Severe storm threat has increased across Florida causing airport delays
Severe weather across central Florida is causing delays at some of the state’s major airports as the storm threat continues to increase.…
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Iran calls blackout at Natanz nuclear facility sabotage, ‘nuclear terrorism’
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising…
Continue Reading 2 police officers used excessive force, threatened Army officer during traffic stop, lawsuit says
A US Army officer is suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a…
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Hideki Matsuyama makes history with Masters golf victory
AUGUSTA, Georgia — Hideki Matsuyama has delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all. A decade after Matsuyama made a sterling…
Continue Reading Standoff at Honolulu hotel ends as armed man kills himself, police say
A standoff at a Hawaii hotel is over after an armed man barricaded inside killed himself following a 10-hour lockdown, Honolulu police said. Honolulu…
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The time has come to start training the pets for your return to work
Pets — like their humans — had to adjust during the pandemic. They got used to people being at home most of the time, just as people…
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Driver arrested in hit-and-run death of Sandra Feuerstein, New York federal judge
A woman has been arrested in connection to a hit-and-run accident that killed federal judge Sandra Feuerstein and injured a 6-year-old in Boca Raton,…
Continue Reading Colorado bill would give children free mental health services during the pandemic
The Colorado state legislature is working to give children free access to mental health care to help them cope with the mental ramifications of the…
Continue Reading One dead and two deputies shot in an altercation outside of a Utah jail
Two sheriff’s deputies were shot and an individual involved in an altercation with the deputies was killed outside the Salt Lake County Metro…
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How a 6-year-old with 2 rare disorders inspired a country song about Kenny Chesney
A 6-year-old with a rare combination of genetic disorders just got his big break in Nashville thanks to a nonprofit and some songwriters for Kenny…
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Volcanic eruptions worsen on Caribbean island
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — Conditions worsened on Sunday at a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as loud rumbling, lightning…
Continue Reading ‘Nomadland’ wins four prizes, including best picture and best director, at British Academy Film Awards
LONDON (AP) — “Nomadland” has won four prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards. The film’s director, Chloe Zhao,…
Continue Reading WWE stars Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks make history as first Black women to duke it out in WrestleMania main event
WWE stars Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks made wrestling history as the first Black women to face each other in a WrestleMania title match, according…
Continue Reading New Jersey is the latest state to require schools to offer courses on diversity and unconscious bias
As the summer of 2020 forced the nation to confront racism, students of color in New Jersey were sounding the alarm on the racist bullying they had…
Continue Reading How a TikTok video helped these college students collect over 200,000 products to help fight period poverty
When Alexa Mohsenzadeh and Jenica Baron posted a video of bras on a fence to TikTok last July, they didn’t expect to go viral. The 19-year-olds…
Continue Reading OPEC Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Facts The purpose of OPEC is to…
Continue Reading United Nations Security Council Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the United Nations Security Council, a 15-member body within the United Nations. Overview The Security Council has primary…
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Los Angeles woman suspected of killing her 3 young children
A Los Angeles woman suspected of killing her three young children, all under 5 years of age, is now in custody police said Saturday. Liliana…
Continue Reading Jessica Lynch Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Jessica Lynch, motivational speaker and former prisoner of war. Personal Birth date: April 26, 1983 Birth name: Jessica…
Continue Reading Barbra Streisand Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of singer and actress Barbra Streisand. Personal Birth date: April 24, 1942 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name:…
Continue Reading eBay removes a listing selling art created in a Japanese American concentration camp
At first glance, the drawings seem innocuous. Each of the 20 black and white sketches artfully depicts a natural landscape. Pine trees and mountains…
Continue Reading The little-known history of the Black ‘Concrete Cowboy’
In Philadelphia, a Black cowboy in a white undershirt and a gold chain wrangles a wayward horse. Teens pile hay and clean up manure near brick row…
Continue Reading A Honolulu hotel is on lockdown after shots were fired from a room, police say
An armed man barricaded inside a hotel in Hawaii has forced an hourslong lockdown, Honolulu police said. A call about shots fired at The Kahala Hotel…
Continue Reading How a Georgia pastor practiced what he preached by accepting LGBTQ members into his Southern Baptist church
During his Easter sermon last weekend, Pastor Jim Conrad preached a message of love and acceptance from the pulpit of his church. Over the past…
Continue Reading He built a website showing open Covid-19 vaccine appointments across the US. Some call it a lifesaver
For weeks, Nick Muerdter had been hearing about his coworkers’ concerns and frustrations as they tried to navigate complicated and evolving…
Continue Reading Two Utah deputies were shot in an altercation with a man near sheriff’s office
Two Salt Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were shot near the sheriff’s office building Saturday morning by a man during an altercation,…
Continue Reading Pentagon police officer charged in shooting deaths last week may face new charges over a 2020 incident
The Pentagon police officer who was charged with two counts of murder Friday may be facing charges related to an incident in 2020 in which he pointed…
Continue Reading Like the George Floyd witnesses, he saw police kill a man. Now, he’s part of the system, demanding change
Watching eyewitnesses in Derek Chauvin’s trial express their grief, anger, fear and helplessness at seeing George Floyd beg for his life,…
Continue Reading Veteran Iowa State trooper shot and killed in line of duty by barricaded man, officials say
A 27-year-veteran of the Iowa State Patrol was shot and killed by a man who had earlier assaulted a police officer, Iowa Department of Public Safety…
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