Company efforts to stamp out tobacco often go up in smoke
WASHINGTON (AP) — U-Haul has an unusual wellness goal for 2020: hiring fewer smokers. The truck rental company it will stop hiring people who use…
Continue Reading URGENT – Deval Patrick ends 2020 presidential campaign
(CNN) — Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign…
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Two Ohio State football players were arrested on felony rape and kidnapping charges
COLUMBUS< Ohio — Two Ohio State football players were arrested early Wednesday on felony rape and kidnapping charges, authorities said.…
Continue Reading The assassination of Malcolm X is being reinvestigated after questions raised in a Netflix series
A Netflix documentary series on the assassination of Malcolm X has raised enough questions that the case will be reinvestigated. The Manhattan…
Continue Reading Coronavirus has many U.S. firms waiting for products to ship
NEW YORK (AP) — When the factory in China that makes Romy Taormina’s anti-nausea wristbands closed for the Lunar New Year in late January,…
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Senior to Senior: Alabama art center connecting generations through art
Click here for updates on this story FAIRHOPE, AL (WALA) — It’s an art lesson with a very different twist. The…
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There are now statues of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman inside Maryland’s capitol
They fought to end slavery more than 150 years ago. Now, statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are standing in the room where it was…
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Google just released 1,000 new images of the most gorgeous landscapes in Google Earth View
Google has shared bird’s-eye-view images of some of Earth’s most stunning landscapes from space for years now, and it just released its…
Continue Reading Janet Jackson announces new music and tour
Janet Jackson is hitting the road again. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is set to kick off her Black Diamond World Tour in arenas across North…
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Why the odds are so stacked against Joe Biden now
“It ain’t over man,” Joe Biden told a crowd of supporters rin South Carolina on Tuesday night. “We’re just getting…
Continue Reading Mandy Moore explains why she returned to music
She’s back. It’s been more than 20 years since Mandy Moore burst onto the scene with her hit single “Candy” and now…
Continue Reading UK woman jailed for trying to open plane door mid-flight
A British woman who tried to open the door of a plane mid-flight was sentenced to two years in jail Wednesday. Chloe Haines, 26, was on a flight from…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump falsely claims ‘redemption money’ from immigrants is paying for border wall, baffling experts
President Donald Trump, ever the reality television star, had been hinting that a big reveal was coming. Trump ran for the presidency on a signature…
Continue Reading He was six inches from being hit with a steel beam. A steering wheel saved him
A Michigan man calls himself blessed after a steel beam came inches from hitting his chest. Johnnie Lowe was driving a 26-foot box truck to pick up…
Continue Reading First graders’ portable sink invention earns them national spotlight
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — A couple of creative first graders came up with an invention…
Continue Reading Disney just raised one of its key ticket prices to more than $200
Disney fans looking to party with Mickey, Minnie and the rest of the gang in California could have to pay more than $200 per ticket. Disney Parks on…
Continue Reading Jussie Smollett, former ‘Empire’ actor, indicted again in connection with alleged Chicago attack
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — Special prosecutor Dan Webb filed new charges Tuesday against…
Continue Reading House intelligence Republicans boycott public subcommittee hearing
House Intelligence Committee Republicans boycotted a public hearing on Wednesday in what they say is a protest of the committee’s focus on…
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NASA is hiring its next class of astronauts
If you’ve always dreamed of exploring space, here’s your chance. NASA wants to get to the South Pole of the moon by 2024 — and it…
Continue Reading Russian ex-prison official shoots himself dead in court after being found guilty of extortion
A former Russian prison service official died by suicide in a Moscow court on Wednesday after he was sentenced to three years in jail, Russian state…
Continue Reading Louisiana funeral home to host Valentine’s movie night
Click here for updates on this story METAIRIE, LA (WGNO) — With Valentine’s Day coming up this week, many people are…
Continue Reading Facebook removes accounts run from Iran targeting Americans
Facebook announced Wednesday morning that it had removed a small network of fake social media accounts it said were run from Iran and were posting…
Continue Reading Andrew Yang ends 2020 presidential campaign
Andrew Yang suspended his political campaign on Tuesday in New Hampshire, ending the upstart run that vaulted the businessman from complete obscurity…
Continue Reading Inbreeding among the last woolly mammoths may have led to extinction
Some of the last mammoths on Earth suffered from mutated genes that reduced fertility, caused diabetes, affected their development and even kept them…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond’s turnaround isn’t working yet. Shares are down 25%
Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock tanked Wednesday after the company said holiday sales fell short of its expectations and that it was having…
Continue Reading Kansas City man will pay you $25,000 to find him a girlfriend
Click here for updates on this story PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS (KCTV) — One Prairie Village man has come up with a plan to…
Continue Reading Move over, kale: Mushrooms are the new grocery aisle celebrities
Move over, kale. There’s a new celebrity in the produce aisle: mushrooms. People are scooping up mushrooms so quickly that producers are…
Continue Reading Gerber launches a national search for its next ‘Spokesbaby’
Of course your baby is the most adorable child you will ever see. But are they cute enough to be the new Gerber baby? For the 10th year in a row, the…
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The world’s oldest living man is 112. His secret is to just keep smiling and never get angry
Chitetsu Watanabe turns 113 next month, but he got an early birthday present from Guinness World Records, which confirmed that he is the…
Continue Reading Trump’s Roger Stone power play reveals a presidency unleashed
By bulldozing into Roger Stone’s sentencing, Donald Trump sparked a mutiny by four career prosecutors, raised fears about the impartial…
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