North Carolina town ends New Year’s Eve Possum Drop tradition
Every year, thousands flock to cities around the world for grand New Year’s Eve celebrations. But a North Carolina community’s…
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US population growth slowed this decade due to lower immigration rates and fewer births
US population growth slowed this decade, partially due to fewer births, more deaths and a decline in international migration to the US. Newly…
Continue Reading All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s
Before we fully free ourselves from the last decade, let us not forget all of the fleeting obsessions, challenges, crazes and movements that, for…
Continue Reading Hanukkah machete attack could have been worse had it happened 10 minutes earlier, guest says
A guest at the home of a rabbi where a man wounded five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration said Tuesday the outcome could have been…
Continue Reading A Georgia Tech football recruit’s death on a train track is ruled a suicide
The death of a promising 17-year-old athlete from Deerfield Beach, Florida, has been ruled a suicide, the medical examiner said Tuesday. Bryce Gowdy…
Continue Reading 10 petitions that made the biggest impact this decade
These days, it feels like there’s a petition for every cause imaginable. Saving the Amazon rainforest? Check. Making Baby Yoda an emoji? Also…
Continue Reading A massive wind turbine in New York City crashes down onto a car
A recently installed wind turbine came crashing down in a New York City neighborhood, causing a chain reaction on Monday. As the turbine in the Bronx…
Continue Reading An Alabama woman texted ‘I feel in trouble’ before she disappeared, mother says
A woman who disappeared after leaving an Alabama bar had texted a coworker that she was with strangers and felt she was in trouble, her mother says.…
Continue Reading A mom trying to film her daughter’s proposal ended up taking a selfie instead
When it comes to remembering a special moment, sometimes the best way to do it is to catch it on camera. So when Susan Griego’s daughter was…
Continue Reading Greyhound is giving free tickets to runaways who want to return home
For over a decade, Greyhound Lines has partnered with the National Runaway Safeline — an organization that seeks to keep runaway and homeless…
Continue Reading Empty stomachs and unpaid salaries, Zimbabweans face a bleak 2020 as economic crisis deepens
In tattered blue overalls and torn gumboots, Blessing Mautsa, 34, a sand dealer in Harare’s Mbare-Magaba industrial market sits miserably in…
Continue Reading A proxy war between the US and Iran just moved a step closer
The angry demonstrations at the American embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday are just the latest installment in a deepening confrontation between the US…
Continue Reading Video shows Australian crew sheltering in truck as bushfire rages outside
Dramatic video released by an Australian fire service shows the moment one of its fire trucks was overwhelmed by advancing bush fires. The video,…
Continue Reading All the cadets pictured giving a Nazi salute will be fired, West Virginia governor says
All of the West Virginia correctional cadets seen apparently giving a Nazi salute will be fired, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced. The image,…
Continue Reading Al Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Somalia truck bombing that killed 85
Al Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a truck bombing in Somalia that killed 85 people outside Mogadishu, the group’s…
Continue Reading UK to press Cyprus on ‘distressing’ teen gang rape case
UK authorities plan to raise concerns with Cyprus over a trial that saw a British teenager found guilty of lying to police after she alleged she was…
Continue Reading The suspect in the NY Hanukkah stabbings now faces federal hate crime charges. Here’s what authorities found
The man accused of using a machete to wound five people at a Hanukkah celebration now faces hate crime charges after authorities discovered…
Continue Reading Follow the New Year around the world
People around the world are beginning to wave goodbye to 2019 and welcome 2020. The Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati were the…
Continue Reading Rockland County’s Jewish community has survived a disease outbreak and 2 anti-Semitic attacks in 5 months
Rockland County’s Jewish community has faced trying times in the past year. After a massive measles outbreak sickened hundreds, residents were…
Continue Reading The full lyrics to ‘Auld Lang Syne’ so you don’t mumble your way through it
As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, voices all over the world will resurrect the centuries-old tradition of singing “Auld…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for December 31: Wildfires, Nissan, Russia call, opioids
Well, it’s the last 5 Things newsletter of 2019. Have a safe and happy New Year’s Eve, and we’ll drop something special in your…
Continue Reading Texas pastor says he knew and helped the gunman before the shooting
The senior minister at West Freeway Church of Christ said Monday he knew the gunman who killed two people inside the sanctuary Sunday. Britt Farmer…
Continue Reading Plane that crashed in Louisiana was in the air for just over a minute, NTSB says
The airplane that crashed in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing five people on board, was intact when it hit the ground, the National Transportation…
Continue Reading The mother of two Idaho siblings missing since September is not cooperating with investigators, police say
The mother of two missing Idaho siblings who haven’t been seen since September is not cooperating with investigators, police say. Investigators…
Continue Reading Suspect in New York Hanukkah celebration stabbings has ‘long history of mental illness,’ family says
The man accused of barging into a rabbi’s Monsey, New York, home and stabbing five people at a Hanukkah party with a machete has a “long…
Continue Reading Ohio doctor charged with killing 25 patients by overprescribing pain medication sues hospital for defamation
A Columbus, Ohio, doctor is suing the hospital system that accused him of overprescribing pain medication to more than two patients near death. Dr.…
Continue Reading A Kansas officer claimed McDonald’s employees wrote a derogatory term on his cup. He made it up, the police chief says
A Kansas police officer who initially claimed McDonald’s employees wrote “F*****g pig” on his cup has resigned, the city’s…
Continue Reading A survivor of the NY Hanukkah stabbings smashed a table into the attacker’s face. That’s not all
When a man with a “big machete knife” burst into a rabbi’s home, stabbing victims as they celebrated Hanukkah, Josef Gluck ran away…
Continue Reading A 12-year-old got a magnifying glass for Christmas — and set his lawn on fire
A family in Texas found themselves doing damage control on Christmas Day after their 12-year-old son accidentally set their lawn on fire with a…
Continue Reading Fire destroys a hospice home for senior and terminal dogs and cats
A hospice for elderly and disabled dogs has suffered the unthinkable — it was destroyed in a fire over the weekend. “I’m…
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