Many weekends, high school teacher Emma Smreker can be found searching for treasure. Not at the bottom of the sea — but at the bottom of…
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In 1929, two Chinese farmers were stopped by a British police officer while ambling down a road in a rugged part of Hong Kong’s then-expansive…
Continue Reading A grand jury has indicted three Mississippi police officers on second-degree murder charges, accusing them of causing eventually fatal injuries to a…
Continue Reading A Georgia State Patrol trooper has been arrested and charged with felony murder after fatally shooting a Black man during an attempted traffic stop.…
Continue Reading There have been at least 19 shark sightings on Long Island’s Nassau County in New York this season, County Executive Laura Curran tweeted…
Continue Reading Another coronavirus cluster has been identified at the University of North Carolina. This time, the cluster, defined as five or more cases in close…
Continue Reading Nine football players at the University of Oklahoma have tested positive for the coronavirus, as the Big 12, its conference, continues to gear up for…
Continue Reading An inmate at a Connecticut prison was confirmed dead this week after he was found with a cloth mask intended to prevent the spread of Covid-19 tied…
Continue Reading A nurse at a Virginia hospital is being hailed a hero for starting a free pantry to help colleagues struggling to make ends meet during the…
Continue Reading If you received a letter of acceptance from Syracuse University, you may want to hold off celebrating. Due to a technical error, the school…
Continue Reading Add paperwork to the list of things that the coronavirus pandemic has added or changed in your life. Some vacation spots, salons and a range of other…
Continue Reading Firefighters face fear all the time, but this was something different. Southern California crews battling the Lake Fire on Friday were chased by a…
Continue Reading NASCAR driver Austin Dillon has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss this weekend’s race, his racing team announced Saturday. Dillon, 30,…
Continue Reading It took less than 24 hours after United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar touched down in Taiwan, in an historic visit intended…
Continue Reading Desks are spaced 6 feet apart, temperature checks are routine and students lunch together in small groups. This overhaul of the traditional school…
Continue Reading The grieving father of a 5-year-old boy killed in North Carolina said the suspect has lived next door for eight years and he shared dinner with him a…
Continue Reading If you feel like you’re hearing more about slavery reparations, it’s not your imagination. The widespread protests against police…
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A San Antonio man who was hospitalized with Covid-19 the same week as his wedding got the chance to say “I do”…
Continue Reading An Illinois community is rallying behind two 13-year-old boys after their lemonade stand was robbed at gunpoint. Jude and Tristan were selling…
Continue Reading Dr. Lonnie Johnson might be one of the most brilliant inventors of our time. The scientist and engineer is responsible for over 100 patents,…
Continue Reading Health officials in southern Illinois are looking for people who attended a “mini-prom” earlier this month and may been exposed to…
Continue Reading At this point, we’ve all been living in a coronavirus world for more than five months. That’s almost half a year lost to a terrifying and…
Continue Reading Tired of movie nights at home? Walmart has the perfect solution for bored quarantiners. Starting August 14, the retail giant is transforming 160 of…
Continue Reading Authorities in Azusa, California, are searching for a man who they say intentionally started the 2,500 acre Ranch2 Fire in Los Angeles County. Osmin…
Continue Reading Officials in California, Oregon and Colorado are battling a series of wildfires that have collectively torched about 100,000 acres — and things…
Continue Reading This week, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft conducted a final rehearsed of all of the maneuvers it will need to touchdown on the asteroid Bennu and collect…
Continue Reading Diversity is making its way onto the Disney Channel. Disney has confirmed it has a bixsexual lead character on “The Owl House” series.…
Continue Reading Newly released police bodycam footage from the fatal arrest of George Floyd shows a crowd of bystanders becoming increasingly upset as police hold…
Continue Reading Two dormitories at Virginia Tech will now be named after prominent Black people associated with the school, according to a university news release.…
Continue Reading The University of Oregon is covering the controversial murals that have decorated the halls of its largest library after years of protest over the…
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