Gonzaga faces Baylor in NCAA men’s basketball title game with a perfect season on the line
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — The two best teams in men’s college basketball all season long will meet in the national championship game Monday…
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Japan just saw the earliest bloom of its legendary cherry blossoms in 1,200 years. Pretty — but also a sign of climate change. Here’s…
Continue Reading How one of Detroit’s churches is tackling vaccine hesitancy to help combat Michigan’s Covid-19 surge
When Pastor Kenneth J. Flowers took to the pulpit on Easter Sunday, tapping a tambourine along with a choir singing “he got up,” the…
Continue Reading Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years. Scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis
Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as…
Continue Reading Truck driver expresses ‘deep remorse’ after deadly Taiwan train crash
A driver whose truck was allegedly involved in a deadly train crash in eastern Taiwan has issued a tearful apology, saying he is “deeply…
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One person killed and at least 5 others injured in a park shooting on Easter
A woman is dead and five others, including a 4-year-old, were injured at a shooting in a park in Birmingham, Alabama, on Easter Sunday, police said.…
Continue Reading George Floyd’s family describes heart-wrenching experience in the courtroom during Derek Chauvin’s trial, attorney says
An attorney representing the family of George Floyd told CNN on Sunday being in the courtroom for the trial of the former police officer accused of…
Continue Reading Jordan accuses former crown prince of attempt to ‘destabilize’ country’s security
Jordan’s government has accused former crown prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the half-brother of the country’s ruler King Abdullah II, of…
Continue Reading A possible military explosive device washed ashore on a Florida beach
A possible military explosive training device was discovered on the shore of a popular Florida beach early Sunday. The device, believed to be a sea…
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The Biden administration launches a $500,000 contest to improve face mask designs
We all know face masks can be troublesome to wear. They can irritate your skin, hurt your ears and fog up your glasses. That’s why the…
Continue Reading Restaurant owner offers a job to the burglar who broke into his business
After someone broke into an Augusta, Georgia, restaurant over the weekend, the owner of the business responded in an unusual way: He offered the…
Continue Reading Rapper DMX is hospitalized and on life support following heart attack, longtime lawyer says
Rapper DMX remains hospitalized and on life support in White Plains, New York, his longtime attorney Murray Richman confirmed to CNN on Sunday. The…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. DeSantis says he is trying to prevent ‘real catastrophic flood situation’ at Tampa-area reservoir
Response teams in Manatee County, Florida, are trying to prevent a “real catastrophic flood situation” in the Piney Point reservoir area,…
Continue Reading Chicago shootings in March are at their highest level in 4 years, police data show
The number of shootings in Chicago in the month of March — and the number of shooting victims — are at their highest in four years,…
Continue Reading Atlanta Braves cover All-Star Game patch on team jerseys after MLB’s decision to move game
The Atlanta Braves altered their uniforms Saturday ahead of their game against the Philadelphia Phillies, with the All-Star Game patch the team…
Continue Reading As restrictive voting bills multiply, GOP signals it won’t bow to corporate pressure
As the backlash to Georgia’s restrictive voting law intensified last week with big corporations like Delta and Coca-Cola criticizing the law…
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In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in his traditional Easter Sunday address denounced as “scandalous” how armed conflicts continue to rage even as the…
Continue Reading A handcuffed suspect stole a Kansas state patrol car and led troopers on a chase, highway patrol says
A suspect with his hands cuffed behind his back stole a Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) trooper’s car and led law enforcement units on a high-speed…
Continue Reading A man won $100,000 in the lottery two weeks after winning $5,000
A North Carolina man who won $5,000 with a scratch-off lottery ticket said he was “extremely happy and surprised” to learn he’d won…
Continue Reading Michigan adds more than 8,400 new Covid-19 cases in one day, the most since December
Michigan reported 8,413 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the state’s total pandemic case count to 692,206, according to the…
Continue Reading A loose cow trotting along an Atlanta-area interstate ties up traffic for an hour
Atlanta-area drivers are used to sitting in traffic, but for those on Interstate 285 this weekend, the cause for their delay was unusual: a loose cow…
Continue Reading Virginia Beach police ask for the public’s help after a triple shooting
A triple shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, left one person dead and two others injured Saturday night, police said. A caller reported gunfire in…
Continue Reading You should think twice before laminating your vaccine card
Vaccine eligibility in the US is expanding quickly, and so is the popularity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s little white…
Continue Reading An Asian woman was fatally stabbed while walking her dogs in California, but police say they don’t suspect a hate crime
An elderly Asian woman was stabbed to death while walking her dogs Saturday morning in Riverside, California, police said. But investigators say they…
Continue Reading Democrats fear a delay in redistricting threatens Black and Asian residents in two southern states
Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect…
Continue Reading Jordan’s former crown prince says he has been placed in isolation
Jordan’s former crown prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the half-brother of the country’s ruler King Abdullah II, claims he has been placed in…
Continue Reading Delay in redistricting threatens Black and Asian residents in two southern states, some Democrats fear
Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect…
Continue Reading The Great Depression led to many of the hobbies we enjoy now. The pandemic created a whole host of new ones
In the 1930s, it was the game of Bridge that kept people busy during the Great Depression. In 2020, during the global pandemic, it was “Animal…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. DeSantis declares a state of emergency for Tampa-area water waste issue
Florida’s Manatee County Public Safety Department has declared a state of emergency and ordered a complete evacuation of the Piney Point…
Continue Reading Black families still reeling from verdicts in police brutality cases warn justice is not promised in Chauvin trial
Tiffany Crutcher still remembers the numbness she felt when a jury announced it was acquitting the Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter in…
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