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Three skiers are missing after getting caught in a large avalanche between the Colorado towns of Silverton and Ophir, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The three belonged to a larger group of back-country skiers who were traveling Monday and triggered the avalanche in an area locally known as “The

The Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was sentenced in Moscow on Tuesday to two and a half years of prison. His supposed crime was a probation violation committed while he was in a coma in Berlin after being poisoned by the same state security forces that have locked him up again. It’s pointless to talk

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — On Monday, Feb. 1, Asheville city officials say a homeless camp of about seven to 10 people was cleared out from underneath the Lexington Bridge below I-240 in downtown Asheville by crews with North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (NCDOT). They say NCDOT had

A rocky corner in southern Utah has been the focal point of protests and political battles for years. A recent move by the Biden administration is giving Native tribes hope that a broken promise could be mended. On his first day in office, President Joe Biden ordered federal officials to review the boundaries of Bears

It’s been more than two years since Joe Dimeo could smile. In July 2018, Dimeo, 20 at the time, fell asleep at the wheel of his car on Route 22 in New Jersey. He lost control, and the car hit the curb, flipping over before bursting into flames. A passerby pulled him out of the

Click here for updates on this story     ARDEN, North Carolina (WLOS) — Deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office made two arrests following an investigation into a business alarm notification from November. On Nov. 26, deputies from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office responded to an Arden business alarm notification. The subsequent investigation led to detectives

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — On Wednesday, the Open Door Mission became one of the very first homeless shelters in the country to vaccinate residents and staff against COVID-19. Three days before his birthday — and in between his cancer treatments — Clinton Pope was finally able to get

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A Council Bluffs man accused of secretly recording juvenile boys in the bathroom of his home has made a deal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Bottom line he won’t be getting out of federal prison anytime soon. The allegations against Thomas Boatright are disturbing

Three Idaho Army National Guard members returning from a training exercise died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in snowy, foggy conditions Tuesday night near Boise, the National Guard said. The three were all trained pilots participating in a routine training mission, a National Guard statement said. Idaho Army National Guard Col. Christopher Burt said

Click here for updates on this story     Flint, Michigan (WNEM) — A Michigan State Police Narcotics team by the name of STING (Strike Team Investigative Narcotics Team) has seized more meth in the month of January than 2018, 2019 and 2020 combined. STING is a multijurisdictional task force covering Crawford, Roscommon, Iosco, Arenac, Ogemaw, and

The race for coronavirus vaccines is on across the world and South American policymakers are scrambling to catch up. The region accounts for roughly 15% of the world’s reported Covid-19 cases, but less than 3% of the global vaccine doses administered so far, according to data collected by Oxford University. Amid a devastating second wave,

The Capitol rioters have joined a small but notorious cadre in the annals of history: a duo that since the end of World War II has attempted to stage coups against the United States of America, a university tracking project finds. The other case involved 11 members of the American communist party. The Coup D’etat

You know how clothing stores prop up mannequins in windows, showing off the fashionable goods they have to offer? That might be the explanation behind a case of mistaken mummy identity. During a trip to Egypt in the late 1850s, Sir Charles Nicholson — an English Australian antiquarian, university founder and philanthropist — bought a