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More than 825 baby diamondback terrapin turtles rescued from New Jersey storm drains have made their home at Stockton University in recent weeks. As the small turtles attempt to cross streets, they can easily slip into storm drains. Local volunteers have been scooping up the hatchlings using modified nets, and bringing them to the university

Stacey Abrams is known as a fierce voting rights advocate, a former gubernatorial candidate and a rising star in the Democratic Party. But the Georgia Democrat is also known by another name: Selena Montgomery. Berkley, a Penguin House imprint, announced last week that it will re-release three romance novels Abrams wrote under the pen name

Here’s a look at the life of convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, who is serving a life sentence in prison without parole for his part in plotting the 9/11 attacks. Personal Birth date: May 30, 1968 Birth place: St. Jean-de-Luz, France Birth name: Zacarias Moussaoui Father: Omar Moussaoui Mother: Aicha el-Wafi Education: South Bank University, London,

Click here for updates on this story     HALL County, GA (WGCL) — Investigators have found a missing person, who went missing at some point on Saturday after getting out of a boat in Lake Lanier. Authorities have identified the missing boater as Anthony Saintil, Jr., 23, of Stockbridge. On Sunday just before 1:00 p.m. Game

Wingate University, a private liberal arts college in North Carolina, has set up a committee to determine “next steps” after learning its namesake, Washington Manly Wingate, sold slaves a year before the Civil War. The committee of faculty, staff, students, alumni, trustees, town officials and others will discuss next steps, the university said in a

Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON COUNTY, MO (KCTV) — Today, music filled the streets of downtown Kansas City as people recognized our city’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community. It was a moment of celebration, but also a testimony of the hardship many within this community have faced. “I was at a

Click here for updates on this story     EAST HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — It’s the moment students wanted, but feared they were going to lose. Today, hundreds of UConn students turned their tassel and graduated in person. “We didn’t think it was going to happen. After last year, it was all online and we were all

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Mother’s Day celebrations will be somber for some. A candlelight vigil was held for moms who’ve lost loved ones to violence. When you’ve lost a loved one, certain holidays, if not all, can be hard for many. On Saturday, people used the loss of

Over one year into the pandemic, the southeast Asian country Laos has recorded its first Covid-19 related death, according to reporting from state-run news outlet Vientiane Times. A 53-year-old Vietnamese karaoke club worker died from the virus in the capital Vientiane, the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reportedly said Sunday. The woman’s condition

An overnight shooting at a hotel in downtown Phoenix left one dead and several others injured, police said Sunday morning. Police Sgt. Margaret Cox said during a news conference that one adult male was found dead inside the hotel and at least seven others were taken to the hospital with gunshot injuries. She said all

Click here for updates on this story     Saginaw, Michigan (WNEM) — Florists across the county are experiencing shortages ahead of the holiday. The cold snap that put Texas in the freezer earlier this year also hit South America. “We get 90 percent of our rose crop comes from Ecuador. And they not only had snow

Joshua Nelson landed a full-ride scholarship to Southeast Missouri State University. Now the Missouri native wants to pay it forward by donating his college savings to another high school senior. Nelson, a senior at St. Charles West High School, was one of only five students selected for the prestigious President’s Scholarship at the university. A

At the age of 12, Yolanda King is a force. She has delivered dynamic speeches about racial equality and gun control. She’s advocating for youth activism and working to dismantle racism through her family’s organization, the Drum Major Institute. Yolanda is determined to promote her late grandfather the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of