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1d9a098466e9e1f29d2d6996329083f1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/14/frank-cali-reputed-gambino-bosss-slaying-throwback-bygone-era/3168967002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Alleged Gambino crime boss Frank Cali's slaying a throwback to bygone era, experts say | Alleged Gambino crime boss Frank Cali's slaying a throwback to bygone era, experts say
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – The gunshots that killed the alleged boss of New York's infamous Gambino crime family Wednesday night could be called the mafia's crackling proof of life: Yes, we are much diminished. But we're still here. And w... |
e46483151edefa95db3800cbebd44c9b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/14/keith-raniere-nxivm-founder-child-porn-charge-alleged-cult-case/3165006002/ | NXIVM founder Keith Raniere faces new child porn charge in alleged sex cult case | NXIVM founder Keith Raniere faces new child porn charge in alleged sex cult case
ALBANY, N.Y. – NXIVM co-founder Keith Raniere was indicted on new charges late Wednesday as prosecutors say they have evidence he had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl and images of her that amount to child pornography.
Raniere... |
01533bc8df20a39a12b004110f4147e8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/14/mayor-bill-de-blasio-extend-manhattan-shoreline-counter-storms/3171145002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | NY Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to extend Manhattan's shoreline to protect against flooding | NY Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to extend Manhattan's shoreline to protect against flooding
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York wants to extend its shoreline around lower Manhattan in an effort to fight off climate change and another potential flood.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced that the city intends to embark on a $10... |
618637f6fda4cad138e9e7aa89bb32d8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/15/california-drought-free-after-7-years-dry-conditions-remain/3168753002/ | 'Mediterranean climate': California drought ends after more than 7 years, but dry conditions will return | 'Mediterranean climate': California drought ends after more than 7 years, but dry conditions will return
California is completely drought free for the first time since 2011 as a wet winter winds down, scientists said.
Abnormally dry conditions linger in less than 7 percent of California, the U.S. Drought Monitor said o... |
e073050c0df65d14c50b94f9c7a93570 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/15/flying-tires-missing-part-18-wheeler-tulane-student-death-mississippi/3173765002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Did missing truck part lead to freak accident that killed college student? | Did missing truck part lead to freak accident that killed college student?
JACKSON, Miss. – A missing part on an 18-wheeler probably led to the death of a college student at a Mississippi rest stop, a Mississippi Department of Transportation official told The New Orleans Advocate.
On March 5, Tulane University student ... |
1b632cc22b2245809f44c72a1d093efb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/15/new-zealand-christchurch-mosque-shootings-who-brenton-tarrant/3172550002/ | 'Violent terrorist': Who is the white supremacist suspected in New Zealand mosque shootings? | 'Violent terrorist': Who is the white supremacist suspected in New Zealand mosque shootings?
Brenton Tarrant was charged Saturday with murder in the terrorist attack shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch that killed at least 50 people. He livestreamed his own rampage, the deadliest massacre i... |
de48b83bf898445bf76fa731bc7dbf21 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/15/weather-forecast-midwest-floods-heavy-rain-snowmelt-swamp-states/3175578002/ | Historic, deadly Midwest floods are worst 'anybody has ever experienced' in some areas | Historic, deadly Midwest floods are worst 'anybody has ever experienced' in some areas
Days of heavy rain and snowmelt brought historic flooding to the Upper Midwest on Friday. The floods have left one man dead, threatened a Nebraska dam and nuclear power plant, and halted traffic on the Missouri River.
The situation h... |
7bf367c1965ee1fd17875cba1b28909d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/17/california-town-sues-owner-flintstone-house/3195607002/ | Yabba Dabba ... no? California town sues over 'Flintstone House' | Yabba Dabba ... no? California town sues over 'Flintstone House'
An owner adding dinosaur sculptures to the Flintstone House did not make one San Francisco Bay Area town shout “Yabba Dabba Doo."
The town of Hillsborough sued Florence Fang last week, alleging she violated local laws by landscaping the yards of the orang... |
2ac293e53da53d000fc6c38807b9b498 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/17/new-zealand-mosque-shootings-facebook-removed-1-5-million-videos/3193970002/ | Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of New Zealand attack within 24 hours | Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of New Zealand attack within 24 hours
Facebook said Sunday that it removed or blocked from the social media site 1.5 million videos of a gunman's rampage on two New Zealand mosques that killed 50 people and wounded dozens more.
Mia Garlick, spokeswoman for Facebook New Zealand, said ... |
a865e35053bbbdbf8a764b0bdb139315 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/17/teacher-resigns-allegedly-disciplining-students-duct-tape/3194495002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Ohio teacher resigns after allegedly using duct tape on students who talked during an exam | Ohio teacher resigns after allegedly using duct tape on students who talked during an exam
CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati Public School District teacher accused of disciplining students with duct tape has resigned.
Charles Igwekala-Nweke resigned his position on Jan. 18, according to district spokeswoman Lauren Worley.
“The... |
d1f1c50439e41da45b5d92be38a97521 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/18/dna-evidence-reveals-identity-jack-ripper-scientists-claim/3206856002/ | Jack the Ripper identified by DNA evidence, forensic scientists claim | Jack the Ripper identified by DNA evidence, forensic scientists claim
Researchers say they have finally unmasked Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer who terrorized London in the late 1800s.
A forensic investigation published in Journal of Forensic Sciences has identified the killer as Aaron Kosminski, a 23-year... |
7739c83ac303f7349f961556ef449a59 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/19/powerball-jackpot-lottery-draw-days-draw-times-numbers-and-more/3217219002/ | Powerball jackpot climbs $550M: Everything you need to know | Powerball jackpot climbs $550M: Everything you need to know
March Madness isn't the only game causing a frenzy this month.
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb after no one matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing.
The jackpot for Wednesday's drawing is now worth an estimated $550 million. According to lottery... |
3a88289b96521f6fa8de67e94bbc4e92 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/20/harvard-university-sued-descendants-slaves-over-photos-renty/3213537002/ | Harvard University sued over allegedly profiting from what are believed to be the earliest photos of American slaves | Harvard University sued over allegedly profiting from what are believed to be the earliest photos of American slaves
BOSTON – In 1850, a Swiss-born Harvard University professor commissioned what are believed to be the earliest photos of American slaves.
The images, known as daguerreotypes and taken in a South Carolina ... |
187c1c61bb57ead876aa52b3d68c9fc9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/20/nebraska-floods-more-water-coming-heres-what-mankind-should-do/3214576002/ | The waters are rising, the floods are coming. What are we doing to save ourselves? | The waters are rising, the floods are coming. What are we doing to save ourselves?
Houses on stilts. Floating buildings. More parks to absorb water. Better maps to warn those at risk.
City planners, builders, engineers and scientists race to find new ways for people to make a home as climate change threatens increased ... |
e995dbeddaf91a0f483012ed4d8a6003 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/21/ceasar-sayoc-pipe-bomb-mailing-suspect-spree-targeted-trump-critics/3221797002/ | Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc pleads guilty in spree aimed at Trump critics, including Obama, Biden | Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc pleads guilty in spree aimed at Trump critics, including Obama, Biden
NEW YORK – Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc tearfully apologized as he pleaded guilty Thursday for the domestic terrorism attacks in which he mailed 16 crude explosive devices to prominent Democrats and critics of President... |
f1aa90999426f90a7e0b2427d2a22353 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/21/ethiopian-boeing-737-max-crash-warning-lights/3238792002/ | Reports: Boeing will add warning light to aid pilots after Ethiopian 737 Max crash | Reports: Boeing will add warning light to aid pilots after Ethiopian 737 Max crash
An additional warning light will become standard equipment in Boeing 737 Max jetliners to help prevent the kind of troubles that may have led to two crashes, multiple news reports indicated Wednesday.
The light will let pilots know when ... |
d80e138e784e9a5422d2b2886f088376 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/21/florida-man-birthday-why-google-search-challenge-has-gone-viral/3235270002/ | This is why everyone is Googling 'Florida man' and their birthday | This is why everyone is Googling 'Florida man' and their birthday
Let's face it: There's a little bit of "Florida Man" in all of us.
At least, that's the idea behind the Florida Man Challenge, a viral social media joke that plays upon the plight of Florida residents who find themselves in strange predicaments – and som... |
dbde406f09a7fb18037da137eecf765e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/21/florida-man-challenge-why-do-so-many-crazy-crimes-happen-florida/3240636002/ | Googling Florida man for the viral birthday challenge? Why there are so many wild crime stories | Googling Florida man for the viral birthday challenge? Why there are so many wild crime stories
Americans are searching the internet to see what wild crime story from Florida is associated with their birthday. And there are reasons why Florida has become the butt of this viral joke.
There's no simple explanation for th... |
9ac6c30f1d4402182f67dfae2163aa37 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/21/pew-survey-whites-fearful-minority-country-will-weaken-american-culture/3217218002/ | 46% of whites worry becoming a majority-minority nation will 'weaken American culture,' survey says | 46% of whites worry becoming a majority-minority nation will 'weaken American culture,' survey says
Almost half of white Americans say the USA becoming a majority nonwhite nation would "weaken American customs and values," a new Pew Research Center survey says.
The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that before 2050, the majo... |
bdbaaf50bc19bc380d4d627e87cd2042 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/21/weather-spring-flood-forecast-historic-floods-200-million-us/3233517002/ | Spring flooding could be 'unprecedented' with 200 million Americans at risk | Spring flooding could be 'unprecedented' with 200 million Americans at risk
Spring flooding has already been disastrous, and it's likely to get worse, federal forecasters announced Thursday. Floods could reach "unprecedented" and "potentially historic" levels.
Almost the entire eastern two-thirds of the nation should s... |
515262c74feb12b0ddf30272985ed17e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/rare-american-crocodile-makes-itself-known-on-florida-golf-course/3243414002/ | In rare photo, crocodile suns itself with alligator at Florida golf course | In rare photo, crocodile suns itself with alligator at Florida golf course
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Florida golfers know alligators all too well, but they don't often encounter rare American crocodiles.
That's changing on a local barrier island, where an adult croc has recently been photographed sunning itself alongside alli... |
b8c3c34c6f14b55bd02ad9d4adab0246 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/salem-hospital-infant-dies-bacterial-meningitis-mom-questions/3253371002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Mom questions hospital after infant's meningitis death | Mom questions hospital after infant's meningitis death
SALEM, Ore. – In a matter of days, an Oregon mother watched her 7-week-old baby go from happy and alert to gravely sick with meningitis to dying in her arms.
Now she's searching for answers, urging parents to trust their instincts and demanding changes at Salem Hos... |
e3606874de07f242f5d9dc39c83b0b8e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/23/michigan-to-no-longer-fund-adoption-agencies-that-refuse-lgtbq-parents/3254974002/?fbclid=IwAR3QbFSN6lqsT4y6Wfg0d-TvP8SC4HtBEVOoFo1P1nAFECD351XLidLYWTk | Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that discriminate against LGBTQ parents | Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that discriminate against LGBTQ parents
DETROIT – Michigan will no longer financially support adoption and foster care agencies that refuse to work with same-sex couples and LGBTQ individuals because of religious beliefs.
The decision comes under the terms of a settlement ... |
1fe2a7f94cc93cbd0f621d5290263ed7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/23/saturdays-powerball-jackpot-eclipses-300-million-mark/3260160002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Powerball numbers drawn for $638.8 million jackpot: Did you win? | Powerball numbers drawn for $638.8 million jackpot: Did you win?
Spring is in the air.
And dollars are up for grabs. Try $638.8 million.
The drawing for the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in history – and the seventh-largest prize of any game played in the U.S. – was Saturday night.
And the winning numbers: 24, 25, 5... |
815bc548b73f1e077dcaa763b35d3e32 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/26/boeing-max-8-crash-ethiopian-official-says-early-report-out-week/3278928002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Ethiopian official: Preliminary report on Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash due out this week | Ethiopian official: Preliminary report on Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash due out this week
Plane crash investigations take months, but an early report on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 may be released within days.
That’s the assessment of Mussie Yiheyis, spokesman for Ethiopia’s transport ministry, who said a high... |
d978577e414b889c52f2c17e20402ffc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/26/california-mosque-arson-suspect-new-zealand-graffiti-police/3281949002/ | California mosque arson suspect left graffiti about New Zealand attack, police say | California mosque arson suspect left graffiti about New Zealand attack, police say
California police say they are investigating a fire at a mosque as an arson and a hate crime after graffiti that made reference to the deadly New Zealand mosque attacks was found at the scene.
The incident happened early Sunday about 30 ... |
c89ba0db51a3c535390761bdb4c99e9f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/26/jussie-smollett-case-chicago-crime-reputation-rahm-attack/3282352002/ | Chicago's image is muddied by crime and inequity. The Jussie Smollett case doesn't help | Chicago's image is muddied by crime and inequity. The Jussie Smollett case doesn't help
CHICAGO — The stunning decision by prosecutors to drop all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett for staging an attack made to look like a hate crime is another smudge for a city whose reputation has been tarnished by viole... |
e1dda09acaffb59ed6cc87ec59352a16 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/26/kate-steinle-family-cant-sue-san-francisco-court-rules/3282366002/ | Court: Kate Steinle's parents can't sue San Francisco for negligence in daughter's death | Court: Kate Steinle's parents can't sue San Francisco for negligence in daughter's death
The parents of a woman fatally shot by an undocumented immigrant in July 2015 cannot sue San Francisco for neglecting to hold him for deportation proceedings, a U.S. appeals court ruled.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit ... |
ae4b7a65716d5cc5880be91d3d50f02a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/26/montana-murder-mystery-solved-dna-linda-clifford-bernhardt-dead/3274960002/ | DNA test solves 45-year-old double-slaying mystery in Montana | DNA test solves 45-year-old double-slaying mystery in Montana
A Montana cold-case investigative unit has teamed up with a Virginia DNA lab to crack the mystery of a double slaying 45 years ago, authorities say.
Linda and Clifford Bernhardt, both 24, were found dead in their Billings home on Nov. 7, 1973, by Linda Bernh... |
1e5f32c384625bbf5a00982e5ce46d1e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/26/nasas-new-goal-land-astronauts-moon-2024/3283613002/ | Pence calls on NASA to land astronauts on moon by 2024 | Pence calls on NASA to land astronauts on moon by 2024
MELBOURNE, Fla. – Americans should put new boot prints on the moon within five years, the Trump administration said Tuesday, attempting to harness the space race urgency that drove Apollo astronauts to the lunar surface 50 years ago this summer.
Calling on NASA to ... |
e5fa3644f3066acfd2e7e3c15659126f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/26/plea-deals-people-who-claim-wrongful-conviction-tucson-louis-taylor-pioneer-hotel-fire-alford-plea/3284393002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Plea deals are Catch-22 for those who claim wrongful conviction | Plea deals are Catch-22 for those who claim wrongful conviction
PHOENIX – A black Arizona teenager went to prison in the 1970s to serve a life sentence for a fatal fire he has always claimed he didn’t start.
In 2013, experts using new science technology determined that the Tucson Pioneer Hotel fire that killed 29 peopl... |
c792e00718aa62ae8f1dc0bbb233948f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/facebook-and-instagram-ban-white-nationalism-separatism/3285419002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-techtopstories | After New Zealand mosque shootings and civil rights backlash, Facebook bans white nationalism, separatism | After New Zealand mosque shootings and civil rights backlash, Facebook bans white nationalism, separatism
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook is banning explicit praise, support or representation of white nationalism and white separatism on Facebook and Instagram, including phrases such as "I am a proud white nationalist," follow... |
bd5fb21928a2e0764abc5f8a32139025 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/immigration-advocate-uses-legal-knowledge-prevent-ice-arrest/3293206002/ | Watch: Immigration advocate stopped by ICE uses legal knowledge to prevent immigrants' arrest | Watch: Immigration advocate stopped by ICE uses legal knowledge to prevent immigrants' arrest
ALBANY, N.Y. – A video of an immigration advocate fending off an arrest by a federal immigration agent this month has gained national attention as it shows him debating the officer on the law.
Bryan MacCormack, executive direc... |
fa9d93c4e237f5ac3699798725e5bf54 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/jussie-smollett-investigation-ex-michelle-obama-aide-tina-tchen/3294546002/ | Ex-Michelle Obama aide says she had small role in assisting Jussie Smollett's family | Ex-Michelle Obama aide says she had small role in assisting Jussie Smollett's family
CHICAGO — An ex-Michelle Obama aide said Wednesday she had limited involvement in assisting “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s family get in touch with the Chicago-area’s top prosecutor last month.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx e... |
42bb126798088655a26eceecb35358e7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/male-birth-control-pill-passes-early-tests-but-doctors-cite-unknowns/3287799002/ | Male birth control pill looks 'exciting' after early safety tests: Could it work? | Male birth control pill looks 'exciting' after early safety tests: Could it work?
A male birth control pill passed early safety tests and looks promising, researchers said. But doctors noted that unknowns remain about the contraceptive – and the cultural hurdles it may face.
Dr. Christina Wang, a researcher with Los An... |
f67aa13261a42215ad4ef14bd155fdba | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/megan-jayne-crabbe-and-celeste-barber-tell-women-love-their-bodies/3201945002/ | 'Chubby, brown & braless': These women are unapologetic about their bodies, and Instagram fans can't seem to get enough | 'Chubby, brown & braless': These women are unapologetic about their bodies, and Instagram fans can't seem to get enough
A movement that keeps gaining traction on social media is sending a message to women who obsess over images of fit celebrities: love the skin you're in.
The body positivity movement — which advocates ... |
3ea38cd725ca19b4021e895b872fbbb9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/midwest-flooding-farms-superfund-sites-remain-underwater/3285776002/ | Two weeks after 'bomb cyclone': Midwest farms, Superfund sites still underwater | Two weeks after 'bomb cyclone': Midwest farms, Superfund sites still underwater
Two weeks after a "bomb cyclone" storm pummeled a large swath of the Midwest with heavy snow, drenching rains and historic flooding, farms remain under water and Superfund waste sites inaccessible.
And more snow and rain are on the way.
Mil... |
5afba8649b4c74a93fee01ff6497651d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/powerball-750-million-jackpot-winning-numbers/3293620002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | Powerball's $768.4M jackpot has a single winner in New Berlin, Wisconsin | Powerball's $768.4M jackpot has a single winner in New Berlin, Wisconsin
A ticket sold in New Berlin, Wisconsin, won the third-largest lottery prize in United States history on Wednesday night.
The lucky numbers for the $768.4 million jackpot were 16, 20, 37, 44, 62 and Powerball 12. The top prize surged from an estima... |
a37b17b2a162b1e5a485ef966ad7a92b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/28/college-admissions-scandal-california-reform-proposals/3306274002/ | California lawmakers propose sweeping reforms to counter college admissions scandal | California lawmakers propose sweeping reforms to counter college admissions scandal
In response to the nation's largest-ever college admissions bribery scheme, California lawmakers on Thursday proposed a package of six bills aimed at preventing a repeat of wealthy families cheating the system.
The package includes meas... |
7495f4a232c7f9e7cfbb3fdf230eec9d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/28/florida-man-applied-job-arrested-when-dna-matched-cold-case/3304568002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | A Florida man's job application led to his arrest in a 1998 cold case | A Florida man's job application led to his arrest in a 1998 cold case
Police in Florida stumbled upon a suspect in a cold case when a man applied for a job that required a background check decades later – and his fingerprints were allegedly a match, authorities said this week.
Todd Barket, 51, was arrested Wednesday an... |
9a97f8718f51ba3c9292ea5d56304b77 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/28/man-sword-shot-killed-scientology-church-california/3296606002/ | Man with sword fatally shot at Scientology church, two California officers injured | Man with sword fatally shot at Scientology church, two California officers injured
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Two officers were wounded and a suspect was killed during a shootout after police responded Wednesday to reports of a man with a sword entering the Church of Scientology in Inglewood, California, authorities said.
The... |
9052f5ac6fbf33e1bf625cece77a03e7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/28/nasa-wants-pay-you-19-000-stay-bed-2-months/3298555002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | NASA will pay you $19,000 to stay in bed for 2 months | NASA will pay you $19,000 to stay in bed for 2 months
Slobs of the world, here's a job for you.
NASA and two other space agencies are asking for 24 volunteers to lie in bed for two months as part of a study. The pay? About $19,000.
"We are looking for test persons to take part in a bed rest study from September to Dece... |
3f9d2ebcc208e118c4af0f54265fa33d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/29/dinosaur-fossils-discovered-day-asteroid-hit-earth/3313515002/ | Fossils discovered from the day the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago, when an asteroid hit the Earth | Fossils discovered from the day the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago, when an asteroid hit the Earth
It's like a time capsule of the end of the world.
66 million years ago, in what's now North Dakota, a group of animals died together, only a few minutes after a huge asteroid smashed into the Earth near present-day M... |
5d1078ff75171a617ead7b5968edd510 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/30/noreaster-hit-east-coast-rain-wind-and-maybe-snow/3314940002/ | No foolin! Nor'easter to bring rain, wind and maybe snow to East Coast next week | No foolin! Nor'easter to bring rain, wind and maybe snow to East Coast next week
This is no April Fool's joke.
A powerful early April nor'easter storm is forecast to wallop the East Coast with rain, wind, pounding surf, and maybe even some unwelcome snow next week.
AccuWeather said coastal areas should see the worst im... |
f34d2f717d0d87ba604447978de85942 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/01/dolphins-and-climate-change-warming-seas-threaten-marine-mammals/3331033002/ | Warming seas are devastating to survival of dolphins | Warming seas are devastating to survival of dolphins
Everyone’s favorite marine mammal likes to keep cool, but scorching seawater appears to be wreaking havoc with dolphins in some parts of the world, a new study suggests.
Scientists first noticed the problem after a 2011 heat wave in Australia: Unusually warm seawater... |
6d1706b8def861f0563d35d22ec9cf69 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/01/nevada-area-worlds-darkest-spots/3334276002/ | Remote corner of Nevada ranked among world's darkest spots | Remote corner of Nevada ranked among world's darkest spots
Nevada's Massacre Rim to join list of Dark Sky Sanctuaries in New Mexico, Texas, Utah, New Zealand and Chile
RENO, Nev. - Computer scientist Chris Schmandt doesn’t visit Nevada for the casinos, but he does appreciate the state’s nightlife.
Schmandt, of Boston, ... |
ceee2a280ff20d949fc8f3b3c8f8ef31 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/02/black-holes-first-ever-photo-should-unveiled-next-week/3343250002/ | 'Something no human has seen before': The first-ever photograph of a black hole will likely be unveiled next week | 'Something no human has seen before': The first-ever photograph of a black hole will likely be unveiled next week
They've captured our imaginations for decades, but we've never actually photographed a black hole before – until now.
Next Wednesday, at several press briefings around the world, scientists will apparently ... |
f17b177e0b755564a857015f0158257a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/04/california-woman-fired-maga-hat-starbucks/3370307002/ | California woman fired after confronting man wearing MAGA hat at Starbucks | California woman fired after confronting man wearing MAGA hat at Starbucks
A woman who confronted a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat this week at a Starbucks in California has been fired, according to her employer.
The woman, identified by local news outlets as Rebecca Mankey, was terminated from Gryphon St... |
8abfd1766fd166f0f64d9431fbe74e96 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/04/global-warming-earths-carbon-dioxide-levels-highest-3-million-years/3367027002/ | Earth's carbon dioxide levels highest in 3 million years, study says | Earth's carbon dioxide levels highest in 3 million years, study says
Carbon dioxide – the gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming – has reached levels in our atmosphere not seen in 3 million years, scientists announced this week in a new study.
At that time, sea levels were as much as 65 feet higher t... |
e7a065e21fb2fce64158d8f4007411a8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/04/hurricane-forecast-colorado-state-forecasters-say-5-form-2019/3363430002/ | Hurricane season is approaching. This is the first forecast for 2019 | Hurricane season is approaching. This is the first forecast for 2019
After yet another catastrophic hurricane season in the USA in 2018, which featured such ferocious storms as Florence and Michael, top hurricane forecasters made their first prediction for the 2019 season, which begins June 1.
Thanks to a weak El Niño,... |
157e7852f3406f83a800f668daaeb173 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/04/opioid-crisis-drug-injection-site-sparks-battle-philadelphia/3364461002/ | A Philadelphia nonprofit wants to open the first drug injection site in the US to combat the opioid crisis. Is it against federal law? | A Philadelphia nonprofit wants to open the first drug injection site in the US to combat the opioid crisis. Is it against federal law?
The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia and a high-powered nonprofit are embroiled in a legal battle over the organization's plans to open a supervised drug injection site to try to rein in t... |
6012134d151970989a818b11ef9e591e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/04/vatican-upholds-guam-archbishop-apuron-sex-abuse-conviction/3361961002/ | Vatican upholds conviction of former Guam archbishop on child sexual abuse charges | Vatican upholds conviction of former Guam archbishop on child sexual abuse charges
HAGÅTÑA, Guam – The Vatican permanently removed Anthony S. Apuron as Guam's archbishop, stripped him of his title as bishop, and banned him from ever returning to the Archdiocese of Agana for sexual abuse of minors.
The news Thursday out... |
2027507ceb81e175a074d2c9fb4c8dc2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/05/3-black-churches-10-days-burned-louisianas-st-landry-parish/3384344002/ | ‘Suspicious’ fires destroy three black churches in 10 days in Louisiana parish | ‘Suspicious’ fires destroy three black churches in 10 days in Louisiana parish
LAFAYETTE, La. – Fires that destroyed three predominantly black Baptist churches in St. Landry Parish in the last 10 days are "suspicious," the state's top fire investigator said Thursday, adding that they’ve discovered several “patterns” at... |
6fb0720ce868ff9883defb1027f552ef | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/05/new-mexico-joins-national-compact-casting-electoral-college-votes/3374747002/ | New Mexico is latest state to join National Popular Vote compact to cast all electoral votes for popular winner in presidential elections | New Mexico is latest state to join National Popular Vote compact to cast all electoral votes for popular winner in presidential elections
New Mexico is the 15th state to join a compact system that aims to cast all its electoral votes for the winner of the national popular presidential vote, leaving the plan only 81 ele... |
060e6749c49b486b6dd5c791c31f21d8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/06/abel-reyes-clemente-fourth-person-die-ice-custody-6-months-detainee-immigration/3390939002/ | Fourth person in six months dies in ICE immigration detention center | Fourth person in six months dies in ICE immigration detention center
PHOENIX – A 54-year-old Mexican man held in a detention center by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement died this week after showing signs of the flu, the federal agency said.
Abel Reyes-Clemente is the fourth person to die in ICE custody since Oct... |
976f43958fab451d73a038422e30d596 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/07/florida-man-arrested-burglarizing-cars-jail-after-release/3393541002/ | Florida man arrested for burglarizing cars in jail parking lot moments after being released | Florida man arrested for burglarizing cars in jail parking lot moments after being released
A man was arrested in Florida for allegedly breaking into cars in the jail parking lot moments after he was released, according to police.
Michael Casey Lewis, 37, was originally arrested on charges of grand theft Thursday morni... |
95c6ecd91f5fc9e9e707751871c6e7c2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/07/suspected-rhino-poacher-south-africa-killed-elephant-eaten-lions/3393755002/ | Suspected rhino poacher in South Africa killed by an elephant, eaten by a pack of lions | Suspected rhino poacher in South Africa killed by an elephant, eaten by a pack of lions
A suspected rhino poacher in South Africa met a gruesome death in an attack by other wild animals.
A skull and a pair of pants were the only remains found after an elephant killed the man and a pack of lions ate the body Tuesday at ... |
23f97616cfcd983508a63eea854cde37 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/08/simi-valley-mom-shot-killed-hawthorne-police-station-custody-exchange/3406322002/ | Man kills mother of his child during custody exchange outside California police station | Man kills mother of his child during custody exchange outside California police station
HAWTHORNE, Calif. – A 28-year-old Simi Valley woman was killed Sunday when the father of her 17-month-old child shot her during a custody exchange in front of the Hawthorne police station.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's O... |
36e0e19e36d6ab81d07dac84ce2c67eb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/09/survey-race-relations-u-s-bad-and-trump-has-made-them-worse/3418375002/ | Poll: Americans say Trump has made race relations worse | Poll: Americans say Trump has made race relations worse
A new survey by the non-partisan Pew Research Center reveals nearly six in 10 Americans believe race relations in the country are bad, and 56% think President Donald Trump has made them worse.
Some experts on the subject and community leaders are nodding in assent... |
621d80ff5846eef74ff822b06e0a85ee | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/10/abandoned-pet-fish-north-carolina-man-not-prosecuted/3423414002/ | North Carolina man will not be prosecuted for abandoning his pet fish | North Carolina man will not be prosecuted for abandoning his pet fish
A North Carolina man will not face charges for abandoning a pet fish.
Michael Hinson, 53, was charged on April 4 with three counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and one count of misdemeanor abandonment. He posted a $4,000 bond and was released in Wil... |
106c846e96f29249d39bf3ccd24d507e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/10/alligator-seen-salt-water-near-panama-city-florida-beach/3420961002/ | Alligator takes rare saltwater dip at Florida beach in viral photos | Alligator takes rare saltwater dip at Florida beach in viral photos
An alligator was photographed crawling out of the ocean at a Florida beach over the weekend.
Lisa Powell Niemiec shared photos of the alligator on Facebook, saying it was spotted at St. Andrews State Park near Panama City Beach. The photos show the rep... |
3c356c03d3f8161149e762fb125f669d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/10/heartbeat-bill-ohio-house-expected-pass-abortion-ban/3426835002/ | Heartbeat bill: Ohio lawmakers pass one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans | Heartbeat bill: Ohio lawmakers pass one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lawmakers in the GOP-controlled Ohio House passed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans Wednesday afternoon.
Senate Bill 23 would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected and prosecute doctors w... |
062e3adb62795982403e8ab28dddc0be | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/10/rapid-dna-tests-identify-rape-suspects-hours/3428435002/ | Kentucky says it will be first to use 'rapid DNA' to identify rape suspects within hours | Kentucky says it will be first to use 'rapid DNA' to identify rape suspects within hours
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Law enforcement officials in Kentucky plan to apply a growing technology to testing sexual assault kits, possibly leading to suspect identification within hours — not months.
Kentucky officials announced Wednesday... |
205fd704194f20ddc7c42db925a4debd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/11/seniors-long-term-care-turning-to-suicide/3437990002/ | 'A desperate place in the end': Seniors in long-term care turning to suicide | 'A desperate place in the end': Seniors in long-term care turning to suicide
When Larry Anders moved into the Bay at Burlington nursing home in late 2017, he wasn’t supposed to be there long. At 77, the stoic Wisconsin machinist had just endured the death of his wife of 51 years and a grim new diagnosis: throat cancer,... |
d4c5f553ec7b16fe9ccba195234475cb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/12/mall-america-child-allegedly-thrown-balcony-minnesota/3448853002/ | A 5-year-old was reportedly thrown from the third-floor balcony at Mall of America | A 5-year-old was reportedly thrown from the third-floor balcony at Mall of America
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday in an incident in which a 5-year-old child may have been pushed or thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America, police said.
Bloomington Police Chief Jeffrey Potts said witnesse... |
c40810aa6807d6595c2c7205388d3b96 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/12/mark-riddell-test-taker-college-admissions-cheating-scandal-court/3445143002/ | Mark Riddell, test-taker ace in college admissions cheating case, pleads guilty in court | Mark Riddell, test-taker ace in college admissions cheating case, pleads guilty in court
BOSTON — Mark Riddell, the man who secretly took ACT and SAT tests for students in exchange for cash in an elaborate college admissions scheme involving wealthy parents and coaches, pleaded guilty Friday in Boston federal court.
Ri... |
82f3050718eb5f6ba9b57e94bfd00014 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/12/nj-husband-and-wife-admit-4-5-m-food-stamps-fraud/3446111002/ | N.J. husband and wife admit $4.5M food stamps fraud scheme | N.J. husband and wife admit $4.5M food stamps fraud scheme
A New Jersey couple has admitted to a scheme in which their grocery store fraudulently exchanged food stamps for cash — totaling more than $4.5 million over four years — while they kept some of the money for themselves.
The couple, Ibrahim Zughbi, 65, and his w... |
71432fb9f307513db3b4079cb1222117 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/12/nyc-chinese-restaurant-blasted-racist-promotion-clean-food/3445548002/ | NYC restaurant owner promotes 'clean' Chinese food, gets blasted for racist stereotypes | NYC restaurant owner promotes 'clean' Chinese food, gets blasted for racist stereotypes
A white New York City restaurant owner is addressing backlash for marketing her Chinese food as "clean," and saying other Chinese food makes people feel “bloated and icky."
The comments, shared in an Instagram post that has since be... |
2e9fab755d5f1272d751721cda3f01a1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/12/video-chicago-police-hit-dragged-student-dnigma-howard-lawsuit-says/3450778002/ | 'It's tragic': Video shows Chicago police officers hitting, dragging student down stairs | 'It's tragic': Video shows Chicago police officers hitting, dragging student down stairs
Newly released surveillance video shows Chicago police officers dragging a high school student down a flight of stairs and kicking and hitting her and using a stun gun.
Dnigma Howard, 16, initially faced felony charges after police... |
e660540d4ebe036851b8ed15a8ddee0c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/14/florida-man-attacked-and-killed-by-large-flightless-bird/3465706002/ | Florida man attacked and killed by his cassowary, the ‘world’s most dangerous bird’ | Florida man attacked and killed by his cassowary, the ‘world’s most dangerous bird’
A large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea attacked and killed its owner on a farm in Florida, according to authorities.
The man, identified by police as 75-year-old Marvin Hajos, raised cassowaries and was injured afte... |
451f6da7c7f45bfe2224d21d3de1f810 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/16/great-white-sharks-flee-orcas-study-shows/3491295002/ | Who's afraid of who? Great white sharks fear killer whales, study shows | Who's afraid of who? Great white sharks fear killer whales, study shows
The great white shark might not be the ocean's top predator, after all.
In research published Tuesday in Nature, scientists found white sharks not only fled from killer whales when they arrived at a marine sanctuary near San Francisco but cleared o... |
8cf4ed4ca88a274db84c39eb8a30e731 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/16/most-endangered-rivers-usa-named-american-rivers/3477663002/ | These are the 10 most 'endangered' rivers of 2019. New Mexico's Gila River gets the top 'dishonor' | These are the 10 most 'endangered' rivers of 2019. New Mexico's Gila River gets the top 'dishonor'
Sure, we know about endangered species, but did you know there are endangered rivers, too?
Environmental group American Rivers released its annual list of the USA's top 10 "most endangered" rivers Tuesday, and this year, ... |
6ec4d59b86c15b2103bb6fbb5a4b298c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/16/planned-parenthood-reshaping-its-image-abortion-health-care/3483497002/ | With abortion services in the crosshairs, Planned Parenthood is reshaping its image. Will it work? | With abortion services in the crosshairs, Planned Parenthood is reshaping its image. Will it work?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Trump administration is pushing ahead with its reproductive health agenda. It has rolled out changes to the Title X program, which funds family planning services for low-income people, that are desi... |
0158b73779f1f0e10f4a9ebc60af0a2f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/16/plastic-atlantic-ocean-pollution-has-increased-exponentially/3485973002/ | Sea sick: Plastic garbage in the North Atlantic Ocean skyrocketing | Sea sick: Plastic garbage in the North Atlantic Ocean skyrocketing
Sure, we all know there's always more fish in the sea. But there's also plenty more plastic garbage.
Since 1957, scientific gear used to measure plankton in the north Atlantic Ocean has been clogged by plastic trash some 669 times. Almost all of those s... |
85e21ef7fd1ae4fe534dd52beb8e1818 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/17/columbine-high-school-survivors-find-new-normal-20-years-later/3278509002/ | For Columbine survivors, life is about finding 'that new normal' 20 years later | For Columbine survivors, life is about finding 'that new normal' 20 years later
LITTLETON, Colo. – The nightmares come each spring. In the dark of his bedroom just a few miles from where it all began, Sean Graves relives the feeling of bullets slamming through his stomach, the odd sensation of something somehow sliding... |
4dac58a6f078af932608f7fe26503514 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/17/naval-academy-transgender-ban-starting-2020/3502499002/ | Naval Academy to ban transgender students beginning in 2020 | Naval Academy to ban transgender students beginning in 2020
The U.S. Naval Academy will ban transgender people from attending the school starting with the 2020 school year following a Pentagon policy that took effect last week.
While the academy currently accepts transgender students and retains midshipmen who transiti... |
534ea984e718a304b040a298e890bf43 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/17/sal-pais-besotted-columbine-shooting-threatens-denver-schools/3494924002/ | Who is Sol Pais? What we know about the woman infatuated by Columbine who killed herself | Who is Sol Pais? What we know about the woman infatuated by Columbine who killed herself
A massive manhunt ended Wednesday after authorities confirmed that Sol Pais, an 18-year-old woman who made "credible threats" against Denver-area schools, was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Authorities said Pais traveled... |
dc7b65831c5838d8e29218e4997b64ff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/18/mastodon-bones-ice-age-found-farm-seymour-indiana/3514789002/ | Mastodon bones from the Ice Age discovered on farm in Southern Indiana | Mastodon bones from the Ice Age discovered on farm in Southern Indiana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Growing up on their family's farm in Seymour, Indiana, Sue Nehrt and her brother would spend plenty of time playing in the field and creek behind their home.
They would often find arrowheads that turned up as their father farmed th... |
e40b40a4d6067e8510389072f4e5b6f2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/19/ancestry-com-sorry-pulls-slavery-ad-following-twitter-backlash/3518433002/ | Ancestry.com ad ‘romanticizing’ slavery removed, company apologizes | Ancestry.com ad ‘romanticizing’ slavery removed, company apologizes
Ancestry.com has apologized for an ad critics claim romanticizes the history of slavery.
The ad, which has since been pulled from YouTube by the genealogy testing service, shows a black woman and white man meeting during what appears to be the 1800s.
"... |
afb44546291015571afb297719fafda9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/19/jacqueline-ades-accused-sending-man-159-k-messages-speaks-jail/3526847002/ | Woman accused of harassing man with 159,000 texts: 'I can't believe that I'm actually in jail over some text messages' | Woman accused of harassing man with 159,000 texts: 'I can't believe that I'm actually in jail over some text messages'
PHOENIX – A woman accused of sending a man more than 159,000 text messages and breaking into his Arizona home wants her case to go to trial, believing a jury will find her innocent while also ordering ... |
f4617efe3166ccf761582cc6670e93eb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/22/alleged-leader-militia-group-detained-migrants-court-appearance/3541410002/ | Alleged commander of militia reportedly said group was training to assassinate Clinton, Obama | Alleged commander of militia reportedly said group was training to assassinate Clinton, Obama
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, the alleged "commander" of an armed militia group accused of illegally detaining migrants in New Mexico near the United States-Mexico border, made an initial appearance in federal... |
f8d99b74c0a18e4938c8bc79455530eb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/22/florida-man-arrested-impersonating-police-officer/3536759002/ | Florida man pretended to be a cop, police say. He was arrested after trying to pull over a real detective | Florida man pretended to be a cop, police say. He was arrested after trying to pull over a real detective
A Florida man was arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer after he tried to pull over a driver who was a real detective.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Matthew Joseph Erris, 26... |
842fefaf8f30793aea56d49eead9c236 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/22/heres-what-world-look-like-once-we-solve-climate-change/3400271002/ | Life after solving climate change: Not mud huts and gruel but clean air and warm homes | Life after solving climate change: Not mud huts and gruel but clean air and warm homes
What will life be like after we've solved climate change? Better than today or worse? Mud huts and gruel, or flying cars and the Jetsons?
Comfy homes, good food, whip-smart appliances and robots hopping around on farms all seem prett... |
4b11544b6e94234e165e9c87465831bf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/22/human-composting-washington-legalize-green-burial/3544844002/ | Washington poised to become first state to allow eco-friendly 'human composting' | Washington poised to become first state to allow eco-friendly 'human composting'
Washington is expected to become the first state to legalize an environmentally-friendly burial alternative that turns bodies into soil within weeks.
A bill allowing “natural organic reduction," sometimes called "human composting," has pas... |
47ae47d926e525e48716b0cf8bcb6764 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/23/cesar-sayoc-trump-campaign-rally-new-found-drug/3555525002/ | Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc describes Trump rally as 'new found drug' | Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc describes Trump rally as 'new found drug'
The Florida man who mailed pipe bombs to critics of President Donald Trump said in a letter to a federal judge that attending a Trump rally "became like a new found drug," according to documents released Tuesday.
Cesar Sayoc, 57, who pleaded guilty... |
d603f96e733da2e31f48b6c2eb3d2ce1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/23/climate-change-global-warming-grandparents-trying-save-earth/2589375002/?fbclid=IwAR3fyEDWrIclJbvhesEKYKyCvMUg-3IoKnm_bT0d31Gkom7OQhpk0gTWnb4 | These grandparents are dropping everything to fight climate change | These grandparents are dropping everything to fight climate change
For Charlene Lange, the breaking point came on her bucket-list trip to see the Northern Lights in Canada’s far north. Her tour came by plane because melting tundra caused local train tracks to sink. Now, she lobbies governors to fight climate change.
Ga... |
af891528215278c49ebed4ffeec0b44e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/24/james-byrd-jr-killer-execution-john-william-king/3567572002/ | Texas executes white supremacist convicted in gruesome 1998 hate crime | Texas executes white supremacist convicted in gruesome 1998 hate crime
A killer in one of the most gruesome hate crimes in modern U.S. history was executed Wednesday by lethal injection in Texas.
John William King, 44, was pronounced dead shortly after 7 p.m. local time in a Hunstville prison after murdering James Byrd... |
29c649e38fe5eb4d0cd60e5b528963ee | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/24/maureen-walsh-nurses-send-playing-cards-washington-lawmaker/3570360002/ | Poker, anyone? Washington state lawmaker who belittled nurses gets 1,700 decks of playing cards in mail | Poker, anyone? Washington state lawmaker who belittled nurses gets 1,700 decks of playing cards in mail
A Washington state lawmaker has received about 1,700 decks of playing cards in the mail as of Wednesday after commenting that nurses in rural hospitals "probably play cards" for much of their day.
Republican Sen. Mau... |
f4c77f0a73f55ca7aa81ddceb8c37c06 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/24/measles-cases-hit-record-21st-century-because-anti-vaxxers/3567137002/ | CDC: Measles cases surge past yearly record for 21st century | CDC: Measles cases surge past yearly record for 21st century
The number of reported cases of measles in the USA has surpassed previous annual totals this century – less than four months into 2019.
Another rash of measles cases, mostly concentrated in New York City, raised this year’s figure to 695, the U.S. Centers for... |
1700f8624911040fc673f6ea8a4031c7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/24/militia-leader-larry-mitchell-hopkins-attacked-new-mexico-jail/3569910002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Militia group 'commander' Larry Mitchell Hopkins attacked in New Mexico jail | Militia group 'commander' Larry Mitchell Hopkins attacked in New Mexico jail
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The "commander" of a militia group that patrolled the U.S.-Mexico border was attacked in a New Mexico jail, officials said Wednesday.
Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, who also goes by the name Johnny Horton Jr., leads the United ... |
f08bfc54bdbf2c0b540d6dd41b72422e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/25/aj-freund-missing-illinois-boy-found-dead-parents-charged-murder/3571333002/ | Parents of 5-year-old boy found in shallow grave allegedly beat him after long, cold shower | Parents of 5-year-old boy found in shallow grave allegedly beat him after long, cold shower
The parents of a missing 5-year-old boy have been charged with murder after their son was found buried in a shallow grave in a rural area of Illinois, police say.
The body of Andrew "AJ" Freund, who was reported missing April 18... |
113b31f38bb891c288541e2931f7d10e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/25/coast-guard-terror-christopher-hasson-free-trial/3580298002/ | Coast Guard officer accused in terror plot to 'kill almost every last person' may be released pending trial | Coast Guard officer accused in terror plot to 'kill almost every last person' may be released pending trial
A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of being a domestic terrorist can be released before his trial on gun and drug charges, a federal judge said Thursday.
A federal magistrate did not order Christopher Hasson be imm... |
2b482c2877dc12882131ffb0f299d843 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/25/spacexs-crew-dragon-incident-sent-hazardous-chemicals-into-environment/3581269002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | SpaceX's Crew Dragon fire sent hazardous chemical compounds into the environment | SpaceX's Crew Dragon fire sent hazardous chemical compounds into the environment
MELBOURNE, Fla. – When a test fire of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule went up in smoke Saturday, the incident at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station puffed up a reddish plume that was seen for miles.
What few likely knew was just how toxic and p... |
8eba65d92fa217dd17ce2ac8ac27b1f3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/25/tornadoes-killer-storms-leave-death-destruction-texas-louisiana/3573446002/ | Violent storms, floods, tornadoes leave 5 dead in South | Violent storms, floods, tornadoes leave 5 dead in South
Violent storms unleashed floods and tornadoes across Texas and Louisiana on Wednesday and Thursday, leaving at least five people dead.
The threat for rough weather will continue Friday, the National Weather Service said. Severe thunderstorms are possible across th... |
bb71e031808ac298f40c3c6ac4806166 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/26/aj-freund-beating-death-police-reports-parents-abuse-drug-use/3585183002/ | Police visited AJ Freund’s house 17 times before his brutal death. Why was the boy in his parents’ care? | Police visited AJ Freund’s house 17 times before his brutal death. Why was the boy in his parents’ care?
The alleged murder of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund and arrests of his mother and father in the case are raising questions about Illinois' child welfare system and what could have been done to remove the young boy f... |
f1cb6820b9122504bbdacf2b63879f1b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/27/april-snow-winter-storm-bears-down-midwest-great-lakes/3598161002/ | Weather: Old Man Winter holds on for another snow storm for 16 million in Chicago, Midwest | Weather: Old Man Winter holds on for another snow storm for 16 million in Chicago, Midwest
A long, narrow band of wintry weather on Saturday brought late April snow along a 1,200-mile swath of the north-central U.S., including Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit, and could dump several inches as far east as New England.
Som... |
b38a1e364f2db1324f600266d98769bd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/27/san-diego-synagogue-shooting-what-we-know-suspect-john-earnest/3605339002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | San Diego synagogue shooting: What we know about suspect John Earnest | San Diego synagogue shooting: What we know about suspect John Earnest
John T. Earnest, the 19-year-old man detained in Saturday’s deadly synagogue shooting in San Diego, was a student at Cal State University San Marcos, school officials said.
Earnest was being questioned by the FBI and homicide authorities. San Diego S... |
dd7204fe1e8589324ad5a2bad88b4ad5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/27/washington-hiker-died-but-dog-stayed-side-barked-alert-rescuers/3599094002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Hiker died in fall but dog stayed by his side, barking to alert rescuers day later | Hiker died in fall but dog stayed by his side, barking to alert rescuers day later
The dog of a hiker who died in a fall stayed by her owner's side and alerted the rescue team of the man's location with her bark, police say.
A search and rescue team with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department in Washington found the hi... |
b7fb8712c3e4cc3d1117bad963af427c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/28/california-synagogue-shooting-donald-trump-call-comfort-rabbi/3613078002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Injured California rabbi gets a call from President Donald Trump: 'He was just so comforting' | Injured California rabbi gets a call from President Donald Trump: 'He was just so comforting'
The rabbi injured in the California synagogue shooting on Saturday said he found comfort in a personal call from President Donald Trump.
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad in Poway described the 10- to 15-minute conversation wi... |
519ee5cad8b78f92808f2c5ccd4b84ec | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/28/california-synagogue-shooting-who-suspect-john-t-earnest/3608583002/ | California synagogue shooting: Suspect known as quiet, smart while authorities question if he was hateful | California synagogue shooting: Suspect known as quiet, smart while authorities question if he was hateful
SAN DIEGO – Before Saturday, John T. Earnest was known only as a quiet, successful student and an accomplished pianist.
On Sunday, his church reeled, calling a special session to address the news: Earnest had been ... |
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