This grandma fought for a bill to allow happy hour at retirement homes
Anita LeBrun said she hoped to enjoy a drink with her friends, but it was also a matter of independence.
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Betye Saar, artist who shattered stereotypes of Black women, dies at 99
She achieved art world stardom at 93, when she had simultaneous solo exhibitions in New York and California.
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Federal probe investigates viral video showing attack on sea lion
“This disgusting act of animal cruelty is unacceptable,” San Diego’s mayor said as the social media video sparked…
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Bridge connecting Canada and U.S. opens after Trump tried to block it
The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is crucial to trade.
Read at source →A desert town may run out of water. Others could face the same fate.
An Arizona community nearly dried up and imposed strict limits, and its crisis may be a glimpse of the West’s future.
Read at source →After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.
Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more…
Read at source →Georgia’s Okefenokee swamp becomes UNESCO World Heritage site
The wildlife refuge will share the lofty new designation — a first for Georgia and the 27th for the U.S. — with…
Read at source →Family of man shot by Madison police calls for justice. ‘My heart was broken.’
Corey Ruiz’s relatives spoke out about his death. The family’s lawyer, Ben Crump, said he believed the officer who…
Read at source →Trump wanted to block this bridge between the U.S. and Canada. It’s about to open.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge opening will be celebrated “among Canadians” only.
Read at source →After a hometown soldier’s death, a Texas suburb wrestles with Trump’s Iran war
The death of a young soldier from Texas prompts people in her hometown to reflect on the necessity of a war that has…
Read at source →Police shooting in Madison being investigated as a homicide, police chief says
The city’s independent watchdog accused police of obstructing her inquiry into the shooting. Madison’s police chief…
Read at source →Protesters gather in Madison after man fatally shot by a police officer
A graphic video of the shooting during an attempted arrest in the Marquette neighborhood of Madison, Wisconsin, was…
Read at source →Tourists behave badly at Yellowstone’s largest hot spring
Video captured two visitors illegally crossing the fragile crust of the Grand Prismatic Spring. “I thought I was going…
Read at source →Independent autopsy for Mississippi 18-year-old is inconclusive
Local officials have said no foul play is suspected in Nolan Wells’s death during a boating trip. But an attorney for…
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ICE raids took economic toll in Los Angeles, report says
Latino business owners recounted sharp drops — often more than 50 percent — in their revenue right after the raids, the…
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Teen’s thrift store find earns him nearly $90,000 at auction
Quinn Brown discovered a warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA Finals.
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His doctor’s prescription for his unbearable pain seemed absurd. It worked.
Gregory Maassen was nearly bedridden by a burning sensation that was later diagnosed as a rare form of neuropathy. He…
Read at source →Veteran with ‘anti-ICE’ views targeted federal building in New York, FBI says
The incident follows at least two other attacks outside of ICE facilities as the agency carries out the Trump…
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