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Lawsuit filed in case of teen who died after eating spicy chip as part of online challenge
JULY 11, 2024: BOSTON (AP) - A lawsuit has been filed in the case of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media. Harris Wolobah died on Sept. ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 11, 2024
The Best-Paying U.S. Cities for IT Administrators
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt how people live and work. According to Gallup's most recent Work and Education poll, the average number of days that U.S. workers are working from home has m...
Nov 09, 2020
Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Nationwide, students have been absent at record rates since schools reopened after COVID-forced closures. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the 2021-22 s...
Jody Heemstra Aug 14, 2023
Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys while marking his 81st birthday with jokes about his age
NOVEMBER 20, 2023, UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) - Turkeys Liberty and Bell have new appreciation for the phrase, "Let freedom ring." The Thanksgiving birds played their part Monday (Nov. 20, 2023...
Jody Heemstra Nov 20, 2023
If you haven't started your Thanksgiving trip, you're not alone. The busiest days are still to come
NOVEMBER 22, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- Holiday travelers are starting their final sprint. About 2.7 million people were expected to board flights on Wednesday (Nov. 22, 2023), and Sunday is expected to set ...
Jody Heemstra Nov 22, 2023
US Treasury Department releases report card showing record small business growth
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report card (Oct. 23, 2023) detailing how the Department's implementation of federal investments in entrepreneurs and small businesses - including those ...
Jody Heemstra Oct 23, 2023
Helping out: How American volunteerism is changing - and why
NEW YORK (AP) - Since Benjamin Franklin organized the first unpaid fire company in America in 1736, volunteering has been as definitively American as Girl Scout cookies, blood donation and rushing to ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 24, 2023
Minnesota officials vote to tear down dam and bridge that nearly collapsed
AUGUST 28, 2024: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy rain and prompted a federal emergency declaration will be torn dow...
Jody Heemstra Aug 28, 2024
Dramatic Final Round at US Open; Pinehurst Delivers
If you didn't catch the final round of the 124th U.S. Open yesterday, you missed one of the most exciting days professional golf has seen in a very, very long time. To set the stage, the U.S. Open is ...
Justin Cowart Jun 17, 2024
South Dakota tribe: Storm deaths 'could have been prevented'
UNDATED (AP)- A Native American tribe in South Dakota says several of its members died when December 2022 storms buried their reservation in snow and left them stranded. Leaders of the Rosebud Sioux T...
Jody Heemstra Jan 23, 2023