The US has seen a substantial increase in fatal drug overdoses and set a record for deaths from overdoses in the year that ended in May, the Centers…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has begun construction at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its…
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It has been a tough year, full of loss and hardship, social distancing and zoom calls. But doctors and nurses some are spreading holiday cheer with…
Continue Reading Even when she was hospitalized for Covid-19 and pneumonia for three days, Philamena Belone wanted to get home so she could resume doing what she…
Continue Reading A man who claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in 2011 at age 6, has been sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft,…
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A man who claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in 2011 at age 6, has been sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft,…
Continue Reading Trader Joe’s shoppers, look out. Tesoros Trading Co. is recalling some of its frozen Trader Joe’s Lightly Salted Edamame products because…
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted on Thursday…
Continue Reading The state of New York will no longer sell or display anything considered a “symbol of hate,” including the Confederate flag, according to…
Continue Reading Josh Gibson, one of the greatest sluggers in the history of the Negro Leagues, could become big league baseball’s single-season batting average…
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The lower house of Mexico’s congress overwhelmingly approved a law this week limiting foreign agents operating in the…
Continue Reading Atlantic City is offering critics of President Donald Trump the chance to celebrate his departure with a literal bang. Mayor Marty Small Sr.…
Continue Reading A small town in North Carolina is planning to install a propane cannon on top of a high school in order to combat vultures that have been gathering…
Continue Reading “You just have to dance, we can make a little money like that.” That’s what Shandel, then 13, said her boyfriend told her at a…
Continue Reading As the state prepares to administer its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is urging all residents to be vigilant and…
Continue Reading A dark vortex-like storm on Neptune discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in September 2018 has reversed course to avoid an untimely demise on the…
Continue Reading North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted pardons Thursday to five men convicted of crimes they did not commit, including one freed this year after…
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HOUSTON, Texas — A former Houston police captain charged with running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head over a voter fraud…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official says “substantial progress on many issues” has been made in post-Brexit talks, yet big…
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WASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary. That’s according to a person…
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. authorities are expressing increased alarm about an intrusion into computer systems around the globe that officials suspect…
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DENVER, Colorado — A group of 38 states filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Google on Thursday, alleging that the search giant has an illegal…
Continue Reading The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio has secured $2.5 million for body cameras nearly two weeks after a young man was fatally shot by…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael Regan of North Carolina, to…
Continue Reading The NFL wants to honor health care workers by inviting some — who’ve had their Covid-19 vaccines — to Super Bowl LV. Frontline…
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A Spirit Airlines plane skidded off the taxiway at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday morning after a powerful…
Continue Reading Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, wants to get the president-elect’s attention. Palmer penned an open letter to President-elect Joe…
Continue Reading Black children were six times more likely to be shot to death by the police than their White peers over a 16-year period, according to a study…
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NEW YORK, NY — A powerful winter storm system delivered heavy snow across the Northeast, blanketing much of Pennsylvania, New York and New…
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