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US | Its Going to Feel like 50 Below in the Midwest This Week Heres What Extreme Cold Does to Your Body | Parts of the Midwest are bracing for their coldest temperatures in decades this week, with Tuesday night conditions predicted to feel like 50 degrees below zero or colder in areas of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa, according to AccuWeather. Temperatures in Chicago are also predicted to dip below negative 25 for the fi... |
US | This Facebook Post Got 2 Dozen Middle Schoolers Suspended | About two dozen middle school students were suspended over a Facebook post encouraging peers to break their school's dress code, parents told Atlanta's WSB-TV 2 News. A Sunday Facebook suggested that students should violate the dress code by wearing the color red the next day at school. All two dozen students who eithe... |
US | Pope Francis Prepares to Speak to Congress | Pope Francis is no stranger to institutions of power. When he speaks to the U.S. Congress on Thursdayfrom the same spot where Presidents give the State of the Unionhe is not on as foreign a ground as one might think. If anything, the moment just echoes his experience since becoming the Bishop of Rome the dome of Saint ... |
US | Serials Adnan Syed Argues for New Trial | The subject of the Serial podcast's first season went back to court on Wednesday as his attorney argued for new trial. Adnan Syed, who was found guilty in 1999 of killing his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, made his first public appearance since his incarceration as a teenagerand since his story was downloaded more than 68... |
US | Parents in the Deadly California Cliff Crash Were Allowed to Keep HomeSchooling Despite Abuse Claims | The parents who drove off a California cliff with their six adopted children were allowed to continue home-schooling them despite repeated allegations of child abuse across three states. The crash that killed Jennifer and Sarah Hart and at least three of their children, has become the latest high-profile case in which ... |
US | Princeton Approves Revisions to Sexual Misconduct and Assault Policy | Princeton University faculty members approved recommended revisions to the university's policies for addressing sexual misconduct and assault on Monday, the university announced. The changes will bring the institution into full compliance with Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that receive f... |
US | Beachgoers Beware The Great White Shark Population Is Growing Again | New research suggests that the population of great white sharks off both coasts of the U.S. is growing again after years on the decline. One report ventures that there are over 2,000 great whites living off California 10 times the amount estimated by a recent Stanford University study. On the other side of the country... |
US | Minnesota Bans Antibacterial Triclosan | Minnesota is banning the germ killer triclosan, which is found in many soaps and body washes. Governor Mark Dayton signed the bill on Friday, but the ban won't take effect until January 2017. State senator John Marty, who sponsored the bill, said that the impact of the bill which is the first statewide ban in the nati... |
US | Boy Calls 911 After Fathers Apparent Drug Overdose I Think My Dad Is Dead | An 8-year-old Wisconsin boy is being called courageous by law enforcement after he dialed 911 and alerted authorities to his father who was unconscious at the steering wheel following an apparent drug overdose. The boy can be heard in police audio tearfully telling a dispatcher about his dad's condition as he sat in a ... |
US | Utah Wont Recognize Gay Marriages In Dispute | Utah said Wednesday that it will not recognize the same-sex unions made since a federal judge allowed gay marriage in the state while the matter remains under legal dispute. The Supreme Court put same-sex marriage in Utah on hold Wednesday by granting the state's request for a stay while it appeals a lower-court ruling... |
US | Fed Government Removes Many Hospital Errors from Public Access | The federal government has stopped disclosing some hospital errors to the public, preventing people from being able to thoroughly research the conditions of a hospital prior to a visit. USA Today reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS previously maintained a record of many avoidable mistakes ca... |
US | A 911 Victim Has Been Identified 16 Years After the Attacks | Advances in DNA testing have enabled medics to positively identify the remains of a victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, The New York Times reports. It has been 16 years since 2,753 people were killed when the twin towers were destroyed, and more than two years since the last victim among... |
US | What to Know About Cesar Sayoc the Mail Bomb Suspect | Federal authorities arrested Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. on Friday in connection with the 13 mail bombs sent to high-profile Democrats and other individuals, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Friday. Sayoc has been charged with five federal crimes and faces up to 58 years in prison, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said ... |
US | Every SingleOccupancy Restroom in California Could Be Labeled All Gender | Companies in the bathroom signage business may be poised for a boom. On Friday, a California lawmaker from the San Francisco area announced the introduction of a bill that would require every single-occupancy restroom in the state to be labeled as an "all gender" facility. Several cities, including Philadelphia, Washin... |
US | Ahmed the Clockmaker Wants to Go to MIT | Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old boy who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school, gave a press conference Wednesday where he thanked supporters and talked about his hopes for the future. "When I showed it to her, she thought it was a threat to her," Mohamed said of the teacher at MacArthur High School in Irv... |
US | Mothers Team Up to Fight Stand Your Ground Law | The mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis are working together to end Florida's infamous "stand your ground" law. "These two moms are going to make positive change to make sure that stand your ground' doesn't continue to happen," Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin told CBS News. "Stand your ground" laws ... |
US | The Wire Creator Calls for End to Violence in Baltimore | The creator of The Wire, the acclaimed HBO crime-drama that was set in Baltimore and aired from 2002-2008, called on Monday for an end to violence that erupted after funeral services for Freddie Gray, whose death following an injury in police custody has become the latest rallying cry for law enforcement reforms. "The ... |
US | French Historian Says He Was Detained for 10 Hours at Houston Airport | A French historian was arrested and detained for 10 hours at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston after flying in from Paris to attend a symposium at Texas AM University. Henry Rousso, a pre-eminent scholar on the Holocaust, wrote about the recent ordeal for the Huffington Post. Rousso said a policeman w... |
US | Read President Obamas Remarks On the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile Police Shootings | President Obama spoke Thursday on the shooting deaths of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana this week, shortly after arriving in Warsaw, Poland. Read the full speech below |
US | How Often Does Your College Report Sexual Assaults | The prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses is often masked by low levels of reporting, as Eliza Gray reported in a recent TIME cover story. Despite the troubles with reporting, comparing the number of incidents that are recorded on campuses can be instructive. In the interactive below, you can search for your... |
US | Youngest Son of Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine Found Dead | Jeffrey Corzine, son of former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and an aspiring photographer, has been found dead in a hotel room in Mexico City. He was 31 years old. He was discovered after failing to respond to several messages from worried family members. According to the NY Daily News, Jeffrey Corzine had struggled ... |
US | Why Immigration Is Different for Pope Francis | Like a practiced American politician, Pope Francis began his first public remarks on U.S. soil Wednesday by talking about his immigrant forefathers. "As the son of an immigrant family," he said, "I am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families.", The moment was subtle but subversive, ... |
US | Violence Worsens in Ferguson on 4th Night of Clashes | Demonstrations over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager continued for a fourth night in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, as protesters clashed with police and 10 people were arrested. Scores of police officers in riot gear attempted to disperse more than 300 protesters, with police firing tear gas, stun grenade... |
US | Warriors Respond to Donald Trump Disinviting Stephen Curry to the White House | The Golden State Warriors have responded to President Donald Trump disinviting point guard Stephen Curry to the White House. The team said no team members will go. "While we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaboratively discuss a potential visit to the White House, we accept... |
US | Suspected Malware Attack Disrupts Some Major Newspapers Nationwide The FBI Has Been Alerted | A suspected malware attack disrupted production of the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune and several other major newspapers around the country this weekend. The computer virus caused problems for newspapers connected to Tribune Publishing, the company confirmed this weekend, compromisi... |
US | Janet Mock Maxine Waters and Ben Platt On What Makes Them Optimistic About the World in 2018 | Janet Mock, Christopher Wylie, Gayle King, John Dickerson, Ben Platt, and Maxine Waters discussed what makes them optimistic about the world in 2018 during the TIME 100 Gala on Tuesday night. "What makes me optimistic, specifically this year, is of course the resistance movement, but specifically the creativity that's ... |
US | Emmett Tills Family Seeks New Investigation Into Lynching | The family of Emmett Till is seeking a new investigation into his 1955 lynching after a report revealed a key witness fabricated her testimony. The Associated Press reports two of Till's cousins Wheeler Parker and Deborah Watts want authorities to reopen the investigation following the revelation that Carolyn Bryant ... |
US | Californias Wildfires Are Only Getting Worse | There is no good time for a wildfire to break out, but the middle of the night may be the worst. The darkness makes it hard for firefighters to size up the flames, and people like Eduardo Flores are tucked away in their beds. When Flores, 66, and his wife awoke to find flames nearing their Santa Rosa, Calif. mobile-hom... |
US | Weve Never Seen Anything Like This Why Arkansas Is Executing 7 People in 11 Days | Starting next week, Arkansas will attempt something that's never been done in the U.S. execute seven death row inmates in a single state over the span of 11 days. The scheduled spate of executions comes after Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced in March that one of the state's execution drugs was set to expire by the end of ... |
US | No Way for a Person to Live Sex Trafficking Victim Speaks Out After Her Rescue | A Philadelphia woman who was rescued from sex trafficking spoke out about her former life of drug addiction and prostitution in a new video the FBI posted Wednesday. The woman, identified only as Ali, had spent five years on the streets, where she quickly became addicted to heroin and fully dependent on her sex traffic... |
US | Today Is National Wear Red Day Heres Why People Are Dressing Up | Women and men across America will be color-coordinating today for National Wear Red Day 2018, which aims to dispel myths surrounding heart diseases. National Wear Red Day is intended to help raise awareness of heart disease, in particular among women. Heart disease is often generally associated with men, but cardiovasc... |
US | Ancestrycom Revealed This Womans Father Was Her Familys Fertility Doctor Now Shes Suing | A woman allegedly discovered her biological father was the fertility doctor her parents used to conceive her in 1980 through an Ancestry.com DNA test, according to a lawsuit filed last week. Howard Fowler and Sally Ashby, then married but now divorced, were having difficulty conceiving, and in 1979 they sought help fro... |
US | Chicago Officer Who Fatally Shot Teenager Charged With FirstDegree Murder | Correction appended, Nov. 24, The Chicago police officer who was allegedly videotaped shooting 17-year old Laquan McDonald more than a dozen times was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, making him the first Chicago police officer to face such charges for an on-duty shooting. Jason Van Dyke allegedly shot the bla... |
US | Princeton Receives 300M Rare Book Collection Universitys Largest Gift Ever | Princeton University declared Monday that it received a donation of books and manuscripts worth approximately 300 million, amounting to the most generous gift in its history. Class of 1936 alumnus William Scheide died last year at age 100, bequeathing a 2,500-volume rare book and manuscript collection to the Ivy League... |
US | Man Who Kept Woman Captive For 10 Years Charged With Kidnapping Rape | A man who abducted his ex-girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter and held her captive for 10 years was charged Thursday with rape and kidnapping to commit a sexual offense. Isidro Medrano Garcia's 25-year-old victim escaped Monday after nearly ten years of imprisonment and assault, calling police for help after reconnecting... |
US | Everything You Should Know About the Boston Marathon Bombing Trial | The trial of one of the accused Boston Marathon bombers started Monday, nearly two years after the attack that killed three people and injured more than 260 others, with the beginning of the selection of the jury that will ultimately decide the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Here's what to know as the trial gets underway. ... |
US | Powerball Jackpot Grows to 422 Million | This Wednesday's Powerball jackpot has grown to 422 million, after nearly three months without a winner. Anyone who wins this week's jackpot will be able to opt for a 291 million lump sum or a 422 million annuity paid over 29 years, the Associated Press reports. While the 292.2 million to 1 chance of winning a Powerbal... |
US | President Trump Says Having a Pet Dog Feels a Little Phony to Me | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump isn't hiding the fact that he isn't a dog person. He appeared impressed Monday night while describing the drug-detecting abilities of German shepherds that work for the U.S. Secret Service, but he also made it abundantly clear that he can get by in his daily life without the slobbery ... |
US | Louisiana Blue Lives Matter Law Makes Attacks on Police a Hate Crime | Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill Thursday that would expand the state's definition of hate crime to include crimes that target police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers. A hate crime is usually considered so if the victim is targeted because of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sex... |
US | Father of Sandy Hook Killer Breaks Silence | The father of Adam Lanza, who killed 20 young children and six adults in Newtown, Conn. in December 2012, has broken his silence for the first time, telling the New Yorker about his son, "You can't get any more evil.", Peter Lanza, a finance executive who divorced Adam's mother Nancy in 2009, spoke with the New Yorker ... |
US | Orlando Nightclub Attack Was Deadliest Mass Shooting in US History | A gunman's attack on the Pulse Orlando gay nightclub early Sunday left 50 people dead, police said, which makes it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The shooter, Omar Mateen of Port St. Lucie, Florida. opened fire with an assault-type rifle and a handgun at the crowded club at about 2 a.m. Sunday. In additio... |
US | Jon Stewart and David Letterman Make Return at USO Bash | Jon Stewart and David Letterman both came out of retirement to appear at the USO's 75th birthday party at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday, and Stewart couldn't help himself from making a Donald Trump joke. Introducing Joe Biden, who was there with his wife Jill, Stewart said, "He's always a guy, you know, we... |
US | What to Know About the Shooting of Police Officers at a Protest in Dallas | Five police officers were killed and seven others wounded in Dallas on Thursday night, after being targeted by a gunman during a protest against the deaths of two black men by police in separate incidents this week. Two civilians were also wounded in the Dallas shooting. The gunmanwho officials say acted aloneopened fi... |
US | Boston Area Dogs Are Climbing Snow Banks to Escape | You know your city officially has too much snow when your dog can climb the mountainous snow bank in your yard and escape. The Weymouth Police Department, about 15 miles outside of Boston, Mass. issued this warning on its Facebook page on Thursday "Please watch your dogs. We have been dealing with a large number of dog... |
US | Attorneys for Gretchen Carlson Seek Public Trial for Sexual Harassment Suit Against Fox CEO Roger Ai | Attorneys for former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson argued Friday that her sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes should be tried publicly with a jury trial, after his team moved to transfer the suit to a New York federal court, which would keep the proceedings private. Carlson filed her suit in N... |
US | Christian Pot Dispensary Takes on IRS | At Lanette Davies' shop in Sacramento, everyone stops what they're doing at 6 p.m. Some patrons come especially for this moment in the day, while others just happen to be there. "We have prayer every night, for our community and our patients," she says. And those patients are all taking at least one of the same prescri... |
US | Dramatic Boat Rescue in Hawaii Caught on GoPro | Four children and four adults were rescued by helicopter after their boat capsized in rough waters off the coast of Mokolai in Hawaii Sunday. And it was all captured on a GoPro camera attached to one of the child's heads as he bobbed 12 miles off shore, waiting for help. "It got scary rough real fast where waves were b... |
US | How Popular is Your Fraternity | Fraternities have existed on American college campuses since the nation's founding. By mapping thousands of chapters across 794 campuses, we determined which fraternities are most common in each state. Alpha Phi Alpha, which was founded at Cornell in 1906, has at least 290 active chapters, more than any other fraternit... |
US | Bowe Bergdahls Dad on Why He Grew That Beard | The sight of Bowe Bergdahl's father standing by President Barack Obama in the White House Rose Garden Saturday might have come as a shock to viewers unfamiliar with his long bushy beard, reminiscent of the facial hair often grown by devotees of Islam, including his sons' captors. His rudimentary knowledge of Pashto and... |
US | Justice Department to Investigate Ferguson Missouri Police | The Justice Department intends to launch a civil rights investigation of the entire Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department, according to administration officials. An announcement of the investigation is planned for Thursday. With the help of the FBI, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has been investigating ... |
US | Hurricane Maria Made Landfall in Yabucoa Puerto Rico As a Category 4 Storm | Hurricane Maria made landfall at 615 a.m. ET in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico on Wednesday as a strong Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Water levels at a nearby harbor rose by over 4 feet, the NHC says. Hurricane Maria brought maximum sustained winds of 155 mph when it hit Yabucoa. As of 10 a.m.... |
US | Columbia Settles Lawsuit Brought by Former Student Accused of Sexual Assault by Mattress Girl | Columbia University has settled a lawsuit alleging mistreatment under Title IX brought by a former student who had been cleared by the school of sexual misconduct, according to the Washington Post. Paul Nungesser was accused of rape in 2012 by fellow student Emma Sulkowicz, who demonstrated against the way university d... |
US | FDA Calls Out Vaping Company for Putting Erectile Dysfunction Drugs in Its Products | The Food and Drug Administration called out an e-cigarette company Thursday over concerns that its products contain unapproved drugs meant to treat erectile dysfunction. The FDA said the China-based HelloCig Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. has 15 days to respond to the charge that two of their e-liquid products sold in ... |
US | Bud Light Took a Stance Against Corn Syrup But Experts Say That Doesnt Make Beer Better or Healthier | Bud Light really wanted people to know it does not use corn syrup in its beer. But the recipe decision, touted in a 2019 Super Bowl commercial, triggered quite the backlash from beer competitors and corn farmers. Beer industry and brewing experts say Bud Light's advertising tactic is playing on a public perception that... |
US | A Mosul Preview Iraq Government Launches Attack on Tikrit | A force of 30,000 Sunni and Shiite fighters, both soldiers and militia, launched a large-scale offensive Monday to push the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria out of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown. Eighty miles northwest of Baghdad, Tikrit could serve as a model for the coming and much bigger battle to retake... |
US | Watch the Emotional Speech That Helped Bring Down the Confederate Flag | An emotional speech by a descendant of Jefferson Davis Wednesday helped convince the South Carolina House to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. "I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on Friday," Rep. Jenn... |
US | FBI Child Abuse Almost at an Epidemic Level in US | Tens of thousands of children are being sexually exploited each year in the U.S. according to an investigation by the BBC. Despite rescuing 600 children last year, the FBI says child sex abuse is at epidemic levels where tens of thousands of children are believed to be sexually exploited in the country each year. "The ... |
US | Alabama Executes Muslim Inmate After His Request for an Imam Was Denied | ATMORE, Ala. A Muslim inmate who complained in a legal challenge that Alabama wouldn't let his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber was put to death Thursday after the nation's highest court cleared the way. Dominique Ray, 42, was pronounced dead at 1012 p.m. of a lethal injection at the state... |
US | Hurricane Matthew Devastates Mobile Homes in Florida We Just Didnt Know It Was This Bad | Cristy Emerson had always wanted a skylight. That's what her husband Jeremy Emerson, 35, playfully reminded her as they surveyed the damage to their Oak Hill, Fla. home after Hurricane Matthew tore through early Friday. The metal roof of their bedroom had been ripped off the walls, leaving the room flooded with light b... |
US | University of Missouri Faculty Stages Walkout as Racism Protests Widen | A group of faculty staff will begin a two-day walkout at the University of Missouri to protest the school's handling of racist incidents on campus, joining student activists and the football team in a widening clash with the administration. "We, the concerned faculty of the University of Missouri, stand in solidarity w... |
US | California Court Gets One Step Closer to Deciding Ubers Fate | For Uber's lawyers, the case heard before theirs in a San Francisco courtroom on Thursday may have looked like a harbinger of future woes. California Northern District Judge Edward Chen was going over the details of a 227 million settlement that FedEx, a 44-year-old company with close to the same value as 6-year-old Ub... |
US | Orlando Shooters Father Posted Bizarre Videos on Afghan Politics | YouTube videos posted by the father of the Orlando shooter over the last several years show him devolving from amateur pundit on Afghan politics to a man who appears to be suffering from delusions of grandeur. A naturalized American who came to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 1986, Siddique Mateen has a Facebook following... |
US | Heres What Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Said About Indicting Russian Intelligence Officers | Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to interfere in the 2016 presidential election on Friday. At Friday's press conference, Rosenstein outlined the charges leveled against the Russian intelligence officers, including money laundering, aggrav... |
US | FEMA Sends 28000 Liters of Bottled Water to Flint Mich | FEMA has dispatched 28,000 liters of bottled water to Flint, Mich. where residents have been struggling with a lead-contaminated water supply for months. FEMA maintains stockpiles of commodities that would be needed in the event of disaster, and distributes them to non-profits as they near their expiration date. On Tue... |
US | Passengers on 4 Southwest Flights May Have Been Exposed to Measles | A Texas resident sick with measles may have exposed passengers on four Southwest Airlines flights to the highly contagious virus, officials said. The individual took flights connecting through Houston's Hobby Airport on Aug. 21 and 22, the Houston Health Department announced Thursday. The passenger was diagnosed with m... |
US | Grand Jury Process Raises Questions About a Ferguson Indictment | Officer Darren Wilson testified this week in the grand jury investigation into his shooting of Michael Brown, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The newspaper's scoop was unusual. Unlike most criminal-justice proceedings in the U.S. grand juries are highly secretive. Leaking information about them is a criminal ... |
US | Florida is Investigating Two More Cases of Zika Not Related to Travel | Florida health officials confirmed Wednesday that they are looking into two more cases of Zika that do not appear to be related to travel or sexually transmitted. The cases which number four in total raise the possibility that mosquitoes in the U.S. are carrying and transmitting the virus, Reuters reports. "Evidence ... |
US | Americas Transgender Homecoming Queen Speaks Out | In the fall of 2013, Cassidy Lynn Campbell's classmates elected her homecoming queen of their Huntington Beach, Calif. high school. The selection of a transgender girl for the honor was particularly striking in a traditionally conservative town, and it was celebrated by many as a tolerance milestone. But amid the cheer... |
US | Death Penalty Slowly Fading Away Across the US | In 2016, states handed down fewer death sentences than at anytime since capital punishment was reinstated in 1972. The number of executions hit a low not seen in a quarter-century. And for the first time in four decades, opinion polls showed that fewer than half of Americans supported capital punishment. That's the sta... |
US | The Art of the Hostage Deal | Armed Venezuelan police stormed Thamara Candelo's apartment complex at dawn on June 30, 2016. It was two weeks after her wedding day, and Candelo's American husband, Joshua Holt, was lying in their bed in Caracas. One officer demanded to see his visa. Others ransacked the rooms, took Holt's phone and finally ordered hi... |
US | The Teen at the Center of the DC March Video Disputes Taunting Native Americans | DETROIT The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Native American protester drumming in his face outside the Lincoln Memorial as his schoolmates chanted and laughed says he did nothing to provoke the man in the videotaped confrontation and was only trying to calm the situation. The student identified himself in ... |
US | This Is Your Time to Rise Oprah Tells Graduates to Fight for Truth and Hope in a World Off its Rocke | Oprah Winfrey urged graduates to "be the truth," and "take a stand for our right to have hope," speaking at the commencement ceremony of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism on Friday. "In about an hour and a half you're going to be catapulted into a world that appears to have gone off its rocker,"... |
US | The Morning Brief Trumps Afghanistan Address Total Solar Eclipse and Jerry Lewis | Good morning. These are today's top stories, President Donald Trump is expected to address the nation tonight on the U.S. military's next move in Afghanistan after 16 years of war. Trump will deliver his televised speech at 9 p.m. EDT. A total solar eclipse, visible throughout the U.S. will cross the country from coast... |
US | A US Service Member Was Killed by Enemy Fire in Afghanistan Military Confirms | WASHINGTON The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan. A military statement says the incident is under investigation, and details were not released. The statement issued Tuesday did not name the service member or the branch of the military, pending notification of th... |
US | Record Numbers of College Students Are Seeking Treatment for Depression and Anxiety But Schools Can | Not long after Nelly Spigner arrived at the University of Richmond in 2014 as a Division I soccer player and aspiring surgeon, college began to feel like a pressure cooker. Overwhelmed by her busy soccer schedule and heavy course load, she found herself fixating on how each grade would bring her closer to medical schoo... |
US | The 25 Cities Where Millennials Are Moving | Millennials are moving to America's cities and not just the biggest ones. While places like New York City and Los Angeles remain millennial magnets, research from real estate analytics firm RCLCO shows that smaller cities, from Virginia Beach, Va. to Riverside, Calif. are actually seeing the most relative growth in th... |
US | Everything We Know So Far About the Dallas Shooting Suspect | Texas officials say that a suspect who was killed after a standoff with police was the lone gunman in an attack that left five police officers dead and seven wounded in Dallas on Thursday night, the deadliest day for law enforcement since the 9/11 terror attacks. Police identified the gunman as 25-year-old Micah Johnso... |
US | California May Sue President Trump Over Emergency Declaration | SACRAMENTO, Calif. California is likely to sue President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the state attorney general said Friday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Gov. Gavin Newsom, both Democrats, told reporters there is no emergency at the border and Trump does... |
US | Major Reservations Why Cities Are Worried About Airbnb | Using Airbnb in San Francisco and New York may not be so breezy by the end of this year. Right now, a visitor can hop on the site, find an apartment or house that a local isn't using and click "Book It." A few housekeeping matters later, a tourist has connected with someone willing to share their home, that host has ma... |
US | Beware of These Hoaxes Being Spread About the Las Vegas Shooting | Information spreads quickly after mass shootings, as people frantically try to find out what happened. But misinformation spreads even faster. After the shooting Sunday night at the Route 91 Harvest Festival near the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas killed at least 58 people and injured hundreds more, online trolls started ci... |
US | White Nationalists Carrying Torches Descend on Charlottesville Again | White nationalists once again descended on Charlottesville, Va. for a torch rally Saturday night, less than two months after the college town descended into chaos when violent clashes broke out between the group and people protesting them. Prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer and as many as 50 others held a brie... |
US | 8 Dead After Driver Strikes Multiple People on New York City Bike Path | Eight people are dead and at least 11 injured after a man in a rented pickup truck drove down a popular bike path in Lower Manhattan Tuesday, hitting several pedestrians and a school bus before being shot by police, officials said. The incident is being treated as an act of terror. "Based on the information we have at ... |
US | Mourners Gather to Remember Philando Castile That Couldve Been Me | The remembrances are written in chalk. Purple, pink, and yellow scrawls. Some are short "Love all as one." Others more pointed "There was a family in that car." Some serve as almost a warning "Because this revolution will be on the Internet.", A few days ago, the sidewalks along Larpenteur Avenue were just a lonely str... |
US | Pharma Company Behind Meningitis Outbreak to Shell Out 100 Million | Attorneys in New England reached a proposed 100 million settlement on Tuesday with the owners of the pharmaceutical operation that produced tainted drugs responsible for the 2012 nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people. The 100 million deal will provide compensation to insurers and victims of the outbreak ... |
US | Flying on American Airlines Could Be Unsafe for Black Passengers NAACP Warns | The safety and wellbeing of African American passengers may be compromised while flying with American Airlines, according to a national travel advisory released Tuesday by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP. The NAACP, a key organization in the civil rights movement, said that for a nu... |
US | South Dakota Could Pass Bathroom Bill Affecting Transgender Students | Update The Senate voted to approve the bill on Tuesday afternoon, 20 to 15, after a fiery debate. South Dakota is on the cusp of becoming the first state in the nation to require public school students to use facilities like bathrooms based on their "chromosomes and anatomy" at birth. The so-called "bathroom bill," whi... |
US | TV Reporter Spots Minnesota Bank Robbery Suspect on Live TV | , A Minnesota television reporter doing a segment on a bank robbery spotted on live TV the alleged robber fleeing the scene after he returned and robbed the same bank again. Adam Sallet, a reporter with KIMT-TV, was doing a live news report Tuesday outside the Sterling State Bank in Rochester, Minnesota, when a bank em... |
US | Why Its So Hard to Investigate the Recent Wave of AntiSemitic Threats | Nearly 200 children and adults were at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center in Minnesota which offers swim lessons, community lectures and preschool classes when the phone rang with a bomb threat on Monday morning. Students quickly evacuated to a nearby fire station, police officers swept the building and the center ... |
US | Woman in Texting Suicide Case Begins Jail Sentence | TAUNTON, Mass. A Massachusetts woman who sent her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself was jailed Monday on an involuntary manslaughter conviction nearly five years after he died in a truck filled with toxic gas. Michelle Carter was sentenced to 15 months in jail in 2017 for her rol... |
US | Cancer Doesnt Know What Its Up Against Leaders React to John McCains Diagnosis | Politicians from both sides of the aisle have shown an outpouring of support for Arizona Senator John McCain, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer following an operation to remove a blood clot from his left eye. Democrats and Republicans alike praised McCain's military service and wished him a full and speedy recov... |
US | San Juan Mayor Responds to Donald Trumps Twitter Attack | San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz seemed to make a response to President Donald Trump's Hurricane Maria criticism on Twitter Saturday by focusing on the work that needs to be done in Puerto Rico. "The goal is one saving lives. This is the time to show our true colors'. We cannot be distracted by anything else," Cruz twee... |
US | How The Transportation Sector Is Moving Away from Petroleum | The transportation sector is moving away from oil slowly but surely. Driven by growth in the use of biofuels and natural gas, non-petroleum energy now makes up the highest percentage of total fuel consumption for transport since 1954, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration EIA. In tot... |
US | This Is What Real Affirmative Action Would Look Like | Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a robust eulogy for the traditional affirmative-action policies that the Supreme Court officially buried in a case out of Michigan decided last week. She hit hard at the most salient point in favor of the policies that putting a thumb on the scale in favor of a student of color is no m... |
US | More White People Are Dying Than Are Being Born in 17 States | More white Americans are now dying than being born in a third of U.S. states, according to a study released Tuesday, which shows white deaths outpacing births in a record 17 states stretching from California to Maine. The study, by the University of New Hampshire, found natural decreases in the white population across ... |
US | Edward Snowden Joins Twitter | Edward Snowden has just joined Twitter. @Snowden's first tweet? "Can you hear me now?", That tweet might be a jab at the only account @Snowden is following @NSAGov, the official account for the National Security Agency, his former employer and the organization from which Snowden leaked classified documents in 2013. The... |
US | How Baltimore Police Lost Control in 90 Minutes | On school days in western Baltimore, local kids gather at a drab shopping center called Mondawmin Mall where bus routes begin and end. On Monday, the hangout became the scene of a riot. Policing experts who reconstructed the events of the day said that Baltimore police did not send enough officers to the situation at t... |
US | How Trumps Policies Are Fueling the Culture Wars | Call it the anti-diversity administration. U.S. President Donald Trump is on course to reverse decades-old efforts to empower and protect minorities. Affirmative action policies at colleges and universities are being reviewed by the Justice Department. Trump supports curbs on immigration of non-English speakers and pro... |
US | Juggalos in Face Paint and Masks March on Washington to Protest Gang Classification by FBI | Saturday was a busy day in the nation's capital. On the National Mall, supporters of President Donald Trump gathered for a "Mother of all Rallies." They shared the space with another demonstration with a very different cause face paint and mask-wearing "Juggalos" passionate fans of the "horrorcore" rap group Insane C... |
US | JJ Watts Hurricane Harvey Donation Drive Tops the 15 Million Mark | Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt announced Friday that his donation drive for Hurricane Harvey flooding victims has raised over 15 million, far exceeding his initial goal of 200,000. "Every single time we hit one of these landmarks I'm amazed," Watt said in a video posted to Twitter. "I've said it so many times b... |
US | How Opening Cuba Helped Isolate Venezuela | President Obama's decision to reopen relations with Cuba is having an interesting side effect it's helping isolate Latin America's other hard-line leftist regime in Venezuela. On Monday, Obama signed an Executive Order freezing the U.S. assets of seven midlevel Venezuelan officials over their handling of protests last ... |
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