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2 teens die in head-on crash with semi

Click here for updates on this story     SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — Two Sheboygan teenagers died in a head-on crash involving their car and a semitrailer truck in Columbia County, the State Patrol said. The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 33 and Polinske Road in the town of Marcellon near

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Famed ‘Piano Pat’ dies

Click here for updates on this story     GREAT FALLS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Pat Sponheim, Montana’s legendary “Piano Pat,” who entertained patrons of the Sip ‘n Dip lounge from the keyboards for more than 50 years, has died. She was 86. The Sip ‘n Dip lounge, a Great Falls Tiki bar with an international reputation

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Covid deaths may be double what we thought

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 3 million lives, an almost unfathomable human toll. Now, new figures suggest that the true global Covid-19 death toll has been grossly undercounted. Coronavirus has killed 6.9 million people, more than double the 3.2 million deaths that have been officially reported worldwide, according to analysis from the Institute

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As China awaits WHO approval for its vaccines, one country is sending theirs back

When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte live-streamed himself receiving a first dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine on Monday, it was supposed to encourage reluctant Filipinos to follow his lead and protect themselves against Covid-19. Instead, it drew a firestorm of criticism against Duterte — for choosing a vaccine not yet approved by the country’s regulators.

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Florida school district investigating recorded incident of student being paddled at elementary school

A Florida school district is investigating an incident that happened at an elementary school after a mother secretly recorded her 6-year-old being paddled on the buttocks by staff, the school district tells CNN. The student’s mother said she received a call from Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, on April 13 saying that her daughter

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Bob Dylan Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of singer-songwriter and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan. Personal Birth date: May 24, 1941 Birth place: Duluth, Minnesota Birth name: Robert Allen Zimmerman Father: Abraham Zimmerman, a furniture and appliance salesman Mother: Beatty (Stone) Zimmerman, a former model and housewife Marriages: Carol Dennis (1986-1992, divorced); Sara Lowndes (1965-1977, divorced) Children:

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