Employment picking up in Wisconsin
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A man pleaded guilty in the murders of his child's mother and seven other members of her family on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of when the shootings were discovered in southern Ohio. Edward “Jake” Wagner pleaded guilty to 23 counts in Pike County court in a deal with prosecutors that spares him from a potential death penalty.
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Music's best podcast stars a self-taught know-it-all talking about George Jones. For 30 hours
Season two of Tyler Mahan Coe's "Cocaine & Rhinestones" podcast focuses on country great George Jones: "His chest cavity glowed with so much air."
- The Independent
Trump administration ‘delayed’ $20billion of aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017, new report claims
New report by US Inspector General’s housing department claims Trump administration delayed $20billion of aid to Puetro Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017
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Boise woman killed in California skydiving accident was a ‘free spirit,’ loved ones say
“My mom’s life makes me want to live a more full life,” her daughter said.
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Brett Favre said it's hard to believe that Derek Chauvin meant to kill George Floyd, and other athletes have lashed out in response
Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said that it's hard to believe Derek Chauvin meant to kill George Floyd on his podcast on Wednesday.
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NASA Project Manager Rips Contingency Speech After Successful Mars Ingenuity Flight
MiMi Aung, the project manager for Ingenuity at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was recently captured on camera ripping her prepared contingency speech in excitement after the successful flight of the helicopter on Mars. The helicopter first became airborne on Monday at 3:34 a.m. EDT, according to NASA. Ingenuity hovered for 30 seconds at 10 feet above the Martian surface before landing safely for a total flight time of 39.1 seconds, becoming the "first-ever controlled, powered flight on another planet," Newsweek reported.
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Kayleigh McEnany says LeBron James would face more consequences if his name were 'LeBron Trump'
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Republican House leader rejects George W. Bush's condemnation of the party as 'isolationist, protectionist' and 'nativist'
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Minutes into a 911 call a Florida driver realizes what smashed through her windshield
“Something just came through the windshield and hit my mom in the head!” a woman cried out to a 911 dispatcher after she pulled over on Interstate 95 while driving to Daytona Beach on Wednesday.
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Anti-Asian hate-crime bill passes Senate 94-1, with only Republican Sen. Josh Hawley voting against it
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The scientist behind Pfizer's vaccine says people will likely need a 3rd COVID-19 shot and yearly doses
BioNTech's chief medical officer said the COVID-19 vaccine would be similar to the annual flu shot as immunity wanes over time.
- The Independent
‘You’re old, impotent and an embarrassment’: Lincoln Project targets Trump with Mar-a-Lago advert
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What is the India Covid variant and will vaccines work?
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India's COVID tsunami is the worst in the world. Why that should concern Americans.
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Video captures US military aircraft accidentally destroying a UK hospital helipad during a training exercise
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- The Independent
Arizona lawmaker uses racist language, demands Black colleague be ‘sat down’ in clash over voting rights bill
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just flew sideways over the Martian surface in its second aerial adventure
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People Are Reporting Unexpected Side Effects After COVID-19 Vaccination—But That's Actually Normal
A health professional holds a vial of Janssen/J&J's COVID-19 vaccine in Pamplona, Spain on April 22, 2021. Abigail, a 29-year-old from New York City who asked to use a pseudonym to preserve her privacy, knew to expect some side effects after she got her second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in February. While scientists have not confirmed that COVID-19 vaccines can cause menstrual changes like Abigail’s, she feels confident the shot was her trigger, since she experienced something similar after a probable case of COVID-19 last spring.