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- She made a promise to her husband to keep their tree farm goingon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Water study could delay commercial constructionon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- $200,000 worth of supplies donated to PB schoolson 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Car chase ends with police-involved shootingon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Cars totaling nearly $200k stolen from dealershipon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Christmas parade road closures and detourson 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Hospitals becoming a ‘dumping ground’ for kidson 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Girl who called 911 for her father honoredon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- 5th grader raises $2,000 for grieving teacheron 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Almost 200 animals rescued from puppy millon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Mother fends off raccoon from daughteron 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Condo owners remember building scareon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- 10-year-old shoot mom over VR headseton 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Fire crews respond to fire at boarded up buildingon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Milwaukee Dancing Grannies planning returnon 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- HS football players gain perspective helping vetson 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Family throws surprise birthday party at Eagles tailgate for Vietnam veton 2023-06-03 at 17:59
- Parents clash in Pride protest at US primary schoolon 2023-06-03 at 01:38
Rival protesters trade insults and then blows as a quiet LA suburb becomes a culture war battleground.
- Biden says debt ceiling deal averted ‘economic collapse’on 2023-06-03 at 00:39
The US president pledges to sign the package into law on Saturday after it cruised through Congress.
- Utah primary schools ban Bible for ‘vulgarity and violence’on 2023-06-03 at 00:15
The ban followed a parental complaint that the book has content unsuitable for children.
- YouTube stops deleting false 2020 election claimson 2023-06-02 at 23:38
The move, ahead of the 2024 elections, is a reversal of its policy put in place after the 2020 vote.
- Can US spelling bee champs spell British words?on 2023-06-02 at 22:34
The BBC put these pro spellers to the test during the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.
- No criminal charges for Mike Pence in documents caseon 2023-06-02 at 21:03
The announcement comes just days before Mike Pence is expected to announce his 2024 presidential bid.
- Twitch streamer Puppers, who lived with MND, dies aged 32on 2023-06-02 at 19:05
The gamer, known for playing Dead by Daylight, dies after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
- Cynthia Weil dead: Legendary songwriter dies aged 82on 2023-06-02 at 16:54
The Grammy winner’s hits included You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling and On Broadway.
- Strong job gains in US add to economic puzzleon 2023-06-02 at 15:27
Employers defy predictions of a slowdown by hiring 339,000 workers, far above expectations.
- National Donut Day: The surprising history behind the US traditionon 2023-06-02 at 15:07
America’s love affair with donuts traces back to the battlefields of France in World War One.
- US judge backs settlement with family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchinson 2023-06-02 at 14:33
Alec Baldwin reaches final settlement with the family of a woman he accidentally shot on a film set.
- US Air Force denies AI drone attacked operator in teston 2023-06-02 at 13:37
A virtual experiment was described by a senior official at a conference, but he now says he “mis-spoke”.
- Bill Cosby faces new sexual assault lawsuit from former Playboy modelon 2023-06-02 at 13:11
Victoria Valentino claims Cosby raped her after giving her and a friend pills in 1969.
- Eight-year-old who died in border custody repeatedly denied ambulanceon 2023-06-02 at 11:11
A nurse who saw the girl four times on the day she died refused multiple requests from her parents.
- West Ham: Players walk off pitch after alleged racial abuse at seven-a-side tournament in USon 2023-06-02 at 09:42
Former West Ham players walked off the pitch during a seven-a-side tournament in the United States after one of their team was allegedly racially abused.
- Joe Biden ‘fine’ after fall on stage in Coloradoon 2023-06-02 at 06:47
Officials say the 80-year-old president stumbled on a sandbag while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony in Colorado.
- Florida teenager Dev Shah wins US Spelling Bee with ‘psammophile’on 2023-06-02 at 03:22
Dev Shah defeats Charlotte Walsh after she fails to correctly spell “daviely” in an earlier round.
- Senate passes US debt ceiling deal, averting a US defaulton 2023-06-02 at 03:19
President Joe Biden will now sign the measure into law, staving off worldwide economic chaos.
- US debt ceiling – what it is and why there is oneon 2023-06-02 at 02:55
Congress has approved a deal on the debt limit. But what is the debt ceiling and why does it exist?
- Are tornadoes in the US getting worse?on 2023-06-01 at 22:30
They are largely unpredictable and unforeseeable but are twisters becoming a more serious threat?
- Eating disorder group pulls chatbot sharing diet adviceon 2023-06-01 at 21:32
The US National Eating Disorder Association is investigating reports the chatbot shared harmful advice.
- How gun violence is reshaping American liveson 2023-06-01 at 21:08
Avoiding public places, moving home… how the threat of random gunfire is changing the way people live.
- Nova Scotia battles its largest wildfire on recordon 2023-06-01 at 19:02
The Canadian fires have had a wide impact, with air quality warnings issued in the US northeast.
- Andrew Tate challenged on misogyny in BBC interviewon 2023-06-01 at 16:02
This is the influencer’s first TV interview with a major broadcaster while under house arrest.
- Taylor Swift fans report ‘amnesia’ following Eras showon 2023-06-01 at 13:54
Psychologists say emotions and time may be behind the perfectly normal phenomenon.
- Jasmine Hartin: Socialite spared jail after killing Belize police chiefon 2023-06-01 at 12:17
Jasmine Hartin pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter of a police chief in Belize with his own gun.
- Donald Trump recorded saying he kept classified file after leaving officeon 2023-06-01 at 09:19
Prosecutors investigating the former president’s handling of classified files obtain an audio tape.
- Five revelations from Nasa’s public UFO meetingon 2023-06-01 at 03:06
Some sightings turn out to be wayward Bart Simpson balloons. Others remain a mystery.
- The untold tale of America’s first spelling bee victoron 2023-06-01 at 00:09
Marie Bolden, a black teenager, won the first US spelling bee in 1908. Her win was eclipsed by racism.
- Chinese fighter jet buzzed US military plane, says Pentagonon 2023-05-30 at 23:20
A Chinese fighter jet performed an “aggressive manoeuvre” in front of a US Air Force plane, says the US.
- She bought an abandoned US lighthouse. Now you can tooon 2023-05-30 at 14:45
A US scheme to sell decommissioned lighthouses is helping people restore the once-mighty sentinels.
- Timed Teaser: Why did Sam Smith stop singing?on 2023-05-30 at 10:47
Test your knowledge of the news these last few days – 10 questions, 10 seconds each. Go!
- Apocalyptic Canada wildfire video captures driver’s near misson 2023-05-29 at 09:36
The Canadian city of Halifax declares a state of local emergency after a wildfire causes evacuations.
- Who is Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s ‘superwoman’?on 2023-05-28 at 23:11
Can new chief executive Linda Yaccarino fix Twitter?
- How Jords became the first UK rap act on Motown recordson 2023-05-26 at 23:38
The Croydon-born musician says he “can’t accept” he’s keeping company with Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross.
- US customs finds hatched parrot eggs in carry-onon 2023-05-26 at 21:14
Parrots from the Amazon go on quite the adventure when they showed up at Miami International Airport.
- Mexico Popocatépetl volcano spews ash across regionon 2023-05-26 at 16:11
Volcano ash has been falling like snow in Mexico and leaves residents worried about an eruption.
- Gushing winds rip through Guam during typhoonon 2023-05-25 at 20:26
The US territory was hit by Typhoon Mawar which carried winds gusts over 100mph (160km/h).
- Supercell mesmerises storm watchers in New Mexicoon 2023-05-25 at 20:14
Awesome flashes of lightning lit up the sky in New Mexico and people stopped to enjoy the show.
- Ed Sheeran’s surprise concert for high school studentson 2023-05-25 at 16:32
The British superstar gives these Florida high school band students the surprise of a lifetime.
- Helicopter directs police in dangerous car chaseon 2023-05-24 at 17:48
Ohio State Highway Patrol used a helicopter to track down two suspects who fled from police cars.
- Watch: Vast shelf cloud crawls over Newfoundlandon 2023-05-24 at 17:44
A Canadian captured a timelapse of a shelf cloud formation slowly moving over Newfoundland.
- Cowboy wrangles runaway cow on Michigan interstateon 2023-05-23 at 16:58
State police were forced to seek out a cattleman’s help to catch the bovine, which is now safe and has not been charged.
- GOP prepared to block vote to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciaryon 2023-04-18 at 22:03
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.
- Supreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn’t work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodationson 2023-04-18 at 17:37
The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.
- Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in placeon 2023-04-18 at 16:35
A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night’s deadline for the court to act approaches.
- McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling planon 2023-04-18 at 15:17
Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn’t have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden.
- Fulton County, Georgia, jail leadership resigns after inmate’s death and accusations of unsanitary conditionson 2023-04-18 at 15:08
Three officials at the Fulton County, Georgia, jail have stepped down amid an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family said was housed in a filthy, bug-infested cell that “was not fit for a diseased animal.”
- China’s economy is off to a solid start, rising 4.5% in Q1 2023on 2023-04-18 at 07:01
China’s economy is off to a solid start in 2023 following its emergence from three years of strict pandemic restrictions.
- He was free for 2 years. Now Crosley Green is back in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commiton 2023-04-17 at 22:45
A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls.
- Family of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributorson 2023-04-17 at 18:54
The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021.
- McDonald’s is upgrading its burgerson 2023-04-17 at 16:31
McDonald’s, which has been focusing on upgrading its core items to boost sales, is rolling out a series of changes designed to improve its signature burgers.
- Google-parent stock drops on fears it could lose search market share to AI-powered rivalson 2023-04-17 at 15:52
Shares of Google-parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report sparked concerns that its core search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft’s Bing.
- Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he’s facing chargeson 2023-04-17 at 09:06
A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof “rent-a-hitman” website, according to the Department of Justice.
- Even when wives make as much as husbands, they still do more at homeon 2023-04-16 at 17:29
• Four out of the five US metro areas with the lowest unemployment are in Florida. Here’s why • Opinion: The overlooked problem with raising the retirement age for Social Security
- Canada ‘Sixties Scoop’: Indigenous survivors map out their storieson 2020-12-14 at 00:05
Canada’s “Sixties Scoop” saw thousands of indigenous children forcibly removed from their families.
- New Christmas campaign for Canadians held in Chinaon 2020-12-10 at 01:39
The campaign is based on efforts around a similar case involving a British journalist fifty years ago.
- New Brunswick outbreak: How a smalltown doctor became a Covid pariahon 2020-11-25 at 01:23
After being labelled “patient zero”, a small-town physician in Canada was shunned.