Federal investigators are seeking the cause of an Amtrak train derailment near a switch on tracks in the middle of vast farmland in far northern Montana that killed three people and left seven hospitalized over the weekend. The westbound Empire Builder was traveling from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks about 4 p.m. […]
Some Argentines turn to unusual pandemic pets for comfort
Millions of people have found solace during the pandemic in cuddling a dog or cat. For a few, comfort comes in other forms — those of a horse or a pig, perhaps a possum-like sugar glider or even a tarantula. As the new coronavirus began to circulate last year, Luciana Benetti found her plans for […]
Fox News star saw 1 weird thing in Biden pic
President Joe Biden is always sloganeering about “science.” But when he met with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week, and he apparently disregarded the scientific community’s advice. Sponsored: Oncologists Are Freaking Out After A Cause Of Cancer Is Revealed Biden and Johnson each wore masks while sitting far apart and talking. Then, they each […]
Woman plans to help fellow Rwandan amputees get prosthetics
She was orphaned during Rwanda’s genocide and lost much of one of her legs to childhood cancer, but Claudine Humure has dreams of giving back to her once war-torn homeland. First, though, she needed a new leg to propel her on the next part of her journey. Is This Little Deadly Pill in Your Medicine […]
Jeffrey Epstein’s old jail is crumbling
Inside the notorious federal jail in Lower Manhattan, small chunks of concrete fall from the ceiling. Freezing temperatures force inmates to stuff old coronavirus face masks into vents to try to stop the cold air. One cell is off-limits because the door is now unstable — likely because of constant pounding over the years from […]
Woman with Down syndrome loses abortion law challenge
A woman with Down syndrome lost a court challenge against the British government Thursday over a law allowing the abortion up until birth of a fetus with the condition. Heidi Crowter, 26, and two others took the Department of Health and Social Care to court, arguing that part of the Abortion Act is discriminatory and […]
COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online learning. Now that schools have welcomed students back to classrooms, they face a new challenge: a shortage […]
House approves Havana syndrome bill, during this mysterious new case…
On Tuesday, the House unanimously passed a bill to improve medical resources for victims of “Havana syndrome,” a neurological condition shrouded in mystery. The symptoms include nausea, memory problems, poor concentration, visual disturbances, loss of balance, pressure inside the head and a sensation of strange, screeching noises. Even before the House’s new bill, CIA Director […]
Gabby Petito’s death ruled as a homicide by this expert
Gabby Petito was killed by another person, a coroner concluded while also confirming that the human remains found recently at a Wyoming national park were those of the 22-year-old woman who disappeared months after she set out on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend, the FBI said Tuesday. Teton County Coroner Brent Blue determined […]
Idyllic island endangered by toxic gas, new rivers of molten lava
As a new volcanic vent blew open and unstoppable rivers of molten rock flowed toward the sea, authorities on a Spanish island warned Tuesday that more dangers lie ahead for residents, including earthquakes, lava flows, toxic gases, volcanic ash and acid rain. Several small earthquakes shook the island of La Palma in the Atlantic Ocean […]
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