The Great Depression led to many of the hobbies we enjoy now
The pandemic created a whole host of new ones In the 1930s, it was the game of Bridge that kept people busy during the Great Depression. In 2020,…
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Florida Gov. DeSantis declares a state of emergency for Tampa-area water waste issue
Florida’s Manatee County Public Safety Department has declared a state of emergency and ordered a complete evacuation of the Piney Point…
Continue ReadingBlack families still reeling from verdicts in police brutality cases warn justice is not promised in Chauvin trial
Tiffany Crutcher still remembers the numbness she felt when a jury announced it was acquitting the Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter in…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on stars, Santa’s location and jokes for third graders
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a man of many parts, constantly on the go. In his day job, he is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum…
Continue ReadingOne dead, two others injured in an exchange of gunfire between gunmen and officers in New York City
One person is dead and two others are injured after an exchange of gunfire on Saturday between gunmen and New York Police Department officers, the…
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MLB moving All-Star Game from Georgia after state passes new restrictive voting laws
Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia’s…
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White supremacy graffiti was found on Northern Kentucky University’s campus for the second time this year
The president of Northern Kentucky University said the school will launch an investigation after supremacy graffiti was found on campus for the…
Continue ReadingFinal Four: Gonzaga’s the favorite, but all the teams have great basketball stories to tell
Here’s two reasons to marvel at the men’s Final Four on Saturday night: Somehow, the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t derail the season,…
Continue ReadingUS hits 4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in a day for a new record
More than 4 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine were reported administered in the past 24 hours, setting a new record and bringing the seven-day…
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Rep. Joaquin Castro: Security and public access must be balanced at Capitol after deadly attacks
Rep. Joaquin Castro, a member of the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees, said that when it comes to the security surrounding the US…
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Lori Loughlin’s husband Mossimo Giannulli released from prison
Designer Mossimo Giannulli, the husband of actress Lori Loughlin who made a plea deal with prosecutors last year related to a college admissions scam…
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Two suspects arrested after 5 people were injured in a shooting outside an Alabama bar
Two men have been arrested and charged with attempted murder after five people were injured during a shooting outside an Alabama bar early Saturday…
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Why MLB’s decision to move its All-Star Game was surprising
Major League Baseball’s decision to move its 2021 All-Star Game from Georgia after the state changed its voting laws is not an unprecedented…
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First Broadway theater opens its doors since the Covid-19 pandemic began
The St. James Theatre in New York on Saturday became the first Broadway theater to open its doors since the coronavirus pandemic shut down…
Continue ReadingThe US saw significant crime rise across major cities in 2020. And it’s not letting up
Major American cities saw a 33% increase in homicides last year as a pandemic swept across the country, millions of people joined protests against…
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A week of compelling and potentially devastating testimony at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial
Pain, trauma and regret spilled out from a Minneapolis courtroom during a first week of critical testimony in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the…
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Suspect arrested in the death of a teenage girl who disappeared in 1976
Evelyn Colon was one of five siblings in Jersey City, New Jersey, when she got pregnant in 1976 at age 15 by her 19-year-old boyfriend, Luis Sierra.…
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Yuma Road Report, week of April 1
The City of Yuma released a road report Friday evening with updates for the…
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UK’s elite schools face a reckoning on rape culture
Nine years after being assaulted by a boy she alleges was a student at Eton College, Zan Moon can still remember the moment as if it was yesterday.…
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MCAS Yuma seeks aid in locating container which separated from aircraft
At about 7:30 Saturday morning, a small unit separated from an aircraft departing Marine Cops Air Station (MCAS) Yuma. The container is estimated to…
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