Family says loved one was a victim of a racist verbal assault
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — “You see it happening across the country and I didn’t…
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Immigration Statistics Fast Facts
Here’s a look at immigration to the United States. Legal Immigration Statistics 2019 – 1,031,765 people are granted lawful permanent…
Continue ReadingGloria Steinem Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1934 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Birth name:…
Continue ReadingIt’s not Happy St. Patty’s Day, but St. Paddy’s Day. Here’s why
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be no vibrant, green parades, group celebrations, or religious coming-togethers for a second year in a row…
Continue ReadingWhy so many kids cross the border alone
The statistics are staggering. More than 400,000 migrant children have crossed the US border without their parents since 2003. And each time a new…
Continue ReadingTexas AG says more than $29 million in unpaid electric bills will be forgiven as he sues Griddy Energy
The Texas attorney general says a lawsuit he filed against the energy company Griddy will keep about 24,000 Texans from having to pay $29.1 million…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry has had ‘unproductive’ conversations with William and Charles since Oprah interview
Prince Harry has spoken to his brother, William, and his father, Charles, since Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the Sussexes aired, but those…
Continue ReadingWill Canada use COVID-19 vaccines from Russia and China?
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study from the Lancet has shown that…
Continue Reading‘Deepfake’ videos are pushing the boundaries of digital media
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — As fake videos generated by AI continue to become…
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Boris Johnson’s boast of a ‘Global Britain’ is taking a pounding amid series of crises
Britain’s overseas reputation has been tarnished lately, and some of it is entirely self-inflicted. From images of burly police officers…
Continue ReadingNASA names 27 asteroids 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 ReadingIn about an hour, 8 people were killed at 3 Atlanta-area spas. One person is in custody
Six of the eight people who were shot dead at three metro Atlanta massage parlors on Tuesday were Asian women, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
Continue ReadingMississippi is the second state to open up vaccines for all residents 16 and up. Here’s what other states are doing
With Covid-19 vaccination production and distribution ramping up in the United States, more states are expanding who is eligible to be inoculated. On…
Continue ReadingTop secret Cold War project turned up plants that once thrived beneath mile-deep Greenland ice
The ice sheet that covers the northernmost reaches of our planet has expanded and shrunk over the past 2 million years — but it was thought…
Continue Reading5 things to know for March 17: Spa killings, Covid-19, 2020 election, Cuomo, Japan
A PSA from the Irish on this St. Patrick’s Day: It’s Paddy, never Patty. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On…
Continue ReadingJapan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional,’ court rules
A Japanese court has ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a landmark decision that could herald a new era for marriage…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea blasts K-pop industry as ‘slave-like exploitation’ amid crackdown on foreign media
K-pop is one of South Korea’s most popular cultural exports with a growing reach around the world — but it seems that not everyone is…
Continue Reading8 killed in shootings at 3 metro Atlanta spas. Police have 1 suspect in custody
Video evidence suggests “it is extremely likely” that the same person was responsible for the three deadly shootings at massage parlors…
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Stories of children separated from parents highlight the price of Hong Kong’s coronavirus success
When Ariel saw her two young sons isolated in a Hong Kong hospital ward with Covid-19, she broke down. The brothers — age 5 and 1 and both…
Continue ReadingFour people were shot dead — including a 7-year-old — after an argument over a stimulus check, officials say
An Indianapolis man has been arrested in a quadruple homicide that followed an alleged argument over a stimulus check, according to a probable cause…
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