Eight-year-old Noya Dahan had finished praying and gone to play with other children at her Southern California synagogue when gunshots rang out. Her uncle grabbed her and the other children, leading them outside to safety as her leg bled from a shrapnel wound. “I was scared, really, really scared,” said Noya, recalling how the group […]
Man Buys Paper for Grandson’s School After Learning it Ran Out of Supplies
April 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Some Arizona classrooms have stopped giving out homework but it isn’t because it’s almost summer. One elementary school in Mesa, AZ, actually ran out of paper and when one grandfather learned of the budget shortfall, he supplied them with much-needed supplies. “Golly, a school without paper is like a school without kids,” said Walter Buse. […]
US Claims for Unemployment Aid Hit Lowest Level Since ’69
April 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century. The Labor Department says claims for jobless aid fell by 5,000 last week to 192,000, lowest since September 1969. The four-week average, which is less volatile, dropped by 6,000 to 201,250, lowest since November 1969. Weekly claims […]
Suspect in Louisiana Church Fires Charged with Hate Crimes
April 16, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The white man charged in the burnings of three Louisiana black churches faces a mountain of evidence tying him to the crimes, documenting the fires on his cellphone and an interest in arson on Facebook, the state fire marshal said Monday at a hearing that offered new insight into how officials tracked their suspect. Holden […]
Catastrophic Fire Engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
April 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
A massive fire engulfed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the French capital Monday, toppling its spire and sending thick plumes of smoke high into the blue sky as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. A spokesman said the entire wooden frame of the cathedral would likely […]
Spring Storm Lingers After Burying Parts of Midwest in Snow
April 12, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Strong winds and more snow hit the Midwest on Friday after a spring storm buried several states in snow and created dangerous travel conditions, while forecasters warned of potential weekend tornadoes in the South. The storm hovering over parts of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota was the second “bomb cyclone” storm system to hit […]
Southwest Removes 737 Max From Flight Schedule Until August
April 12, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Southwest is removing flights with the troubled Boeing 737 Max aircraft from its schedule through Aug. 5, a period that includes the peak of the airline’s busy summer travel season. The company did not specify how many flights would be cancelled because of the new schedule. It removed all 34 of its Max 8 jets […]
‘Mandatory Penis Inspection’ Letter Turns Out to be High School Senior Prank
April 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Graduation is around the corner and that means some high school seniors are playing pranks. One school in California is dealing with a senior prank requiring mandatory “genitalia” inspections. The letter looks real but North Monterey High posted on its Facebook that a letter calling for a school-wide male penis inspection is actually a well-thought-out […]
Richard Cole, Last WWII Doolittle Raider, Dies in Texas
April 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle Tokyo Raiders who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, died Tuesday at a military hospital in Texas. He was 103. Robert Whetstone, a spokesman for Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, confirmed Cole’s death. Whetstone had […]
Kentucky Toddler Beats Stage 4 Cancer
April 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Molly Hughes was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma at nearly 5 months old. In a lifetime, not many will go through what Molly has overcome. “I don’t think people realize, until you actually go through it, just how hard it is,” said Molly’s mother, Chelsea Hughes. For many kids, normal looks like what Molly Hughes […]
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