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Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians boiled over this week, escalating rapidly into one of the worst rounds of violence between the two sides in the last several years. An already tense situation prompted by moves to evict Palestinian families from their homes near the Old City in Jerusalem exploded at one of the holiest sites
Continue ReadingHere’s some information about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus, called Covid-19 by WHO, originated in China and is the cousin of the SARS virus. Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that are common among animals. The viruses can make people sick, usually with
Continue ReadingIsaac Rothbart’s twins had always known their daddy doesn’t like fireworks. But he’d never told his kids why. Then, while celebrating their fifth birthday at Disney World, the family wound up close to an unexpected pyrotechnics show. Rothbart “didn’t react well.” His wife noticed him shutting down and ushered the whole family indoors. That’s when
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The nine-month old Bengal tiger that has been missing for days in Houston was found Saturday and was transferred to the appropriate authorities, officials said. “We are happy to report that the missing tiger seen in a Houston neighborhood last week has been found and appears to be unharmed,” Houston police tweeted. Houston Police Commander
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Jose Ramos looked up from his dinner and met a strange sight outside his Houston home last Sunday. A tiger. He grabbed his phone, snapped a few pictures of the animal sitting in his front yard and posted them in a neighborhood forum, where the shots quickly grabbed the attention of an off-duty deputy living
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Just before the CDC’s new mask guidance for vaccinated people became the country’s hot Covid-19 topic, a different feature of the pandemic was falling by the wayside: temperature checks at amusement parks. Several Florida theme parks — Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando Resort, Legoland Florida, SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay — said recently
Continue ReadingThe nine-month old Bengal tiger that has been missing for days in Houston was found Saturday and was transferred to the appropriate authorities, officials said. “We are happy to report that the missing tiger seen in a Houston neighborhood last week has been found and appears to be unharmed,” Houston police tweeted. Houston Police Commander
Continue ReadingIsrael bombed a house in Gaza where a family had gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan and an office housing international media as a new flurry of Hamas missiles rained down on Tel Aviv Saturday, increasing fears that a de-escalation of the conflict could soon be out of reach. The Jala’a building, which was
Continue ReadingIt’s a wild story about a wild animal, but you won’t find this tiger tale on Netflix. A Bengal tiger last seen in a west Houston neighborhood on Sunday is still missing, according to police. Investigators have fielded hundreds of calls in connection to the 9-month-old cat named India, police said. But they still don’t
Continue ReadingFollowing the release of footage showing the death of a Black man as deputies forcibly removed him from his cell, a South Carolina sheriff announced changes to address the safety of mentally ill inmates. “Our responsibly was the safety of Jamal Sutherland and he died in our facility, so we need to examine that,” Charleston
Continue ReadingThe University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after reaching a settlement agreement, a statement from the UC system said. UC first announced the new policy on April 1, 2020, for incoming freshman in fall of 2021, and in May of 2020 the regents board extended the policy
Continue ReadingA Union Pacific train derailed Saturday afternoon in Albert Lea, Minnesota, according to local authorities. No injuries have been reported among the crew, according to the rail operator. The 50-car train was traveling by Goose Lake when the accident happened, per the Albert Lea Police Department, about 10 miles north of the state border with
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden was at the wooded Camp David retreat in Maryland when he first heard Colonial Pipeline had been hacked. Briefed in one of the mountainside lodges by senior advisers and aides from the National Security Council, Biden quickly realized the incident — and subsequent shutdown of the company’s pipeline supplying fuel to the
Continue ReadingFrom gravity-defying dunks and in-air acrobatics to an unquenchable thirst for dominance and an overt disdain for anything shy of excellence, Kobe Bryant spent much of his life following in the footsteps left by Michael Jordan’s iconic Nike sneakers. This weekend that path winds its way into New England, where Jordan will once more show
Continue ReadingA 50-car train derailed Saturday afternoon in Albert Lea, Minnesota, according to local authorities. The accident happened by Goose Lake, per the Albert Lea Police Department, about 10 miles north of the state border with Iowa. Albert Lea is about 100 miles south of Minneapolis. It was not immediately clear how many cars left the
Continue ReadingIt’s true: “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” is ending after a seven year run. But he’s not going far — the show is just changing its name. Beginning Monday at 10 pm ET, the two-hour program will be called “Don Lemon Tonight.” The anchorman triggered a frenzy late Friday after he said something cryptic about
Continue ReadingFormer acting Attorney General Sally Yates bemoaned House Republicans’ decision to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post for challenging former President Donald Trump’s lie that he won the 2020 presidential election, saying she never thought she’d cheer on the GOP congresswoman “for simply telling the truth.” “I never thought that I’d be saying,
Continue ReadingThe official in charge of purchasing military hardware for the US Air Force suggested slashing the total number of Lockheed Martin F-35 jets for the service by more than half late last year, according to two former defense officials involved in the discussions who spoke with CNN. The news comes as Congressional criticism of the
Continue ReadingDemocrats in Washington have approved trillions of dollars to help Americans weather the coronavirus pandemic, but Republican state officials are pulling back relief for low-income Americans by turning away federal money. In little more than a week, 17 governors have announced they’ll be cutting off pandemic unemployment benefits early, the latest being West Virginia on
Continue ReadingWyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whose criticism of former President Donald Trump led to her ouster from House Republican leadership, said Friday that several Republican members of Congress had voted against impeaching Trump out of fear for their own lives. Telling CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” that there are “more members who believe in
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