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Idaho StatesmanWidow selling a restaurant gift card so she can pay bills gets big surprise in Ohio
A Facebook foodie group gave two women a special night on the town.
- USA TODAY
Exclusive: Ex-Speaker Boehner says Matt Gaetz should resign if indicted – or be expelled
"When you're the leader, you've got a responsibility to the institution to be rid of these people," the former House speaker said of indictment.
- LA Times
Kings re-sign forward Alex Iafallo to a four-year contract
The Kings kept valuable forward Alex Iafallo off the free-agent market by signing him to a four-year deal worth $4 million annually.
- The Independent
Will Smith pulls production of movie ‘Emancipation’ from Georgia over voting law row
‘We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws’
- Charlotte Observer
Hornets get some rare good injury news with P.J. Washington’s status
The Hornets are already down two starters due to injury, but it looks like that number won’t increase to three for Tuesday’s game vs. the LA Lakers.
- BBC
Chinese official says local vaccines 'don't have high protection rates'
However he later appeared to backtrack, saying his comments were a "complete misunderstanding".
- BBC
Bafta Film Awards 2021: The winners and nominees in full
See all the winners and nominees for this year's British Academy Film Awards.
- Reuters Videos
London Zoo reopens its doors to the public
The zoo, which is nearly 200 years old, normally shuts just once a year, on Christmas Day, but closed its doors three months ago as Britain entered a lockdown. The attraction will only open as an outdoor venue and has kept a series of measures including a limit on visitor numbers, one-way routes, paw-print markers to ensure social distancing, alongside hand sanitizer dispensers and hand-washing facilities.Elsewhere in England people queued up outside retailers to release their pent-up shopping fever and some grabbed a midnight pint or even an early haircut as England's shops, pubs, gyms and hairdressers also reopened after three months of lockdown.
- The Independent
Daunte Wright killing - latest: State of emergency as more protests expected and mayor takes control of police
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- The Independent
Britt Reid: Ex-Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach charged over crash that left 5-year-old with brain injury
Britt Reid, the former assistant coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, has been charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) over the crash that put a 5-year-old girl in a coma and left her with traumatic brain injury. Mr Reid was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.113, over the legal limit of 0.08, at the time of the 4 February crash, according to the Jackson County prosecutors office. In announcing the charges, prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Mr Reid “acted with criminal negligence by driving at an excessive rate of speed”.
- Reuters
Iran says Natanz nuclear site hit by terrorism - TV
DUBAI (Reuters) -An incident at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was caused by an act of "nuclear terrorism", the country's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, according to state TV, adding that Tehran reserves the right to take action against the perpetrators. Israel's Kan public radio cited intelligence sources, whose nationality it did not disclose, as saying that Israel's Mossad spy agency had carried out a cyber attack at the site. Earlier on Sunday, the spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI) had said that a problem with the electrical distribution grid of the Natanz site had caused an incident, Iranian media reported.
- BBC
Bafta Film Awards 2021: Two-night ceremony announces first winners
The ceremony is split over two days for the first time, with more winners to be revealed on Sunday.
- Associated Press
Japan's champion: Matsuyama wins the Masters for his nation
Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters. It was a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, disasters that killed thousands and destroyed much of the region he called home in March 2011. A decade later, he lifted his country again — becoming Japan’s first man to win a golf major.
- INSIDER
Harvey Weinstein's attorneys say he shouldn't face trial in LA because he's lost teeth and is legally blind
Harvey Weinstein's lawyers said the 69-year-old disgraced film mogul is also experiencing cardiac issues, back issues, and sleep apnea.
- The State
Walker Kessler turns down UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis, says he’s transferring
The freshman center announced where he’s going on Instagram.
- Miami Herald
Cops went to a Florida mom’s home on a child abuse call. Then they saw a Dr. Seuss book
Dr Seuss books have made headlines lately, but not for this reason.
- Associated Press
Haley says she'll back Trump, stand down if he runs in 2024
Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, often mentioned as a possible 2024 GOP presidential contender, said Monday that she would not seek her party's nomination if former President Donald Trump opts to run a second time. “Yes,” Haley said, when asked if she would support a second bid by Trump, in whose Cabinet she served for the first half of his administration. “I would not run if President Trump ran, and I would talk to him about it,” Haley said, asked by The Associated Press if a possible Trump bid could preclude her own effort, were he to announce first.
- TheGrio
LA woman arrested for keeping $1.2 million accidentally deposited into her account
Kelyn Spadoni, 33, of Harvey, Louisiana, allegedly refused to return more than $1.2 million she mistakenly received from Charles Schwab & Co. According to Nola.com, the suspect allegedly immediately transferred them to another account. “She secreted it, and they were not able to access it,” said a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, Capt. Jason Rivarde. Before receiving the funds, Spadoni had opened an account with Charles Schwab & Co. in January.
- Associated Press
EXPLAINER: How does an officer use a gun instead of a Taser?
A suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a weekend traffic stop accidentally drew her firearm instead of a stun gun, the city's police chief said Monday. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer, who has not been identified, had made a mistake in firing her gun at 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who later died. Gannon said that the officer's immediate distress showed her use of the gun was unintentional.
- Chicago Tribune
Chicago high school staff will refuse in-person work starting Wednesday without movement toward a reopening agreement, teachers union announces
CHICAGO – The Chicago Teachers Union says high school staff members in Chicago Public Schools will refuse in-person work starting Wednesday without “adequate movement” toward a satisfactory reopening plan for high schools. CPS has identified April 19 as the “target” to reopen high schools — the last group that has yet to have the option of in-person classes since the pandemic shut schools in ...