Bonsai trees shaped like rats are popular in Vietnam ahead of Lunar New Year
It’s 2020 — and with the Lunar New Year just weeks away, farmers in Vietnam have come up with a unique way to herald the Year of the Rat.…
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He escaped jail and was killed more than 100 years ago while on the run. His remains were just identified
Bones discovered in an Idaho cave in 1979 and 1991 have been identified as the remains of Joseph Henry Loveless, a man who escaped from prison more…
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Chicago’s homicide rate decreases for the third straight year
Chicago is reporting a significant drop in homicides for the third straight year, news that city leaders are embracing after the Windy City was…
Continue Reading Trump threatens Iran after protesters attack US embassy in Baghdad
President Donald Trump threatened Iran Tuesday, warning the country’s leaders they will be held responsible for any death or destruction after…
Continue Reading The gunman in the Texas church shooting had run-ins with police and had been homeless, his sister says
The gunman who fatally shot two people at a Texas church Sunday had several arrests and convictions over the past decade and, for a time, had lived…
Continue Reading Tennessee woman wants a New York police officer who barged into her home and was accused of a racial slur to be fired
A New York police officer sentenced to just over two weeks in jail for trespassing and assault while on vacation in 2018 is still on the force…
Continue Reading A teen whose teachers were sending him schoolwork in ICE detention just won his asylum case
An immigration judge has granted asylum to a Connecticut high school student whose arrest sparked an outpouring of support from teachers and…
Continue Reading Illinois governor pardons more than 11,000 people for low-level pot offenses
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions Tuesday — one day before a sweeping law makes…
Continue Reading Six suspected gang members arrested in Fresno football watch party shooting that left 4 dead
Six suspected gang members have been arrested in connection with a retaliatory shooting that left four people dead at a football watch party at a…
Continue Reading NYPD arrests suspect in fatal beating of man robbed of $1
The New York Police Department made an arrest in the fatal beating of a 60-year-old man during a Christmas Eve robbery that netted the attackers $1,…
Continue Reading A 12-year-old boy saved his great-grandparents when his half brother allegedly stabbed them
A 12-year-old Texas boy saved the lives of his great-grandparents by wresting a knife away during a stabbing attack while driving Sunday. The…
Continue Reading Danielle Outlaw was the first African American woman to be Portland’s police chief. Now, she’s Philadelphia’s first black female commissioner
The police chief of Portland, Oregon, Danielle Outlaw, has been announced as Philadelphia’s next commissioner of the police department, the…
Continue Reading Two puffins scratched their itches with sticks — the first evidence that seabirds can use tools
Perhaps puffins aren’t as bird-brained as previously believed. A team of animal experts observed two Atlantic puffins, more than 1,000 miles…
Continue Reading A Texas sheriff’s deputy has been shot and killed during a traffic stop
A sheriff’s deputy in East Texas is dead after being shot by someone he was trying to pull over early Tuesday, and a suspect was arrested later…
Continue Reading As families prepare to bury those slain in a Texas church shooting, the minister asks for continued prayers
As two families prepare to bury their loved ones killed in a Texas church shooting, the minister of that church is asking for continued prayers as…
Continue Reading A survivor of the NY Hanukkah stabbings needed 3 staples in his head to close his wounds
One of the survivors of the New York Hanukkah celebration stabbings was hit in the side of the head by the suspect’s machete and doctors had to…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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,…
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