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A sword taken from a Revolutionary War statue as a prank 40 years ago is finally returned
A sword taken from a historical monument in Westfield, Massachusetts has been returned by the man who took it as part of a college prank about 40…
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Trump’s hospital price transparency rule is now in effect. Here’s what that means.
Hospitals now have to disclose the rates they privately negotiate with insurers under a Trump administration rule that took effect…
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UK Prime Minister imposes harsh lockdown as new Covid-19 variant spreads
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England on Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and…
Continue Reading Charging decision in Jacob Blake shooting expected in first two weeks of January
A decision on whether to charge the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake is expected to come in the next two weeks, and city…
Continue Reading New York’s governor wants to make it a crime to sell or administer Covid-19 vaccines to people trying to skip the line
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make it a crime to sell or administer the Covid-19 vaccine to anyone trying to skip ahead in the line. The…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia and Qatar agree to reopen airspace and maritime borders
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed to reopen their airspace and maritime borders starting Monday, after a years long freeze on relations, Kuwaiti…
Continue Reading A drunk taxi passenger refused to wear a face mask — so his driver took him to the police station
A man in British Columbia, Canada, is starting the new year with hundreds of dollars in fines after police officials said he touched his taxi…
Continue Reading From new IDs to automatic college savings accounts, these new laws take effect in 2021
As years change, so too do the rules we live by. 2020 saw massive protests over police brutality, economic insecurity brought on by the coronavirus…
Continue Reading These stunning NASA satellite images capture 2020’s extreme climate events
As we move into the new year, it’s easy to see that things changed for a lot of people in 2020. Alongside a deadly pandemic, 2020 also…
Continue Reading 2020 was meant to be the year of climate action. Instead, it crowned a wasted decade
2020 was supposed to be the watershed moment for action on climate change, the year the world woke up to the challenge and started taking it…
Continue Reading The last call of 2020 for this Florida fire department was literally a dumpster fire
After an overall unfavorable year filled with uncertainty, one Florida fire department ended 2020 by responding to an ironic last call: a dumpster…
Continue Reading Nashville bomber mailed materials with his viewpoints to acquaintances, FBI says
The man who detonated a vehicle bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning sent “materials which espoused his viewpoints” to several…
Continue Reading A Texas church shooting leaves a pastor dead and 2 others injured
A man charged with killing the pastor of a Texas church Sunday had been hiding from police in the church bathroom after a high-speed chase the night…
Continue Reading She lost her dad and uncle to coronavirus. Trump’s claim that the virus is exaggerated is an insult, she says
Most New Year’s Days, Rosa Cerna would be celebrating the birthdays of her dad and uncle — brothers born exactly one year apart. This…
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Two men with parachutes leap from a hotel roof in Nashville
Two men BASE jumped from the rooftop bar of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Nashville on Friday, causing a “mass panic” among the bar’s…
Continue Reading A ring with 12,638 diamonds sets a Guinness World Record
How many diamonds can fit in a single ring? The answer, according to the new Guinness World Records book, is 12,638. Harshit Bansal, founder of…
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A pro surfer rescues a woman struggling in rough water on Hawaii’s North Shore
A professional surfer is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a woman swept into the powerful waves of the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii. Mikey Wright was…
Continue Reading Surveillance video shows 15-year-old beating mother to death in Texas, police say
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after surveillance video captured him beating his mother to death in McKinney, Texas, police said in a…
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