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Click here for updates on this story     New Haven, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man wanted for questioning in the case of a Yale student’s death is believed to be in Georgia. On Wednesday, New Haven police said they were looking to locate 29-year-old Qinxuan Pan. Friday, the United States Marshals Service released a wanted poster

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Many in Middle Tennessee are in bed or getting ready to go to bed by 10:30 p.m., but not Officer Brenna Hosey and other Metro Nashville Police officers who work the midnight shift. “People are fascinated, honestly, by people that work the midnight shift

Click here for updates on this story     Hendersonville, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Edneyville man was arrested Thursday morning after authorities received a call about a suspicious vehicle parked behind a building on South Allen Road in Hendersonville. The caller said the driver of the vehicle had a domestic violence protective order against him taken

Students who attend Valparaiso University are Crusaders no more. The Lutheran university, aligning with schools and professional sports teams that have recently nixed racist mascots, has announced it will replace its mascot, the Crusader, because of its usage by hate groups. The Crusades represent a period in Medieval history when Christians enacted violent expeditions against

The Nigerian government has urged sympathizers of the #EndSARS movement to shelve plans for renewed protests at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. The toll plaza, situated in the affluent Lekki neighborhood, was the scene of a fatal shooting of unarmed protesters by Nigerian soldiers on October 20. The facility had been shut since the

The sawfish is one of the ocean’s stranger sights — with its unique long, narrow nose lined with teeth, it resembles a hedge-trimmer or chain saw. But the shark-like rays are on the brink of extinction, having vanished from half of the world’s coastal waters, according to a new study. Sawfish were once found on

Shipments of Covid-19 vaccines will be headed to pharmacies this week under a federal program that aims to get more people vaccinated quickly. Twenty-one “national pharmacy partners and networks of independent pharmacies representing over 40,000 pharmacy locations nationwide” are taking part in the program, according to a government fact sheet, which includes a list of

Myanmar’s new ruling junta is releasing tens of thousands of prisoners Friday as angry protests against the military coup continue for the seventh straight day. Some 23,314 prisoners are set to be granted amnesty and released on Union Day, a national public holiday observing unification of the country, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said in a

Former US President Donald Trump’s condition with Covid-19 became so concerning last year that there was talk of putting him on a ventilator, according to what Trump told one person at the time, raising questions over whether the White House downplayed the seriousness of his situation. The new details of what happened while Trump was

Central Europe has become the continent’s latest coronavirus hotspot, with Austria struggling to contain an outbreak of the new variant first identified in South Africa and neighboring Czech Republic facing hospital bed shortages on top of a political crisis over lockdowns. The worsening situation in the Austrian province of Tyrol and the Czech Republic forced

While robotic rovers may explore the surface of Mars on behalf of humans who can’t safely land there yet, they aren’t alone. A fleet of orbiters circling the planet act as dual-purpose workhorses, relaying back data and images from the surface missions to Earth while studying various aspects of the planet. Their mapping capabilities have

It’s going to be a bone-chillingly cold Valentine’s Day weekend — the perfect time to snuggle up with your sweetheart (or your house plant). Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox

The United States could start letting the general public have access to Covid-19 vaccines in April, and the country may be able to inoculate most Americans by the middle or end of the summer, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told NBC’s “Today” show that

Christine Lloyd-Jones was at work when the first call came: One of her friends, Annette, 62, had died of coronavirus. The following day, as she ate breakfast, her phone flashed again. This time it was news of another friend, Lloyd, dead at 58. The next day, another call. Her friend Haydon, 51, was in the

Rachel Powell, the Pennsylvania mother of eight who allegedly broke a Capitol window with a battering ram during the January 6 riot, will be released from jail pending trial, DC Federal Chief Judge Beryl Howell decided on Thursday. Howell’s decision was in line with another judge’s decision in Pennsylvania, but the Justice Department pushed for