Will the new coronavirus burn out like SARS … or is it here to stay?
Nearly two decades after he was treated, former severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patient Alex Lam is still haunted by his experience.…
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Four chartered flights are evacuating US citizens from Wuhan this week. An official says they are likely the last
The chartered flights carrying US citizens from Wuhan, China, this week are likely to be the last. Two flights out of Wuhan, the epicenter of the…
Continue Reading Charges will be dropped against a California surgeon and his girlfriend accused of drugging and raping women, prosecutor says
Prosecutors in California plan to drop charges against a surgeon and his girlfriend who were accused of drugging and raping women, Orange County…
Continue Reading Cops are looking for a man they say showed up for his first shift and stole $17,000 worth of merchandise
During his first shift alone at a Connecticut gas station, an employee stole more than $17,000 worth of merchandise and money, police say. Then, he…
Continue Reading Vanessa Bryant posts love for daughter as Mamba academy debuts image of commemorative patch
Vanessa Bryant on Wednesday mourned and honored her daughter who died along with her father and seven other people in a helicopter crash 10 days ago.…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to killing a woman and dumping her body in Connecticut woods, officials say
Javier Da Silva Rojas, 25, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to kidnapping resulting in death in the killing of Valerie Reyes, according to a…
Continue Reading A researcher designed ‘anti-solar’ panels that generate electricity in the dark of night
Solar panels, true to their name, don’t technically work at night. But a California researcher claims he’s found a way to keep them…
Continue Reading Astronaut Christina Koch begins her journey back to Earth after her record-setting mission
NASA Astronaut Christina Koch is returning to Earth after the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Koch arrived on the International Space Station…
Continue Reading Justice Department will investigate four Mississippi prisons after inmates describe dangerous conditions
The Justice Department is launching an investigation into the conditions of several Mississippi prisons following a series of inmate deaths, the…
Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein’s final accuser says she was ‘trapped’ when he masturbated in front of her
Lauren Young thought she would have a chance to discuss one of her scripts with Harvey Weinstein but instead he masturbated in front of her in the…
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U.S. Senate finds Trump ‘not guilty’ on both articles of impeachment
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential…
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Actor Kirk Douglas, star from film’s Golden Age, dies at 103
HOLLYWOOD, California — Kirk Douglas, the actor who helped usher in Hollywood’s golden age, has died. He was 103 years old. “It is with tremendous…
Continue Reading Lesotho’s first lady is charged with murdering husband’s ex-wife
The first lady of Lesotho, Maesaiah Thabane has been charged with murdering her husband’s former wife in a crime that has gripped the tiny…
Continue Reading She was cropped out of a photo of white climate activists. Now, she says it’s time to stop erasing African voices
When Ugandan climate change activist Vanessa Nakate attended the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland, she was excited to share her…
Continue Reading Canadian company seeks new site to bury nuclear waste
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A power company is reconsidering its options after dropping plans to bury waste from its nuclear plants on the Canadian…
Continue Reading Family of missing boy in Colorado makes emotional plea for help
Gannon Stauch would tell his mother jokes every day and was learning how to code before he vanished from his Colorado home last week, his family…
Continue Reading A Cleveland fertility clinic that lost 4,000 eggs and embryos just got hit with 2 more lawsuits
Almost two years ago, a freezer malfunction at an Ohio fertility clinic may have destroyed hundreds of patients’ chances at having biological…
Continue Reading The California firefighters who volunteered to battle flames in Australia have returned home
Capt. Leonard Dimaculangan hugged his daughter for the first time in a month after battling flames half way across the world in Australia.…
Continue Reading For those in quarantine at this air base, it’s Zumba classes, sandwiches and hours of downtime
It’s a beautiful morning at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California. A handful of people are out and about on the grounds,…
Continue Reading Cherokees become the first US-based tribe to deposit traditional heirloom seeds in the Arctic vault
No Native American tribe has ever received an invitation to store its traditional heirloom seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The seed vault,…
Continue Reading Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights leader arrested for having sex with men, is pardoned 67 years later
As a civil rights leader and an advocate for justice, Bayard Rustin was no stranger to being behind bars. He was arrested for his anti-war efforts in…
Continue Reading Gov. Hogan calls crime an ‘urgent crisis’ in Baltimore
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan called for decisive action to fight “out-of-control violent crime” he said is “destroying…
Continue Reading Investigators conducting searches in the case of Kristin Smart, a Cal Poly student who went missing in 1996
Police have served search warrants in the case of Kristin Smart, a young woman who went missing from a central California college campus in 1996, but…
Continue Reading FTC: Consumer finance website favored companies that paid
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A personal finance website founded by former University of Delaware students has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle allegations…
Continue Reading Twitter data shows major cities are flooding more than previously thought
A new study that used social media to measure the impact of tidal flooding along the US East and Gulf coasts suggests flooding happens more…
Continue Reading Judge strips terrorist of citizenship at government request
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has stripped a terrorist of his naturalized U.S. citizenship, siding with the government in the case of a…
Continue Reading Palestinians say Trump’s deal is racist. But their leaders are bereft of ideas on how to fight it
A gloomy winter of Palestinian discontent has been made grimmer still by Donald Trump’s new “peace plan.” It’s been presented…
Continue Reading Avalanche in Turkey kills rescuers who were searching for survivors of previous avalanche
At least 38 people, many of them rescuers, have been killed and dozens are feared trapped after two avalanches near Turkey’s eastern border…
Continue Reading What for W-4? Why you should care about the new tax form
If you are starting a new job this year, or just want to update your tax information with your employer, some of the paperwork is going to look…
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