Kurdish forces guarding a US military base in northern Syria told CNN they feel they’ve been betrayed by their American allies after US…
Continue Reading Peter Handke’s Nobel literature prize win sparks outrage
The decision to award Austrian writer Peter Handke a Nobel Prize in Literature has sparked widespread outrage, with critics calling it…
Continue Reading Piranha swap out their old teeth with new set waiting in a ‘crypt’
Piranha teeth have the tough task of crunching bone and shredding flesh and, like well-used kitchen knives, they dull over time. Since they have no…
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