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ce872578e1084e6ab7cc3583340088b2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/19/wetumpka-alabama-tornado-causes-significant-damage-downtown-storm-injuries-buildings-damaged/2627450002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Tornado causes significant damage in downtown Wetumpka, Alabama | Tornado causes significant damage in downtown Wetumpka, Alabama
WETUMPKA, Ala. – A tornado caused major damage in downtown Wetumpka, the city's mayor said Saturday, with several buildings on the ground after an intense storm passed through the area.
One injured was reported by 4:30 p.m., said Mayor Jerry Willis. The in... |
cb1b1ff760cecf0c4f044d77751a6236 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-could-expel-students-indigenous-peoples-march-video/2631377002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Covington Catholic could expel students who taunted Native American man in viral video | Covington Catholic could expel students who taunted Native American man in viral video
Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify the original description of Nathan Phillips’ military service. Phillips is a Vietnam-era veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from May 1972 to May 19... |
a156774d181fc0fa61076458bf5a973b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/20/native-american-leader-viral-video-students-mob-mentality/2631003002/ | Native American veteran: 'Mob mentality' in students seen in viral video was 'scary' | Native American veteran: 'Mob mentality' in students seen in viral video was 'scary'
Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify the original description of Nathan Phillips’ military service. Phillips is a Vietnam-era veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from May 1972 to May 1976... |
959c4bacd28531511c63739a4c57c6e9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/21/tsa-government-shutdown-workers-call-in-sick/2636495002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | 10 percent of TSA workers call in sick as government shutdown drags on | 10 percent of TSA workers call in sick as government shutdown drags on
The slowly growing wave of sickouts among TSA workers reached 10 percent as the agency that provides security at the nation's airports acknowledged "many employees are reporting that they are not able to report to work due to financial limitations."... |
c166477e4781ed06b3e1572701f6e624 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/22/black-hebrew-israelites-covington-catholic-video-hate-group-other-info/2643519002/ | What to know about Black Hebrew Israelites, the group in that Covington Catholic video | What to know about Black Hebrew Israelites, the group in that Covington Catholic video
In a statement released Sunday, Covington Catholic High School junior Nick Sandmann, who was shown over the weekend standing face-to-face with an indigenous man Friday in Washington, D.C., said the standoff took place after four Afri... |
e2fdaf3db0272cb30faab78ba798fa85 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/22/nathan-phillips-nick-sandman-covington-catholic/2642855002/ | Activist Nathan Phillips now says he will meet with Covington Catholic students | Activist Nathan Phillips now says he will meet with Covington Catholic students
Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify the original description of Nathan Phillips’ military service. Phillips is a Vietnam-era veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from May 1972 to May 1976 and ... |
013dda17ae1440aba289044719396d98 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/23/flash-during-super-blood-wolf-moon-meteorite-crash/2655585002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | What was that small flash of light during the super blood wolf moon? | What was that small flash of light during the super blood wolf moon?
As if a super blood wolf moon wasn't enough, some observers noticed another spectacular sighting in the sky Sunday night: a small flash of light.
During the lunar eclipse, a meteoroid struck the moon. Researcher Jose Maria Madiedo shared a video of th... |
955b7af056fe23e338aa68cef548820b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/23/iowa-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-law-ruling/2655252002/ | Iowa 'fetal heartbeat' abortion restriction declared unconstitutional | Iowa 'fetal heartbeat' abortion restriction declared unconstitutional
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" law – the most restrictive abortion limit in the country – violates the Iowa Constitution and may not be enforced, a state judge ruled Tuesday.
In his decision striking down the abortion law, Polk County Di... |
216ac6c8bf2fb9cfa97a3fc663c6dc62 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/24/california-wildfire-pacific-gas-electric-did-not-spark-2017-blaze/2670410002/ | Private equipment, not PG&E, caused 2017 California wildfire, agency says | Private equipment, not PG&E, caused 2017 California wildfire, agency says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a long-awaited report, state investigators said Thursday that a 2017 wildfire that killed 22 people in Northern California wine country was caused by a private electrical system, not equipment of embattled Pacific Gas & El... |
c610ac1055398ab7cd3d4337c6015d99 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/24/no-vaccines-washington-portland-oregon-declares-emergency-measles/2665544002/ | Measles cases climb in anti-vaccination hot spot under health emergency, Washington officials say | Measles cases climb in anti-vaccination hot spot under health emergency, Washington officials say
After health officials near Portland, Oregon, declared a public health emergency over a measles outbreak that affects mostly young children, the viral infection continues to spread.
Clark County, Washington, identified 34 ... |
7ec49f3f4154e99757487617c8dab553 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/25/texas-election-official-95-000-non-citizens-found-voter-rolls/2683399002/ | Texas' top elections officer: 95,000 non-citizens found on state's voter rolls | Texas' top elections officer: 95,000 non-citizens found on state's voter rolls
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials are contacting county election authorities statewide to determine whether people who are not U.S. citizens are registering and illegally voting.
The announcement was decried by voting rights advocate as a thin... |
65b8fe67c5a692051bb99b2358f05049 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/26/jayme-closs-case-da-has-no-plan-file-more-charges/2692969002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Wisconsin DA says he has no plans to file charges related to Jayme Closs' 88-day captivity | Wisconsin DA says he has no plans to file charges related to Jayme Closs' 88-day captivity
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he has no plans to file charges against a man accused of kidnapping in connection with the 88 days Jayme Closs was held captive.
Mark Freuhauf, district attorney in Douglas County, said in a statement ... |
a751d029dd9c347e55e1907a884d0fbd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/27/louisiana-shooting-deaths/2694185002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Dakota Theriot, suspect in 5 killings in Louisiana, arrested at gunpoint in Virginia | Dakota Theriot, suspect in 5 killings in Louisiana, arrested at gunpoint in Virginia
A 21-year-old Louisiana man wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of his parents and three other people was arrested at gunpoint Sunday at his grandmother's home in Virginia, authorities said.
Dakota Theriot will be transported... |
54df6133afcb5036a1638930adc11313 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/27/shutdown-federal-workers-get-back-pay/2694593002/ | 'Alleluia! ... Time to go back to work': Federal employees return Monday, will get back pay | 'Alleluia! ... Time to go back to work': Federal employees return Monday, will get back pay
About 800,000 federal employees who went without paychecks during the government shutdown should almost all get their back pay by week's end, a top White House official said Sunday.
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of... |
c9ff461f52f48b0fcf23abb84d516cdc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/28/cold-weather-polar-vortex-drive-record-smashing-cold-across-nation/2698747002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | 'Minimize talking' outside: Polar vortex bears down on North as Deep South braces for snow | 'Minimize talking' outside: Polar vortex bears down on North as Deep South braces for snow
A major snowstorm that lashed parts of the Midwest on Monday will give way to record-smashing cold this week as a powerful polar vortex drives a deep freeze across the eastern half of the nation, forecasters said.
A snowstorm wil... |
247c622326c9d3c96c585460f09b07fe | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/28/missing-north-carolina-boy-says-friendly-bear-him-days/2698729002/ | 3-year-old who was missing for days says a bear watched over him in North Carolina woods | 3-year-old who was missing for days says a bear watched over him in North Carolina woods
A 3-year-old boy who was found alive in the woods of eastern North Carolina after he went missing for two days said he spent time with a bear.
Casey Hathaway disappeared last Tuesday. He had been playing with two other children in ... |
7424377775f1e20e0861ff8ac8780273 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/28/video-man-clings-hood-moving-suv-road-rage-incident/2699155002/ | Watch: Man clings to hood of moving SUV in Massachusetts road rage incident | Watch: Man clings to hood of moving SUV in Massachusetts road rage incident
Two men were arrested after a road rage incident in Massachusetts during which one of the men was clinging to the hood of a moving SUV.
According to Massachusetts State Police, the incident started Friday afternoon when the two men were involve... |
433556df8d7f335e258723c0c804505b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/29/california-wildfires-regulators-make-preparations-pg-e-bankruptcy/2708026002/ | PG&E files for bankruptcy amid California wildfire lawsuits, citing billions in claims | PG&E files for bankruptcy amid California wildfire lawsuits, citing billions in claims
Facing potentially more than $30 billion in damage claims from California wildfires, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., officially filed for bankruptcy Tuesday.
The nation's largest utility filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bank... |
fadb7d73314988a5831be349604bc9f4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/29/florida-man-steal-opioids-got-laxatives-police-say/2716748002/ | Florida man thought he was stealing opioids but instead got laxatives, police say | Florida man thought he was stealing opioids but instead got laxatives, police say
A Florida man is facing felony charges after allegedly stealing pills he thought were opioids. They were actually laxatives.
Peter Emery, 56, was caught on video taking pills from a lock box, according a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office a... |
3bd36e8f5c7810303b383025c35195e5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/31/chicago-police-department-consent-decree-reforms-attorney-general-lisa-madigan/2734415002/ | Federal judge approves consent decree to reform Chicago Police Department | Federal judge approves consent decree to reform Chicago Police Department
CHICAGO – A federal judge on Thursday approved an agreement between the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago that will require the Chicago Police Department to undertake dozens of reforms.
The sides negotiated the consent decree after the st... |
dd3c7f53c2761bd5266e0a8d7c696da7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/31/frost-quakes-chicago-polar-vortex/2730412002/ | Boom! 'Frost quakes' reported in Chicago area thanks to polar vortex | Boom! 'Frost quakes' reported in Chicago area thanks to polar vortex
Extreme cold causes bizarre things to happen, and that was certainly the case Wednesday in Chicago when a series of loud booms were reported.
The temperature in Chicago dropped to 23 below zero early Wednesday, one of the coldest readings ever recorde... |
c1dadc44b2396eb19bb418d63b3652ab | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/01/sandmanns-lawyer-media-they-know-they-crossed-line/2747782002/ | Lawyers of Covington Catholic student in viral video send letters to media: 'They know they crossed the line' | Lawyers of Covington Catholic student in viral video send letters to media: 'They know they crossed the line'
CINCINNATI — The lawyers representing Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann and his family said Friday they have sent letters to media outlets and Catholic organizations as the first step in poss... |
b7d1d24a7d72f864d3393b79dfd8521f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/03/deputy-killed-another-injured-ohio-standoff/2761405002/ | One deputy killed, another injured during deadly overnight standoff in Ohio | One deputy killed, another injured during deadly overnight standoff in Ohio
One Ohio sheriff's deputy was killed and another was injured during a deadly standoff that ended early Sunday morning in Clermont County.
The officers originally responded around 7 p.m. to a 911 call from a man who said there were subjects in h... |
565fd8c48684ec1478223cea239d8d23 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/03/valhalla-train-crash-anniversary-third-rail-litigation/2761576002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | On 4th anniversary of deadly Valhalla Metro-North crash, third rail is focus of litigation | On 4th anniversary of deadly Valhalla Metro-North crash, third rail is focus of litigation
The following account includes excerpts from National Transportation Safety Board interviews with passengers in the lead car of Metro-North Train 659, which collided with a Mercedes SUV at a Valhalla grade crossing on Feb. 3, 201... |
a906ec3ec9b5b5b400e91bb9576f4dee | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/04/brooklyn-metropolitan-detention-center-power-outage/2769731002/ | Justice Department to investigate federal prison in NY after weeklong power outage | Justice Department to investigate federal prison in NY after weeklong power outage
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said the Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the federally operated prison in Brooklyn that went a week without electricity, leaving inmates without heat and hot wa... |
83b3329994479e0c7f07258077879217 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/04/man-died-meth-overdose-eaten-bear-smokies/2773644002/ | Autopsy: Man found in Smokies died of meth overdose before being eaten by bear | Autopsy: Man found in Smokies died of meth overdose before being eaten by bear
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A man whose body was found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last year died of a meth overdose before being partially eaten by a bear, an autopsy found.
The body of William Lee Hill Jr., 30, of Louisville, Tenn., ... |
b169752a32c9397dee64d37efb5026a2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/05/migrant-caravan-arrives-texas-mexico-border-500-troopers-respond/2783477002/?utm_source=Border+Buzz+02%2F13%2F2019&utm_campaign=BB+Aug+6&utm_medium=email | Nearly 2,000 migrants arrive at Texas-Mexico border, prompting 500 state troopers to respond | Nearly 2,000 migrants arrive at Texas-Mexico border, prompting 500 state troopers to respond
SAN ANGELO, Texas – A caravan of almost 2,000 Central American migrants has arrived just outside the Texas-Mexico border with the hopes of crossing into the United States, according to officials.
Authorities say the migrants ar... |
f95e745319bf049c9ce7ab9811405628 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/05/texas-man-dies-vape-pen-explosion-says-medical-examiner/2775957002/ | Texas man dies after vape pen he was using exploded, medical examiner says | Texas man dies after vape pen he was using exploded, medical examiner says
A 24-year-old Texas man died of injuries he suffered after the vape pen he was using exploded, a local medical examiner's office says.
William Brown of Fort Worth, Texas, died last month after a vape pen suddenly burst and severed his carotid ar... |
87d1340af46e14f5b66f4a8d7c1f7807 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/06/bird-strikes-airplanes-wildlife-federal-aviation-administration-data-sully-sullenberger/2613893002/ | Planes strike birds more than 40 times a day, FAA data show | Planes strike birds more than 40 times a day, FAA data show
Ten years after a collision with Canada geese forced airline pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger to make his dramatic emergency landing on the Hudson River, pilots and airports report as many bird strikes as ever.
Civilian flights based in the USA reported 14,6... |
d103fc8d11f2f4f91dfa8f7592a4c264 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/06/high-court-upholds-teens-texting-suicide-manslaughter-conviction/2789549002/ | Massachusetts' top court upholds teen's texting suicide manslaughter conviction | Massachusetts' top court upholds teen's texting suicide manslaughter conviction
Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld the involuntary-manslaughter conviction of a young woman who used dozens of text messages to persuade her boyfriend to carry out his suicide.
Michelle Carter, now 20, was originally sentenced to 2 1/2... |
0a360e83631deb3e87886dc97fa96087 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/06/virginia-governor-under-fire-ralph-northam-signs-amazon-bill/2787188002/ | Virginia's leadership in tumult as Attorney General Mark Herring admits wearing blackface | Virginia's leadership in tumult as Attorney General Mark Herring admits wearing blackface
Virginia's leadership crisis deepened Wednesday as Attorney General Mark Herring admitted that he, too, once wore blackface in the 1980s, and the woman accusing the lieutenant governor of sexual assault released details of her cla... |
63836dd4f5b643855dca4ea379377376 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/07/virginia-lt-governor-justin-fairfax-sexual-assault-allegation/2800541002/ | Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax acknowledges 2004 consensual encounter with accuser, denies sexual assault | Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax acknowledges 2004 consensual encounter with accuser, denies sexual assault
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax acknowledges that he had a consensual encounter with a colleague in a Boston hotel during the 2004 Democratic national convention but flatly denies her charges of sexual assault.
"I wish... |
72501293d835c450520ffa7191ad96ed | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/08/austin-texas-water-stinks-like-trash-due-zebra-mussel-infestation/2811311002/ | Zebra mussels invading Texas city pipes are making water smell like 'rotten trash' | Zebra mussels invading Texas city pipes are making water smell like 'rotten trash'
Tap water in Austin, Texas, stinks. And, city officials say zebra mussels in a raw water pipeline are to blame.
A line at a water treatment plant southwest of Lake Austin became infested with the invasive species about a year ago, the Au... |
2021cfa3ea4600cb46d503eea4dd74fe | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/08/justin-fairfax-second-woman-accuses-virginia-lt-governor/2816954002/ | Second woman accuses Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of 'premeditated and aggressive' sexual assault | Second woman accuses Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of 'premeditated and aggressive' sexual assault
A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of a "premeditated and aggressive" sexual assault, the latest accusation leveled against him amid calls to resign.
Meredith Watson said in ... |
b54e0e64834cd6ec5627502d7bf84464 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/08/presidential-declaration-national-emergency-donald-trump-border-wall-congress-oversight/2784488002/ | How congressional Democrats could fight a Trump wall national emergency declaration | How congressional Democrats could fight a Trump wall national emergency declaration
Congress has never voted to overturn a presidential emergency in 44 years. But in 2005, it threatened to – and the president blinked.
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, President George W. Bush declared a nationa... |
a938df6acb33c13a5bedf779803e1263 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/09/arizona-legislature-considers-declaring-porn-public-health-crisis/2828630002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Arizona pushes to declare porn a public health crisis | Arizona pushes to declare porn a public health crisis
PHOENIX – Citing concerns about the proliferation of erotic images online and their "toxic" effect on behavior, Arizona lawmakers are pushing to declare pornography a public health crisis.
Republican state Rep. Michelle Udall introduced a measure that declares the c... |
ba3db679325d7e7d53e8527c7937464d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/09/trump-beto-face-off-el-paso-dueling-rallies-near-border/2822324002/ | Trump, Beto to face off Monday in El Paso in dueling rallies near the border | Trump, Beto to face off Monday in El Paso in dueling rallies near the border
EL PASO — If American politics has turned into a three-ring circus, this city in West Texas will hoist the Big Top on Monday, with President Donald Trump coming to rally for a border wall, Democratic wunderkind Beto O'Rourke leading a protest ... |
084af99b2186cea000693a5ff33cf0c0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/10/blackface-shows-how-deeply-rooted-antiblack-racism-america/2816801002/ | Blackface in Virginia, other incidents show how deeply rooted anti-black racism is in America | Blackface in Virginia, other incidents show how deeply rooted anti-black racism is in America
Coming at a time of heightened racial tensions, revelations about the past racist behavior by Virginia's governor, attorney general and a top state senator have touched a raw nerve.
Much of the public discussion has been focus... |
93532bd624be06c319a9909df5c2792b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/11/washington-vaccine-bill-protest-amid-measles-outbreak/2835502002/ | Hundreds protest against Washington state vaccine bill that would require measles shots | Hundreds protest against Washington state vaccine bill that would require measles shots
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Amid a measles outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people in the Pacific Northwest, Washington lawmakers heard testimony Friday on a bill that would remove parents’ ability to claim a personal or philosophical e... |
15b48343f55c7865fe734d7db059b42e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/12/confederate-monuments-leaders-cities-removal-alternatives-civil-rights-groups/2525178002/ | Blocked from taking Confederate statues down, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis try other ideas | Blocked from taking Confederate statues down, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis try other ideas
ATLANTA – The Confederate soldier presides over Piedmont Park, a lonely but still heroic figure. The Civil War has ended; now an angel is guiding him to lay down his rifle.
Atlanta's Peace Monument, erected in 1911, honors the Pe... |
790596ad56fd8c61d86dba5dab7737a7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/13/california-rail-los-angeles-san-francisco-abandoned-newsom/2856819002/ | California governor abandons $77 billion high-speed train between LA and San Francisco | California governor abandons $77 billion high-speed train between LA and San Francisco
VISALIA, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that he’s abandoning a plan to build a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The project's cost has ballooned to $77 billion.
“Let’s be real,” Newsom ... |
6fe94030270bb578b785ce098c0ba401 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/13/el-chapo-guzman-likely-supermax-prison-colorado-known-adx/2857116002/ | 'El Chapo' escaped from two prisons. This time, he’s probably headed to the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' | 'El Chapo' escaped from two prisons. This time, he’s probably headed to the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'
Detaining Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman for the rest of his life won't be easy. He escaped from two high-security Mexican prisons.
That's why experts said the kingpin, who was convicted Tuesday of drug trafficking, is prob... |
b3ef5659ec7dfd41652bc00d23a990fe | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/13/valentines-day-why-heart-icon-looks-nothing-like-human-organ/2811839002/ | The heart icon looks nothing like a human heart. Here’s why. | The heart icon looks nothing like a human heart. Here’s why.
Sweethearts Candy may be gone this Valentine's Day, but that shape – you know the one! – is everywhere. The iconic symbol of love looks nothing like the human organ. Why? Blame Aristotle, or maybe a plant.
The mystery of how the heart icon achieved its shape ... |
3c9335156dbd4932cdf68b9f44795e2a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/14/kansas-boys-give-flowers-every-girl-school-valentines-day/2875487002/ | School boys ‘wanted every young lady to feel special.’ So they gave them all Valentine’s Day flowers | School boys ‘wanted every young lady to feel special.’ So they gave them all Valentine’s Day flowers
A group of middle school boys in Kansas made sure Valentine's Day was special for every girl in their school: They gave all of them a flower.
Photos posted to social media on Thursday by Summit Trail Middle School in Ol... |
eb01cef0250c083ec9cbb7abb93f831c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/14/missouri-man-bound-dog-tape-left-ditch-police-say/2877640002/ | Man bound dog with duct tape, threw it into ditch to freeze, police say | Man bound dog with duct tape, threw it into ditch to freeze, police say
A Missouri man is facing animal abuse and armed criminal action charges after allegedly binding a dachshund with tape and throwing it into a ditch during bitterly cold weather.
Paul Garcia, 39, allegedly wrapped the dog's legs and muzzle with elect... |
8fbbf0b4fbddcff0e92803adc9a9e32b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/14/parkland-school-shooting-anniversary-remembers-17-lives-lost-florida/2877834002/ | Parkland remembers 17 lives lost one year ago, hopes for a safer future | Parkland remembers 17 lives lost one year ago, hopes for a safer future
PARKLAND, Fla. – Valentine's Day was far from the minds of those Marjory Stoneman Douglas High students who arrived at school Thursday morning.
They wore "MSD Strong" maroon attire instead of pinks and reds. The flowers they brought weren't for the... |
6283b43c72e9179eae8d3580500e320d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/15/ciudad-juarez-mexico-el-paso-border-security-donald-trump-violence/2878082002/ | As Trump demands a wall, violence returns to Texas border in Ciudad Juárez | As Trump demands a wall, violence returns to Texas border in Ciudad Juárez
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – Julián Cardona remembers the dark days of this border city, when bodies littered downtown streets and friends were kidnapped or fled north to the U.S.
That was a decade ago, when feuding cartels made Ciudad Juárez one of ... |
5a4bd7f1cea71cdd7176380337494475 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/16/aurora-shooting-illinois-shootout-gary-martin-police-officers/2890406002/?inf_contact_key=47cd6767705eb3e85aee65c6cc629d17 | Police: Gunman in shooting rampage had 6 prior arrests in Aurora, Illinois, including domestic battery charges | Police: Gunman in shooting rampage had 6 prior arrests in Aurora, Illinois, including domestic battery charges
AURORA, Ill. — The gunman who shot and killed five co-workers and injured five police officers after he was fired from his job had his gun permit revoked five years ago after a background check turned up a pri... |
323f547834714955af159d4657e66f0b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/16/newport-beach-california-man-allegedly-kills-parents-housekeeper/2891854002/ | Son allegedly killed parents and their housekeeper in upscale Southern California community | Son allegedly killed parents and their housekeeper in upscale Southern California community
A Southern California man in an upscale neighborhood allegedly killed his parents and their housekeeper, police say.
Camden Burton Nicholson, a 27-year-old from Newport Beach, California, was arrested Wednesday for the killings ... |
f86af5c233ee5f3a8e251fdeda4b8499 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/17/anthony-weiner-released-prison-must-register-sex-offender/2899966002/ | Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner released from prison, must register as sex offender | Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner released from prison, must register as sex offender
Anthony Weiner, the former congressman convicted of sexting with a 15-year-old girl, has been released from a federal prison in Massachusetts to a transitional facility in New York and must register as a sex offender.
Weiner, 54... |
e1132de5ee29b13596db40d479e8f1e6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/18/aurora-shooting-victim-josh-pinkard-texted-his-wife-he-lay-dying/2903328002/ | Aurora shooting victim Josh Pinkard texted love to his wife as he lay dying | Aurora shooting victim Josh Pinkard texted love to his wife as he lay dying
One of the victims of a gunman's rampage that left five people dead last week in Illinois texted love to his wife as he lay dying.
Terra Pinkard said she received the text message Friday from her husband, Josh, who worked at a manufacturing pla... |
7c36591c078da30ac7fbe47e4d633446 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/18/zombie-deer-disease-cwd-how-avoid-getting-it-cdc/2903849002/ | 'Zombie' deer disease: How to prevent it and avoid eating infected meat | 'Zombie' deer disease: How to prevent it and avoid eating infected meat
As more than 20 states report cases of a brain-wasting animal disease informally called "zombie" deer disease, some officials worry that humans could be affected.
Chronic wasting disease has been found in deer, elk and/or moose in at least 24 state... |
f1c09383ed21fb996759db6f63dae2e3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/19/vaticans-secret-rules-priests-who-father-children/2918042002/ | Vatican secret out: There are rules for priests who father children | Vatican secret out: There are rules for priests who father children
The Catholic Church has required celibacy from its priests for centuries, yet those vows were broken so frequently that the Vatican established a secret set of guidelines for dealing with clerics who fathered children.
This latest revelation, first rep... |
0100574a376e74b8af54f2a02c9462bd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/20/montana-canada-lawmakers-resolution-trillion-deficit/2929304002/ | Sell Montana to Canada? State lawmakers aren't opposed to it. Formally, at least. | Sell Montana to Canada? State lawmakers aren't opposed to it. Formally, at least.
Montana lawmakers on Wednesday shot down a resolution formally opposing the sale of the state to Canada, an intended tongue-in-cheek pushback to a now-viral petition.
The petition, launched one week ago on Change.org, calls for sale of th... |
c910367a7d6798a4b624a6d2793af471 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/21/kentucky-teacher-comes-out-bisexual-lgbt-and-gets-fired/2942282002/ | Kentucky teacher came out as bisexual to stop a student's suicide. Then he got fired | Kentucky teacher came out as bisexual to stop a student's suicide. Then he got fired
Nicholas Breiner hadn’t even told his family on April 7, 2017, when he came out on Instagram and told the world — more particularly, his students — that he was bisexual.
He spoke up because one of his students, struggling with her own ... |
a783274ab53bf800aec8ed7efb61e6d3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/21/washington-state-proposes-carbon-fee-gas-tax/2945489002/ | Washington state lawmakers seek to approve nation's first carbon fee | Washington state lawmakers seek to approve nation's first carbon fee
Washington state lawmakers proposed a measure on Thursday to limit carbon pollution that would be the nation's first if passed.
The carbon fee is part of a transportation funding package that marks Washington's third major attempt to create such a pol... |
5162331b363b9c4a072dbd25c773f051 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/22/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-loera-sinaloa-jalisco-nueva-generacion-cartel/2885199002/ | After El Chapo: Sinaloa, other Mexican drug cartels still strong, and now diversifying | After El Chapo: Sinaloa, other Mexican drug cartels still strong, and now diversifying
NEW YORK – So long, El Chapo. El Mayo is still around. And El Mencho is on the rise.
El Chapo – the internationally notorious drug trafficker born Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera – faces life in prison for running a continuing crimin... |
155af9763888608897da9b782073c196 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/22/no-speed-limits-nevada-montana-last-states-full-freedom/2947782002/ | 'Probably safer': What it was like when states had no speed limits | 'Probably safer': What it was like when states had no speed limits
No highway speed limits? For some Nevada and Montana motorists with long memories, that's what made their states special.
As California deals with a proposal to remove speed limits through its Central Valley, there are those elsewhere in the West who re... |
ab1717ad25f3d641154bdf066ca8736c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/22/weekend-weather-blizzard-tornadoes-floods-winds-bitter-cold/2950508002/ | Wild weather weekend: Blizzard, tornadoes, floods, ferocious winds all expected | Wild weather weekend: Blizzard, tornadoes, floods, ferocious winds all expected
The final weekend of February will deliver a wild potpourri of weather as winter and spring do battle across the United States.
Blizzard conditions are possible in the Upper Midwest Saturday and Sunday as a potent winter storm hammers the r... |
4a8b325044ce63de97b5cabceb7299bc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/23/jussie-smollett-alleged-hoax-security-cameras-police-osundairo-brothers-empire/2953688002/ | How did police catch 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett? Lots and lots of cameras | How did police catch 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett? Lots and lots of cameras
CHICAGO – Dozens of private and city-owned security cameras played a critical role in helping investigators unravel “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged hoax attack, police and prosecutors say.
Officials say investigators were suspicious ... |
8db2f3f5da4f093d533e56deb836f705 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/23/peta-steve-irwin-tweet-group-faces-fire-conservationists-birthday/2962313002/ | Twitter rips PETA for criticizing Steve Irwin's Google doodle on the late conservationist's birthday | Twitter rips PETA for criticizing Steve Irwin's Google doodle on the late conservationist's birthday
After tweeting criticism of the late wildlife conservationist and TV personality Steve Irwin, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is facing backlash on social media.
Irwin would have turned 57 on Friday, and to ... |
b6d3554302c7c826e9f93dbc2e67134e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/24/columbus-mississippi-first-tornado-death-2019/2971660002/ | Tornado tears through Columbus, Mississippi, leads to first tornado death of 2019 | Tornado tears through Columbus, Mississippi, leads to first tornado death of 2019
Stunned residents of a small Mississippi city were picking up the pieces Sunday after a violent tornado ripped through town, leaving one person dead – and marking the first tornado death of 2019.
The tornado in Columbus, which was trigger... |
832ebafaaa81a0f2717c26e0d0930325 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/24/military-draft-judge-rules-male-only-registration-unconstitutional/2968872002/ | With women in combat roles, a federal court rules male-only draft unconstitutional | With women in combat roles, a federal court rules male-only draft unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas has declared that an all-male military draft is unconstitutional, ruling that "the time has passed" for a debate on whether women belong in the military.
The decision deals the biggest legal blow to the Selective... |
7a1ba77758cd0ccd39dbe95310efbe97 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/26/global-warming-99-9999-percent-chance-humans-cause/2994043002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | 99.9999 percent chance we're the cause of global warming, study says | 99.9999 percent chance we're the cause of global warming, study says
There's a 99.9999 percent chance that humans are the cause of global warming, a new study reported Monday.
This means we've reached the "gold standard" for certainty, a statistical measure typically used in particle physics.
Humanity burns fossil fuel... |
42fb935493f4cf9932ccd34e9ae20d38 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/26/viral-girl-scout-cookie-buyer-faces-federal-drug-charges/2997284002/ | He went viral for buying out a Girl Scout cookie stand. Now he faces federal drug charges | He went viral for buying out a Girl Scout cookie stand. Now he faces federal drug charges
A man who gained internet fame earlier this week for spending more than $500 on Girl Scout cookies was arrested Tuesday on federal drug charges.
Detric Lee McGowan posed for a photo with a group of Girl Scouts who were selling coo... |
4d57b204bf41059a22a42ebe1fb5975f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/27/28-women-may-have-miscarried-ice-custody-past-2-years/3003310002/ | 28 women may have miscarried in ICE custody over the past 2 years | 28 women may have miscarried in ICE custody over the past 2 years
PHOENIX - The delivery of a stillborn baby by a 24-year-old Honduran woman at an immigration detention center in Texas has prompted renewed outrage from advocates about the dangers of detaining pregnant women.
ICE officials told The Arizona Republic in a... |
724b3bd8f55c487e7589c13b4e6428e3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/27/california-floods-hundreds-flee-their-homes-thousands-refuse/3004836002/ | Hundreds flee as record rainfall swamps northern California, but thousands refuse to leave | Hundreds flee as record rainfall swamps northern California, but thousands refuse to leave
Rivers swollen by days of heavy rain inundated portions of northern California on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.
However, about half of the 4,000 people ordered to leave have refused to do so. "We want... |
5f87a84eae6c0206d253705397cc86bb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/28/75-year-old-man-gets-bit-rattlesnake/3024545002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Man rode his bike for half-hour to seek help after being bit by rattlesnake | Man rode his bike for half-hour to seek help after being bit by rattlesnake
PHOENIX – Jim Watkins was on a bike ride with a friend on an Arizona trail Wednesday afternoon when he fell off his bike and into a bush.
If that wasn't bad enough, he was bit by a rattlesnake after he landed.
Watkins, 75, was biking up a steep... |
5a01ef6dc5ea6f5fd9115aeba30c459a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/02/stephon-clark-shooting-if-cops-face-charges-over-black-man-death/3040152002/ | Cops who fatally shot Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man, last year will not face criminal charges, Sacramento AG says | Cops who fatally shot Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man, last year will not face criminal charges, Sacramento AG says
Prosecutors on Saturday announced they would not charge two Sacramento police officers in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in his grandmother's backyard, saying video evidence showed the cop... |
f54434af0004d63a056de1b58090b6cf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/02/wanaque-virus-outbreak-feds-impose-600-000-fine-11-childrens-deaths/3044724002/ | Feds impose $600,000 fine on New Jersey nursing home after 11 children die | Feds impose $600,000 fine on New Jersey nursing home after 11 children die
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – The federal government has imposed a $600,000 fine on a New Jersey nursing home where 11 children died and 36 became sick during a virus outbreak last fall.
The penalty results from inspections by state and federal health o... |
2689cf16443106119dd0ca16cad1a5bc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/03/taco-bell-rescue-man-survives-5-days-snow-taco-sauce/3048665002/ | Man, dog survive 5 days in Oregon snow: 'Taco Bell fire sauce saves lives!' | Man, dog survive 5 days in Oregon snow: 'Taco Bell fire sauce saves lives!'
A man stranded for five days with his dog when their car became stuck in Oregon's deep snow survived by eating taco sauce packets and periodically starting his vehicle for warmth.
Jeremy Taylor, 36, and his dog Ally were found Friday by a snowm... |
61ad18fda7c9f42d5d0605cb8b4813a2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/04/alabama-tornado-victims-identified-lee-county/3062733002/ | 'Heartbroken': Alabama tornado victims to be identified, 23 dead | 'Heartbroken': Alabama tornado victims to be identified, 23 dead
BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Lee County authorities on Tuesday will release the names of the 23 people killed when a tornado tore through the rural area Sunday shredding homes, trees and power lines.
County coroner Bill Harris on Monday night said he expected the d... |
cabfee39286e39b8d46dbab45edfdb7f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/05/no-criminal-charges-uber-fatal-tempe-crash-tempe-police-further-investigate-driver/3072478002/ | No criminal charges for Uber in Arizona death; police asked to further investigate driver | No criminal charges for Uber in Arizona death; police asked to further investigate driver
PHOENIX – Prosecutors announced Tuesday that they didn't find evidence to criminally charge Uber in the crash that killed a woman a year ago in Tempe.
But it is leaving possible criminal charges against the autonomous car's operat... |
f5e6acd0484938d9f6bb50bac4e00238 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/06/daylight-saving-time-2019/3078574002/ | Daylight saving time begins Sunday: Who observes it, will it affect health? | Daylight saving time begins Sunday: Who observes it, will it affect health?
Editor's note: Part of this story from The Arizona Republic was published in 2017.
The vast majority of Americans will lose an hour of sleep on Sunday as clocks are set ahead for daylight saving time.
Arizona and Hawaii do not observe daylight ... |
87b5b67837e027f9ff99785dc0db7541 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/06/esketamine-nasal-spray-drug-could-transform-treatment-depression/3077883002/ | 'It saved my life': Relative of party drug 'Special K' could revolutionize depression treatment | 'It saved my life': Relative of party drug 'Special K' could revolutionize depression treatment
A new medication related to the iconic party drug "Special K" that can rapidly treat depression could revolutionize the treatment of the condition affecting more than 16 million Americans, experts say.
A subsidiary of Johnso... |
6291ebdb3154fd7b2eaedd6ddff47695 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/06/florida-sisters-perfect-murder-love-triangle-confession/3087243002/ | Police say two sisters committed 'the perfect murder' in 2015. Here's how they got caught | Police say two sisters committed 'the perfect murder' in 2015. Here's how they got caught
Two sisters in Florida have been charged with killing their father after one of them confessed four years later to a man they both had a relationship with.
Linda Roberts, 62, and Mary-Beth Tomaselli, 63, were arrested Tuesday and ... |
11ad85dd096883964c1806187b80ab5d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/07/chris-watts-murder-confession-mostly-truthful-credible-da-says/3098939002/ | Chris Watts grisly murder confession: ‘Reality turns out to be much worse’ than DA imagined | Chris Watts grisly murder confession: ‘Reality turns out to be much worse’ than DA imagined
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Prosecutors and investigators believe Christopher Watts' recent confession as to how and why he killed his wife and daughters in August is largely truthful.
Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke prev... |
c9868d8dc08341fc4e23d798dac24670 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/07/utah-teacher-forced-student-wash-off-ash-wednesday-cross/3097026002/ | Utah teacher on leave after forcing student to wash off Ash Wednesday cross | Utah teacher on leave after forcing student to wash off Ash Wednesday cross
A Utah school district has placed a teacher on administrative leave for forcing a 9-year-old student to remove the cross of ashes from his forehead on Ash Wednesday.
Student William McLeod, who is Catholic, was left crying and embarrassed by th... |
35913f225f484d5e079cb247331a4fec | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/08/tornadoes-blizzard-wild-weather-blast-u-s-weekend/3091668002/ | Wild weather weekend to bring blizzard for Midwest, possible tornadoes in Southeast | Wild weather weekend to bring blizzard for Midwest, possible tornadoes in Southeast
A massive storm is bringing a mix of wild weather to the central and southern U.S. this weekend, including blizzard conditions in the Midwest and the chance for tornadoes in the Southeast.
The snowstorm will likely be at its strongest l... |
1d1f22a662ba8f371c1d8e1110f70546 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/09/smoking-hookah-tobacco-harmful-cigarettes-heath-experts/3113536002/ | Smoking hookah tobacco can be as harmful as cigarettes, health experts say | Smoking hookah tobacco can be as harmful as cigarettes, health experts say
For years, many people have been convinced that smoking tobacco in a hookah is less harmful than cigarettes because the tobacco is filtered through water.
It's risen in popularity among young people, in particular, who are drawn to tobacco sold ... |
066f787a884ae79234b776a1a594eac8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/09/winter-storms-heavy-snow-wind-likely-midwest-severe-storms-south/3114189002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Tornadoes cause damage in south; no injuries reported | Tornadoes cause damage in south; no injuries reported
Tornadoes touched down in the south as two powerful winter storms Saturday threatened dangerous winds and heavy snow from the Northern Plains to Upper Midwest, and hail and tornadoes from northeast Texas into southern Indiana.
By Saturday afternoon, two tornadoes ha... |
6b34bda82e174e4cff3c46c329350e78 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/11/clay-shrout-killed-family-held-class-hostage-parole/3135674002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | At 17, Clay Shrout killed his family and held his classmates hostage. Now he's up for parole | At 17, Clay Shrout killed his family and held his classmates hostage. Now he's up for parole
CINCINNATI - Clay Shrout has been in jail for the past 25 years, all of his adult life. This month, the man who killed his entire family and took a classroom full of students hostage could be released on parole.
Shrout was 17 i... |
a9fbc3138ece772664d8d8faae02997c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/11/mom-charged-kids-locked-suv-rolled-into-creek/3136622002/ | Mississippi mom charged after two children drown locked in SUV that rolled into creek | Mississippi mom charged after two children drown locked in SUV that rolled into creek
JACKSON, Miss. – The mother who left her three children in a vehicle that slid into a creek has been arrested and charged with negligent manslaughter.
Jenea Monique Payne, 25, was arrested around noon Monday and charged with two count... |
362930ee24ad2eaeeed3028d7c622154 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/11/national-napping-day-holiday-daylight-saving-time/3128194002/ | #NationalNappingDay is here for you, this Monday after daylight saving time | #NationalNappingDay is here for you, this Monday after daylight saving time
After most Americans lost an hour of sleep over the weekend, a day to celebrate naps seems more than welcome.
Clocks were set ahead Sunday morning to observe daylight saving time (not daylight savings time) in all states apart from Arizona and ... |
eaaabb3b1d51680b381b52b8f8eee084 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/11/virginia-woman-deborah-brown-wins-pick-4-lottery-30-times-one-day/3135074002/ | Lady luck: Virginia woman wins Pick 4 lottery 30 times in one day | Lady luck: Virginia woman wins Pick 4 lottery 30 times in one day
A Virginia woman who won the lottery 30 times in one day said she just had a “feeling” about the numbers.
Deborah Brown initially bought 20 Pick 4 tickets with the same four numbers – 1-0-3-1 – according to a statement from the Virginia Lottery.
“A coupl... |
5f7ae851d959573c5d02014080d7a19b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/12/boeing-max-8-what-we-dont-know-ethiopian-airlines-crash/3137239002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Will the US ground Boeing 737 Max 8 jets? Questions following Ethiopian Airlines crash left unanswered | Will the US ground Boeing 737 Max 8 jets? Questions following Ethiopian Airlines crash left unanswered
(Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify the vacation travel of Melvin and Bennett Riffel.)
Days after an Ethiopian Airlines flight plowed into the ground after takeoff from Addis Ababa, k... |
b53c17e89eb0aa6ce5f7d053f0c3f079 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/12/ethiopian-airlines-plane-crash-faa-joins-probe-over-boeing-737-max-8/3137819002/ | FAA: 'No basis' to order grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 despite calls worldwide | FAA: 'No basis' to order grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 despite calls worldwide
The Federal Aviation Administration stood by the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX on Tuesday, saying it hasn't found any issues at fault with the jetliner that would merit a grounding order, even as Britain, France and Germany joined the list of... |
bd70d1b4ac274673ff35a29a6c89e26c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/12/measles-outbreak-unvaccinated-students-barred-rockland-county-school/3145739002/ | Judge in New York denies request to allow 44 unvaccinated students back in class | Judge in New York denies request to allow 44 unvaccinated students back in class
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A federal judge in New York on Tuesday denied a request for a temporary injunction that would have allowed 44 unvaccinated children to go back to class, citing an "unprecedented measles outbreak."
"The plaintiffs have ... |
9c93d59fee18f5fe11e5708cbcc50e2f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/12/new-jersey-man-birthday-wishes-sons-prank/3146488002/ | New Jersey dad gets thousands of birthday wishes after his sons pull billboard prank | New Jersey dad gets thousands of birthday wishes after his sons pull billboard prank
Many parents expect a call from their kids on their birthday, but one New Jersey dad is getting thousands of birthday wishes thanks to a prank from his sons.
At first, Chris Ferry’s two sons couldn’t decide what to get him for his 62nd... |
b1192f002785b6bad260b70cd196ba13 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/12/uc-irvine-freshman-noah-domingo-died-alcohol-poisoning/3145683002/ | Father of UC Irvine freshman blames 'fraternity hazing' for son's death | Father of UC Irvine freshman blames 'fraternity hazing' for son's death
A Southern California college freshman who was found unresponsive in a home near the University of California, Irvine in January died from “accidental acute ethanol poisoning,” authorities announced Monday.
Noah Domingo, 18, had a blood alcohol lev... |
c65215a7ad0d837bdfd8a2d07ee8ee04 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/12/valley-fever-soil-fungus-serious-illness-new-mexico/3138831002/ | Valley fever: Why the CDC calls this little-known disease a 'silent epidemic' | Valley fever: Why the CDC calls this little-known disease a 'silent epidemic'
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Lorenzo Fernandez installs fences for a living. Travis Hart worked as a landscaper. Richard Myers ripped out bushes so he could widen his driveway.
Those simple, everyday activities caused all three men to contract a potent... |
3757a87b8d4a6ed711ae4f7115362ff2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/12/vice-cop-allegedly-forced-women-into-sex-says-federal-indictment/3137866002/ | Vice officer arrested for allegedly forcing women into sex | Vice officer arrested for allegedly forcing women into sex
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A longtime police officer forced women to have sex with him under threat of an arrest, pressured others to help cover up crimes, and lied to federal investigators when he said he’d never had sex with prostitutes, according to charges unvei... |
fb29b8f3e788ed0618f3429f5aea22eb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/13/boeing-737-max-8-pilots-voiced-safety-concerns-before-ethiopia-crash/3145393002/ | From the flight manual to automation, why pilots have complained about Boeing's 737 MAX 8 | From the flight manual to automation, why pilots have complained about Boeing's 737 MAX 8
In the months before an Ethiopian Airlines crash killed 157 people Sunday, the second recent deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner, American pilots complained to authorities about perceived safety problems with the same airc... |
0eaf0557dbd7f8a911c57a1b07e99b45 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/13/fda-restricts-e-cigarette-sales-curb-teen-vaping/3157826002/ | FDA proposes e-cigarette sale restrictions to curb teen vaping | FDA proposes e-cigarette sale restrictions to curb teen vaping
Looking to reduce underage vaping, the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released new guidelines regulating the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.
The proposal seeks to prevent minors from buying products flavored as bubble gum and cotton candy in conve... |
560a1826d75c98ac12d3a783c3104ce7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/13/maryland-first-state-ban-foam-food-containers/3159261002/ | Foam cups and food containers could be banned in Maryland, making it the first state to do so | Foam cups and food containers could be banned in Maryland, making it the first state to do so
Maryland lawmakers have positioned the state to become the first in the nation to ban foam food containers and cups.
Both chambers of the state legislature this month passed bills banning food containers made of polystyrene, k... |
aa791dac8ef385443bbcbde89811315b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/13/nxivm-cult-like-organization-nancy-salzman/3150390002/ | NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman pleads guilty in sex-cult case | NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman pleads guilty in sex-cult case
ALBANY, N.Y. – The president and co-founder of NXIVM pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court, admitting to participating in a widespread criminal enterprise on behalf of the cult-like organization.
Nancy Salzman, who was known to NXIVM followers as "Prefec... |
a0327d402867b46e4c46dd3ca1334df3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/13/thomas-fire-cause-report-released/3154686002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | What caused the Thomas Fire? Report reveals what sparked one of California's largest wildfires | What caused the Thomas Fire? Report reveals what sparked one of California's largest wildfires
CAMARILLO, Calif. — Power lines owned by Southern California Edison sparked the Thomas Fire, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ventura County Fire Department.
According to the report, the blaze started in two sp... |
cef70e45f376aba0b40f128ffed85c26 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/14/climate-change-swedish-teen-greta-thunberg-leads-worldwide-protest/3164579002/ | The kid is all right: Friday's worldwide climate protest sparked by Nobel-nominated teen | The kid is all right: Friday's worldwide climate protest sparked by Nobel-nominated teen
It's been quite a week for 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist who was nominated on Wednesday for a Nobel Peace Prize.
On Friday, the streets took over, as tens of thousands of students in 112 countries turned ou... |
bf2c0f53e951789f871fae916465a44b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/14/ethiopian-airlines-crash-boeing-737-max-sped-up/3169852002/ | Report: Ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight had serious trouble right after takeoff | Report: Ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight had serious trouble right after takeoff
The pilot of the Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner that crashed in Ethiopia and triggered a global grounding of the vaunted planes immediately noticed trouble as the plane accelerated wildly after takeoff, the New York Times reported Thursday.
... |
0843242ea7988cb0721fe598be1ee807 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/14/francesco-cali-alleged-new-york-mobster-killed-staten-island/3159964002/ | Alleged Gambino crime boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali shot and killed in front of New York City home | Alleged Gambino crime boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali shot and killed in front of New York City home
New York City police on Thursday were investigating the bold, fatal shooting of alleged Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali outside his Staten Island home.
Officers responding to a 911 call Wednesday night f... |
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