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33e89fe8fd7b29137dc55deaa8e5002e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/11/29/judge-rejects-steins-request-hand-recount-wis/94644538/ | Judge rejects Stein's request for hand recount in Wis. | Judge rejects Stein's request for hand recount in Wis.
MADISON, Wis. — Green Party candidate Jill Stein paid $3.5 million Tuesday to clear the way for Wisconsin's presidential vote recount but had a judge reject her lawsuit to require all Wisconsin counties to do the recount by hand.
Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie B... |
7117376512595d85b6f46d9248bf1a4f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/11/30/federal-contracts-likely-biggest-factor-carrier-deal/94694326/ | Federal contracts likely biggest factor in Carrier deal | Federal contracts likely biggest factor in Carrier deal
INDIANAPOLIS — Carrier Corp.'s decision to keep hundreds of jobs in Indianapolis had more to do with federal contracts than state incentives, sources familiar with the deal told The Indianapolis Star.
Carrier is maintaining its Indianapolis operations largely beca... |
6c3de5c2df916b80a83a41c64fd38c9d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/11/30/report-lack-sleep-workers-drowsy-health-impact-costing-us-billions-rand-report-cdc/94658504/ | Report: Lack of sleep is costing the U.S. billions | Report: Lack of sleep is costing the U.S. billions
Americans aren’t getting enough sleep, and the result isn’t just a rough day at work, but billions of dollars down the drain each year, a new report found.
A lack of sleep among U.S. workers costs the U.S. economy up to $411 billion dollars a year, according to researc... |
5b7c7bea3896b5d09ad3e03f3bf2695d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/02/epogee-fat-substitute-weve-been-waiting/94829384/ | Is Epogee the fat substitute we've been waiting for? | Is Epogee the fat substitute we've been waiting for?
The dream of a fat substitute that delivers taste with no nasty side effects has long haunted food scientists. Now, an Indianapolis man thinks he has found the answer: Epogee, a new product that could revolutionize foods from peanut butter to baked goods to fries.
Dr... |
0c7a66d6781e1f425a31f54ccb56520f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/03/everything-gone-wildfire-evacuees-return-home/94889600/ | 'Everything is gone:' Tennessee wildfire evacuees return home | 'Everything is gone:' Tennessee wildfire evacuees return home
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Greg Bennett had no idea what might be waiting for him when he went to check on his church on Friday morning, four days after a deadly wildfire ripped through parts of downtown.
Friday was the first day residents and property owners were ... |
e2e8196e786df0e969fabbb25f82f2d1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/05/montalvan-author-veterans-advocate-dies/95016486/ | Best-selling author, veterans advocate dies | Best-selling author, veterans advocate dies
EL PASO — An Army veteran who overcame a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder to become a best-selling author and veterans advocate died over the weekend in El Paso.
Luis Carlos Montalvan, 43, died late Friday night at a downtown hotel, officials with the El Paso Pol... |
143fe813406f04112c314074d8829820 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/06/election-2016-recount-where-5-states-stand/95052042/ | Remember the recounts? Here's where they stand in these 5 states | Remember the recounts? Here's where they stand in these 5 states
Five states are now contending with requests for recounts of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is behind recount efforts in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, states where Republican Donald ... |
89cd683fada6a08f6badd4d4167557c5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/09/memphis-ties-homicide-record-recent-killings/95210494/ | Memphis breaks homicide record with 214 killings | Memphis breaks homicide record with 214 killings
MEMPHIS — Three people were shot and killed Friday in separate incidents, pushing Memphis to 214 homicides — a record for the city in one year.
The city hasn't seen this many killings in more than 20 years.
The record tally puts in Memphis in line with other major cities... |
0a313ff0800b9d95bda8cb5b961182ad | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/15/happy-birthday-ms-adele-oldest-american-celebrates-114-years/95489252/ | Happy Birthday, Ms. Adele! Oldest American celebrates 114 years | Happy Birthday, Ms. Adele! Oldest American celebrates 114 years
HUNTERDON COUNTY, N.J. — Lifelong New Jerseyan Adele Dunlap, who assumed the title of oldest American five months ago, marked her 114th birthday Monday with a balloon bouquet and a "Happy Birthday" serenade from fellow residents of the Hunterdon County car... |
42f31a5950723197274f5024487c6926 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/15/immigrants-rush-apply-citizenship-before-fee-hike/95479990/ | Immigrants rush to apply for citizenship before fee hike | Immigrants rush to apply for citizenship before fee hike
Immigrants are rushing to fill out citizenship applications before the federal government raises fees next week.
On Dec. 23, the Department of Homeland Security will increase application fees to apply for citizenship, renew a green card or have a family member im... |
f4119e80e7537262d5f7b9312aecf530 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/15/sheriff-joe-arpaio-probe-proves-obama-birth-certificate-fake/95500958/ | Sheriff Joe Arpaio renews birther claims about Obama's birth certificate | Sheriff Joe Arpaio renews birther claims about Obama's birth certificate
PHOENIX — It was a presentation hyped by a tauntingly brief media notification more than 24 hours earlier: On Thursday afternoon, it said, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio would present the newest revelations on an investigation into President O... |
76fdddb1385d66efe30db31613c2f224 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/19/family-husband-late-country-star-jean-shepard-killed-man-after-stabbing/95635668/ | Family: Husband of late country star Jean Shepard killed man after stabbing | Family: Husband of late country star Jean Shepard killed man after stabbing
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — The widower of country music singer Jean Shepard was trying to protect his granddaughter when he shot and killed a 21-year-old man in Hendersonville early Saturday, family members said.
But he was too late to save Icey S... |
5a11e54f4d79d3328996192072595a22 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/29/conor-kennedy-taylor-swifts-ex-arrested/95986100/ | Conor Kennedy, Taylor Swift's ex, arrested | Conor Kennedy, Taylor Swift's ex, arrested
DENVER — Conor Kennedy, eldest son of Robert Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist, and the grandson of Robert Kennedy, was arrested early Thursday morning in Aspen.
Police say Kennedy, 22, was involved in a fight in front of Bootsy Bellows nightclub on Hyman Avenue.
Kennedy ... |
d7e67759464da997e6ad3edb5642bac9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/29/cub-scouts-transgender-boy-family-grateful-support/95951310/ | Amid the maelstrom, transgender boy's family grateful for support | Amid the maelstrom, transgender boy's family grateful for support
SECAUCUS, N.J. — The mother of a transgender boy who was barred from being a Cub Scout had to fight back tears Wednesday as she read a letter from a Scout leader in Great Britain offering her 8-year-old son membership in his troop and adding: "We don't d... |
046b27a42221819fc6176ba4e61d8e59 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/29/synagogue-vandalism-menorah-holocaust-memorial/95948648/ | Synagogue gets outpouring of support after vandalism during Hanukkah | Synagogue gets outpouring of support after vandalism during Hanukkah
PHOENIX — Congregants at a Jewish synagogue in Sun City received an outpouring of community support this week after vandals attacked a Holocaust memorial and menorah on the first night of Hanukkah.
"It was just very shocking," said Irene Smith, presid... |
d8ea3882ff2a2767c5b3161e4e3ecee5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/30/student-dies-weightlifting-accident/95992420/ | Man bench pressing 315 pounds dies after barbell slips | Man bench pressing 315 pounds dies after barbell slips
DES MOINES — An Iowa State University student died earlier this week after a weightlifting accident at a gym in Ankeny, Iowa.
Kyle Thomson, 22, died Monday after a barbell he was lifting slipped from his hands and fell on his neck at Elite Edge Transformation Cente... |
499b7b9f479f4edee49ce8e9b1ed7239 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/06/florida-suspects-aunt-dont-know-why-happened/96265638/ | Florida suspect's aunt: ‘I don't know why this happened’ | Florida suspect's aunt: ‘I don't know why this happened’
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — The alleged gunman who authorities say killed at least five people at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday was an Army veteran who was born in New Jersey and a recent father who began to have problems about a month ago when a relative said he ... |
0106e98ccb54c2590f50743a88601242 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/07/fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting-what-we-know/96279672/ | Florida airport shooting: Charges, victim info, more on what we know now | Florida airport shooting: Charges, victim info, more on what we know now
Authorities on Saturday filed charges as they continue to hunt for a motive behind the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as more details about the incident emerge.
Five people were killed and six injured am... |
1c9acf5b3bb812bf40b31745168e7633 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/10/orlando-police-shooting-manhunt/96385046/ | Orlando police raise reward for suspect wanted in officer's death | Orlando police raise reward for suspect wanted in officer's death
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Authorities raised the reward for the whereabouts of a man accused of fatally shooting an Orlando police officer during a confrontation to $100,000 as the FBI placed the fugitive on its most wanted list.
Orange County, Fla., officials a... |
86306378b763714a4a2dd319c47b712a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/11/girl-dresses-up-like-ruth-bader-ginsburg-superhero-day-rbg-sends-letter/96453258/ | Girl dresses up like Ruth Bader Ginsburg for superhero day, RBG sends letter | Girl dresses up like Ruth Bader Ginsburg for superhero day, RBG sends letter
Who did the better impersonation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon or 8-year-old Michele Threefoot?
Sorry, Kate, but the Washington, D.C.-area third grader slayed so severely in her RBG g... |
2f96d2668cfb839c6a2d49b7eb62fbac | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/12/florida-man-bestiality-charges/96480684/ | Florida man arrested on bestiality charges | Florida man arrested on bestiality charges
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A 23-year-old Florida man was arrested on claims of sexual contact with an animal that allegedly went on for years before it was reported.
Bradley Jean Hubbard was arrested Monday at his Pensacola home after a family member reported the ongoing sexual assault... |
2a9911804168288f03c8ebd21e61571d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/12/orlando-police-shooting-suspect-manhunt-arrests/96486350/ | Arrests made, but Orlando still hunts for police shooting suspect | Arrests made, but Orlando still hunts for police shooting suspect
MELBOURNE, Fla. — A pair of arrests were made in the investigation of the man accused of fatally shooting an Orlando police officer, but the suspect remained at large, authorities said.
Acquaintances of Markeith Loyd, 41, were charged with accessory afte... |
e5c16ee8e217564986ec5c5bc08fcbf3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/16/blue-monday-today-most-depressing-day-year/96632236/ | Blue Monday: Is today the most depressing day of the year? | Blue Monday: Is today the most depressing day of the year?
Yup, it's Blue Monday.
The third Monday in January is supposedly the gloomiest day of the year as people come down from holiday-highs and look towards the distant light of summer.
But why is this day so much more depressing than all the others? Apparently, it’s... |
bf99afb564bf5bbb8e00106f5361e3c0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/17/markeith-loyd-captured/96693492/ | Orlando police: Accused police killer Markeith Loyd captured | Orlando police: Accused police killer Markeith Loyd captured
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Markeith Loyd, a fugitive who eluded police for nine days after authorities said he shot killed an Orlando police officer in a Walmart parking lot, was captured late Tuesday. The arrest brings to a close one of the largest manhunts in recent... |
040b904d6bb75ce69b756bfbc83f3529 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/18/here-oaths-office-donald-trump-and-mike-pence-take-friday/96722906/ | Here are the oaths of office Donald Trump and Mike Pence will take Friday | Here are the oaths of office Donald Trump and Mike Pence will take Friday
As thousands gather at the National Mall on Friday, Donald Trump will raise his right hand and utter 35 words to officially become the next president of the United States.
The constitution requires the presidential oath of office under Article 2,... |
05c7ab7873ebd8b738ceaf2521b51e06 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/19/african-american-cooks-chefs-presidents/96157792/ | Little-known African-American chefs fed presidents more than just food | Little-known African-American chefs fed presidents more than just food
DENVER – Our national palate owes a vast debt to African-American cooks and chefs who’ve largely been whitewashed from the history books, but a growing number of scholars, bloggers and authors are bringing new attention to those hidden hands.
Adrian... |
daeb8ede2b49c9d2e357119a4347048c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/21/ny-expand-access-free-abortion-contraception/96898932/ | N.Y. to expand access to free abortion, contraception | N.Y. to expand access to free abortion, contraception
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will strengthen existing regulations to require health insurers to provide free coverage for contraception and "medically necessary" abortions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.
The move comes in response to potential cuts to reproductive... |
48e4ccfdfdd92fce2929bff694101699 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/21/what-does-trumps-first-executive-order-mean-your-mortgage/96881572/ | What Trump’s first executive action on mortgage premium cuts means for you | What Trump’s first executive action on mortgage premium cuts means for you
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misidentified the action taken by the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump blocked an Obama administration policy Friday that would have reduced the cost of mortgages for mil... |
d23b318f93ffe8cde3001325f5217f6f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/24/boy-loses-leg-after-developing-life-threatening-infection/97014076/ | Boy loses leg after developing life-threatening infection | Boy loses leg after developing life-threatening infection
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A week ago Julian Maldonado was a typical 10-year-old who enjoyed fishing and playing with his siblings.
But on Tuesday his life changed when doctors were forced to amputate his left leg after he was diagnosed with a life-threatening musc... |
b7880724196d1f0881c39c2726c57a95 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/24/british-errant-missile-would-have-launched-off-florida-coast/97014082/ | Report: British 'errant missile' headed toward U.S. instead of Africa | Report: British 'errant missile' headed toward U.S. instead of Africa
MELBOURNE, Fla. — The Sunday Times of London reported over the weekend that an unarmed ballistic missile launched from a British submarine last June experienced a malfunction and headed toward Florida rather than toward open waters off the coast of A... |
0bc8b8f2ac363b05fdf83975debfd77f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/26/flag-burning-sets-off-clash-pedestrian-mall-iowa/97112798/ | Flag burning sets off clash at pedestrian mall in Iowa | Flag burning sets off clash at pedestrian mall in Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A group of protesters set fire to multiple American flags on the Iowa City pedestrian mall on Thursday, setting off a scuffle and heated verbal arguments with bystanders.
The flag burning was meant to protest racial and social injustice and U.S. i... |
3530e62690374e4a6bc8a52e2c6b02ca | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/26/holocaust-survivor-told-story-thousands-students/97075714/ | Holocaust survivor told story to thousands of students | Holocaust survivor told story to thousands of students
MILWAUKEE — Jack Marcus could have died on the day in 1939 when the Nazis rounded up all the Jews in his hometown in Poland and executed everyone.
He could have died as a prisoner at Auschwitz or Dachau, or he could have lost his life on a death march in the ending... |
4c5d66e739e413b861ecd4627feb7a73 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/27/kentucky-trump-order-devastating-local-refugees/97164532/ | In Kentucky, Trump order ‘devastating’ to local refugees | In Kentucky, Trump order ‘devastating’ to local refugees
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — President Trump on Friday signed an executive order for “extreme vetting” measures aimed at temporarily halting the flow of refugees, a move that was met with dismay and anxiety in Louisville’s large refugee community, whose growth stood to be s... |
7fff8c6edd44a7618aa7f6e6db4a0bcb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/27/ny-refugees-awaiting-family-face-uncertainty-fear/97166948/ | In N.Y., refugees awaiting family face uncertainty, fear | In N.Y., refugees awaiting family face uncertainty, fear
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The first thing Charlotte Gosso does after she wakes up in her small, dark apartment is make breakfast for her two sons — Ephraim, who is 10, and Guy, who is 22, with a steady smile and a disability that will restrict him to his bed for the rest... |
c956a45732ad2de326c5d84f5709e8f6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/27/trump-executive-order-sows-fear-among-refugees-ariz/97175190/ | Trump executive order sows fear among refugees in Ariz. | Trump executive order sows fear among refugees in Ariz.
PHOENIX — Ibado Mahmud came to the United States as a refugee in 1993 after fleeing the civil war in her native Somalia and spending more than two years living in a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya.
She is one of 7,193 Somali refugees resettled in Arizona since 1... |
0a93af17657b4146c85e2a710d6fafd7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/29/pastor-gets-prison-fraud-run-church/97222186/ | Pastor gets prison for fraud run from church | Pastor gets prison for fraud run from church
DETROIT — Growing up, Pastor Julius Baker lost his father to prison and a brother to violence.
Years later, he lost his church to money troubles, then his house.
Along the way, he lost himself.
In a fall-from-grace story that landed a onetime aspiring Detroit preacher behind... |
1ce8f062b4aefbb806c210f2bbc176c1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/29/st-jude-proton-therapy-cancer/97218376/ | St. Jude proton therapy hits milestone in childhood cancer fight | St. Jude proton therapy hits milestone in childhood cancer fight
MEMPHIS — Megan Vess, a pony-tailed 15 year old who would rather be hunting in the mountains of her native North Carolina, instead finds herself on a January afternoon tracing the familiar route leading to the St. Jude Red Frog Events Proton Therapy Cente... |
1f5ed158fba1ae6b42a4f4ed35d5204c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/30/boy-scouts-reverse-transgender-ban-nj-boy-asked-return/97271990/ | As Boy Scouts reverse transgender ban, N.J. boy asked to return | As Boy Scouts reverse transgender ban, N.J. boy asked to return
SECAUCUS, N.J. — An 8-year-old North Jersey transgender boy who was forced out of the Cub Scouts because he was born a girl was asked to rejoin in what amounts to a major shift in policy for the Boy Scouts of America, which issued a statement Monday night ... |
631d73df79c1522981a59ea2d271f76b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/02/punxsutawney-phil-sees-shadow-predicts-6-more-weeks-winter/97388078/?utm_source=related_stories&utm_medium=Presto&utm_campaign=PVs | Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter | Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil made his famous weather prediction Thursday morning, emerging from his burrow to see his shadow.
That means, according to Groundhog Day tradition, the U.S. will brave another six weeks of winter.
The groundhog, emerging from a sleep, squea... |
044b3aed98647fbea6b58a9d10f3ef5d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/03/kansas-esther-brown-education/97423458/ | Kansas housewife stood up to segregation injustice | Kansas housewife stood up to segregation injustice
Before the landmark 1954 school desegregation ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, there was Webb v. School District No. 90. Both cases centered on the rights of black children to get an education, and behind both was the surprising tenacity of a white woman named Es... |
805e67a0a4c633c8c24fa286f6b6640c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/06/sex-before-first-date-intimacy-online-app-dating-sites-match-singles-america-dating-taboos/97341904/ | Survey: Sleeping together before a first date is a-OK, but cracked phones are a put off | Survey: Sleeping together before a first date is a-OK, but cracked phones are a put off
If you thought sleeping with someone before a first date was a no-go, but texting during a date was OK, think again.
While the rule of thumb may have been wait to have sex until a third date, 34% of singles have had sex before a fir... |
1efab29b64af33c93fbd0f0a9d51d4b5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/08/ariz-man-gets-30-years-islamic-state-inspired-attack/97667984/ | Ariz. man gets 30 years for Islamic State-inspired attack | Ariz. man gets 30 years for Islamic State-inspired attack
PHOENIX — An Arizona man convicted of an Islamic State-inspired attack on a Prophet Mohammed art contest in Texas has been sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by lifetime probation.
Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem's case marked the first time in the United States ... |
13ee440dc6627a3adfc1f8b50035e593 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/08/first-3-trials-set-begin-bundy-ranch-standoff/97631924/ | First of 3 trials set to begin in Bundy ranch standoff | First of 3 trials set to begin in Bundy ranch standoff
PHOENIX — Opening statements in the first trial of those accused of taking up arms against federal agents near Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch will begin Thursday in Las Vegas.
The Bundy trials will determine one of the West’s most high-profile land-use cases, which er... |
ad995707819d0d630c7bfe4f5a0863c6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/09/watch-honey-runs-down-walls-bee-infested-texas-home/97695924/ | Watch: Honey runs down the walls of bee-infested Texas home | Watch: Honey runs down the walls of bee-infested Texas home
A request for a roofing job at a fixer-upper in Texas led a homeowner to a sticky discovery: Honey dripping down the walls in thin lines, forming sticky, syrupy puddles on the floor.
The cause: Bees, of course. About 50,000 of them, Latanja Levine told Texas’ ... |
5db9b9f010af33da693579122023a242 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/10/heroin-epidemic-overdoses/97745102/ | 1 day, 1 city: 43 overdoses, 1 death | 1 day, 1 city: 43 overdoses, 1 death
LOUISVILLE — Authorities handled more than 40 overdoses Thursday — including one fatal case in a moving car — nearly doubling what Kentucky's largest city has dealt with daily this year.
After receiving 695 overdose calls in January, about 22 a day, Louisville Metro Emergency Servic... |
535d024e2a20a160a47d319121746172 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/12/olivia-hooker-civil-rights-trailblazer-turns-102/97822528/ | Olivia Hooker, civil-rights trailblazer, turns 102 | Olivia Hooker, civil-rights trailblazer, turns 102
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — When you're Olivia Hooker, it's okay to talk about age, especially since she's achieved so much and still has an engaging smile and strong mind.
Hooker turned 102 years old on Sunday — sharing a birthday with President Abraham Lincoln and an incredib... |
84b6a70b57ae02ac72cb9653d30f1e28 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/13/80-year-old-woman-caught-sword-her-cane-airport-tsa-says/97852402/ | 80-year-old woman caught with sword in her cane at airport, TSA says | 80-year-old woman caught with sword in her cane at airport, TSA says
An 80-year-old woman had no idea that her trusty walking cane contained a hidden sword until the cane went through security at a South Carolina airport, the Transportation Security Administration said.
With a twist and tug, the elegant cane's bronze h... |
dce0a8707306900d3d2ccf88c1e8013d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/17/mom-banned-mcdonalds-over-play-areas-now-working-chuck-e-cheese-peter-piper-pizza/98030712/ | Mom banned from McDonald's over play areas now working with Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza | Mom banned from McDonald's over play areas now working with Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza
PHOENIX — A Chandler, Ariz., mom who was banned from McDonald’s after she made national news when swab tests of restaurant play areas showed life-threatening pathogens has partnered with another national, kid-friendly chain.
... |
6f07e642b705ee85db79d9ef4d775ac0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/22/anne-franks-stepsister-decries-racism-recalls-holocaust/98244188/ | Anne Frank's stepsister decries racism, recalls Holocaust | Anne Frank's stepsister decries racism, recalls Holocaust
KNOXVILLE Tenn. — Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss sees parallels between the 1940s, when Jews fleeing the Nazis were denied entry into safe countries, and the plight of today's refugees.
"The world is not at peace now," Schloss told a full Knoxville Civic Auditor... |
c817cea4e8c7e68d63e980d1fb6966a6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/22/powerball-jackpot-winning-numbers/98288140/ | One winning ticket sold for $435M Powerball jackpot in Lafayette, Indiana | One winning ticket sold for $435M Powerball jackpot in Lafayette, Indiana
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version misspelled the last name of the Hoosier Lottery spokesman. It is Rosebrough.
LOUISVILLE — The winning ticket for Wednesday's Powerball drawing, which was worth an estimated $435 million, was sold a... |
2e4a7721dbaeaea39167a616aae3249c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/22/sanctuary-churches-movement/98247276/ | Churches increasingly feel need to offer sanctuary to undocumented migrants | Churches increasingly feel need to offer sanctuary to undocumented migrants
A woman from Mexico who entered the United States illegally feared a meeting with immigration officials would end in her deportation.
So she skipped it and turned to a place she knew would provide her safe haven — the First Unitarian Society of... |
4acabaf059963aeb996c0a1fe7ca5228 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/28/got-milk-kind-you-should-drinking/98322592/ | Got milk? This is the kind you should be drinking | Got milk? This is the kind you should be drinking
The diversity in the modern milk market — spurred by the eye-catching emergence of alternatives — makes choosing a half-gallon of the refrigerator staple more complicated these days.
But nutritionists advise there never was a reason to stray from good old fashioned cow'... |
ab131840423453596a730335cde2ec49 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/01/real-fake-ghost-man-photobombs-ga-teens-selfie/98582092/ | Real or fake? Ghost man photobombs Ga. teen's selfie | Real or fake? Ghost man photobombs Ga. teen's selfie
Do you believe in ghosts?
An eerie Facebook photo has some believing a Georgia teen’s haunting selfie might show a person from the other side.
The picture shows a girl sitting inside the back seat of a vehicle with two men standing just outside the rear window.
“This... |
fa5e294b0a6d6630a14990540f392968 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/02/detainee-brain-tumor-released-seek-treatment/98671572/ | Detainee with brain tumor released to seek treatment | Detainee with brain tumor released to seek treatment
DALLAS — A 26-year-old Salvadoran asylum seeker with a brain tumor who had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for 15 months was released on bond Thursday afternoon so she can seek medical treatment.
Sara Beltran Hernandez's family in New York posted... |
aa868fab7319a261a46fb8d489088644 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/02/parents-say-good-sex-makes-happy-family-but-struggle-find-time-get/98638350/ | Parents say good sex makes a happy family, but struggle to find time to get it on | Parents say good sex makes a happy family, but struggle to find time to get it on
Parents overwhelmingly agree that a good sex life is a key to a happy family life, according to a recent survey.
The only problem? It’s easier said than done.
Nearly 90% of parents say having a good sex life is essential to their family's... |
ca7da6af1291632e5bc693730ea2e253 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/02/strangers-mile-apart-sisters/98625896/ | They live a mile apart, didn't know they are sisters | They live a mile apart, didn't know they are sisters
FISHERS, Ind. — The idea gnawed at Lennia "Nia" Hayes for weeks, months even.
She knew she had an older sister whom she'd never met, but she was scared.
What if the woman wanted nothing to do with her? Would she be opening a Pandora's box? She already had a big, lovi... |
77fcae9be18c125cdde1a9fa8fc0f3f4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/02/sweet-reason-why-kids-reading-shelter-dogs-mo/98625332/ | The sweet reason why kids are reading to shelter dogs in Mo. | The sweet reason why kids are reading to shelter dogs in Mo.
A group of students celebrated Read Across America Day by reading Dr. Seuss books to anxious shelter animals at the Humane Society of Missouri this week.
Across the country, schools and community centers celebrate Read Across America Day, which celebrates Dr.... |
4a75c58106260c67494af782c35b65f2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/02/what-know-before-getting-plastic-surgery-mommy-makeover/98643500/ | What to know before getting a plastic surgery ‘mommy makeover’ | What to know before getting a plastic surgery ‘mommy makeover’
Moms unhappy with post-pregnancy bodies are turning to plastic surgery now more than ever, according to plastic surgery experts.
Within the past five years, the term “mommy makeover” has become synonymous with package-deal type surgeries which typically inc... |
6b6e0ebbb483955c68ae1ce16f912a17 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/03/tsa-rolls-out-new-more-intimate-airport-pat-downs/98713844/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark | TSA rolls out new, 'more intimate' airport pat-downs | TSA rolls out new, 'more intimate' airport pat-downs
REDDING, Calif. — The Transportation Security Administration has started using a new and more rigorous pat-down at airports, which one passenger this week likened to “groin scrutiny.”
Nico Melendez, a public affairs manager for TSA, confirmed that the new pat-down pr... |
5eace870a7c3c5f4d9dfbef554a26b7b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/07/us-slips-seventh-best-country-world-after-trump-election-switzerland-tops-list/98816470/ | U.S. slips to seventh best country in the world after Trump election, Switzerland tops the list | U.S. slips to seventh best country in the world after Trump election, Switzerland tops the list
It may be too early to expect President Donald Trump to fulfill his campaign promise of “making America great again,” but it's clear that he has his work cut out for him. A new ranking of the best countries shows America has... |
2ba8f739720cc30b065c2787aa2e0fc2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/07/wikileaks-cia-hacking-what-we-know/98849494/ | WikiLeaks says it has exposed the CIA's hacking operations. Here's what we know now | WikiLeaks says it has exposed the CIA's hacking operations. Here's what we know now
WikiLeaks, known for its high-profile releases of confidential government information, has published a trove of documents it says exposes the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's hacking operations.
In a statement, the CIA declined to com... |
dd1c41dfaa62efb98b2b5fdd8cd3c162 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/08/dont-tell-women-to-smile/98906528/ | Why you shouldn't tell a woman to smile | Why you shouldn't tell a woman to smile
There's nothing wrong with smiling, but telling someone to smile probably won't make them happy.
"Telling anybody to do anything can rub you the wrong way, particularly if it’s not natural to you," said biological anthropologist Helen Fisher.
Women know this, because when a woman... |
533f6534ce4bfe279bac36b6a02b0554 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/08/one-five-say-women-interior-men-global-study-reports/98892816/ | One in five say women are inferior to men, global study reports | One in five say women are inferior to men, global study reports
A fifth of men and women surveyed globally say women are inferior to men or shouldn't aspire to work outside of the house, according to data released Tuesday by Ipsos MORI.
Nineteen percent of men surveyed say women should hold domestic duties and 14% of w... |
ebb7effe113a749ca8c9a796b40769fc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/09/arizona-no-daylight-saving-time/98964644/ | Why Arizona doesn't observe daylight-saving time | Why Arizona doesn't observe daylight-saving time
PHOENIX — On Sunday, America moves its clocks forward in an effort to save daylight.
But not here in Arizona. Clocks will remain untouched as daylight-saving time officially starts.
The Grand Canyon State is just fine where it is as the nation springs ahead.
That's becau... |
edb203bae9f48e2f0a6079bf5265262d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/10/memphis-lynching-peoples-grocery-125-years/99004756/ | Marking 125 years since lynching that launched Ida B. Wells' campaign | Marking 125 years since lynching that launched Ida B. Wells' campaign
MEMPHIS — On the 125th anniversary of a lynching in Memphis that launched the anti-lynching crusade of noted journalist Ida B. Wells, those attending remembrance events Thursday were cautioned that the circumstances that led to the lynching of three ... |
2879a6f05be60114bf949cae45e86169 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/10/strawberries-and-these-other-foods-have-most-pesticides/98966374/ | Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides | Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides
Eating pesticide-free may mean a diet with fewer strawberries, or at least eating their organic versions.
Strawberries topped the Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen" list of produce with the most pesticides. It's the second straight year strawberries h... |
aa2bc351481050b68cbeffa1f57f8434 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/10/world-drink-13-million-pints-guinness-st-patricks-day/99005898/ | The world will drink 13 million pints of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day | The world will drink 13 million pints of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day
If you're doing it right, you'll have yourself a Guinness this St. Patrick's Day.
And you'll be in good company. Personal finance company WalletHub says 56% of Americans will celebrate on March 17 and the world will gulp 13 million pints of the dark... |
3ebad19086207e844234b73aac7fdf22 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/14/arthritic-ankle-you-can-get-new-one/99195818/ | Arthritic ankle? You can get a new one | Arthritic ankle? You can get a new one
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Marilyn Utz is tough. She’s lived with arthritis for a long time, getting both knees and a shoulder replaced along the way. Three years ago her right ankle started to go, and it became unbearable.
“I walked around with a brace for two-and-a-half years, getting ... |
b91daf019d037952535aa1a2754dfc20 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/14/southern-baptist-leaders-unite-donald-trump/99155194/ | Baptist leaders unite in wake of controversy over Trump | Baptist leaders unite in wake of controversy over Trump
NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore — an outspoken critic of President Trump — and another top-ranking denominational leader discussed strengthening ties across the Protestant network of churches in a Monday meeting that occurred amid buzz that Moore... |
a7786065af8b0534de56a60ac749e970 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/14/world-watches-nesting-eagles-fight-storm-save-eggs/99191346/?hootPostID=3bc91f0be6e054de0edc37765ee9137a | World watches nesting eagles fight storm to save eggs | World watches nesting eagles fight storm to save eggs
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Winter storm Stella brutalized parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, but one undaunted couple fought the forces of nature to protect their offspring.
Mr. President and The First Lady, a bald eagle pair nesting at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washin... |
b38dc374716c165bfa2f1a57e25f5b45 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/15/hijab-becomes-symbol-resistance-feminism-age-trump/98475212/ | Hijab becomes symbol of resistance, feminism in the age of Trump | Hijab becomes symbol of resistance, feminism in the age of Trump
WASHINGTON — For Sameeha Ahmad, the decision to put on the hijab came in psychology class at the University of Maryland. She hadn't worn one for five years. Her mom did, as did her sister. But like many young Muslim women across the U.S., the very indepen... |
67023e11effbbaa7ce30d2947706676e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/15/surname-change-hitler/99229104/ | Self-proclaimed Nazi dad wants to change name to Hitler | Self-proclaimed Nazi dad wants to change name to Hitler
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A self-proclaimed Nazi who drew national attention when a supermarket refused to decorate a birthday cake for his son wants to change his surname to Hitler.
Isidore Heath Campbell submitted a request Feb. 14 to Hunterdon County Superior Co... |
c4d41e00f43adb761c96ba2287c3e439 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/16/march-vasectomy-madness/99276398/ | Need time for March Madness? Get a vasectomy, guys | Need time for March Madness? Get a vasectomy, guys
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the nation's elite college basketball teams dream of cutting the nets at the end of March Madness, a lot of men are working on cutting something else: their vas deferens.
Those are the tubes that carry sperm from a man's testicles to his urethra, m... |
e0590a6aa0e9741752b5a5ffbb337298 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/17/california-gym-welcome-marijuana-use-during-workouts/99219302/ | World's first marijuana gym is in (where else?) California | World's first marijuana gym is in (where else?) California
A San Francisco gym slated to open this fall will encourage clients to use cannabis as part of their fitness routine.
Power Plant Fitness clients will have the option to bring their own cannabis or order edibles, the gym’s preferred form of cannabis, while they... |
3296b1bc59efc9657e99adc6f57d4026 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/17/michigan-state-employee-resigned-after-removing-usa-gymnastics-doctors-patient-files/99336328/ | Michigan State employee resigned after removing USA Gymnastics doctor’s patient files | Michigan State employee resigned after removing USA Gymnastics doctor’s patient files
EAST LANSING, Mich. — An Michigan State University doctor resigned a month after she learned the school was "seriously considering" terminating her employment based on her knowledge of sexual assault allegations against the USA Gymnas... |
80f3527056fd0fff33ba1daa1dba9034 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/17/police-shooting-mentally-ill-black-man/99321362/ | Man streams video on Facebook as officers shoot him | Man streams video on Facebook as officers shoot him
ALAMO, Tenn. — At least one Crockett County sheriff's deputy killed a bipolar black man parked sideways on a ramp to a U.S. highway as the man recorded the shooting on live streaming video.
Rodney James Hess, 36, a New Orleans native who had been living in Texas City,... |
e68bac9467da0879bd5b2cd0fb351383 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/18/wisconsin-familys-cottage-center-property-rights-dispute-before-supreme-court/99359356/ | Wisconsin family’s cottage at center of property rights dispute before Supreme Court | Wisconsin family’s cottage at center of property rights dispute before Supreme Court
MILWAUKEE — Like many visitors to Washington, D.C., Donna Murr has seen the U.S. Supreme Court as a tourist.
On Monday, the Eau Claire resident and her family will be inside the court as parties when the court hears oral arguments in t... |
143e78cb58e386bbcf4a97434909f544 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/20/how-talk-your-children-sex-abuse-early-and-often/99203918/ | How to talk to your children about sex abuse 'early and often' | How to talk to your children about sex abuse 'early and often'
When it comes to talking to your children about sex abuse, the motto should be start "early and often," according to Kimberlee D. Norris, co-founder of nationwide litigation practice, Love + Norris, which represents victims of child sexual abuse.
In many se... |
520327f2adb33483e07705e93b6b833c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/22/timeline-elizabeth-thomas-disappearance/99480928/ | Man searched 'teen marriage' before kidnapping | Man searched 'teen marriage' before kidnapping
NASHVILLE — The man accused of kidnapping 15-year-old former student Elizabeth Thomas searched the Internet for information on "teen marriage," according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Tuesday evening.
Tad Cummins searched the web for teen marriage March 5, just ... |
8e4aa938868b8c8694573214cf673508 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/23/u-shaped-nyc-skyscraper-would-longest-world/99526670/ | U-shaped NYC skyscraper would be ‘longest in the world’ | U-shaped NYC skyscraper would be ‘longest in the world’
A Greek-born architect has an answer for New York City condo developers hungry for more height: The Big Bend.
Ioannis Oikonomou, architect and founder of Oiio Studio, says go “long instead of tall" in Manhattan. Oiio Studio recently released a vision for a U-shape... |
211b17f931189c0347e05a446ec7130d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/23/your-iphones-dirtier-than-toilet-and-so-these-other-everyday-items/99530570/ | Your iPhone's dirtier than a toilet — and so are these other everyday items | Your iPhone's dirtier than a toilet — and so are these other everyday items
The next time you answer your smartphone and press it firmly to your face, consider this: Are you touching fecal matter right now?
Quite possibly. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found fecal matter on one out of ... |
1ecbb7f1a58058a3146165cbc5dd0a24 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/24/s-spring-heres-how-allergy-proof-each-room-your-home/99563062/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnation-topstories | It's spring. Here's how to allergy-proof each room of your home | It's spring. Here's how to allergy-proof each room of your home
This story was originally published March of 2017.
It's allergy season again and pollen counts are up across much of the nation. And if you think you can retreat indoors to relieve your sniffles, think again.
Two thirds of people with allergies suffer them... |
4a6b94b7e531d5bb862bbdfec7c2871a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/25/spacex-try-prove-its-rockets-reusable-second-launch/99616794/ | SpaceX will try to prove its rockets are reusable with second launch | SpaceX will try to prove its rockets are reusable with second launch
All those cool rocket landings SpaceX has pulled off over the past year or so?
They’ll amount to little more than expensive stunts unless the company shows that those recovered Falcon 9 boosters can be re-launched again. And again. And again.
SpaceX’s... |
57920f2559859bf0c541cf9850db5d08 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/28/horrifying-footage-shows-escalator-reverse-hong-kong-mall/99721484/ | Horrifying footage shows escalator reverse at Hong Kong mall | Horrifying footage shows escalator reverse at Hong Kong mall
Multiple people were injured Saturday after an escalator at a Hong Kong mall suddenly reversed.
Horrifying surveillance footage shows shoppers fly backwards as the escalator at the Langham Place shopping mall reversed at an increased speed. According to CNN, ... |
94d716cf8bdbd5ef028cf0e517dbe013 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/28/hospital-full-time-comfort-dog/99727894/ | Hospital 'hires' full-time comfort dog | Hospital 'hires' full-time comfort dog
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — One of the newest employees at East Tennessee Children's Hospital is a four-legged friend whose job is to brighten staffers' and patients' days.
Farley, a golden retriever puppy born in October, is the hospital's first-ever full-time comfort animal. The lovable ... |
87d9c33ef3c7264a1a600b5c32b58df5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/29/missing-indonesian-man-swallowed-whole-reticulated-python/99771300/ | Indonesian farmer swallowed whole by 23-foot-long python | Indonesian farmer swallowed whole by 23-foot-long python
A missing Indonesian man was found inside a massive python on the island of Sulawesi, according to local authorities and news reports.
Villagers found the body of Akbar Salubiro, 25, after cutting open a 23-foot-long reticulated python,The Jakarta Post reported.
... |
276019cae92a01d199d8c9eae3a9780e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/30/interstate-85-massive-fire-atlanta/99849834/ | Interstate 85 collapses in massive fire in Atlanta | Interstate 85 collapses in massive fire in Atlanta
ATLANTA — A massive fire caused a portion of heavily traveled Interstate 85 to collapse in northeast Atlanta Thursday evening.
Firefighters moved out from underneath the span just in the nick of time to avoid injury, a Atlanta Fire Department spokesman told WSB-TV.
The... |
fe1996213cb485709578baf895b50b2f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/30/nc-lawmakers-reach-agreement-hb2-repeal/99811938/ | North Carolina governor signs measure to roll back 'bathroom bill' | North Carolina governor signs measure to roll back 'bathroom bill'
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law Thursday a compromise bill to roll back HB2, the measure on bathroom access and discrimination that colored the state's image and sparked continued bickering among residents and political leaders after it ... |
9c62e29cf912d8d6419d7077d7cd440b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/30/you-know-those-baby-boxes-s-nonsense-some-experts-say/99776956/ | Baby boxes are all the buzz, but are they bunk? | Baby boxes are all the buzz, but are they bunk?
Corrections & Clarifications: Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this story misstated the percentage of baby box recipients in Finland who used it as an infant sleep space in a 2011 poll. Forty-two percent used it in that way.
If all goes to plan, more tha... |
585742e81a34e129134eae0a3310017d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/31/interstate-85-collapse-atlanta/99861524/ | Rebuilding I-85 bridge will 'take at least several months' | Rebuilding I-85 bridge will 'take at least several months'
ATLANTA — Atlanta area residents will have to get used to the absence of one of the city's main traffic arteries after officials said it will take "at least several months" to rebuild a portion of a bridge that collapsed on Interstate 85 on Thursday.
Georgia De... |
402e3dfeb3875e400d1b5f1e8695f5c4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/31/judge-blocks-shutdown-kys-only-abortion-clinic/99889138/ | Judge blocks shutdown of Ky.’s only abortion clinic | Judge blocks shutdown of Ky.’s only abortion clinic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the efforts of Gov. Matt Bevin's administration to shut down Kentucky's last abortion provider.
The order issued Friday by U.S. District Judge Greg Stivers follows a lawsuit by EMW Women's Surgical Center in Lo... |
913d32d742e99eb1fb665ad9f2bb482d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/31/millennials-botox/99866902/ | Why millennials are flocking to Botox | Why millennials are flocking to Botox
INDIANAPOLIS — Botox used to be for Boomers, but not anymore. Increasingly younger women are embracing the injections that promise to smooth out wrinkles and result in a more youthful appearance.
Millennials and Gen Xers are heading to plastic surgeons or dermatologists not to undo... |
9601b790cf8100e7992cb0bea9c52e13 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/31/professor-tweets-trying-not-vomit-after-passenger-gives-up-seat-soldier/99861126/ | Professor tweets 'trying not to vomit' after passenger gives up seat to soldier | Professor tweets 'trying not to vomit' after passenger gives up seat to soldier
A Drexel University associate professor is under fire after tweeting that he was “trying not to vomit” while witnessing a first class passenger give up his seat to an armed service member on a flight.
George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate ... |
e3bf34d2b1824bc619c6b2e3638d4635 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/05/report-race-and-location-play-big-part-doctor-compensation-physician-compensation-report-medscape/100027520/ | Report: Race and location play a big part in doctor pay | Report: Race and location play a big part in doctor pay
It’s no secret that doctors in certain specialties make more than others, but an annual survey found that location and race also make a difference when it comes to pay.
The Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2017 found that physician salaries average $294,000 ... |
0b0e59c725ce2d91facdfd51d2fc9908 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/06/2017-may-very-bad-year-lyme-disease/100120496/ | Why 2017 may be a very bad year for Lyme disease | Why 2017 may be a very bad year for Lyme disease
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — An unusually large abundance of acorns in the northeast two years ago fueled a population boom of white-footed mice last year.
And those tiny mice are breakfast, lunch and dinner to ticks, dozens of which can attach themselves to a single rodent, fe... |
3280149acb60c51ff77bed311b5ad7dd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/06/mass-man-has-pay-more-than-30k-negative-yelp-review/100113022/?utm_campaign=Aaron%20Weiche&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter | Massachusetts man has to pay more than $30K for negative Yelp review | Massachusetts man has to pay more than $30K for negative Yelp review
A Massachusetts jewelry store employee must pay $34,500 to a competing jeweler after he posted a negative review of the store on Yelp that a jury decided was fake.
In late March, a jury found Adam Jacobs, who works for Quincy-based Toodie's Fine Jewel... |
442113f24dd4a9ff80a8123c63ea6bf2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/06/war-torn-syria-how-you-can-help/100114114/ | War-torn Syria: How you can help | War-torn Syria: How you can help
Images and videoof the aftermath of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria show the horrific deaths of some of the youngest victims in the ongoing civil war.
The attacks killed more than 70 people, including nearly a dozen children, and triggered international condemnation. Since ... |
246cceda0704f9f03bdff3b6b2e16e92 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/08/even-kentucky-coal-museum-going-solar/100205662/ | Even the Kentucky Coal Museum is going solar | Even the Kentucky Coal Museum is going solar
BENHAM, Ky. —Inside the Kentucky Coal Museum, visitors can peruse plenty of memorabilia on mining and the commonwealth's coal camps. But on the roof, they'll find a display dedicated to an unexpected industry: Solar power.
In a cost-saving move, this museum in eastern Kentuc... |
c58c8bd02b2950d9bdd461052e2857a4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/08/report-ala-gov-bentley-misused-vehicles-personnel-affair/100206764/ | Report: Alabama's governor misused vehicles, personnel for affair | Report: Alabama's governor misused vehicles, personnel for affair
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama's governor pursued an increasingly public relationship with a senior political adviser that cut or strained ties with his wife and family, led him to misuse state workers and vehicles and in at least two cases threatened a staf... |
10df1995657333c6cac89cfebdc30583 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/11/teacher-aboard-united-flight-removed-students/100327772/ | Teacher on United flight took students off plane after incident | Teacher on United flight took students off plane after incident
LOUISVILLE — The doctor pulled off a United Airlines plane Sunday night has been weighing on the mind of a high school teacher who was seated about five rows ahead of the man.
Jason Powell, a teacher at Louisville Male High School, was on the flight with s... |
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