Hong Kong New Year’s Day march called off after bricks and petrol bombs thrown
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on New Year’s Day, but the march was later called off after…
Continue ReadingTens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on New Year’s Day, but the march was later called off after…
Continue ReadingFlorida doctor Mohammad Awad just gave us one of the first pieces of good news for 2020: he saved a dog. The Tampa Bay doctor had just finished a…
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Continue ReadingPope Francis was happily greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday when he slapped a woman’s hand to free himself.…
Continue ReadingCarley McCord, the sports reporter killed in a Louisiana plane crash Saturday, “smelled of raw talent” from birth, those who knew her…
Continue ReadingTwo people were killed after getting swept up by a massive avalanche in a mountain pass in British Columbia, Canadian authorities said. The two…
Continue ReadingInvestigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are working on coming up with plans to recover the wreckage of a tour helicopter that…
Continue ReadingIt’s 2020 — and with the Lunar New Year just weeks away, farmers in Vietnam have come up with a unique way to herald the Year of the Rat.…
Continue ReadingBones discovered in an Idaho cave in 1979 and 1991 have been identified as the remains of Joseph Henry Loveless, a man who escaped from prison more…
Continue ReadingChicago is reporting a significant drop in homicides for the third straight year, news that city leaders are embracing after the Windy City was…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump threatened Iran Tuesday, warning the country’s leaders they will be held responsible for any death or destruction after…
Continue ReadingThe gunman who fatally shot two people at a Texas church Sunday had several arrests and convictions over the past decade and, for a time, had lived…
Continue ReadingA New York police officer sentenced to just over two weeks in jail for trespassing and assault while on vacation in 2018 is still on the force…
Continue ReadingAn immigration judge has granted asylum to a Connecticut high school student whose arrest sparked an outpouring of support from teachers and…
Continue ReadingIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions Tuesday — one day before a sweeping law makes…
Continue ReadingSix suspected gang members have been arrested in connection with a retaliatory shooting that left four people dead at a football watch party at a…
Continue ReadingThe New York Police Department made an arrest in the fatal beating of a 60-year-old man during a Christmas Eve robbery that netted the attackers $1,…
Continue ReadingA 12-year-old Texas boy saved the lives of his great-grandparents by wresting a knife away during a stabbing attack while driving Sunday. The…
Continue ReadingThe police chief of Portland, Oregon, Danielle Outlaw, has been announced as Philadelphia’s next commissioner of the police department, the…
Continue ReadingPerhaps puffins aren’t as bird-brained as previously believed. A team of animal experts observed two Atlantic puffins, more than 1,000 miles…
Continue ReadingA sheriff’s deputy in East Texas is dead after being shot by someone he was trying to pull over early Tuesday, and a suspect was arrested later…
Continue ReadingAs two families prepare to bury their loved ones killed in a Texas church shooting, the minister of that church is asking for continued prayers as…
Continue ReadingOne of the survivors of the New York Hanukkah celebration stabbings was hit in the side of the head by the suspect’s machete and doctors had to…
Continue ReadingEvery year, thousands flock to cities around the world for grand New Year’s Eve celebrations. But a North Carolina community’s…
Continue ReadingUS population growth slowed this decade, partially due to fewer births, more deaths and a decline in international migration to the US. Newly…
Continue ReadingBefore we fully free ourselves from the last decade, let us not forget all of the fleeting obsessions, challenges, crazes and movements that, for…
Continue ReadingA guest at the home of a rabbi where a man wounded five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration said Tuesday the outcome could have been…
Continue ReadingThe death of a promising 17-year-old athlete from Deerfield Beach, Florida, has been ruled a suicide, the medical examiner said Tuesday. Bryce Gowdy…
Continue ReadingThese days, it feels like there’s a petition for every cause imaginable. Saving the Amazon rainforest? Check. Making Baby Yoda an emoji? Also…
Continue ReadingA recently installed wind turbine came crashing down in a New York City neighborhood, causing a chain reaction on Monday. As the turbine in the Bronx…
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