Police ask for help identifying the body of a boy found by hikers in Las Vegas
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the body of a child found by hikers Friday morning. The boy is believed to be…
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Colorado is banning legacy preferences in college admissions
As more schools reconsider the role of legacy status in college admissions, Colorado has taken a significant step toward leveling the playing field.…
Continue Reading Restaurant owner celebrates birthday with 510-foot-long cheesesteak
A Philadelphia restaurant owner celebrated his birthday and a return from lockdown in the most Philadelphia way possible — a 510-foot-long…
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Hundreds of detained Tigrayans released following CNN report
Hundreds of men in Ethiopia’s restive region of Tigray were released on Thursday evening, eyewitnesses and aid workers said, following a CNN…
Continue Reading Then and now: Areas destroyed in the Tulsa race massacre
These sliders show what some areas of Tulsa, Oklahoma, look like now, compared with what they looked like 100 years ago following the Tulsa race…
Continue Reading 31 states don’t require schools to teach about the Holocaust. Some laws are changing that
Politicians like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others shouldn’t liken contemporary events to the Holocaust because such comparisons cheapen…
Continue Reading ‘Things can be replaced, but lives cannot’
(CNN) — Weam Elastal was bonding with her dad over a broken television set the night an Israeli military plane bombed their family home in…
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Here is a look at the Stanley Cup, the annual championship of the National Hockey League. September 28, 2020 – The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat…
Continue Reading Mother’s Day Fast Facts
Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States. It is also celebrated in many other countries. May 8, 2022 –…
Continue Reading Tony Stewart Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of retired NASCAR driver and race track owner Tony Stewart. Personal Birth date: May 20, 1971 Birth place: Columbus,…
Continue Reading San Jose gunman had three weapons on him and a dozen more at home, sheriff’s office says
The gunman who authorities say killed nine coworkers in San Jose, California, had three pistols and 32 magazines on him and a stockpile of ammunition…
Continue Reading 3 NBA teams have banned fans for disrespectful behavior during playoff games
The return to watching sports in person is supposed to be a happy time, including at the NBA playoffs, but clearly some fans have forgotten how to…
Continue Reading Texas sheriff fires 11 employees, suspends 6 others, after February death of a Black man in custody
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez fired 11 employees and put six more on unpaid suspension in connection to the in-custody death of a Black man in…
Continue Reading San Jose gunman had 22,000 rounds of ammunition at his house, which sheriff’s office thinks he set on fire
More than 22,000 rounds of ammunition, a dozen firearms, suspected Molotov cocktails and multiple cans of gasoline were found in the home of Sam…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about the San Jose rail yard shooting
Investigators are trying to determine what led a gunman to open fire Wednesday at his workplace — a public transit rail yard in San Jose,…
Continue Reading Farm worker found guilty of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
A 26-year-old farm worker was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday in the abduction and fatal stabbing of college student Mollie Tibbetts in…
Continue Reading Coast Guard continues search for missing people after boat overturns off Florida, leaving 2 dead
The Coast Guard said Friday it will continue searching for 10 people thought to be missing after a boat overturned a day earlier about 16 miles…
Continue Reading Washington state attorney general charges three officers in 2020 death of Manuel Ellis
Washington state’s attorney general on Thursday filed felony charges against three police officers in connection with the death of Manuel…
Continue Reading 2 dead, 10 possibly missing after boat overturns in Florida
Two people are dead and 10 are still possibly missing after a boat overturned in 18 miles southwest of Key West, Florida. The US Coast Guard rescued…
Continue Reading San Jose officials say police weren’t notified about rail yard gunman being stopped by Customs officers in 2016
San Jose officials said Friday police were not informed that Sam Cassidy, the gunman who killed nine coworkers this week at a rail yard facility, had…
Continue Reading A 2-year-old from California is the youngest American to become a member of Mensa
A Los Angeles toddler has become the youngest American member of Mensa, where membership is strictly limited to those who score at the highest levels…
Continue Reading The colleagues killed in San Jose mass shooting were like family, official says. Here’s who they were
The nine colleagues killed in the San Jose, California, mass shooting leave behind grieving families, heartbroken friends and a network of coworkers…
Continue Reading Bear injures hiker at Yellowstone National Park
A bear mauled a hiker in Yellowstone National Park near the Wyoming-Montana state line on Friday morning — an attack that sent the man to a…
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter co-founder stepping down from organization
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has announced that she’s transitioning out of her role as executive director. On Thursday, she…
Continue Reading Jury reaches verdict in trial of farm worker accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts
An Iowa jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a farm worker accused of abducting and fatally stabbing…
Continue Reading Spain’s postal service ends its skin color-inspired stamp campaign that made the lightest stamps the most expensive
Correos, Spain’s postal service, ended a widely derided stamp campaign inspired by different skin tones, just three days after its launch,…
Continue Reading San Jose shooting victim Taptejdeep Singh warned colleagues as rampage was happening, brother says
As Wednesday’s San Jose workplace shooting was underway, Taptejdeep Singh was calling colleagues and shepherding others, warning them to hide…
Continue Reading Additional hate crime charges are filed after two anti-Semitic incidents in Brooklyn
Two more men were charged Thursday in connection with two anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn last weekend, according to criminal complaints filed by…
Continue Reading Russian mercenaries get the big-screen treatment. The reality behind the film is as murky as the plot
It had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood premiere: Excited crowds, a giant screen, even a red carpet. But the high-octane, big budget film making its…
Continue Reading Jury deliberations resume in trial of farm worker accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts
An Iowa jury resumed deliberations Friday in the murder trial of a farm worker accused of abducting and fatally stabbing 20-year-old college student…
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