Dashboard camera captures the moment an officer saves the life of a 3-week-old baby
An officer is being hailed a hero after he quickly saved a 3-week-old baby who was struggling to breath. The Sterling Heights Police Department in…
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Crime is surging in US cities. Some say defunding the police will actually make it fall
It’s been a long time since summer in the US felt this feverish. It’s not just the coronavirus, the social unrest and the soaring…
Continue Reading Toronto Blue Jays might have to play home games in New York or Florida
The Major League Baseball season is set to begin July 23, but the Toronto Blue Jays still aren’t sure what city they’ll be calling home.…
Continue Reading A Montana nursing home turned down free Covid-19 tests. Now, almost every resident is infected and 8 have died
An assisted living facility in Billings, Montana, was offered free, voluntary surveillance coronavirus testing for residents and staff by the state…
Continue Reading Police officer shot and killed near Seattle
The Bothell, Washington, police officer who was fatally shot late Monday has been identified as Jonathan Shoop, according to authorities. Shoop had…
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Atlanta Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed has been demolished
The Atlanta Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by a police officer last month was demolished Tuesday. The charred remains of the…
Continue Reading 9-year-old New Orleans boy is the latest child victim of gun violence in the US
A 9-year-old boy killed in a triple shooting in New Orleans has become the latest victim in a spate of gun violence in July that has taken the lives…
Continue Reading Florida seniors mark four months isolated indoors — and the virus is only getting worse
While much of the US shut down to help curb the coronavirus pandemic, life in Florida seemed oddly uninterrupted. Beaches grew crowded, and so did…
Continue Reading Judge rejects Harvey Weinstein’s $19 million settlement with accusers
A federal judge in New York has rejected a proposed $19 million settlement for the women who accused former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual…
Continue Reading Unusual supernova sent this star speeding across our galaxy
A white dwarf star has been sent zooming across our Milky Way galaxy thanks to the blast from a unique kind of supernova that it managed to survive,…
Continue Reading World’s population likely to shrink after 50 years
The world’s population is likely to peak at 9.7 billion in 2064, and then decline to about 8.8 billion by the end of the century, as women get…
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Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague in Colorado, health officials warn
A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague. The squirrel tested positive on July 11 in the town of Morrison, marking the first…
Continue Reading A nursing home in England recreates famous album covers using its residents as models
The residents of one nursing home in England have turned into album cover stars. Sydmar Lodge Care Home, located in Edgware, has been in lockdown…
Continue Reading 12-year-old boy finds a veteran’s dog tag and returns it to his family 46 years after his death
A Fourth of July kayaking trip forever changed the lives of two families when 12-year-old Kolton Conrad found a dog tag that belonged to a man who…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been taken to the hospital and treated for a possible infection,…
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1st virus vaccine tested in U.S. shows promising results, poised for final testing
WASHINGTON, DC — A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the biotechnology company Moderna in partnership with the National Institutes of Health has…
Continue Reading China has just contained the coronavirus. Now it’s battling some of the worst floods in decades
Weeks of torrential rains have caused the worst flooding in China in recent decades, destroying the homes and livelihoods of millions of people as…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell is denied bail as judge says risks of fleeing ‘are simply too great’
A federal judge Tuesday ordered Ghislaine Maxwell jailed pending trial, saying the significant financial resources, international ties and…
Continue Reading Metal band Great White apologizes for performing to a packed, maskless crowd in North Dakota
The metal band Great White has apologized for a concert that saw few masks in the audience and no social distancing. “We understand that there…
Continue Reading ‘Significant progress’ made against fire on Navy ship in San Diego
The fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego is still burning but firefighters have made “significant progress” toward putting it…
Continue Reading One day into new mask law, one man is dead and another injured over a dispute in a Michigan store
A customer at a Quality Dairy in Eaton County, Michigan, was shot dead by police after stabbing a male customer in a dispute over not wearing a face…
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Doctors cry foul as Trump, White House target Dr. Fauci
WASHINGTON, DC — As top White House officials criticized the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci — including a top aide…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania law now requires officers applying for new jobs to submit previous employment records
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a pair of police reforms bills into law on Tuesday, including background checks requiring officers seeking new…
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Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students studying online
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a…
Continue Reading California pulls access to LAPD gang data in database after prosecutors say officers falsified records
As 16 Los Angeles police officers remain under investigation for possibly fabricating evidence, California’s attorney general revoked access to…
Continue Reading Allentown Police investigating after video appears to show officer putting his knee on man’s neck
Police in Allentown, Pennsylvania, said they are investigating after video appears to show an officer kneeling on a man’s neck while a second…
Continue Reading Microplastics from your tires are likely reaching the most remote places on Earth, study finds
Our clothes, our takeout containers and even our tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles every day. It’s been well-documented that…
Continue Reading 1 man holds multiple trademarks on potential Washington Redskins replacement names
The Washington NFL franchise announced on Monday that it would be changing its team name, but one man has already beaten them to the punch by…
Continue Reading 9-year-old New Orleans boy is the latest child victim of gun violence in the US
A 9-year-old boy killed in a triple shooting in New Orleans has become the latest victim in a spate of gun violence in July that has taken the lives…
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Texas ICU nurse is hospitalized with Covid-19 after testing negative
HOUSTON, Texas — An ICU nurse in Texas has found herself in the position of some of the very same patients she’s spent the last few weeks…
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