He’s doing the ‘dirty work’ to keep plastic out of the ocean
Afroz Shah, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn’t had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn’t spent this time writing briefs or preparing for…
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Latin AMAs 2019: You may know Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee, but here are more nominees you should listen to
The Latin American Music Awards (AMAs) feel and sound like the best house party you’ve ever attended. The one-night celebration of the best…
Continue Reading InSight mission is digging into Mars again
NASA’s stationary InSight lander is slowly but surely getting to know Mars on a deeper level. Since landing on Mars in November 2018, InSight…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about the Fort Worth police shooting
A concerned neighbor called police at 2:23 a.m. to check on the woman across the street because her front door was open. At 2:30 a.m., she would be…
Continue Reading The Fort Worth officer who shot Atatiana Jefferson wasn’t actually asked to do a wellness check
When Atatiana Jefferson‘s neighbor called police, he says he expected them to go check to see if she was OK. But the officer who shot her in…
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Chicago teachers’ strike leaves parents, students in lurch
Chicago teachers went on strike Thursday, marching on picket lines in defense of their union’s “social justice” agenda after…
Continue Reading Parkland shooter’s death penalty trial set to begin in January
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s death penalty trial is set to begin in January 2020, according to a court order issued Thursday by…
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Former Nazi guard, 93, to stand trial in Germany over thousands of camp murders
A 93-year-old former guard at a Nazi concentration camp will go on trial in Germany on Thursday on the charge of being an accessory to thousands of…
Continue Reading A Colorado officer shot an armed man through the window of the man’s home, police say
A Colorado police officer is on administrative leave after shooting an armed man in the buttocks though the window of the man’s house,…
Continue Reading Putin must be ‘tired of winning’ — Meanwhile in America
Vladimir Putin is doing so much winning, he must be getting tired of winning — to borrow a phrase from President Donald Trump. Russia’s…
Continue Reading How the jailing of pro-independence leaders triggered unrest in Catalonia
Road blockades, street clashes and burning containers: furious protests across Catalonia continued for a fourth day on Thursday, triggered by the…
Continue Reading Two years ago a bomb killed a journalist in Malta. Now justice for her murder seems as far away as ever
Flowers, photographs, candles, and messages demanding “Who killed Daphne?” line Malta’s Great Siege Monument, in tribute to…
Continue Reading Get a bird’s-eye view of NASA’s missions on Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been keeping an eye on its namesake planet since 2006. It’s searched for evidence of water, identified…
Continue Reading Another man in the iconic Iwo Jima photo was misidentified, Marine Corps says
The US Marine Corps said it misidentified another one of the six men featured in the iconic World War II photo of a flag being raised over Iwo Jima.…
Continue Reading From the aquarium to synagogues, here are the places that have stepped in as Chicago teachers go on strike
About 25,000 educators are on strike in Chicago, forcing the country’s third biggest school district to cancel classes and leaving about…
Continue Reading Identical twin babies were delivered by identical twin nurses at a Georgia hospital
As a pair of identical twin girls entered the world, they were greeted in the delivery room by two people who had been there before: Tara and Tori,…
Continue Reading Reward for information on missing Alabama girl increases as police search continues
After a search of an apartment complex did not reveal new information about a missing 3-year-old girl, the police chief in Birmingham, Alabama, made…
Continue Reading North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse on snowy, symbolic mountain
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken a scenic — and politically significant — ride on a white horse on a snowy mountain that’s…
Continue Reading Son of ‘Tarzan’ actor Ron Ely allegedly killed his mother before deputies shot and killed him, sheriff’s office says
The son of “Tarzan” actor Ron Ely killed his mother before he was shot and killed by deputies on Tuesday, according to the Santa Barbara…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 17: Elijah Cummings, Syria, Brexit, impeachment, quakes
Sad news to report this morning. US Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland has died at age 68. The longtime Democratic congressman died of…
Continue Reading Saudi bus crash kills 35 foreigners in holy city of Medina
A bus crash in the Saudi city of Medina killed 35 foreigners and wounded four others on Wednesday evening, a police spokesman cited by the state-run…
Continue Reading Family is found living in a remote farm with no contact with the outside world for nine years
A family of six was discovered inside a remote farm in the Netherlands, where it is believed they lived in isolation for nine years, according to CNN…
Continue Reading A man was sentenced to 15 years for cocaine possession in Oklahoma. It was powdered milk
A man pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in Oklahoma — only to withdraw his plea and have his case dismissed after it turned out to be…
Continue Reading Kurdish humanitarian groups left to fend for themselves as Northern Syria goes from refuge to frontline
As the first bombs fell on Ras al-Ain, residents of the Kurdish-Syrian village frantically collected treasured possessions and fled their homes.…
Continue Reading The ant that moves at 108 times its body length each second
Scientists have recorded the speed of the world’s fastest ant, which lives in the Sahara and is able to travel 108 times its own body length…
Continue Reading Indian hospital staff suspended after ants found crawling over dead patient’s eyes
Three nurses and two doctors have been suspended in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state after ants were found crawling on the body of a…
Continue Reading Blood smuggling in China: Why pregnant women are breaking the law to find out their babies’ sex
Custom officers stopped the middle-aged woman because of her strange, lumbering gait. They searched her and found vials of blood stashed in her bra,…
Continue Reading A newborn was found wrapped in a plastic bag in Indiana. Here are 5 things to know about safe haven laws
An hours-old baby girl was found wrapped in a plastic bag on a quiet street in Indiana — the latest in a series of abandoned babies found…
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