Daylight Saving Time Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Daylight Saving Time, a system to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. Facts Sunday, November 7, 2021 –…
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What the haunting connection between George Floyd and Daunte Wright reveals
The news that George Floyd’s girlfriend, Courtney Ross, at one time served as a teacher to Daunte Wright echoes the intimate connections…
Continue Reading The police shooting of Daunte Wright has sparked nights of protests and days of fast-moving case developments
For five nights in a row, protesters have gathered — often with snow falling around them — outside of the Brooklyn Center Police…
Continue Reading Heavy metal guitarist becomes 1st to plead guilty in U.S. Capitol riot
WASHINGTON, DC — A heavy metal guitarist with ties to the Oath Keepers on Friday became the first defendant to plead guilty to federal charges in…
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Biden signs emergency order to speed refugee admissions to U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination that officials said would speed refugee admissions to the U.S.,…
Continue Reading Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in response to Washington
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Friday responded in kind to a barrage of new U.S. sanctions, saying it would expel 10 U.S. diplomats and take other…
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AG Garland rescinds Trump-era memo that curtailed use of consent decrees used in investigations of police departments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has rescinded a Trump-era memo that curtailed the use of consent decrees that federal…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin takes the Fifth, the defense rests, and closings next in trial of George Floyd’s death
When closing arguments are delivered Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, jurors will have sat through the testimony of…
Continue Reading Foreign minister says Moscow will ask 10 U.S. diplomats to leave Russia in a quid pro quo response to U.S. sanctions
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Friday responded in kind to a barrage of new U.S. sanctions, saying it would expel 10 U.S. diplomats and take other…
Continue Reading After Indianapolis FedEx shooting, employees are still waiting to reunite with family because FedEx restricts cell phone use at its facilities, police say
Hours after a gunman opened fire in an Indianapolis FedEx facility, family members of employees at the facility were still corralled at a nearby…
Continue Reading Newsrooms confront the ‘police say’ problem
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The podcaster and…
Continue Reading Tunisian authorities say 21 dead after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean, 3 survivors found
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say they have recovered the bodies of 21 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, including nine women and a…
Continue Reading How to celebrate National Volunteer Week
Covid-19 has presented challenges to both staffing and financing for charitable causes around the world. This year, non-profits are using National…
Continue Reading Chicago police say bodycam footage shows less than a second passes from when 13-year-old is seen holding a handgun and is shot by officer
Authorities released body-worn camera footage that shows an officer making a split-second decision to fire a single shot that killed 13-year-old Adam…
Continue Reading Giant radio pulses and X-ray surges are coming from the Crab Nebula
The hauntingly beautiful Crab Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, is releasing an incredible amount of energy. The…
Continue Reading Hong Kong court jails Jimmy Lai and other prominent activists for 8 to 18 months over 2019 protest
A Hong Kong court has sentenced several of the city’s leading pro-democracy campaigners to between 8 and 18 months in prison over their roles…
Continue Reading 8 people killed after mass shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis, police say
Eight people were killed in a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility on Thursday night, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department…
Continue Reading 8 people killed after shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis, police say
[Breaking news update at 3:03 a.m.] Eight people with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds were pronounced dead at an Indianapolis FedEx facility,…
Continue Reading Multiple people with gunshot wounds after shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis, police say
Multiple people with gunshot wounds have been brought to local hospitals after a shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, according to Officer…
Continue Reading Simon & Schuster won’t distribute book by a Louisville police officer involved in the Breonna Taylor raid
Simon & Schuster said it won’t distribute a book written by the Louisville police officer who was shot while executing a no-knock warrant…
Continue Reading Search operations continue overnight for the 12 people still missing from capsized ship off Louisiana coast
Rescue crews will keep searching overnight for the 12 people still missing after a commercial vessel capsized Tuesday several miles south of Port…
Continue Reading Hong Kong marks National Security Education Day with goose-stepping police and souvenirs
Riot police, heavily armored, their faces concealed behind masks, holding signs reading “Disperse or We Fire” and “Warning, Tear…
Continue Reading San Antonio Airport shooting suspect dead, lockdown canceled, police say
An attempted mass shooting outside the San Antonio International Airport on Thursday was prevented by a parks officer working overtime, police in San…
Continue Reading China’s economic growth surged to 18.3% over a year ago in first quarter as factory, consumer activity revived
BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth surged to 18.3% over a year ago in the first quarter of 2021 as factory and consumer activity recovered…
Continue Reading Fort Jackson soldier arrested after a video showed him pushing and threatening a young Black man
A US Army soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in South Carolina was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and battery after the airing of a…
Continue Reading Researchers now have an estimate for just how many T. rex once roamed Earth
Billions of Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North America during their fascinating reign as top predators, according to a team of researchers that went…
Continue Reading Body camera video in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by Chicago police has been released
[Breaking news update at 3:50 p.m. ET] Authorities in Chicago have released body camera video that shows a 13-year-old being shot by police officers…
Continue Reading What civilians in Afghanistan say about America’s withdrawal
America plans to “close the book” on its 20-year war in Afghanistan — but the departure of US troops will usher in an uncertain…
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