NYPD mistakes ‘likely escalated tensions’ at George Floyd protests, city report says
New York Police Department officials did not anticipate the large number of protesters or violence that came at them during the George Floyd…
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Cops discover an illegal winery operating out of an Alabama town’s sewage plant
Authorities say they’ve busted a large illegal winery operating out of a wastewater treatment plant in a small Alabama town. It happened in the…
Continue Reading He was sentenced to life in prison while a teenager. 18 years later, Myon Burrell walks free
A Minnesota man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager when Amy Klobuchar was the county attorney has been released, after years of claiming…
Continue Reading This ‘crazy beast’ was a weird early mammal that lived among dinosaurs
Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago alongside dinosaurs and…
Continue Reading ‘Crazy beast’ fossil discovery shows the evolutionary weirdness of early mammals
Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago on Madagascar, and…
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Direct cash payments likely as lawmakers near Covid aid deal
Congressional leaders had set a Friday deadline to approve a $900 billion pandemic relief deal and tie that proposal to a $1.4 trillion funding…
Continue Reading A festive poem to celebrate National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
The pandemic may have paused your traditional in-person holiday parties and white elephant gift exchanges, but it doesn’t mean you can’t…
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Morehouse dean takes vaccine on TV to remove the stigma as some Black Americans remain hesitant to get the shot
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice wants to turn vaccine hesitancy into acceptance in the Black community. The dean at the Morehouse School of Medicine took…
Continue Reading An angry customer threw his drink at a fast-food worker. The next customer responded in the most amazing way
Feroza Syed couldn’t believe what she saw happen in front of her: a man threw a large drink directly at the woman working in the drive-thru…
Continue Reading Upstate New York driver gets stuck in car for 10 hours after snow plow covers him with nearly 4 feet of snow
A 58-year-old driver from Upstate New York was rescued by police after he was stuck in his car for more than 10 hours during the snowstorm that swept…
Continue Reading Nearly one third of Black Americans remain hesitant to get Covid-19 vaccine, study finds
As the first Covid-19 vaccinations are being administered across the country this week, Black Americans remain among the groups that have the least…
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Putting ‘politics in front of lives’: DeSantis faces criticism over Florida’s Covid-19 response
Warning signs about a Covid-19 spike have been flashing red in Florida this fall: Coronavirus hospitalizations have been rising since November, the…
Continue Reading Americans have converted to mask culture, survey finds
Most Americans now accept the benefits of wearing masks and wearing them around others, a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey published Friday…
Continue Reading Eight religious sisters died of Covid-19 at a Wisconsin facility within a week
Within a week, eight religious sisters living in the Notre Dame of Elm Grove in Wisconsin died from Covid-19, all of whom, in their own ways, were…
Continue Reading CDC warns of a ‘substantial increase’ in fatal drug overdoses coinciding with the Covid-19 pandemic
The US has seen a substantial increase in fatal drug overdoses and set a record for deaths from overdoses in the year that ended in May, the Centers…
Continue Reading These doctors and nurses are celebrating the holiday season with Christmas trees adorned with PPE
It has been a tough year, full of loss and hardship, social distancing and zoom calls. But doctors and nurses some are spreading holiday cheer with…
Continue Reading A beloved teacher wore an oxygen mask for virtual classes before she lost her battle with Covid-19
Even when she was hospitalized for Covid-19 and pneumonia for three days, Philamena Belone wanted to get home so she could resume doing what she…
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Man who claimed to be missing boy Timmothy Pitzen gets two years in prison
A man who claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in 2011 at age 6, has been sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft,…
Continue Reading Some Trader Joe’s frozen Lightly Salted Edamame have been recalled due to listeria
Trader Joe’s shoppers, look out. Tesoros Trading Co. is recalling some of its frozen Trader Joe’s Lightly Salted Edamame products because…
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