Five years of elephants: Omaha zoo announces calf expected next year
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is celebrating…
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Why hate crime data can’t capture the true scope of anti-Asian violence
There has been a marked rise in anti-Asian violence across the United States, an issue that once again rattled a community on edge after the Tuesday…
Continue ReadingAsian Americans reported being targeted at least 500 times in the last two months
A coalition tracking reports of racism and discrimination against Asian Americans says it has received at least 3,795 firsthand complaints since last…
Continue ReadingMusicians to perform at mass vaccination event, volunteers still needed
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Hands On Nashville is looking for medical volunteers to help…
Continue ReadingRussia reacts angrily after Biden calls Putin a ‘killer’
The Kremlin has reacted angrily to US President Joe Biden‘s remarks that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is “a killer,” calling the…
Continue ReadingCollinsville boy’s drawing selected to be made into soft toy for IKEA
Click here for updates on this story COLLINSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — A local 11-year-old is making history with IKEA!…
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‘I saw myself.’ Asian business owners are scared and wary after Atlanta spa shootings
Tran Wills couldn’t talk Wednesday about the shootings at Atlanta spas a day earlier without breaking down sobbing. “I saw myself in…
Continue ReadingA dozen gambling machines seized in Wai’anae illegal game room raid
Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) raided another illegal game…
Continue ReadingHear the Perseverance rover’s wheels crunch across the Martian surface
We first heard the sounds of Martian wind and a laser zapping rocks on Mars. Now, the Perseverance rover has returned audio of itself driving across…
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli who urged citizens ‘to pray coronavirus away’ has died
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the country’s vice president announced in a televised address…
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The victims of the spa shootings highlight the vulnerability of working-class Asian women as Asian Americans face rising fears
At least two of the eight people killed at Atlanta-area Asian massage spas Tuesday lived in the same spa where they worked, Georgia state Rep. Bee…
Continue ReadingSmall-town Iowa pastors keep serving even after retirement
Click here for updates on this story MONMOUTH, Iowa (WQAD) — A couple from Monmouth, Iowa was ready to retire as…
Continue ReadingKyoto Protocol Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement reached in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, mandating that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse…
Continue ReadingA man is found guilty of keeping live sharks in his pool and offering them for sale online
Seven sandbar sharks now swim the waters of the New York Aquarium at Coney Island. Their new digs are definitely more spacious than their previous…
Continue Reading‘Catch of a lifetime’: Great white shark caught from shore on Pensacola Beach
Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (WALA) — A group from Idaho has a remarkable story to…
Continue ReadingEU regulator declares AstraZeneca safe for use after clotting concerns. Will anyone take it?
The European Union’s medicines regulator has concluded that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to use after several EU countries…
Continue ReadingJack Daniel’s makes history with first female assistant distiller
Click here for updates on this story LYNCHBURG, Tennessee (WSMV) — Lexie Phillips makes history becoming Jack…
Continue ReadingAsteroids named after African American, Hispanic and Native American astronauts
Your name up in the sky and among the stars. Sounds like something out of a glamorous Hollywood movie, but it’s a reality for 27 space…
Continue ReadingK9 officers out on patrol will now have an added layer of protection
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — K9 Wick, from Conyers Police Department who is handled by Officer…
Continue ReadingMarine awarded for saving child caught in rip current in 2019
Click here for updates on this story CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A 2d Marine Division Marine has received the…
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