Pipe bomb found at Iowa polling location for local election
A live pipe bomb was found at an Iowa community center serving as a polling place for a special election, Ankeny police confirmed in a statement.…
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Contractor dies of heart attack during rocket attack at air base housing U.S. troops in Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. contractor died Wednesday when at least 10 rockets slammed into an air base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in…
Continue Reading Friends find out they’re biological sisters years after they met working at the same restaurant
It started as a joke. Cassandra Madison, 32, and Julia Tinetti, 31, began telling people they were sisters not long after they met in 2013 while…
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Police uncover ‘possible plot’ by militia to breach U.S. Capitol on Thursday
WASHINGTON, DC — Capitol Police say they have uncovered intelligence of a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on…
Continue Reading A fight is brewing over Myanmar’s seat at the United Nations
The fight for control of Myanmar has now officially arrived at the United Nations. In a letter seen by CNN, Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Kyaw Moe…
Continue Reading As the world vies for vaccines, Cuba’s making its own
Cuba may be on the verge of a coronavirus vaccine breakthrough and not a moment too soon, as deaths and cases spike on the communist-run island.…
Continue Reading At least a dozen people were killed in horrific crash in rural California. Here’s what we know
The details surrounding the deadly accident in rural California on Tuesday are still unclear, but what is known is that an SUV was struck by a…
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13 crash dead among 44 smuggled through fence hole
HOLTVILLE, California — The U.S. Border Patrol says 13 people killed in a Southern California crash were among 44 people who entered the U.S.…
Continue Reading The Washington Football Team is turning in their cheerleading squad for a coed dance team
Starting next season, Washington Football Team (WFT) fans will no longer see a traditional NFL cheerleading squad on the field, instead, they will be…
Continue Reading Women leaders you should know and the causes they champion
With the global pandemic, 2020 proved to be a tough year for everyone — especially girls and women. But many leaders stepped up to help. As we…
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Biden, Dems to tighten income limits for stimulus checks
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed Wednesday to tighten the upper income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus…
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Libraries oppose censorship. So they’re getting creative when it comes to offensive kids’ books
It’s a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have…
Continue Reading Andrew Young Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of civil rights activist and former ambassador Andrew Young. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1932 Birth place: New Orleans,…
Continue Reading First doses of authorized Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine administered in Ohio
The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States for the first time outside of a…
Continue Reading An exhausted Texas ICU nurse says she’s scared about an end to the state’s mask mandate
Brittany Smart has spent months tending to the Covid-19 patients who poured into Texas hospitals as the virus raged across the state — and the…
Continue Reading Dr. Fauci is giving his personal 3D model of the coronavirus to the Smithsonian
For the past year, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s sidekick has been a blue and pink-spiked model of the Covid-19 virus. And now, he’s making sure…
Continue Reading ‘Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine!’
“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine! I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate,” sang Dolly Parton, riffing on her hit song…
Continue Reading The Capitol riot is an eerie repeat of this tense era in American history
On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had…
Continue Reading The Capitol riot is an eerie repeat of the tense Reconstruction era in America
On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had…
Continue Reading More than a dozen dead in crash involving SUV and semitruck in California near US-Mexico border
An SUV packed with people pulled out in front of a semitruck towing two trailers in a rural California county near the Mexican border on Tuesday…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 3: Covid-19, stimulus, White House, Russia, Afghanistan
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, or at least that’s what they say. Wait, why do they say that? Here’s what you need…
Continue Reading Australian Attorney General Christian Porter comes forward to deny historical rape allegation
Attorney General Christian Porter has outed himself as the Australian cabinet minister at the center of a historical rape allegation that has caused…
Continue Reading Perseverance will search for ancient life on Mars. These places are next
When NASA’s Perseverance rover begins surveying the Martian surface in the coming months, the robotic explorer will be searching for signs of…
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Investigators to examine data from the black box of the car Tiger Woods was driving in crash
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will retrieve data from the black box in the Genesis SUV courtesy vehicle that golf legend Tiger…
Continue Reading 6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published anymore because they portray people in ‘hurtful and wrong’ ways
Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” the business that…
Continue Reading Indiana girls bring concerns over ‘Men Working’ signs to their lawmakers, and the city vows action
Two young sisters are using their voices to fight for gender equality in their city. When Blair Babione, 11, and her sister Brienne, 9, noticed…
Continue Reading Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the…
Continue Reading Smith College controversy highlights struggles schools face in making racially equitable campuses
In the summer of 2018, Oumou Kanoute read a book and ate her lunch in a common room area of a Smith College residence hall that required keycard…
Continue Reading A Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity has been suspended after the death of a 19-year-old student
Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity and announced a review of all Greek life after a student was found dead at an off-campus…
Continue Reading Texas governor lifts mask mandate and allows businesses to open at 100% capacity, despite health officials’ warnings
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he’s lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions.…
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