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A North Carolina mall was evacuated Friday after multiple people were wounded in a second-floor shooting. According to CNN, the incident took place at around 3:23 p.m. local time at The Streets at Southpoint in Durham. Authorities said officers were inside the packed shopping center when they heard the shots fired. The Durham Police Department confirmed responding officers […]
The Canadian government is reacting to word of a new COVID-19 variant on the rise in parts of southern Africa with a number of restrictions limiting travel to and from the regions. South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatiniall fall under the new travel rules implemented after today’s announcement. This means the Canadian […]
After decades of maintaining his innocence, 61-year-old Anthony Broadwater has finally been cleared in the rape of The Lovely Bones, author Alice Sebold. According to the New York Times, Broadwater was exonerated of the sexual assault charges in New York State Supreme Court on Monday. The man had spent over 16 years in prison for the alleged crime, which took […]
Jamal Hinton and “Grandma” Wanda Dench spent Thanksgiving together for the sixth time since their accidental encounter via text in 2016. “Thanksgiving 2021,” Hinton wrote on Instagram, accompanied by a photo taken on the holiday each of the last six years. “6 years strong.” In Nov. 2016, Dench sent a text message about coming over […]
Global warming may be putting a serious strain on albatrosses’ relationships. According to a recent study published by New Zealand’s Royal Society, the famously monogamous birds are separating at higher rates as water temperatures rise. The study points out that 90 percent of bird species remain with the same partner throughout their lives, and only “divorce” […]
The families of the victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting have just reached a settlement with the Justice Department after suing the FBI for negligence in not preventing the attack after they got an anonymous tip warning them of the shooter, Nikolas Cruz. According to NBC News, the families initially sued the FBI after they […]
Eddie Redmayne now says it was “a mistake” to take on the role of Lili Elbe in the 2015 drama The Danish Girl. In a recent interview with the Sunday Times, the actor—who was nominated for an Oscar for the performance—was asked about the role. Surrounding the initial 2015 release and ensuing awards-centered conversations, the film […]
Police last week seized roughly 500,000 pounds of marijuana during a single drug bust in southern Oregon’s Jackson County, CNN reports. The Oregon State Police Southwest Region (OSP) Drug Enforcement Section team announced in a news release Saturday that a search warrant at five industrial-sized warehouses in White City, OR turned up 250 tons of illegal marijuana with an estimated […]
Hundreds of Starbucks customers in New Jersey are being told to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A after an employee was found to have worked while infected. According to the Camden County Department of Health, officials were notified last Wednesday that a Starbucks employee in Clementon, NJ tested positive for hepatitis A earlier this month and may have […]
Two people were arrested this week on suspicion of grabbing money that flew from an armored truck traveling on a California highway. According to FOX5 San Diego, chaos ensued Friday morning after the truck dropped loads of cash on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad. Footage of the incident shows motorists pulling over, exiting their cars, and pocketing […]
