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Anderson Cooper was asked by a viewer on Full Circle about how old he was when he accepted that he was gay. “I think I really, truly accepted it. And not just accepted it, but fully embraced it and came around to really loving the fact that I was gay right after college,” Cooper said.

Juliana Jimenez Sesma stared down at her mother’s casket. Her mother’s face was made-up, and her hair done just so. Her expression was frozen. As Sesma mourned, mariachi music sliced through the silence. “I’d rather be asleep than awake because of how much it hurts that you’re not here,” the band belted in Spanish. The

Sixty-one: That’s the number of arrests Washington, DC, police made the day rioters laid siege to the Capitol in protest of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. More have been arrested since, and several jurisdictions are now involved in hunting down the supporters of President Donald Trump who invaded and ransacked the Capitol during a joint

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Ever since journalist Ben Raines found the wreckage of America’s last slave ship in 2019, local leaders have been debating the best way to preserve the history. On Monday, the Mobile County Commission took a major step, approving more than $1.3 million for an

Click here for updates on this story     SHAWNEE, Kansas (KCTV) — Several law enforcement agencies in Kansas and Missouri are working together to return hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in stolen property to rightful owners. Over the weekend, a tip led Lenexa police officers to a property in Shawnee where they found hundreds of

Click here for updates on this story     WOODLAND, California (KOVR) — A Woodland man bared it all trying to stop two thieves from stealing his catalytic converter. Roy Schaumburg was working out early Friday morning when he heard someone using a drill outside his house. That’s when he saw a person walking around his car.

Theodore Lumpkin Jr., one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II, has died at age 100. Lumpkin passed away on December 26, just a few days shy of his 101st birthday, from complications due to Covid-19, his alma mater Los Angeles City College said Friday. “Ted

The US Capitol Police has appointed a Black woman as its acting police chief after the former head resigned in the fallout from the agency’s inadequate response to pro-Trump rioters who staged an insurrection at the Capitol last week. Yogananda Pittman, who previously served as an assistant chief, will be the first woman and first

The surge of Covid-19 in California has just gotten even worse, after at least two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo became infected with Covid-19, the zoo and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. Three animals are currently showing symptoms of the virus, and it is suspected that they were infected by an asymptomatic staff member,

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — A Twin Cities man has come up with a way to show others that you’ve gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. Adam Wiatrowski started a new organization to produce lime green wristbands. He said the idea is to wear them to proudly display that you’ve been

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — SEPTA’s workers’ union says the lives of employees and riders are at risk because of the coronavirus pandemic. And now, they’re looking to the courts in order to protect their civil rights. The president of SEPTA’s workers’ union is calling out the transit agency.

Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH, PA (KDKA) — More and more families are raising concerns about the quality of their child’s education during this year of COVID-19. With Pennsylvania’s Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine encouraging schools to return to in person education, school districts and parents are trying to decide what to

Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI, FL (WFOR) — While cases of COVID-19 are skyrocketing around the country, activity is extremely low for the virus we usually see in the winter months: the flu. Hospitals have been bracing for a possible “twindemic” this winter, a simultaneous outbreak of flu while COVID-19 also surges,

Click here for updates on this story     POLK COUNTY, FL (WFOR) — Two Florida men are now in jail for allegedly desecrating graves and stealing human remains, three of which belong to military veterans. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, a positive DNA hit from a smoked cigar left behind during the crimes, positively

Click here for updates on this story     FORT WORTH, TX (KTVT) — Fort Worth unveiled a new bigger, faster and high-tech police helicopter Friday that will replace an aircraft almost three decades old. The nearly $4.5 million Bell 505 should be flying above the city in about a month. It will give police three helicopters

Click here for updates on this story     DALLAS, TX (KTVT) — Just as quickly as it came, it went. In many parts of Dallas County, the snow has melted. Many North Texans say it was a blast while it lasted and they created wonderful memories to look back on. “It’s amazing,” Denise Binion said. “It’s