This family left their Oregon home as a precaution. They returned to find it destroyed
Cody Moss was at his home in Talent, Oregon, with his pregnant wife and daughter last week when they saw smoke in the sky. They didn’t think…
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China says no need to vaccinate entire population against Covid-19 at this stage, only frontline workers
Not everyone in China will need to get vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the country’s top medical official, as Beijing looks to…
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Trump spurns science on climate & wildfires, Biden blasts him as a ‘climate arsonist’
SACRAMENTO, California — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that…
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A federal hearing was interrupted with images of 9/11 and pornography
A federal court hearing held on Zoom about Georgia’s use of electronic voting machines was interrupted suddenly when screens suddenly filled…
Continue Reading Multiple Michigan State University sororities and fraternities ordered to quarantine for 2 weeks after coronavirus spike is tied to students
Local health officials have ordered a number of Michigan State University fraternities and sororities to quarantine for two weeks following hundreds…
Continue Reading Big Ten officials to vote on whether to reverse course and hold an abbreviated fall college sports season
Big Ten Conference presidents and chancellors are expected to vote on whether to reverse course and proceed with an abbreviated fall college football…
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Black lives matter in children’s books, too. That’s why this couple started a nonprofit
Krenice Roseman went birthday shopping for her niece in a Chicago-area bookstore two years ago. She was in a hurry, scanning book covers, but…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Green Party bid to get on presidential ballot, clearing way for absentee ballot mailing.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Green Party presidential candidate to be added to the…
Continue Reading Protests erupt in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and arrests made after a police officer shot and killed a 27-year-old man
Eight people were arrested during protests in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Monday, a day after a Lancaster police officer shot and killed a…
Continue Reading Covid-19 cases among Florida children jumped 26% in a month. It’s still hard to know which schools are safe
Since many Florida public schools opened their doors about a month ago, the number of children under 18 who have contracted Covid-19 statewide has…
Continue Reading Carbon-rich planets made of diamonds may exist beyond our solar system, study says
Exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, that contain more carbon than Earth could be made out of diamonds, according to a new study. Data…
Continue Reading Abraham Lincoln’s lock of hair sells for more than $81,000 at auction
A lock of President Abraham Lincoln’s hair and a telegram smeared with his blood sold for more than $81,000 at auction. The historic items sold…
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Thousands of veterans’ records, personal information exposed in VA data breach
WASHINGTON, DC — The personal information of some 46,000 veterans nationwide was compromised in a breach that targeted private financial data as…
Continue Reading NBA star apologizes after throwing up gang signs in video
John Wall is apologizing for throwing up gang signs. An All-Star guard for the NBA’s Washington Wizards, Wall was attending a New York City…
Continue Reading Officials say Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA cheated on emissions tests, will pay $1.5B settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) – Automakers Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California…
Continue Reading Best moments from CNN and Sesame Street’s ‘Back to School’ coronavirus town hall
CNN partnered with Sesame Street to host a town hall for families about navigating the back-to-school season during a deadly pandemic. “The…
Continue Reading How a mysterious man fooled a Harvard scholar into believing the ‘Gospel of Jesus’ Wife’ was real
In 2012 Karen King, a prestigious scholar at Harvard Divinity School, announced the academic discovery of a lifetime: a scrap of papyrus, purportedly…
Continue Reading A gas found on Earth that signifies life has been detected in the clouds on Venus
A gas on Earth has also been detected in the atmosphere of Venus. The “entirely surprising” discovery of phosphine could hint at unknown…
Continue Reading This is what could happen if the 2020 census fails to count everyone in the US
If the 2020 census fails to count everyone in the US, experts warn that the consequences will be serious, widespread and long-lasting. The census is…
Continue Reading Israeli court hands 3 life sentences to Jewish extremist for 2015 arson attack that killed Palestinian toddler, parents
JERUSALEM (AP) – An Israeli court has handed down three life sentences to a Jewish extremist convicted in a 2015 arson attack that killed a…
Continue Reading Berlin hospital: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved, he can briefly leave bed
BERLIN (AP) – Doctors treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say his condition has improved, and he is off a ventilator and able to…
Continue Reading Oregon city ‘looks as though a bomb went off’ as fires continue to scorch the West Coast
Wildfires scorching the West Coast have devastated the small city of Detroit, Oregon — located about 120 miles southeast of Portland —…
Continue Reading 7 people hospitalized after car crash on Golden Gate Bridge possibly exposes them to fentanyl
Seven people were hospitalized after a car crash Sunday on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco may have exposed them to the deadly drug fentanyl.…
Continue Reading Back-to-back weekend parties at park near NYU raise coronavirus concerns
New York officials are working to curb large gatherings in Washington Square Park after parties two weekends in a row raised concern over coronavirus…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 14: Coronavirus, election, wildfires, Japan, TikTok
Look out: Tropical Storm Sally is crawling through the Gulf of Mexico, and could be a Category 2 hurricane by the time it reaches New Orleans…
Continue Reading German government: Labs in France, Sweden confirm that Russian opposition leader Navalny was poisoned with Novichok
BERLIN (AP) – The Berlin hospital treating poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says his condition has improved further and he is…
Continue Reading The unlikely rise of Yoshihide Suga, the son of a farmer who is expected to become Japan’s next Prime Minister
If Shinzo Abe was perhaps born to be Japan’s Prime Minister, the path to political stardom for his potential successor was hardly guaranteed.…
Continue Reading Yoshihide Suga elected as new ruling party leader, virtually securing him parliament vote as Japan’s new prime minister
TOKYO (AP) – Yoshihide Suga has been elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party, virtually guaranteeing him parliamentary election as…
Continue Reading It’s been six months since Breonna Taylor died and activists aren’t letting the world forget
Breonna Taylor was gunned down in her Louisville, Kentucky, home exactly six months ago Sunday. Since then, no charges have been brought against any…
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