A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave has been charged with trespassing there once again, turning a shed that survived the fire into a makeshift home outfitted with a wood stove…. Read More
Treasure hunters FBI for records on Civil War gold dig
A father-son duo of Pennsylvania treasure hunters who believe they found a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold are now on the prowl for something as elusive as the buried booty itself: government records of the FBI’s excavation. Finders Keepers filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department over… Read More
Flip-flop!? Joe Manchin talks killing Senate filibuster
The filibuster has become a hot topic. Almost all Senate Democrats have committed to killing the Senate filibuster, according to an analysis from The Washington Post — a critical tool for Republicans to hold off much of President Joe Biden’s spending agenda in the narrow 50-50 Senate. The highest-profile holdout… Read More
California unveils water restrictions due to unseasonable drought
For the second time in a decade, Californians will face mandatory restrictions governing their outdoor water use as the state endures another drought and voluntary conservation efforts have fallen short. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are fairly mild — no watering lawns for 48… Read More
Chicago cancels in-person classes after union pressure
Leaders of Chicago Public Schools canceled classes Wednesday after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the latest development in an escalating battle over pandemic safety protocols in the nation’s third-largest school district. Chicago has rejected a districtwide return to remote… Read More
CDC explains reason for shorter isolation, quarantine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as adults. The CDC also maintained that, for people who catch COVID-19, testing is not required to emerge from… Read More
Dog finds help, leads police to owner’s car crash
A German shepherd named Tinsley, first thought to be a lost dog, successfully led New Hampshire state police to the site of its owner’s rollover crash. Both the vehicle’s occupants were seriously hurt, but thanks to Tinsley’s dogged efforts they quickly received medical assistance once officers discovered the truck, which… Read More
Virginia officials defend response to snowy gridlock on I-95
A winter storm that started as rain — meaning roads couldn’t be pretreated — followed by an unusually heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures resulted in the stranding of hundreds of motorists along a stretch of one of the nation’s biggest interstate highways, Virginia officials said, as they defended their response… Read More
Andrew Cuomo escapes criminal prosecution
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal prosecution over an allegation that he fondled an aide, after a prosecutor said Tuesday he was dropping the case because he couldn’t prove it. Three days before the Democratic ex-governor was due to answer the misdemeanor charge in court, Albany County… Read More
NASA is ‘hunky-dory’ after fixing problems with space telescope
NASA’s new space telescope is on the verge of completing the riskiest part of its mission — unfolding and tightening a huge sunshade — after ground controllers fixed a pair of problems, officials said Monday. The tennis court-size sunshield on the James Webb Space Telescope is now fully open and… Read More
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