Insider Blog: April ends up warmer and wetter than normal
Mother Nature gave us a little bit of everything this month, from record snowfall, to later than normal frost, to temperatures near 90 degrees. We…
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Crush at religious festival in Israel’s Mount Meron kills 45 people
Hundreds of buses stretched over miles of winding road were ferrying thousands of worshipers off Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday after 45…
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Coronavirus deaths are down in the US, and vaccines may be partly responsible
Covid-19 deaths are declining in the United States — and some health experts credit this drop in death to the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. The…
Continue Reading Father, son keep tradition alive at NAIA volleyball tournament
Click here for updates on this story SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Sioux City Journal) — Don’t let anyone tell you that these…
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Why a gun store manager says people like him can be a missing link to stop suicide
Joe Liuni felt a little strange in a room full of mental health professionals in New York state. As a gun owner, general manager of a gun store and…
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Army disciplines officers and soldiers for handling of Vanessa Guillén’s murder at Fort Hood
More than a dozen Army officers and non-commissioned soldiers face disciplinary actions related to the response to Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén‘s…
Continue Reading The great power race between the US and China is on. And Beijing is confident of winning
When US President Joe Biden urged Americans to “win the 21st century” in his joint address to Congress, he painted a picture of a new…
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Halle Berry laughed at joke about her Oscars hairstyle
Halle Berry definitely saw the conversation about her new bob at last Sunday’s Academy Awards. The actress and director debuted her look on the…
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UV lights, cars with Trump bumper stickers and a lack of transparency illustrate ongoing GOP-driven ballot review in Arizona
At the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, workers line up in their cars to check in with uniformed security. As each car files into the…
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Covid-19 vaccine myths: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back
Americans have an easy way to crush Covid-19 — one that would let businesses fully reopen safely, ditch the need for social distancing and…
Continue Reading FBI and CIA are urged to boost intel gathering on foreign White supremacist groups
A former CIA analyst turned Democratic congresswoman is urging the country’s top national security officials to increase US intelligence…
Continue Reading DHS reviewing humanitarian protections for Haitians and others in the US
The Biden administration is reviewing whether to extend humanitarian protections to Haitians and other foreign nationals as part of the Temporary…
Continue Reading Woman worried how bone scan for possible lead will affect her
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — First, it was lead, now Flint residents may be facing new…
Continue Reading Kidney donor cycles cross-country to meet recipient stops in St. Louis
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — One man’s cross-country bike ride brings him to St. Louis…
Continue Reading First-ever US release of genetically modified mosquitoes begins in Florida Keys
The first release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the United States began this week in the Florida Keys — the culmination of a…
Continue Reading Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar banned from MLB after sexual misconduct investigation
Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar has been banned from Major League Baseball following an independent investigation into an allegation of sexual…
Continue Reading Biden stopped building Trump’s wall. Here’s what it looks like now
Once there was a bustling construction zone here. Now it’s like a ghost town, frozen in time. Heavy machinery is parked and motionless. Stacks…
Continue Reading Students walk out of class to ‘end the cycle’ of racism
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A group of St. Paul high school students walked out of class…
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Fractures in GOP on full display as Cheney faces renewed criticism for bucking Trump and disagreeing with McCarthy in public
House Conference Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney is once again facing the ire of her colleagues and GOP voters, laying bare the ongoing and internal…
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Tracking a warm and breezy start to the weekend before rain returns Sunday
TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild with lows in the mid-50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warm with gusty southwest winds up to 25 mph. Highs in the low to…
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