‘Several dozen’ of Trump’s pardons pushed by criminal justice reform groups, source says
Several dozen of President Donald Trump’s final slate of more than 100 pardons and commutations will be doled out to individuals whose cases…
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Baseball Hall of Famer Don Sutton dead at 75
Hall of Fame baseball player Don Sutton died Monday night at the age of 75, his son tweeted Tuesday. “Saddened to share that my dad passed away…
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President spends last full day in office in isolation
President Donald Trump is making plans for a ceremonial sendoff, after a norm-shattering four years. His tenure in the White House ends with another…
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Dueling jackpots add up to more than $1.5 billion
It’s the first time the Mega Millions and the Powerball simultaneously posted jackpots over $700 million. (KYMA, NBC) – The Mega Millions drawing…
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Hundreds of scholarships available for those seeking a college education
Arizona Community Foundation is offering students scholarships to further their secondary…
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A 99-million-year-old beetle shines light on the evolution of glowing insects
Bioluminescent insects have long fascinated scientists, but little is known about how these animals got their light…
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Arizona Legislature takes aim at renewable energy standards
The Republican-controlled Arizona State Legislature aims to strip the state utility commission of the power to force electric companies to use…
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Brazilian officials were warned six days in advance of a looming oxygen crisis in Manaus
Local and federal officials in Brazil were warned of looming oxygen shortages nearly a week before crisis struck in the city of Manaus, the…
Continue Reading11 ways kids can take part in the presidential inauguration
If kids were actually going to school, they’d likely be watching Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on television and…
Continue ReadingHiland Dairy recalls batch of chocolate milk, saying it may contain food-grade sanitizers
A batch of chocolate milk has been recalled after it was discovered that some could contain food-grade sanitizers. Hiland Dairy is recalling…
Continue ReadingTrump is handing Biden a more dangerous world. There’s only so much the new president can undo
The recent attack on the US Capitol served as a sobering wake-up call: Not only have the Trump years left America deeply divided, they’ve also…
Continue ReadingThe world marks 2 million coronavirus deaths. The real toll is likely much higher
It’s as if 10 of the world’s largest commercial jets fell out of the sky, every day for an entire year. The official global death toll…
Continue ReadingOhio police chief mourns an ‘amazing police officer’ who was killed during standoff
An Ohio police officer was shot dead Monday after a suspect, wanted for arson and vandalism at a Toledo cathedral, emerged from a standoff with…
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Trump administration leaves Biden with ‘confusing’ Covid-19 vaccine numbers and states in limbo
States across the country say they’re running low on coronavirus vaccine supply, with many officials insisting the vaccine delivery numbers…
Continue ReadingFor the first time in NFL history, a woman will officiate at the Super Bowl
Sarah Thomas already made history when she was named the first permanent female NFL official in 2015 and became the first female to officiate an NFL…
Continue ReadingAvril Haines, Biden’s DNI pick, pledges to keep politics out of intelligence after Trump’s wars with intelligence community
Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, pledged Tuesday to turn the corner after President Donald…
Continue ReadingPompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’
With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it…
Continue Reading It’s chaos as older people struggle to get a Covid-19 vaccine. Here is what you can do
Nancy Wilkinson knows her way around the internet. Retired from a career in IT support, the 66-year-old was unfazed by the hurdles her Decatur,…
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The Georgia teen who went to jail in Cayman Islands for breaking quarantine admits mistake
After spending more than a month in a Cayman Islands jail, a Georgia teen admits she was wrong for breaking Covid-19 quarantine…
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Biden administration to rescind Keystone pipeline permit on Wednesday, sources say
President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration plans to rescind the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, two sources…
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