Categories
Selected Articles

Trump sends military force to LA over immigration protests

Trump sends military force to LA over immigration protests
Categories
Selected Articles

Lightning bolt strikes just behind child during California thunderstorms

A lightning strike hit a house in Southern California Tuesday, startling a mom and her two children who were standing just feet away.
Categories
Selected Articles

DOE gives $4M field to ex-chancellor’s all-boys school — and girls soccer players get the boot

The city Department of Education spent $4 million in taxpayer funds to renovate a Brooklyn athletic field — then handed it to a small all-boys public school founded by former Chancellor David Banks, which promptly kicked out three girls’ soccer teams.
Categories
Selected Articles

Pope Leo criticises ‘exclusionary mindset’ of nationalist political movements

During Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square, the pope asked that God ‘open borders, break down walls (and) dispel hatred’

Pope Leo has criticised the emergence of nationalist political movements and their “exclusionary mindset”, without naming a specific country or leader.

Leo, the first pope from the US, asked during a Mass on Sunday with tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square that God would “open borders, break down walls (and) dispel hatred”.

Continue reading…

Categories
Selected Articles

Journalist mother of Colombian leader shot in head was kidnapped, killed by Pablo Escobar

Uribe hails from an influential family and is the son of journalist Diana Turbay, who was killed after being kidnapped by Pablo Escobar.
Categories
Selected Articles

Former MLB pitcher Steven Register finds liver donor in high-school classmate he hadn’t seen in 20 years

The stage 4 cancer patient was given just 18 months to live before he received the life-saving offer.
Categories
Selected Articles

As disasters loom, emergency managers say they aren’t counting on FEMA

President Donald Trump has said he wants state and local officials to shoulder more of the burden of disaster response, even though what that looks like in practice is unclear.
Categories
Selected Articles

When ‘Real Housewives’ Makes Women Want to Be More Than Housewives

For some women on “Real Housewives,” the show is a way to break free from traditional roles and take financial control of their lives.
Categories
Selected Articles

How SNAP Benefits Are Impacted by Trump’s Tax Bill: What to Know

More than 40 million low-income Americans rely on SNAP to help pay for groceries each month.
Categories
Selected Articles

Indoor Cat Thinks She Can Hunt a Squirrel—Then Reality Hits Hard

“They got a taste of the good life and demanded I started letting them outside every morning,” Mallory Wickersham told Newsweek.