There’s a severe drought in the South, and it’s making the leaves change
When tree leaves change color, it’s usually a beautiful, comforting sign that autumn is well and truly here. But in drought conditions, leaves…
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Student arrested for pointing finger gun at other students
Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KSHB) — An Overland Park student was arrested after she made…
Continue ReadingMajor US-China trade deal remains uncertain as talks resume
Prospects of a sweeping trade deal between the United States and China appear to be dimming as negotiators prepare to resume two days of talks on…
Continue ReadingDow jumps 150 points as Trump is set to meet Chinese officials
The US stock market jumped higher Thursday, as President Donald Trump is due to meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. Trade negotiations between the…
Continue ReadingTrump warns GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell about disloyal Republicans
Even as the White House appears to settle on the legal tactics to stave off Democrats’ impeachment demands, uncertainty and unease over…
Continue Reading‘Riverdale’ bid farewell to Luke Perry in emotional episode
R.I.P., Fred Andrews. CW’s “Riverdale” on Wednesday laid to rest the father of Archie Andrews (KJ Apa) in an episode seeped in…
Continue ReadingThe unlikely activist behind the nation’s toughest privacy law isn’t done yet
Alastair Mactaggart’s push for a groundbreaking privacy law was conceived in the bathroom. In his own retelling, the real estate…
Continue ReadingCan a sound bath wash your stress away?
The warm tone of a singing bowl, the chimes of a tuning fork and gentle rattle from a shaker create soothing waves of sound to ease the mind and…
Continue ReadingTurkey launches military offensive in Syria, days after Trump announced pullback of US troops
Turkey began a planned military offensive into northeastern Syria on Wednesday, launching airstrikes and artillery fire across the border just days…
Continue ReadingTrump criticizes top NBA coaches amid China controversy
US President Donald Trump has spoken for the first time about the escalating tensions between the NBA and China as he took aim at the coaches of the…
Continue ReadingIt took federal troops to help desegregate Little Rock schools 62 years ago. Some fear a new state plan will resegregate them
Activists and civil rights groups in Arkansas are protesting a state plan that they say would lead to the resegregation of public schools in the…
Continue ReadingNestle launches vegan alternatives to bacon and cheese
Nestlé is leaning into the plant-based trend with vegan alternatives to bacon and cheddar cheese. The global food company said on Wednesday that it…
Continue ReadingClimate change threatens hundreds of North American bird species with extinction, study says
Nearly two-thirds of North American birds studied will go extinct if global warming hits 3 degrees Celsius (5.4ËšF), a new report from the National…
Continue ReadingGerman synagogue gunman couldn’t break down the door. That saved lives
Streaming live from a camera mounted on his helmet, a gunman pushed on the doors of a synagogue, fired several shots at a lock on the door, stuck an…
Continue ReadingGlum days have arrived for health care stocks
The stock market is having a banner year, despite the trade war with China and worries about a looming economic slowdown. But health care stocks…
Continue ReadingNobel Prizes in Literature awarded to Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke, while the 2018 award, postponed from last year, was given to…
Continue ReadingMatt Drudge, an influential figure in conservative media, sours on Trump as he faces impeachment
President Donald Trump, facing an ever-deepening scandal that threatens to swallow his presidency, appears to have lost a key ally in conservative…
Continue ReadingMiley Cyrus keeps Instagramming health updates from her hospital bed
Miley Cyrus wants some TLC from her fans as she remains in the hospital with tonsillitis. The “Wrecking Ball” singer revealed on her…
Continue ReadingUS businesses are trying to please America and China. That’s proving difficult
Doing business in China’s coveted consumer market comes with very big moral concessions for American companies. If history is a guide, profit…
Continue ReadingIranian women allowed to enter football stadium for first time in 40 years
Iran’s World Cup qualifier against Cambodia on Thursday will be a landmark moment for the country, as women will be able to officially enter a…
Continue ReadingPG&E cut power for hundreds of thousands in Northern California
In an attempt to avoid sparking a wildfire, California’s largest utility intentionally cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers…
Continue ReadingDemocratic lawmaker: It’s time for a full House vote on impeachment inquiry into Trump
Democratic Rep. John Garamendi of California on Wednesday said it’s time for the House of Representatives to hold a formal, full chamber vote…
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7-year-old girl struck by SUV, run over and killed near Roberts Elementary School in west El Paso
A 7-year-old girl was struck by an SUV, run over and killed in front of Roberts Elementary School in west El Paso on Wednesday morning. The girl,…
Continue ReadingGermany shooting suspect appears to have livestreamed attack online
A gunman who killed two people — one outside a synagogue and one in a kebab shop — in the German town of Halle on Wednesday appears to…
Continue ReadingGlobal markets are jittery ahead of the US-China trade talks
Global stocks were briefly in the red early Thursday ahead of the the latest round of US-China trade talks, but they’ve mostly pared losses as…
Continue ReadingThe United States strikes a blow to China’s AI ambitions
The United States just handicapped China’s lofty artificial intelligence ambitions. Washington this week targeted Chinese facial recognition…
Continue ReadingThief snatches $800,000 watch from Japanese businessman’s wrist in Paris
A Japanese businessman had a watch worth more than $800,000 seized from his wrist outside a five-star hotel in Paris, police said. The man had…
Continue ReadingJury still hasn’t reached a verdict in the murder trial of a Georgia officer who shot a naked, unarmed man
The jury in the case of a Georgia police officer charged with murdering a naked, unarmed black man ended its third day of deliberations on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingNew poll finds more than half support impeaching Trump and removing him from office
More than half of US voters want President Donald Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a Fox News Poll out on Wednesday. The poll…
Continue ReadingDemocrats plot next phase in impeachment, including new wave of subpoenas
House Democrats are preparing a flurry of subpoenas in the face of the Trump administration’s stonewalling of their impeachment investigation,…
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