Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon announces he will not seek reelection
Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced on Monday that he will not seek…
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Nearly 75% of African Americans support reparations for slavery. Only 15% of white Americans do, a poll says
Slavery is a horrific, irremovable stain on US history. But Americans disagree on how to handle its legacy. While nearly 75% of black respondents in…
Continue ReadingJohn Legend and Kelly Clarkson are updating ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’
John Legend and Kelly Clarkson have teamed up to give “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” a bit of an update. The two recorded a remake of…
Continue ReadingFellow Republicans, please take the impeachment inquiry seriously
No one runs for Congress intending to serve on the House Ethics Committee. At least I know I didn’t. I served on the committee for eight years,…
Continue ReadingWhat ‘Saturday Night Live’ got horribly wrong
“Saturday Night Live”‘s portrayal of Donald Trump’s presidency has ranged from hilariously insightful to downright…
Continue ReadingA custody battle between parents who disagree on the gender of their 7-year-old draws attention of Texas politicians
A Dallas judge has ruled that both parents should have joint custody of a 7-year-old whose gender identity became central to their court battle,…
Continue ReadingSheriff sentenced to one year in prison for misconduct of a public officer
Click here for updates on this story Greensville (WYFF) — Convicted Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis was sentenced…
Continue ReadingWoman saves 7 service dogs from grass fire
Click here for updates on this story Vallejo (KCRA) — Firefighters battled howling winds in Vallejo on Sunday when a…
Continue ReadingFitbit stock spikes 30% on report that Google wants to buy it
Fitbit, which has been struggling to compete with Apple, may soon join forces with one of Apple’s chief rivals. Alphabet, the parent company of…
Continue ReadingHow a former history teacher led a far-right surge in eastern Germany
Just two weeks shy of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an election in the east German state of Thuringia has highlighted the deep…
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2 more quakes strike off Oregon coast
BROOKINGS, Ore. (AP) — Two earthquakes hit within 45 minutes of each other off the coast of the Oregon-California border. KOIN reports the first of…
Continue ReadingGeena Davis just got an honorary Oscar for her work fighting gender inequality
Actor Geena Davis knows gender inequality can’t be fixed overnight — except on screen. Davis was celebrated Sunday with an honorary Oscar for…
Continue ReadingRescuers race to save toddler trapped in 88-foot well since Friday
Indian officials are racing against time to rescue a toddler who has been trapped in an 88-foot-deep well since Friday. Sujith Wilson, who is…
Continue ReadingJohn Kelly just said something very, very damning about Donald Trump
On Saturday, former White House chief of staff John Kelly told a conservative audience about this piece of advice he gave President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingPartygoers thought they’d built a clever gender reveal device. It turned out to be a deadly pipe bomb
Family members had hoped to build a contraption for a fun gender reveal party in Iowa, but they instead built an explosive device that killed a…
Continue ReadingWorld’s first guitar-shaped hotel opened with a smash
A $1.5 billion guitar-shaped Hard Rock property in Hollywood, Florida, opened to much fanfare last week. Celebrities galore — Johnny Depp,…
Continue ReadingA woman died from an explosion at a gender reveal party
A woman has died after an explosion at a gender reveal party in Iowa, authorities say. The 56-year-old woman, unnamed by authorities, was pronounced…
Continue ReadingWant free barbecue for life? Help catch the burglars who stole from this restaurant
The burglars who broke into an Indiana barbecue restaurant better hope that their friends, loved ones and anyone they might have told about the crime…
Continue ReadingThe latest victims of overtourism? Huskies
The nights are drawing in and temperatures are dropping in the Northern Hemisphere. And in Finnish Lapland, that means one thing: tourists are on the…
Continue ReadingBiden calls Trump an ‘idiot’ for dismissing Russian election interference
Former Vice President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump an “idiot” for saying Russian interference in US elections is a hoax, the…
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