Month: February 2021

As Ted Minissale watched New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speak for the first time Monday about the heightening controversy around nursing home Covid-19 deaths and claims of a cover-up, all he could think about was his mother. “Every day you think of her and you miss so much, it’s just terrible,” he told CNN at

Winter storms ravaged swathes of the United States this week, creating dangerous road conditions from Texas to New York. Bad weather has led to at least 37 deaths — including several fatalities resulting from car crashes — across the country as one winter weather system followed another over the past six days. As states continue

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half year prison sentence handed down earlier this month. The court did shorten the activist’s sentence by a month and a half, after taking into account time he spent under house arrest from December 2014 to February

A Hilton Garden Inn near Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas went up in flames Friday night. According to a tweet from the Killeen Police Department, crews were battling a large structure fire at the hotel and urged nearby residents to avoid the area. There was no information on whether the hotel was occupied and whether

A Chicago woman who lost her wedding band nearly 50 years ago was reunited with the ring just in time for Valentine’s Day. Karen Autenrieth and her husband Robert, surrounded by their children and grandchildren on Valentine’s Day, opened the package holding the long lost ring. In a video taken by their daughter Michele, Robert

Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” has found a home on many surfaces. The instantly recognizable work of art has been plastered on posters, coffee mugs and even a bike path. It seemed like the painting had made it everywhere. That is, until 600 drones mapped it onto the night sky in northern China’s Tianjin Municipality,