Women have close encounter with hammerhead sharks
Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — Typically you have to pay to swim with the sharks, but…
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Officials find another rabid bat
Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — A bat found near the restrooms…
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Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space.…
Continue ReadingFor 3rd time in month, cyclist killed on the road
Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A bicyclist was struck and killed Thursday by…
Continue ReadingBono Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Bono, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter of the band U2. Personal Birth date: May 10, 1960 Birth place: Dublin,…
Continue ReadingTravellers who refuse hotel quarantine in Canada will soon face larger fines
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Instead of acting on an advisory panel’s…
Continue ReadingStudy finds how you react to bitter flavours may determine your risk of developing severe COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — Loss of taste and smell is a commonly reported…
Continue ReadingNo tsunami warnings after two 5.9 magnitude earthquakes hit off Oregon coast
Two 5.9 magnitude earthquakes struck the Pacific Ocean off Oregon’s coast early Friday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS)…
Continue ReadingKids need vaccines. So do poor nations
Vaccinating young people is an integral part of protecting the broader community from Covid-19, say experts, and although serious disease among…
Continue ReadingFamily calls for tougher charges against fraternity members in connection with a 2019 student death at a party
Prosecutors in the state of Washington have charged 15 current and former members of the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity at Washington State…
Continue ReadingFew Israelis wanted a leader to the right of Netanyahu. Naftali Bennett is set to oust his old boss anyway.
After the 2019 elections, Naftali Bennett’s right-wing party failed to cross the electoral threshold and had no seats in Israel’s…
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 4: Covid-19, Capitol riots, White House, cyberattacks, Belarus
Climate change doesn’t just threaten the environment. It could ignite serious financial crises, an IMF official says, due to things like…
Continue ReadingHead of Germany’s Catholic Church offers resignation over ‘catastrophe of sexual abuse’
The head of the Catholic Church in Germany has offered to resign as the Archbishop of Munich, saying he shared “responsibility for the…
Continue ReadingBelarusian journalist Roman Protasevich appears on state TV as critics decry his detention as a ‘hostage’-taking
Detained journalist Roman Protasevich has again appeared on Belarusian state media, to the concern of government critics who fear the young dissident…
Continue ReadingDriver shot by Washington state troopers after high-speed chase, officials say
Washington state police on Thursday shot a driver after a high-speed chase that began when the suspect allegedly fled from a traffic stop,…
Continue ReadingUS Marshals say a suspect was shot and killed avoiding arrest in Minneapolis
A person was shot and killed by authorities in Minneapolis and another person was injured, the US Marshals Service said in a statement Thursday,…
Continue ReadingAt least 10% of the world’s giant sequoias lost in a single wildfire, report suggests
About 10 to 14% of the world’s giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single wildfire that swept through California’s Sequoia National…
Continue Reading9-year-old driver and younger sister, who told police they were driving to California for a swim, unharmed after crashing into semi in Utah
Police officers were in for a shock when they responded to an early Wednesday morning traffic accident in Utah between a four-door sedan and a…
Continue ReadingBritain’s worst serial killers haunt a city, decades after their grisly crimes
Police excavations at a cafe in the quiet English city of Gloucester revived a half-century-old puzzle: What happened to Mary Bastholm, a carefree…
Continue ReadingInvestigators ask for surveillance video to help in their search for a missing 11-year-old
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in the search for an 11-year-old boy who remains missing in Central Iowa after hundreds of people…
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