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905c95b945ee107c1cba70075f307bca | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/05/er-visits-plummet-amid-pandemic-we-know-more-people-dying-home/3067993001/ | ER visits plummet amid pandemic: 'More people are dying at home' | ER visits plummet amid pandemic: 'More people are dying at home'
When COVID-19 first hit metro Detroit, hospitals urged sick people to stay away.
Now they're saying come back because the original message, compounded with fears, came with a cost:
Heart attack victims died at home. Stroke patients let symptoms go uncheck... |
40bc0f55a3ff8bec938186bf886888ec | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/07/michigan-manufacturing-auto-plants-restart-coronavirus/3089418001/ | Michigan manufacturing can resume production Monday, auto plants to restart May 18 | Michigan manufacturing can resume production Monday, auto plants to restart May 18
LANSING – Michigan manufacturing can resume production on Monday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday.
The auto plants have already said they plan to restart production one week later, on May 18. But the auto parts suppliers and tool and... |
90fc6358f6375edf6da1c9fc29fe6323 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/07/michigan-stay-home-order-gretchen-whitmer-may-28/3090560001/ | Gov. Whitmer extends Michigan stay home order through May 28 | Gov. Whitmer extends Michigan stay home order through May 28
LANSING – Michigan's stay-at-home order is extended through May 28, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday.
She made the announcement as she said Michigan manufacturing will resume on Monday, with the auto plants restarting one week later, on May 18.
The stay-at... |
d8ad5c614abb3faf75fcc9c4e110cf2d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/19/michigan-coronavirus-cases-deaths/5608017002/ | Michigan reports 9 new coronavirus deaths, 616 cases Wednesday | Michigan reports 9 new coronavirus deaths, 616 cases Wednesday
Michigan has lost nine more people to the novel coronavirus.
The state on Wednesday reported the additional deaths along with 616 more confirmed coronavirus cases.
The state's totals now are 6,349 confirmed deaths and 94,278 confirmed cases, according to da... |
e5179b2fcfee412085fdf25be8132050 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/19/michigan-prison-staff-testing/5611853002/ | Michigan prison staff are now required to get tested for COVID-19 | Michigan prison staff are now required to get tested for COVID-19
Michigan Department of Corrections staff who work in prisons will be required to get tested for COVID-19 under an emergency order issued Wednesday.
While the department has tested all prisoners through mass testing efforts, staff testing was voluntary pr... |
3f7b149e3b650d69bdd4bd0a24245630 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/15/jennifer-granholm-joe-biden-energy-secretary/3913895001/ | Biden selects Jennifer Granholm to be energy secretary | Biden selects Jennifer Granholm to be energy secretary
President-elect Joe Biden has selected former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be his energy secretary.
The Washington-based news website Politico was among the first to report the story, which then appeared to be confirmed in a news release from U.S. Rep. Debbie... |
e58c67b60da1dded7fd67bae044ad530 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/16/michigans-1st-case-covid-19-variant-reported-washtenaw-county/4190981001/ | Washtenaw County woman is Michigan's first known case of coronavirus variant | Washtenaw County woman is Michigan's first known case of coronavirus variant
A Washtenaw County woman has contracted a coronavirus variant that is believed to be more contagious, the state health department announced Saturday.
The woman had recently traveled to the United Kingdom, where the variant originated, and is n... |
ce53e4fcb6872dadbef6af9584121060 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/22/jennifer-granholm-energy-secretary/6674071002/ | Jennifer Granholm to shed potentially conflicting investments if confirmed by US Senate | Jennifer Granholm to shed potentially conflicting investments if confirmed by US Senate
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, whom President Joe Biden has nominated to be his energy secretary, will divest of any assets she holds related to energy companies and leave the board of an electric bus company, giving up mil... |
6961da99728d94b2f373d4bd249c9683 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/23/covid-19-variant-exposure-washtenaw-county-meijer-briarwood-mall/6688561002/ | Washtenaw County urges testing, warns of possible COVID-19 virus variant exposure | Washtenaw County urges testing, warns of possible COVID-19 virus variant exposure
The Washtenaw County Health Department is warning residents who visited the Meijer on Ann Arbor-Saline Road or Briarwood Mall on Jan.17 of possible exposure to the coronavirus variant.
According to a news release from the health departmen... |
a24c226e7d1407b034e18a8162335105 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/02/03/jennifer-granholm-nomination-energy-secretary-senate-committee/4371166001/ | Granholm's nomination clears committee easily, vote heads to full Senate | Granholm's nomination clears committee easily, vote heads to full Senate
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's nomination to be U.S. energy secretary easily cleared a vote in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday.
Following the 13-4 vote in the committee, Granholm's nomination now goes to th... |
77d042f7e8baefb3c81257c784428e55 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/03/17/covid-19-hospitalizations-case-rates-positive-tests-rise-michigan/4733689001/ | Michigan's COVID-19 rates, hospitalizations trending in wrong direction | Michigan's COVID-19 rates, hospitalizations trending in wrong direction
It's a trio of statistics no one wants to see again in Michigan, yet state health officials warned Wednesday that COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations and the percentage of positive coronavirus tests are rising once more as highly contagious varia... |
e75c1394896c14a52aad88d53c535ddf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/04/09/whitmer-michigan-coronavirus-covid-remote-school-sports-indoor-dining/7154274002/ | Whitmer asks for 2-week pause of Michigan youth sports, indoor dining, in-person learning | Whitmer asks for 2-week pause of Michigan youth sports, indoor dining, in-person learning
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling on Michigan high schools to offer remote education for two weeks after spring break, youth sports to pause all activities for two weeks and people to avoid eating indoors at restaurants for the sam... |
b179422c760b9c9ee015b3e8d751328a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/07/17/mitchelle-blair-sentenced-death-kids/30244423/ | Mom who killed, froze kids gets life in prison | Mom who killed, froze kids gets life in prison
A judge told Mitchelle Blair one of her primary responsibilities as a mother was to protect her kids and she "failed in the worst possible way."
"You imposed the death penalty on your own children," Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway told the Detroit mother today.
Th... |
8b9a4be2fd7553d7c46d4c206de566cd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/07/08/protesters-police-suv-dashboard-camera-footage/5370556002/ | Protesters challenge Detroit police SUV account. Experts weigh in | Protesters challenge Detroit police SUV account. Experts weigh in
Police dashboard camera footage clearly shows Jae Bass sitting on the hood of a police SUV and shouting to a crowd from a microphone seconds before an officer gunned the vehicle forward.
Perhaps not as easily visible is why Bass, 24, of Detroit says he w... |
192f84c744ff862f3a02542f83fff813 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/11/09/misinformation-michigan-16-election-related-fact-checks/6194128002/ | Michigan was a hotbed for election-related misinformation: Here are 17 key fact checks | Michigan was a hotbed for election-related misinformation: Here are 17 key fact checks
The Detroit Free Press, in partnership with PolitiFact, a nonprofit news organization, fact-checked dozens of claims related to the election last week.
Ahead of the election, misinformation experts said a flood of inaccurate informat... |
fe2e5ef1e1a5db49e1affad0440b70dd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2021/03/04/detroit-johnson-johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-covid/6911786002/ | Detroit declined Johnson & Johnson vaccines this week, but will take them in future | Detroit declined Johnson & Johnson vaccines this week, but will take them in future
The city of Detroit declined to accept 6,200 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine this week, state health officials said a day after Mayor Mike Duggan said during a briefing Tuesday that the city was “gonna protect Detroiter... |
8a91b9db6ea6b5b25d05643c2e40b830 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2020/07/17/wixom-giant-tree-stump-chainsaw-carved-art-work/5430689002/ | Wixom family having massive tree stump transformed into art | Wixom family having massive tree stump transformed into art
While many homeowners can say they’ve dealt with large branches falling on their property, not a lot of them can say that they’ve turned those trees into works of art.
But that’s exactly what Wixom resident Dawn Brusseau, 45, did by deciding to have the 14-foo... |
a6fde215f33c9f0c71ea4e95c53ac33a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/04/13/detroit-doctor-mutilated-genitals/100416124/ | Detroit doctor accused of genital mutilation on 7-year-old girls | Detroit doctor accused of genital mutilation on 7-year-old girls
Minnesota parents allegedly drove young girls to Livonia for female genital mutilation, but told them to keep it secret.
A Detroit area physician has been charged with performing genital mutilation on multiple 6- to 8-year-old girls as part of a religious... |
f4ca199ec8f1a32117834949e13b0002 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/military/2017/06/09/south-texas-officials-praise-military-base-protection-bill-passage/385320001/ | South Texas officials praise military base protection bill passage | South Texas officials praise military base protection bill passage
It was all smiles in the Nueces County Courthouse Friday as officials praised the passage of a state law protecting military aviation bases from wind turbine encroachment, but it wasn't always that way.
South Texas officials left a meeting in the Pentag... |
7cd04d0269d565efab2329e713bb2a9a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2020/08/28/kenosha-protest-shootings-police-update-jacob-blake-rittenhouse/5660649002/ | Kenosha's sheriff says he hasn't watched video of police shooting Jacob Blake, and other things we learned from Friday's press conference | Kenosha's sheriff says he hasn't watched video of police shooting Jacob Blake, and other things we learned from Friday's press conference
Kenosha city and county officials on Friday took questions from members of the media about the Sunday evening shooting of Jacob Blake, the shooting deaths of two protesters and the w... |
23530d764294f74cf958ec5e6dfa3686 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/minnesota/2020/07/22/covid-19-minnesota-mask-mandate-rules-gov-walz-executive-order-coronavirus/5489447002/ | Minnesota mask mandate now in place: What it means for you | Minnesota mask mandate now in place: What it means for you
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's executive order requiring the use of masks statewide took effect Saturday morning.
Here's a breakdown of what that means, according to the executive order and the Minnesota Department of Health.
Who has to wear a mask?
Minnesotans over... |
10cbb32e08282af559a375e269559023 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/monmouth-county/sandy-recovery/2014/04/21/small-business-still-digging-out-from-sandy/7985583/ | Small business still digging out from Sandy | Small business still digging out from Sandy
At the Sand Witch Shop in Highlands, the situation has become dire.
Ever since superstorm Sandy flooded the coffee and sandwich shop with 4 feet of water, Donna Ross and her husband have been struggling to keep the business afloat. But now, she said, soon they might be forced... |
7d77754bc4049499045fc8393d02a065 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2019/10/04/u-s-rep-grijalva-hears-health-effects-uranium-mining-forum/3864844002/ | Uranium miner: 'We were faced with dangers every day and not knowing the consequences' | Uranium miner: 'We were faced with dangers every day and not knowing the consequences'
Grijalva is the co-sponsor of a bill that would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Tommy Reed spoke emotionally about how his health is troubled due to working at a uranium mine on the Navajo Nation.
I... |
ace93a715ace7950bd901a86df24d83a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2014/10/13/chris-christie-leave-nj/17179057/ | In NJ, who will follow Chris Christie? | In NJ, who will follow Chris Christie?
TRENTON – Gov. Chris Christie's designs on the White House has triggered jockeying for position among potential successors three years before Christie's term ends.
The prospect that the Republican governor will leave office early to pursue a presidential campaign has changed the t... |
2d03870c755fe1e10a717ae80ab6af23 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2018/02/19/obama-better-than-trump-new-york-times-op-ed-ranking-american-presidents/352107002/ | Trump worst president ever, Obama in top 10, history experts tell New York Times in new rankings | Trump worst president ever, Obama in top 10, history experts tell New York Times in new rankings
Donald Trump is America's worst president, says a New York Times opinion piece that's based on a survey of 170 members of the American Political Science Association’s Presidents and Executive Politics section.
More:Trump mi... |
7ac5c1c500df1ffb6fbc854e17779779 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2017/04/19/audit-federal-grant-funds-tapped-medical-marijuana/100663052/ | Audit: Federal grant funds tapped for medical marijuana | Audit: Federal grant funds tapped for medical marijuana
ALBUQUERQUE — An audit by independent investigators with the U.S. Justice Department has determined a New Mexico program that helps crime victims allowed federal grant funds to be used to reimburse the purchase of medical marijuana by crime victims.
The review rel... |
26597eb7effa0a2fb589c8d6675b25c7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2018/04/04/trump-working-governors-send-troops-guard-border/488049002/ | Trump working with governors to send troops to guard border | Trump working with governors to send troops to guard border
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and border-state governors are working to “immediately” deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday.
“The threat is real,” Nie... |
933610a6679851f7e7fadd7de7ccfee3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/new-york/2017/04/09/senate-looks-finish-ny-budget/100256978/ | NY budget gets final approval nine days late | NY budget gets final approval nine days late
ALBANY - State senators gave final approval to a $153 billion state budget plan Sunday night, nearly nine days after it was due.
The Republican-led Senate approved the final three bills needed to enact the spending plan late Sunday, a day after the Democrat-led Assembly did ... |
247fbfc844721b3203bbe8b589985221 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/north-fort-myers/2015/06/05/despite-disabilities-north-fort-myers-couple-builds-life-together-florida/28500127/ | Melissa and Randy: A special love story | Melissa and Randy: A special love story
Melissa Kuhlenschmidt clutches hot pink roses that match the color of her nails in one hand and a wad of tissues in another. She sits in a tiny choir room immune from the cool air of a Cape Coral church. She fans the stifling air. Her dark blond bob is curled into ringlets. She g... |
fd08430c8fe897f5981da5bbc33b2c56 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2017/04/12/giving-parental-hope-raising-infertility-awareness/100339436/ | Giving Parental Hope: Raising infertility awareness | Giving Parental Hope: Raising infertility awareness
Infertility is isolating.
Ken and Becky Budde, of Villa Hills, felt alone in their struggle. They had been trying for three years and still weren’t pregnant.
“It’s painful and frustrating,” Becky Budde said. “It’s a very lonely situation. Even if people are understand... |
a44078898c8e1d3b03a53e05227f23be | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/northwest/2016/01/20/feds-take-action-after-idaho-collars-wilderness-wolves/79087270/ | Feds take action after Idaho collars wilderness wolves | Feds take action after Idaho collars wilderness wolves
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday issued a notice of non-compliance to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game after the state agency violated an agreement by using a helicopter in a central Idaho wilderness to put tracking collars on wolves.Th... |
1fe6501932098d19e6ab01fe558e5964 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2020/07/22/covid-missouri-updates-branson-test-wastewater-coronavirus/5489197002/ | Branson to test wastewater for coronavirus as part of statewide program | Branson to test wastewater for coronavirus as part of statewide program
Branson will be testing its wastewater to help monitor trends of new COVID-19 outbreaks as part of a statewide program, according to city officials.
The city's utilities department agreed to participate in the program in the hope it could provide a... |
9b008cfbb47555d139a0e3ee982928dc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/02/16/springfield-power-outage-rolling-blackouts-city-utilities-update-live-missouri/6763298002/ | Live updates: 'Not out of the woods': Blackouts could return tonight, Wednesday | Live updates: 'Not out of the woods': Blackouts could return tonight, Wednesday
Editor's note: Key News-Leader updates about the current severe weather and natural gas shortage are being made available to all readers free of charge.
5 p.m.: Regional authority says controlled blackouts could return Wednesday
A top offic... |
7c5ece03eb23d0a1d5e8593ecee1ad49 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/02/23/missouri-covid-vaccine-registration-schedule-plan-how-get-whos-next-coronavirus/4557668001/ | Here's how to register for the COVID-19 vaccine in the Springfield-area and who's eligible to get one | Here's how to register for the COVID-19 vaccine in the Springfield-area and who's eligible to get one
So far, about 12 percent of Missourians have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 5.5 percent have received their second dose.
According to the state's COVID-19 vaccine dashboard, available vaccine supply allo... |
c39c93b66801a8823ae0ae835acdb814 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/03/15/meet-candidates-springfield-city-council-general-seat-covid-developmentz-zoning-nuisance-properties/4663975001/ | Election 2021: Meet the candidates for Springfield City Council General Seat A | Election 2021: Meet the candidates for Springfield City Council General Seat A
Candidates for Springfield’s General Seat A are hoping to take one of the five seats on council, including the mayor, representing the entire city.
The four candidates are hoping to fill the seat vacated by Councilwoman Jan Fisk, who is not ... |
8fc29ed9c1e5e66512647b575d557eb5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/03/18/covid-vaccine-missouri-phase-eligibility-all-residents-gov-mike-parson/4755855001/ | Missouri expects to open up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all residents by April 9 | Missouri expects to open up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all residents by April 9
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday the state would be opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all state residents by April 9 following an expected increase of supply.
Moving to Phase 2 of Missouri's vaccine plan
At a news ... |
733e2d4d8b44efce1c2cf39dc669927f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/03/19/springfield-health-department-hospital-systems-encourage-covid-19-vaccine-coronavirus/4750587001/ | Health officials encourage people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as MO eligibility expands | Health officials encourage people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as MO eligibility expands
State officials announced last week that all Missourians would be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine next month.
And as vaccine supply increases and more people become eligible, local health officials are encouraging people t... |
4c90e61b48d775471cfdcdf118b6a0cf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/04/05/who-ballot-springfield-city-council-election-mayor-ken-mcclure-marcus-aton-alexander-justin-burnett/4846506001/ | Who are the candidates on the ballot for Springfield City Council? And who has endorsed and donated to them? | Who are the candidates on the ballot for Springfield City Council? And who has endorsed and donated to them?
There are 14 candidates running for mayor and four open seats on the Springfield City Council.
Two of the open council seats represent the entire city, while one open position represents Zone 1 in Springfield's ... |
d2e1fd232bbdb26a5d83fa97bced8f21 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/people/2020/01/30/hidla-brown-109-year-old-berkeley-woman-oldest-nj/4587809002/ | 109-year-old Berkeley woman, born before Titanic sailed, one of the oldest in NJ | 109-year-old Berkeley woman, born before Titanic sailed, one of the oldest in NJ
For Subscribers: Hilda Brown celebrated her birthday last week. What's her secret to longevity?
BERKELEY - The menu for Hilda Brown’s birthday party consisted of pizza, cake and mussels.
Wait, mussels?
“She used to walk around the bay as a... |
617dd5f9f3bb6b112b5be8969735dff3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2018/06/20/meghan-mccain-trumps-rally-line-her-father-gross/720415002/ | Meghan McCain: Trump's rally line about her father is 'gross' | Meghan McCain: Trump's rally line about her father is 'gross'
Arizona Sen. John McCain's daughter described a line about her father invoked by President Donald Trump at a Wednesday night rally as "gross.''
During the rally in Duluth, Minnesota, Trump again blamed McCain for the 2017 collapse of a Republican effort to r... |
a167f48516ba5f67bef1954c500d2c58 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix-education/2021/04/19/metro-tech-high-school-phoenix-returns-person-after-remote-learning/7191648002/ | 'Excited to be here': A high school returns to life after year of remote learning | 'Excited to be here': A high school returns to life after year of remote learning
Ashley Luna experienced a wave of emotions in March as she tried to decide if she was going to walk through the campus of Metro Tech High School again or finish her senior year from home.
Metro Tech, along with all other high schools that... |
2f9d81f7863b34a04665f04e4b1fe877 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/04/29/shapiro-murder-crane-hearing-abrk/26591337/?from=global | Expert: Mental health of man accused in PV murders diminishing | Expert: Mental health of man accused in PV murders diminishing
PHOENIX -- Michael Crane's mental health has declined in the three years he's been held in custody on triple-murder allegations, psychiatrist Dr. Alan Abrams said Wednesday morning in court, and there were ample concerns about Crane's state before the murde... |
9b713aec8c113d7383896434b136a3e7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/07/06/james-robison-accused-bombing-republic-reporter-don-bolles-1976-dead-90/86001272/ | James Robison, accused of bombing Republic reporter Don Bolles in 1976, dead at 90 | James Robison, accused of bombing Republic reporter Don Bolles in 1976, dead at 90
James Robison, whom authorities charged with detonating the 1976 car bomb that killed Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles but whom jurors acquitted 17 years later, is dead.
Robison, the last of three men who stood trial in the bombing, ... |
dd5e7ca2d0b5c0f3b73c0b49d9c329f7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/10/05/phoenix-celebrate-native-americans-columbus-day/91482540/ | Phoenix to celebrate Native Americans on Columbus Day | Phoenix to celebrate Native Americans on Columbus Day
When the federal and state governments observe Columbus Day on Monday, Phoenix will recognize the history and contributions of Native Americans with its first Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Phoenix City Council members voted 9-0 Wednesday to establish the day as an annual... |
2ee373c82f721721e926da687ffd9bf9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/06/28/phoenix-offensive-street-names-change/430001001/ | Phoenix OKs plan to change racially charged street names without homeowner approval | Phoenix OKs plan to change racially charged street names without homeowner approval
Phoenix can now rename streets with "offensive or derogatory" titles even if affected property owners oppose the change — a move that comes as residents fight renaming efforts in two areas.
The City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday to amend it... |
2d507e28e9910882e4c68e1552b3f4e1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2018/09/20/phoenix-confirms-trump-not-appearing-phoenix-court-records-show/1368480002/ | No Trump rally in Phoenix this month, court records show | No Trump rally in Phoenix this month, court records show
President Donald Trump will not be making an appearance in Phoenix this month, and no presidential visit is on the books for the near future, according to court documents filed Thursday.
Attorneys for the city of Phoenix filed the papers in an ongoing class-actio... |
47c97ade9c065909183ebc1462b73e8f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2020/03/17/phoenix-arizona-cities-declare-emergencies-closing-bars-restaurants-fight-against-coronavirus/5070949002/ | Phoenix, other Arizona cities declare emergencies, closing bars and restaurants in fight against coronavirus | Phoenix, other Arizona cities declare emergencies, closing bars and restaurants in fight against coronavirus
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego announced on Tuesday the city was declaring a state of emergency, forcing the closure of bars and moving restaurants to takeout, delivery and drive-thru only starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday... |
0f62a076f24bcda677bd3427d7d13d92 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2021/04/14/restaurant-inspections-5-phoenix-area-eateries-cited-violations/7205532002/ | Tempe eatery with improperly cooled chicken among 5 restaurants cited for violations | Tempe eatery with improperly cooled chicken among 5 restaurants cited for violations
Maricopa County inspectors cited five metro Phoenix restaurants with four or more priority violations the week of March 22.
A priority violation is a major violation that directly contributes to an increased risk of food-borne illness ... |
5f24d74d7dbf64a79c6408cdf7189eba | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2021/04/19/phoenix-area-killings-maricopa-county-homicides-rose-28-2020/4586930001/ | More stress, more violence, more deaths: How 2020 was one of the deadliest in years in Maricopa County | More stress, more violence, more deaths: How 2020 was one of the deadliest in years in Maricopa County
Corrections & Clarifications: Homicides rose 38.5% in the Phoenix area in 2020. The percentage increase was incorrect in an earlier version of the article.
For years, Ronald Makinson drank alcohol instead of taking hi... |
6b7a3aaf7432abe5e2479605e7760292 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2021/04/19/podcast-whats-history-beet-sugar-factory-glendale/7245840002/ | What's the history of the Beet Sugar Factory in Glendale? Valley 101 digs in | What's the history of the Beet Sugar Factory in Glendale? Valley 101 digs in
On 52nd and Glendale avenues, a five-story building stands empty. It's fenced off from the public with faded red brick and bordered-off windows. Arizona Republic readers picked the Beet Sugar Factory as one of the worst West Valley eyesores.
T... |
0910ab23c0b208c779d5b235a69bf79a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2020/11/27/sarasota-middle-school-student-wins-a-top-prize-in-embracing-our-differences-art-contest/6410623002/ | Sarasota Middle School student wins a top prize in Embracing Our Differences contest | Sarasota Middle School student wins a top prize in Embracing Our Differences contest
Sarasota 7th grader gets top student prize
Embracing Our Differences, a Sarasota based nonprofit, announced the winners of its annual worldwide art competition and a Sarasota Middle School student took home one of the top prizes.
In a ... |
45cf5cf3e8f70a56b863476c01b79527 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2021/02/17/sarasota-city-commission-gives-final-approval-marie-selby-botanical-gardens/6781521002/ | Sarasota City Commission gives final approval for Marie Selby Gardens redevelopment | Sarasota City Commission gives final approval for Marie Selby Gardens redevelopment
Concessions pave way for groundbreaking in spring on $92M project
SARASOTA — The long process of winning approval for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ bayfront redevelopment plan concluded at a City Commission meeting on Tuesday evening, ... |
c20a025305d451c95b08d1cf8e3fa942 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2021/02/23/siesta-key-beach-sarasota-drops-tripadvisor-ranking-best-u-s/4558320001/ | Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota, No. 1 in 2020, drops in ranking of best in the US for 2021 | Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota, No. 1 in 2020, drops in ranking of best in the US for 2021
Tripadvisor says Sarasota's jewel is No. 17 in US
After being ranked No. 1 last year, Siesta Key Beach dropped in a travel company's rankings of the best beaches in the United States.
For its Traveler's Choice Awards, Tripadvisor r... |
4d8554af813f4cf6ea7e186780e6b2c9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2021/03/12/sarasota-arts-groups-survive-regroup-and-experiment-during-pandemic/6944074002/ | Sarasota area arts organizations survive a year of pandemic | Sarasota area arts organizations survive a year of pandemic
Jobs were lost and programs cut, but federal and local aid, private donations and community support have kept Sarasota area arts groups going.
In the year since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the arts scene, Sarasota area cultural organizations have lost m... |
9a7b9978288d34cf77ea6f808f447cb8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/science/2019/06/24/bourbon-science-louisville-professor-studies-vapors-unique-patterns/1226001001/ | Do 'whiskey webs' hold the key to 'fingerprinting' each bourbon's unique taste? | Do 'whiskey webs' hold the key to 'fingerprinting' each bourbon's unique taste?
University of Louisville professor Stuart Williams was experimenting with a case of bourbon when he made an accidental discovery: A drop of the spirit, when diluted and evaporated under certain conditions, formed a microscopic pattern of th... |
beecc8dafcd5240b5582cbf9ff65378e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/2019/07/02/sea-turtles-making-big-splash-indian-river-county-midway-through-season/1623528001/ | Sea turtles making big splash in Indian River County, and nesting season is only halfway done | Sea turtles making big splash in Indian River County, and nesting season is only halfway done
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Be careful when walking on the beaches. Thousands of turtle nests are lining the shores.
Midway through the turtle nesting season for loggerhead, leatherback and green turtles, nests have exceeded last ye... |
3ad428b5851dee728da7b020258b4203 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/solutions-journalism/2019/03/14/how-pinwheels-and-play-doh-could-help-post-tornado-trauma-lee-county/3153349002/ | How pinwheels and Play-Doh could address post-tornado trauma in Lee County | How pinwheels and Play-Doh could address post-tornado trauma in Lee County
Editor's note: We are committed to rigorously reporting not only social problems, but also potential solutions. Read more about our Solutions Journalism efforts and check out our work here.
At first glance, the zipped, plastic bags seem to conta... |
b0fa711a8183059212efae66ea9b9679 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/spaceport/2019/08/16/virgin-galactic-presents-look-space-flight-facilities-spaceport-america/2024978001/ | Get first look at Virgin Galactic's space flight facilities at Spaceport America | Get first look at Virgin Galactic's space flight facilities at Spaceport America
SPACEPORT AMERICA - Space flight company Virgin Galactic officially unveiled its commercial flight headquarters at the spaceport in southern New Mexico on Thursday morning.
Virgin Galactic staff guided journalists on a carefully managed to... |
b21e55e30149d68f2362b203846d9c4a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/steven-avery/2016/01/07/da-says-avery-planned-torture/78437876/ | DA says Avery planned torture | DA says Avery planned torture
More charges filed against suspect in Halbach slaying
This story was originally published by The Post-Crescent on March 9, 2006.
MANITOWOC — While he was in prison, Steven Avery planned the torture and killing of a young woman, new documents released Wednesday indicate.
Avery also bought l... |
b0b7656687a80c12971e1e36198231e9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/steven-avery/2016/11/17/appeals-court-dassey-remain-prison/94023614/ | Dassey to remain in prison, Appeals court rules | Dassey to remain in prison, Appeals court rules
PORTAGE - It's all but certain that Brendan Dassey won't be home for Thanksgiving after all.
Days of anticipation – and legal wrangling – followed a district judge's order on Monday to release Dassey while prosecutors appeal a decision to overturn his conviction to the Ch... |
c1f6edf2a7e9ecafdf8e9eba080eb480 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2017/09/12/son-actor-jean-claude-van-damme-arrested-assault-tempe-roommate/659657001/ | Son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme arrested in assault on Tempe roommate | Son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme arrested in assault on Tempe roommate
The son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of holding his roommate at knife point in their Tempe apartment, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records.
The situation began after the man, identified as Ni... |
bd6292dc14b9d23314543b6808c1d1f2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2018/03/19/woman-dies-fatal-hit-strikes-self-driving-uber-crossing-road-tempe/438256002/ | Self-driving Uber vehicle strikes, kills 49-year-old woman in Tempe | Self-driving Uber vehicle strikes, kills 49-year-old woman in Tempe
In the nation's first pedestrian death involving an autonomous vehicle, a 49-year-old woman was hit and killed by a self-driving Volvo operated by Uber while crossing a street in Tempe on Sunday night.
Forty-nine-year old Elaine Herzberg was walking a ... |
28d7ec70c7fff4c37d027cfb20f6adde | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/tempe/2019/01/19/vigil-held-antonio-arce-14-year-old-shot-tempe-police-officer-sylvia-moir/2627497002/ | Parents of 14-year-old boy shot by Tempe officer walk the alley where he died | Parents of 14-year-old boy shot by Tempe officer walk the alley where he died
On Saturday, emotions were high as family of 14-year-old Antonio Arce walked through the same alley where a Tempe police officer fatally shot the boy earlier this week.
The family was joined by hundreds who walked through the Tempe neighborho... |
28c0de63b9ecf366c7ddb905430f73c7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/tempe/2019/11/06/tempe-town-lake-timeline-from-500-ad-to-present-day/4024857002/ | Tempe Town Lake has long been an economic hub in the region. Here's the history | Tempe Town Lake has long been an economic hub in the region. Here's the history
Desert dwellers were drawn to the Salt River long before Tempe Town Lake opened 20 years ago this week.
The story goes that Charles Trumball Hayden was on a business trip from Tucson to Prescott when he stopped in the area now called Tempe.... |
a839b67a04bea5f6657114eb7c171544 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/tennessee/2017/03/22/cumberland-trail-gets-1034-acre-donation/99496842/ | Cumberland Trail gets 1,034-acre donation | Cumberland Trail gets 1,034-acre donation
The Cumberland Trail got a 1,034-acre, $8.27 million boost this week.
George Lindemann, a farmer and businessman who owns nearly 10,000 acres in Cumberland, Rhea and Bledsoe counties, including Coal Creek Farm, donated the land around the Soak Creek in Rhea County to the linear... |
d310036cc73245e14801cb24b3291841 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/tennessee/tvacoalash/2020/05/15/tennessee-regulators-deleted-and-altered-radiological-tests-kingston-coal-ash-spill/4928047002/ | Regulators deleted and altered radiological test results on coal ash from Kingston spill | Regulators deleted and altered radiological test results on coal ash from Kingston spill
A state agency responsible for protecting Tennesseans admitted to Knox News it altered and deleted radiological data in test results on coal ash leaked from the Kingston power plant following a massive spill of the toxic substance ... |
46c0e819123b1a9d6c88b1636a327f8f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2016/12/06/abbott-renews-his-call-convention-states/95032860/ | Abbott renews his call for 'convention of the states' | Abbott renews his call for 'convention of the states'
The first-term Republican governor is part of a national movement by conservatives to limit federal power.
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott joined several Republican lawmakers Tuesday who hope to change the U.S. Constitution and rein in what they said is a decades-long pow... |
e13f7015141bdc6777118e2c072ff34a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/vermont/2017/10/02/las-vegas-shooting-victim-dorset-vermont-native/724527001/ | Vermont native killed in Las Vegas shooting | Vermont native killed in Las Vegas shooting
Vermont native Sandy Casey, a special education teacher, was among the victims in Sunday's mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas.
Casey, 35, grew up in Dorset and lived in Redondo Beach, California, according to a statement provided by her family.
RELATED:Las... |
de1fabf4ff35bd9966afcffb3bf465ec | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/virginia/2015/09/01/bare-cubbe-performed/71539410/ | Accomack: ‘Bear and Cub’ still a hit after 350 years | Accomack: ‘Bear and Cub’ still a hit after 350 years
Think of it as the revival of an old hit — 350 years old, to be exact.
An enthusiastic audience gathered in the waning sunshine Thursday afternoon on the lawn of St. George’s Episcopal Church in Pungoteague, Virginia to watch actors from Onancock’s North Street Playh... |
a3a087f81a00e1b9b6ebd4bd81f1de68 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/virginia/2016/06/20/northam-endorsed-mcauliffe-warner-kaine/86134622/ | Northam endorsed by McAuliffe, Warner, Kaine | Northam endorsed by McAuliffe, Warner, Kaine
Three of Virginia's last four governors formally endorsed Eastern Shore of Virginia native Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam's bid to become the state's next governor over the weekend .
Gov. Terry McAuliffe and U. S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Timothy M. Kaine released statements endorsi... |
631157fa56ece6b90f40b88c4486f2a6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/virginia/2017/03/03/chesapeake-bay-bridge-tunnel-safety/98191766/ | Safety questions: Big rigs in high winds on bridge-tunnel | Safety questions: Big rigs in high winds on bridge-tunnel
If his tractor-trailer is unloaded, commercial truck driver Ronnie Brady says, it is "uncomfortable" to drive across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in high winds.
But if the rig is heavily loaded, it can easily handle high winds, said Brady, who crosses the sp... |
49a3c80ed9faab0f0d1e4bc042988668 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/watchdog/2017/04/06/dangerous-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers-violations-nhtsa/100016810/ | Watchdog Report: Danger on the highways | Watchdog Report: Danger on the highways
A fatal crash highlights a system that lets vehicles and operators continue to fail
The Vestal tractor-trailer driver involved in a fatal crash on Route 17 last year had received multiple citations from safety inspectors before the May 27 incident.
Just before 4 a.m. in the dark ... |
1ccc472257e3032d2f61f1cf65050a07 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/westchester/2016/06/21/cambium-affordable-housing/86172552/ | Why Democrats voted down affordable housing in Mamaroneck | Why Democrats voted down affordable housing in Mamaroneck
Democrats say they saved the county $2.8 million, but a spokesman for County Executive Rob Astorino calls the opposition "nothing more than NIMBYism."
Ten affordable housing units under construction in Larchmont won’t be counted toward Westchester County’s oblig... |
640f58317dc748f139bc5d64be178a89 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/williamson/2017/03/23/teaching-dream-job-kidnapping-suspect-tad-cummins/99515186/ | Teaching was dream job for kidnapping suspect Tad Cummins | Teaching was dream job for kidnapping suspect Tad Cummins
Update: Tad Cummins arrested, Elizabeth Thomas found safe in northern California
All was quiet in the 100 block of Haven Drive on Wednesday afternoon, save for the sounds of birds chirping and wind, occasionally pulling on the rope in the front yard swing of th... |
e1b55311c7b159fe2f6709054b8ca334 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/williamson/2019/03/07/tennessee-teachers-resign-franklin-sunset-middle-school-after-slavery-homework/1089902001/ | Williamson County teachers resign after backlash over slavery assignment | Williamson County teachers resign after backlash over slavery assignment
Two Williamson County Schools teachers have resigned following a slavery assignment the district's top official confirmed Thursday.
Sunset Middle teachers Susan Hooper and Kim Best, who assigned the homework late last month, apologized to students... |
b51497f96035662c25688bc65db7675b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/williamson/2019/03/22/williamson-county-schools-inclusion-diversity-training-gop/3204562002/ | Williamson GOP claims schools are 'indoctrinating' students with video series on inclusion | Williamson GOP claims schools are 'indoctrinating' students with video series on inclusion
Emails from the Williamson County Republican Party claim a series of teacher training videos aimed at improving inclusion are an "indoctrination of teachers and students."
The video series, created in-house last year by Williamso... |
1a8ebfce32aeb0b9927d0d86df2a60eb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/williamson/schools/2019/04/04/williamson-county-schools-white-privilege-training-video/3311164002/ | Williamson schools will not reuse 'white privilege' video in teacher training | Williamson schools will not reuse 'white privilege' video in teacher training
A series of teacher training videos that addressed race, bias and white privilege will not be used again in Williamson County Schools.
WCS Superintendent Mike Looney confirmed the videos, which were created in-house and featured district empl... |
26941dc48b886ecfb3f55b485b471636 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/madison/2020/11/04/madison-cawthorn-youngest-serving-congressman-since-1797/6162032002/ | Madison Cawthorn controversies: 5 stories to emerge on the way to his election | Madison Cawthorn controversies: 5 stories to emerge on the way to his election
Now the youngest elected representative to serve in Congress since 1797, 25-year-old Republican Madison Cawthorn breezed to a 13-point victory over Democrat Moe Davis to fill the Western North Carolina seat occupied for four terms by the Tru... |
c2c7bdc2f5e8c819142da86e464f4897 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/mexico-blackouts/2017/08/24/mexico-resort-blackouts-what-we-know/598452001/ | Updated: What we know about Mexico resort blackouts and tainted alcohol | Updated: What we know about Mexico resort blackouts and tainted alcohol
Travelers to all-inclusive resorts in Mexico are blacking out after drinking small and moderate amounts of alcohol, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation has found.
Many have reported they were robbed, assaulted and otherwise injured while bei... |
870583557e679b6ddf782cac736c76e9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/militarykind/2018/09/12/military-mom-holds-toddler-her-arms-again/1266265002/ | Military mom reunites with toddler in emotional airport homecoming | Military mom reunites with toddler in emotional airport homecoming
As Air Force Staff Sergeant Chelsey Speicher returned from her first deployment, she wasn't sure how her young son would react. Chelsey was stationed in Jordan for 6 months, leaving behind her husband and 2-year-old son, Bennett.
She and Bennett talked ... |
d4334e7162ab4327014f58ad9fc003ae | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/militarykind/2018/09/26/hurricane-florence-coast-guard-crew-different-kind-rescue/1424182002/ | Coast Guard boat crew offers relief from Florence and a bright light in the storm | Coast Guard boat crew offers relief from Florence and a bright light in the storm
Chief Steve Kelly does the cabbage patch in the front seat of his lifted Ford pickup.
“Who let the dogs out?” he sings as he swings his arms in a circle. “Coast Guard, Coast Guard.” The other members of his U.S. Coast Guard team from Kent... |
714394cc7b9300cd8f9df855369c4a6b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/militarykind/2018/09/26/veteran-creates-safe-place-kids-need/1156608002/ | Marine Corps veteran creates safe place for kids in need | Marine Corps veteran creates safe place for kids in need
When Pastor Corey Nelson was assigned to the Methodist church next to Louisville's famous Churchill Downs, he arrived to a church littered with graffiti and bullet holes. The neighborhood was rife with drugs and crime. Despite being over six feet tall, 240 pounds... |
b12e9b77e27899850b928950d4e66b26 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/militarykind/2018/10/09/army-veteran-turns-snow-into-beautifully-sculpted-art/1567376002/ | Army veteran turns snow into beautifully sculpted art | Army veteran turns snow into beautifully sculpted art
Jef Schobert, a disabled veteran, father and artist, is used to creating elaborate snow sculptures for the community to admire.
Schobert developed his reputation by constantly creating and recreating all manner of snow sculptures in his front yard. It's a high-traff... |
ba898d0daa6ada2ed94b9ada9cdf3248 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/morris/morris-county/2019/06/24/viral-photo-mourning-dog-empty-hospital-bed-lands-him-new-home-eleventh-hour-rescue-nj/1535195001/ | Mourning dog pictured at former owner's hospital bed finds new home | Mourning dog pictured at former owner's hospital bed finds new home
MORRIS COUNTY – A photo of a 3-year-old lab mix as he sat beside his recently deceased owner’s empty hospital bed went viral and resulted in his adoption.
The dog named Moose was photographed waiting for his owner to return to the hospital bed, apparen... |
7cc707115351dd1ce7c5aff7d90e00e3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/02/jetsons-technology-future/3802811/ | 'Jetsons' futuristic technology is here. Sort of. | 'Jetsons' futuristic technology is here. Sort of.
The Jetsons gave generations of viewers a glimpse into what the future might look like. First aired in 1962, the animated TV show envisioned the world in 2062, where cars flew and robots lived and worked alongside humans. Amazon's announcement that it is testing drones ... |
15786a5b9da9f4cd3aa2316d31e2987a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/05/nelson-mandela-facts/3884443/ | 9 lesser-known facts about Nelson Mandela | 9 lesser-known facts about Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was a world figure, and much of his life played out on the public stage. But even giants of history have aspects of their lives that aren't as widely known. USA TODAY Network looks at elements of Mandela's biography that you may not be aware of:
1. He wasn't born... |
a768e9c0277f0e4dd07c8c0eab2d8623 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/06/famous-quotes-world-war-ii-pearl-harbor-roosevelt-churchill/3889667/ | 9 iconic quotes from Pearl Harbor, World War II | 9 iconic quotes from Pearl Harbor, World War II
The day after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress. His speech that day, which summoned a nation to war, would become among the most iconic in American history — particularly Roosevelt's famous line describi... |
23b0587e1b90bd3febb53521ee90f9c8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/06/nelson-mandela-funeral-leaders/3892789/ | 6 famous funerals of world leaders | 6 famous funerals of world leaders
The world will say goodbye to Nelson Mandela on Dec. 15 in the Eastern Cape village of Qunu. The South African government declared a day of prayer and mourning for the late leader. USA TODAY Network looks back at the funerals of legendary figures.
Princess Diana
Year: 1997
Age: 36
Loc... |
b18c176b47a5c2779f75cc0cc9d414e9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/07/haiyan-philippines-natural-disasters-recovery/3901921/ | A look at Philippines, 6 other disaster recoveries | A look at Philippines, 6 other disaster recoveries
As the Philippines continues its rebuilding efforts one month after Typhoon Haiyan, USA TODAY Network looks back at recovery efforts following other recent natural disasters.
Government responses have focused not only on providing immediate humanitarian aid but also on... |
baf824ec6a3837a63cbe6006601f5ab6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/19/apple-misunderstood-teen-ad/4123315/ | Apple's holiday ad makes you feel all sorts of good | Apple's holiday ad makes you feel all sorts of good
Apple's new holiday commercial featuring a teenage boy who is attached to his cellphone while his family is celebrating Christmas is a big hit online.
The ad comments on the hyper-connectedness of younger generations, especially teens, who are attached to their electr... |
f1925f4083edf03f4d1c1a375d8608a0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/19/lego-car-drives-air/4122939/ | Drivable Lego car built piece by piece -- all 500,000 | Drivable Lego car built piece by piece -- all 500,000
The first drivable Lego car is made of 500,000 pieces and runs on air.
VIDEO:Watch the test drive of the Lego car
The inventors of the Lego car are Australian entrepreneur Steve Sammartino and Romanian Raul Oaida, a self-taught technology guru.
The car — known as th... |
8893b170849096561d38fddb7ad3f57d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/31/lottery-winner-found-ticket-new-york/4264617/ | Lottery winner found ticket blowing in the wind | Lottery winner found ticket blowing in the wind
While bagging leaves after Hurricane Sandy, landscaper Marvin Rosales Martinez picked up what turned out to be a $1 million find.
The unscratched, unsigned Win $1,000 a Week for Life ticket he picked out of the piles of leaves was a winner.
Martinez took the ticket to a 7... |
73f92a8c0fd03a863b20d39664106c19 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/01/06/polar-vortex-cold-air/4342315/ | What is the polar vortex? | What is the polar vortex?
A blast of brutally cold air - thanks to the polar vortex - is roaring across the central and eastern USA early this week, sending temperatures to levels not seen in 20 years.
The polar vortex is a strong area of low pressure that usually wanders around the Arctic throughout the winter. Counte... |
8d7ce51423a2616ddab48a6bfd0a428a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/01/09/chris-christie-bridge-scandal-sopranos/4387505/ | 10 lessons from 'The Sopranos' for Chris Christie | 10 lessons from 'The Sopranos' for Chris Christie
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie "woke up this mornin" to a sea of newspaper front pages questioning his involvement in a scandal over closed lanes on the George Washington Bridge.
E-mails and texts have surfaced, showing Christie aides may have plotted to cause traffic j... |
892e4052a9b9c63ad863a774f67eb418 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/03/coca-cola-ad-super-bowl-racism/5177463/ | Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad: Can you believe this reaction? | Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad: Can you believe this reaction?
Coca-Cola's Super Bowl ad has sparked both outrage and kudos on Twitter and Facebook.
The ad, entitled "It's Beautiful," features the patriotic song "America the Beautiful" sung in eight languages. The ad shows people of different ethnicities.
The ad also shows tw... |
f67d3d9fd7a5969bac834eb1409214df | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/11/shirley-temple-cocktail-drink/5389839/ | Recipe: How to make a classic Shirley Temple cocktail | Recipe: How to make a classic Shirley Temple cocktail
Folks know Shirley Temple for her beloved, innocent roles in films. But, she's also known for the non-alcoholic drink named after her.
RELATED:Shirley Temple, a Hollywood superstar as a child, dies at 85
MORE:Shirley Temple cheered up audiences
SEE PHOTOS:A look at ... |
18468beda787dd17c8250dbcb41b29b7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/24/fake-911-calls-risky-armed-standoffs/5774767/ | Fake 911 calls cause tense, risky armed police standoffs | Fake 911 calls cause tense, risky armed police standoffs
The USA TODAY Network rounds up the findings of some of its daily investigative reporting.
Fake 911 calls could turn deadly
Hannah Chiasson watched heavily armed police officers in black vests swarm her suburban Indianapolis home, pointing "big guns" at her, her ... |
76b1254658d7c36aef9874fb3585b466 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/24/harold-ramis-top-movie-moments/5796051/ | Harold Ramis: Watch top movie moments | Harold Ramis: Watch top movie moments
As an actor, writer and director, Harold Ramis brought brainy comedy to Hollywood. Ramis, who died Monday at 69, is best known for his role as Egon Spengler, the smartest of the 'Ghostbusters.'
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2d705eb65561489674dfc8be08e90279 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/26/favorite-band-united-states/5830667/ | View distinctive musical artists of 50 states | View distinctive musical artists of 50 states
We all know that artists such as Jay-Z, Drake, Lorde and Kanye West are popular across the USA.
What's more interesting is that Floridians listened to more Rick Ross than residents of any other state in the country. People in Washington listened to The Head and the Heart mo... |
8a63a3c18ff03b65442aa111c67631d9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/27/basketball-sam-dowd-inspiration-nation-spokane/5877077/ | WATCH: Abandoned at age 10, Wash. teen finds a loving home | WATCH: Abandoned at age 10, Wash. teen finds a loving home
Standing just five feet, five inches tall, Sam Dowd is generally the shortest guy on the basketball court. But the teen has overcome much more than just his height to succeed as a basketball player at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, Wash.
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