‘Chickenization’ program gives chicks to kids to fight internet addiction
A city in Indonesia hopes nature can save kids from internet addiction. But can chicks and trees really replace iPhones and smart TVs? The city of…
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University provost says this professor’s views are ‘racist, sexist and homophobic’ — but says he won’t be fired
Indiana University has received hundreds of requests calling for a controversial professor to be fired, and a provost has called his views…
Continue Reading Browns’ Myles Garrett insists Steelers’ Mason Rudolph used a racial slur. The Steelers quarterback denies it
Saying “I know what I heard,” suspended Cleveland Browns player Myles Garrett on Thursday stood by his allegation that Pittsburgh…
Continue Reading This could be the defining moment of America’s entire impeachment drama
This story was originally published in the November 20 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global…
Continue Reading China releases ‘confession’ tape of British consular worker who claimed torture
Authorities in China have released what they say is a confession by detained former British consular employee Simon Cheng, who earlier this week…
Continue Reading Las Vegas police shoot man accused of attacking officers in a restricted area at McCarran International Airport
Police in Las Vegas shot a suspect who entered a restricted area at McCarran International Airport, where he attacked officers, authorities said…
Continue Reading Security guard charged with punching girl, 11, for shoplifting
A 225-pound security guard at a Boston fashion store has been indicted on charges of assault and civil rights violations after allegedly punching an…
Continue Reading China and Nollywood have signed up for their first major film collaboration
Chinese entertainment group, Huahua Media, is joining forces with Nigerian filmmakers to produce the first major China-Nigeria film. Huahua signed a…
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Fiona Hill offers broad defense of impeachment witnesses: ‘We came as fact witnesses’
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser offered a broad defense of the witnesses who have testified in the…
Continue Reading Massachusetts lawmakers vote to ban all flavored tobacco products and tax vaping devices
Lawmakers in Massachusetts passed a comprehensive set of tobacco controls early Thursday morning that, if signed into law, will make the…
Continue Reading Mysterious comet will cause a rare ‘Unicorn’ meteor storm this week. Here’s how to watch.
Two meteor scientists, Peter Jenniskens and Esko Lyytinen, shared their prediction for an outburst by the alpha Monocertoid meteor shower on November…
Continue Reading Slain Detroit officer is hailed as a hero whose courage ‘resulted in tragedy’
A veteran Detroit police officer killed in the line of duty was hailed as a hero after he and other officers confronted a gunman accused of invading…
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Exclusive: FBI official under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON, DC — An FBI official is under criminal investigation after allegedly altering a document related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump…
Continue Reading Antonio Brown countersues Britney Taylor, says her rape accusations are false and defamatory
Antonio Brown has countersued a woman who accused him of rape, not only denying her allegations but also accusing her of defamation and causing the…
Continue Reading NASA has found sugar in meteorites that crashed to Earth
Meteorites that crashed into Earth billions of years ago contain sugars, researchers say, lending support to the idea that asteroids may hold some of…
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California Supreme Court says law requiring presidential candidates to turn over tax returns is invalid
The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled the state’s new law that requires presidential candidates to disclose their tax…
Continue Reading Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph apologizes for his role in helmet-swinging brawl
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph has apologized for his role in Thursday night’s in-game brawl in which opponent Myles Garrett…
Continue Reading California’s largest utility is restoring power to 50,000 customers after wind conditions improved
California utility Pacific Gas & Electric is restoring power to tens of thousands of people who have had their electricity cut off since…
Continue Reading A woman who wrote letters to Dylann Roof is going to prison for plotting 2 terrorist attacks
An Ohio woman who wrote letters to Dylann Roof and admired the Columbine High School shooters was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for her…
Continue Reading A food worker faces child pornography charges after a hidden camera was discovered in a school bathroom
A food services contract worker faces child pornography charges after employees at a Texas elementary school discovered a hidden camera in the…
Continue Reading The gunman in the Saugus High School shooting used a ‘ghost gun,’ sheriff says
The 16-year-old who killed two students and injured three others in a shooting at a California high school last week used a “ghost gun,”…
Continue Reading Syracuse University student arrested after graffiti appears supporting protests against racism on campus
Police arrested a Syracuse University student in connection with a series of new graffiti markings in support of protests against several recent…
Continue Reading Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards, has died
Jake Burton Carpenter, the snowboarding pioneer and founder of Burton Snowboards, passed away from complications related to cancer. He was 65. The…
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt will head home to San Francisco, 32 years later
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is getting a new home and returning to the place where it was created. The famed quilt is moving from Atlanta back to San…
Continue Reading Harvard students behind viral ‘Ify and James’ video just won their election
Two Harvard University minority students have been elected president and vice president of the Undergraduate Council after running a campaign focused…
Continue Reading This is the first known galaxy to have three supermassive black holes
Supermassive black holes act as the engines powering the centers of galaxies, including our own Milky Way galaxy. But in a first, scientists have…
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Texas mom ‘disgusted’ because daycare employee wrote that her 5-year-old son needs to be put on diet
KINGWOOD, Texas — A Texas mom says she sent her 5-year-old son to daycare with a special note inside his lunchbox: “Please tell (my son)…
Continue Reading NYPD cops were partners for 6 months before learning they had something else in common: they’re cousins
These NYPD officers are partners at work, but they recently found out their connection goes beyond the call of duty — they’re also…
Continue Reading Tim Tebow mourns the death of his beloved dog Bronco
Tim Tebow is grieving his beloved pup, Bronco, who died after spending nine loving years with the athlete. Tebow bid farewell to his pup in a…
Continue Reading 145 graves from a historic cemetery were discovered at a Tampa high school
About 145 coffins believed to be part of a mid-20th century cemetery for the indigent were found buried under a Tampa, Florida, high school,…
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