Family members of the missing 22-year-old airman found his body Tuesday morning off the Texas Coast, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office. Elijah Posana, 22, was swimming approximately 100 feet from shore at Surfside Beach near Freeport, Texas, Sunday when an individual saw him pulled away by a rip current, according to a news
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A federal judge this week rejected the Justice Department’s attempts to keep secret a departmental opinion to not charge former President Donald Trump with obstruction at the end of the Mueller investigation, calling the administration’s lawyers “disingenuous.” The department had argued in court that the largely redacted March 2019 memo was legal reasoning that helped
Continue ReadingStars experience very violent lives that usually end in dazzling explosions, and scientists have tried for years to determine what happens to massive stars just before this bombastic finale. Now, an unusual supernova is helping researchers piece more of that stellar puzzle together. An international team of researchers used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to observe
Continue ReadingGermany is considering new plans to give extra rights and freedoms to people who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The proposed changes to the existing pandemic rules would involve lifting certain social contact and movement restrictions. Inoculated and recovered people will no longer need a negative test if they want to go shopping, to
Continue ReadingThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just released new national climate normals, and no, it’s not your imagination. Your city really is getting warmer. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to navigating motherhood, Katherine Schwarzenegger says her husband, Chris Pratt, is her biggest cheerleader. The 31-year-old author, who welcomed her first child with the “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor in August, opened up about her challenges and triumphs during the Mother’s Day edition of her Instagram video series, “BDA (Before, During, &
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With slowing vaccination rates across the country, the US will need to shift its strategy toward local accessibility to get out of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. President Joe Biden announced a plan Tuesday to administer at least one dose of vaccine to 70% of the nation’s adult population by July 4, a
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They are the US billionaire owners of multiple sports teams, but you don’t often see the likes of Arsenal’s Stan Kroenke, Liverpool’s John W. Henry and the Glazer family, which runs Manchester United, popping into the stadiums of their clubs to watch the teams they bought. Fans say their hands off approach shows the US
Continue ReadingBig banks and accounting firms do most of their business in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. But they wouldn’t be able to function without their back offices, many of which are located in Covid-stricken India. Financial services firms have outsourced a huge number of information technology and operations jobs to India in recent
Continue ReadingAn aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. Two people died in the incident, the Hattiesburg Assistant Fire Chief Danny Wade said, according to CNN affiliate WDAM. Emergency personnel on the scene said it was a small civilian plane, WDAM reported. The Federal Aviation Administration has been contacted
Continue ReadingAn aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. Two people died in the incident, the Hattiesburg Assistant Fire Chief Danny Wade said, according to CNN affiliate WDAM. Emergency personnel on the scene said it was a small civilian plane, WDAM reported. The Federal Aviation Administration has been contacted
Continue ReadingAn aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. “Emergency personnel responded to a report of a downed aircraft on Annie Christie Drive around 11:20 p.m.,” the Hattiesburg Police department said on Twitter early Wednesday morning. When authorities arrived at the scene, “it was confirmed that a civilian aircraft
Continue ReadingA plane crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. “Emergency personnel responded to a report of a downed aircraft on Annie Christie Drive around 11:20 p.m.,” the Hattiesburg Police department said on Twitter early Wednesday morning. When authorities arrived at the scene, “it was confirmed that a civilian aircraft
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Painted a camouflage patchwork of gray and green, Ukrainian coastguard Boat 23 cuts through the rolling swell of the turbulent Sea of Azov. At the stern, a gunner tightly grips the handles of a single heavy machine gun bolted to the rear, carefully scanning the horizon for any threat. An hour into the coastal patrol,
Continue Reading Dr. Anthony Fauci said he hopes children and teens won’t hesitate when the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes a coronavirus vaccine for them. A federal government official told CNN on Monday that the FDA is poised to authorize Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine in children and teens 12 to 15 years old by early next week,
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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have asked a judge to appoint a “special master” — or independent review — for materials seized when the FBI executed search warrants on Rudy Giuliani’s home and office last week. Calling it a step that would be appropriate to ensure attorney-client privilege is protected, prosecutors filed the request under seal
Continue ReadingSeven people were arrested after authorities found the mummified remains of a woman who was the leader of a controversial religious group inside a rural Colorado home last week. An arrest affidavit from the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) said that deputies searched a home in Moffat last Wednesday after a man who lived there
Continue ReadingA dozen armed recruits crawl along a dusty pathway, the cicadas masking any sound of their approach towards their target, a small village in the jungles of Myanmar. The ambush scenario is fabricated but the threat they are training for is real: a military junta that seized power in a coup on February 1, and
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The color orange is supposed to grab your attention – and in work zones, that can mean the difference between life and death.
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Last year, about 400 youth in Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes counties, as well as The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, spent at least one night in foster care. Expecting numbers to exceed that 2021 figure, Every Child Central Oregon is asking people regionwide to donate new shoes, which will go directly to kids impacted by foster care.
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