U.S. Court Finds Syrian Government Liable For Death of Journalist Marie Colvin
(WASHINGTON) — A Washington judge has hit the Syrian government with a $302 million judgment over the 2012 death of journalist Marie Colvin, a longtime foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times. In a verdict unsealed late Wednesday night, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson concluded the Syrian military had deliberately targeted the makeshift media center in t...
4m Feb 01, 2019
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Are Mushrooms Healthy? Here’s What Experts Say
The versatile mushroom comes in all different shapes, sizes and colors; it stands up as a side and can replace meat as a main. The fungus is a favorite of nutrition professionals — packed with vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Here's what mushrooms can do for your health, and how to work them into your diet. What are the nutritional benefits of mushrooms? Mushro...
4m Feb 01, 2019
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Brexit May Have to Be Delayed, Says British Foreign Secretary
(LONDON) — A key member of Prime Minister Theresa May's government acknowledged Thursday that Britain's exit from the European Union may have to be delayed if negotiations on a divorce deal drag on. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that while it is difficult to know whether negotiations will stretch to the final hours, a delay may be necessary to pass legislat...
5m Feb 01, 2019
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The Polar Vortex Caused Striking Solar Phenomena Called 'Sundogs.' Here's What to Know
The polar vortex that has brought deadly cold and record-breaking low temperatures to the Midwest has also resulted in beautiful solar phenomena – sundogs. According to the National Weather Service, sundogs form when sunlight refracts off ice crystals in the atmosphere and result in colored spots of light approximately 22 degrees either left, right, or both, from the su...
3m Feb 01, 2019
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The Senate Just Rebuked Trump’s Plan to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Syria and Afghanistan
(WASHINGTON) — In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, the Senate has voted 68-23 to advance an amendment that would oppose withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The amendment from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Islamic State and al-Qaida militants still pose a serious threat to the United States and warns that "a precipitous withdrawal" of U...
1m Feb 01, 2019
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Howard Schultz Could Flip the 2020 Election. Just Not Necessarily to Trump’s Favor
As a caffeine magnate, Howard Schultz, the billionaire former CEO of Starbucks, spent decades causing Americans to lose sleep. In the few days since he indicated a strong desire to run for President, Schultz has contributed to an extra dose of insomnia to the many Democrats who dread a second term for President Donald Trump.
7m Feb 01, 2019
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U.S. Border Patrol Reports Largest Fentanyl Bust of Nearly 254 Pounds of Opioid
(PHOENIX) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds (114 kilograms) of the deadly synthetic opioid from a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona. The drug was found hidden Saturday morning inside a tractor-trailer after a scan during secondary inspection indicated some...
4m Feb 01, 2019
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Little Kids Are Probably Using Too Much Toothpaste. A New Study Explains Why That’s Likely Bad
(NEW YORK) — Too many young kids are using too much toothpaste, increasing their risk of streaky or splotchy teeth when they get older, according to a government survey released Thursday. About 40 percent of kids ages 3 to 6 used a brush that was full or half-full of toothpaste, even though experts recommend no more than a pea-sized amount, the study found. The Cente...
3m Feb 01, 2019
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The Surprisingly Mysterious Story of the World’s First Filmmaker
This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at History Today. In 1888, in Leeds, the French inventor Louis Le Prince shot what many now consider to be the world’s first films. Fragments of three survive — the Roundhay Garden, Accordion and Leeds Bridge scenes — in which the inventor managed to capture moving pictures years ...
8m Jan 31, 2019
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Democrats’ New Plan for Poor Parents: Give Them $300 a Month
As a recent community college graduate, Sarah Rosenberger spends much of her time applying for interior decorating jobs, picking up impromptu babysitting gigs and taking care of her 23-month-old son, Carson. Finances are never far from her mind. The Colorado resident recently had to pour $3,000 into her car for a series of much-needed repairs that had piled up while she...
15m Jan 31, 2019
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Minnesota Is Battling Minus 28-Degree Weather. That’s Just How These Ultramarathoners Like It
As most Midwesterners hunker down inside amid historically bone-chilling temperatures, 146 extreme sports enthusiasts have been trekking across Northern Minnesota for one of the most excruciating endurance races in the world.
4m Jan 31, 2019
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‘We’re Flying Blind.’ The Shutdown Is Making it Harder for Economists to Understand the Shutdown
The Congressional Budget Office on Monday delivered its estimated economic cost of the five-week partial government shutdown: $11 billion dollars, with $3 billion in permanent economic losses. Those numbers are now being leveraged for partisan ends on either side of the political spectrum. But even the CBO admitted that they don't provide a full picture of the shutdown'...
6m Jan 31, 2019
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The Beatles Performed Their Last Live Gig 50 Years Ago. Here’s the Story Behind the Rooftop Concert
In January of 1969, the Beatles had just slogged their way through a soul-destroying month of misery in which John Lennon was wracked with heroin addiction, a frustrated George Harrison briefly quit the band and Paul McCartney worked ceaselessly as the group’s self-anointed cheerleader — so much so that, by the end of the month, his relentless good-natured energy was begin...
7m Jan 31, 2019
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Ian Bremmer: The Quick Read on Venezuela’s Current Political Crisis
What Happened This Week: The U.S. government continues to tighten the screws on Nicolas Maduro's regime in Venezuela; on Monday, the Trump administration announced extensive sanctions against Venezuela’s state-oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in a push to collapse the regime in favor of Venezuela’s parliamentary leader and self-proclaimed “interim president,” the ...
6m Jan 31, 2019
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‘Do Not Let Him Escape Responsibility.’ Prosecutors End Closing Arguments in El Chapo Trial With a Plea
Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was a ruthless murderer who regularly resorted to violence and corruption to defend the multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise he led, prosecutors said Wednesday during closing arguments in the Mexican kingpin’s U.S. trial. In the government’s final address to the jury before deliberations, Assistant U.S.
5m Jan 31, 2019
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Companies Selling Fake Likes and Followers on Social Media Settle With New York State
A group of Colorado companies selling fake followers, "likes” and social media views has settled with the New York Attorney General in the first U.S. probe to deem such sales illegally deceptive, Reuters reports. "Bots and other fake accounts have been running rampant on social media platforms, often stealing real people’s identities to carry out fraud," said Attorney G...
2m Jan 31, 2019
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Health Officials Confirm Three Cases of Measles in Atlanta
Across the country from a measles outbreak that has prompted a state of emergency, three people were diagnosed with the highly contagious virus in Atlanta, Georgia, health officials confirmed. All three individuals are family members and were not vaccinated, the Georgia Department of Public Health said Tuesday. Two cases were confirmed on Jan. 13 and the third was confi...
2m Jan 31, 2019
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Here’s Why People Believe the Super Bowl Halftime Show Could Include a SpongeBob Tribute
Thanks to some hints floating around the internet from Maroon 5 and others, SpongeBob SquarePants fans have high hopes that the famous cartoon character might be making a Super Bowl LIII cameo. One main reason for the theory comes down to a brief appearance of the Pineapple-Under-the-Sea-dwelling creature in a tweeted video that Maroon 5, the headlining Super Bowl 2019 ...
3m Jan 31, 2019
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India's Main Opposition Party Is Promising a Basic Income for the Poor. Can It Work?
On Monday, the man leading India's main opposition announced that his party would guarantee every poor person in India a minimum income if it wins elections scheduled for this spring. Rahul Gandhi’s surprise promise was welcomed by supporters of Universal Basic Income (UBI), a radical policy proposal that has been gaining ground in recent years. Under UBI, a government...
8m Jan 30, 2019
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Betrayals, a $100 Million Bribery and a Netflix Star: The 7 Biggest Bombshells From El Chapo’s Trial
The dramatic drug-trafficking trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman had all the hallmarks of a television soap opera. Revealing text messages painted the 61-year-old notorious kingpin as a prolific philanderer. Stunning testimonies exposed the widespread government corruption in Mexico, implicating some of the country's top ex-leaders.
15m Jan 30, 2019
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Lawmakers Don’t Want Another Shutdown. Now They Just Need to Convince Trump
After President Trump announced on Friday that he would temporarily re-open the government for three weeks while border security negotiations proceed, both parties in Congress promptly selected 17 experienced dealmakers to do that job. But the outcome is still riddled with uncertainty, mainly because it is subject to the approval of a fickle President. The committee,...
4m Jan 30, 2019
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What Howard Schultz’s Missteps As Seattle SuperSonics Owner Reveals About His Politics
Think Democrats across the country are uneasy about the potential independent presidential candidacy of former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who as a well-financed third party opponent, could bleed votes from the Democratic nominee, and ease Donald Trump's path to a second term? Their worry won't hold a cup of coffee to that of former fans of the Seattle SuperSonics. Sc...
8m Jan 30, 2019
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This Health Insurance Giant Wants to Pay for Your Apple Watch
In a partnership with Apple, health insurance company Aetna announced Tuesday a new app and wellness program that will track and offer personalized health recommendations to its customers, and grant them the option to redeem points for gift cards or toward payments for an Apple Watch by meeting activity goals and other health-related challenges. In short, you can expect a ...
3m Jan 30, 2019
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How Chicago's 80,000 Homeless People Are Surviving in Deadly Zero-Degree Weather
Peter Illich, 56, was feeding the ducks by Lake Michigan on Monday night when he noticed the temperature suddenly drop. Instead of turning in for shelter, Illich curled up on a park bench, his snowsuit his only protection from the cold. The next day, he says, he noticed that he had frostbite in his hands. This has happened to him before. “You can’t open and close you...
4m Jan 30, 2019
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Stacey Abrams Will Deliver Democratic Response to Trump’s State of the Union Speech
(WASHINGTON) — Stacey Abrams, the rising political star who marshaled the power of black female voters but narrowly lost the Georgia governor's race, will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Tuesday that he asked Abrams three weeks ago to take on the role and "was ver...
3m Jan 30, 2019
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Oxfam Director: What Davos Can't Solve
The narrative of business being the driver of social good is as old as it is appealing. It once again underpinned the annual gathering of elite business leaders, politicians and wealthy individuals at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. And yet every year, the gap has become starker between the aspirations I hear at this festival of wealth and the conditions...
5m Jan 30, 2019
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Analyst: China’s Use of Canadian Detainees as Diplomatic Bargaining Chips Should Worry Us All
China’s apparent use of Canadian detainees as diplomatic bargaining chips is not just a problem for Canada. It is a challenge to all countries that seek to uphold the rule of law in their domestic and international affairs. The dispute began in December when Canadian police arrested Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, on an extradition request from the Unite...
10m Jan 30, 2019
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Trump Said 'We Need' Global Warming to Deal With Record Cold. Here's Why That Doesn't Make Sense
President Trump has been a longtime opponent of taking action on climate change, as evidenced by everything from his accusation that the phenomenon is a "hoax" created by China to his decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement. There are many reasons Trump may be against addressing climate change, but one thing is clear: he doesn't understand the science behin...
3m Jan 29, 2019
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Trump Allies Keep Saying Mueller Is Almost Done. Here Are the Signs He's Not
Then-White House lawyer Ty Cobb once told Reuters that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation would be wrapping up within a few months. That was in mid-August of 2017 — more than 17 months ago. Cobb no longer works at the White House, but his optimism lives on among Trump associates. Throughout 2017 and 2018, Cobb and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani repeatedly clai...
7m Jan 29, 2019
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Trump’s Own Intelligence Chief Contradicted Him Several Times
The nation's intelligence chief contradicted President Trump's statements on North Korea, Syria and Russia while addressing the Senate on Tuesday, arguing that ISIS continues to pose a threat to the United States despite the Administration's claims that it has been defeated. Director of U.S.
4m Jan 29, 2019
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‘It Doesn’t Have to Be a Wall.’ House GOP Leader Signals Compromise in Border Negotiations
WASHINGTON (AP) — A border security compromise that Congress hopes to produce doesn't have to include the word "wall," the top House Republican said Tuesday, signaling a rhetorical retreat from a term that President Donald Trump made a keystone of his presidential campaign. The remark by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., came a day before Republican and De...
2m Jan 29, 2019
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Apple Promises to Fix a FaceTime Bug That Enables People to Snoop on Each Other
Apple has disabled a group-chat function in FaceTime after users said a software bug could let callers activate another person's microphone remotely. With the bug, a FaceTime user calling another iPhone, iPad or Mac computer could hear audio — even if the receiver did not accept the call. The bug is triggered when callers add themselves to the same call to launch a grou...
2m Jan 29, 2019
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Chicago Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime Attack Against Empire Actor
Chicago police say they are investigating a possible hate crime against Empire star Jussie Smollett early Tuesday. Smollett reported that he was approached by two men as he was walking down a Chicago street. The men allegedly began yelling racial and homophobic slurs at him and beat Smollett's face with their hands, according to the Chicago Police Department. Police ...
2m Jan 29, 2019
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Youngest U.S. Women's Figure Skating Champ Ever Gave Her Medal to Her Dad for the Sweetest Reason
Alysa Liu made history on Friday when she clinched first place for women at the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, Michigan as the youngest winner ever at the age of 13. Liu's astounding performance included landing two triple axels during her free skate, making her the first American woman to make two.
2m Jan 29, 2019
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It's Going to Feel like 50 Below in the Midwest This Week. What That Does to Your Body
Parts of the Midwest are bracing for their coldest temperatures in decades this week, with Tuesday night conditions predicted to feel like 50 degrees below zero or colder in areas of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa, according to AccuWeather. Temperatures in Chicago are also predicted to dip below negative 25 for the first time since the mid-1980s, AccuWeather says. ...
4m Jan 29, 2019
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Carrie Bradshaw and the Dude Cause Total Mayhem in a Super Bowl Ad
Carrie Bradshaw is back — but not in the way you might expect. In a new ad for Super Bowl 2019, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jeff Bridges teamed up to reinvigorate their two most iconic onscreen characters, Parker's Sex and the City writer and Bridges' The Dude from The Big Lebowski. Bradshaw is known for her love of Cosmopolitan cocktails on the hit TV show, while The Dude...
2m Jan 29, 2019
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Trump Administration Hits Venezuela's State Oil Company With $7 Billion in Sanctions
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition in the South American nation. Maduro's increasingly isolated government would lose access to one of its most important sources of income...
6m Jan 29, 2019
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Death Toll Rises to 60 and an Estimated 292 Remain Missing After Brazilian Dam Collapse
(BRUMADINHO, Brazil) — Brazilian firefighters moved over treacherous mud — sometimes walking, sometimes crawling — as they searched Monday for survivors or bodies following a dam collapse that buried an iron ore mining company's buildings and inundated nearby neighborhoods with ore waste. The confirmed death toll rose to 60, with 292 people still missing, according to t...
5m Jan 29, 2019
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Howard Schultz's Presidential Ambitions Are Boldly Small-Scale
Last March I traveled to Costa Rica to interview Howard Schultz about how climate change would affect the coffee industry. But the conversation kept veering off to his pet subjects of politics and policy. In the midst of our discussion about global warming, the then-Starbucks executive chairman launched into a condemnation of the U.S. national debt and the "fiscal irres...
4m Jan 29, 2019
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A Winter Storm and Thousands of Super Bowl Fans Are Bearing Down on Snow-Shy Atlanta
(ATLANTA) — Five years after cars, trucks and school buses became marooned on Atlanta freeways in what became known as "snow jam ," another winter storm is threatening the city — just as thousands of fans begin pouring into town for Super Bowl 53. A winter storm watch goes into effect at 4 a.m. Tuesday for Atlanta, a city known for grinding to a halt even in relatively ...
3m Jan 29, 2019
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The U.S. Has Slipped out of the Top 20 Countries in a Worldwide Corruption Index
The U.S. has plummeted in an annual corruption index, falling out of the top 20 countries for the first time since 2011, watchdog Transparency International said in a new report that links the global erosion of democracy and tidal wave of autocrats to an uptick in graft.
2m Jan 29, 2019
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American Nobel Laureate Knew About Chinese Scientist Gene-Editing Babies, But Did Not Report Him
Long before the claim of the world's first gene-edited babies became public, Chinese researcher He Jiankui shared the news with a U.S. Nobel laureate who objected to the experiment yet remained an adviser to He's biotech company. The revelation that another prominent scientist knew of the work, which was widely condemned when it was revealed, comes as scientists debate ...
6m Jan 29, 2019
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President Trump and Nancy Pelosi Make a Deal – on a New Date for the State of the Union
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rescheduled the State of the Union for Feb. 5, she announced in a letter to President Trump Monday afternoon. Pelosi noted in her letter that the two had agreed on the date during a conversation on Monday – their first since Trump stormed out of shutdown negotiations with Democratic leaders on Jan. 9. "I invite you to deliver your State...
3m Jan 29, 2019
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Kayla the Orca Has Died at SeaWorld Orlando
(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A 30-year-old orca has died at SeaWorld's Orlando park. SeaWorld officials say Kayla died Monday after a brief illness. SeaWorld officials say a cause of death won't be known until a post-mortem examination is conducted. Kayla began showing signs of discomfort on Saturday, and veterinarians began treating her based on what they found from a physi...
1m Jan 29, 2019
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Author David Treuer on Why We Need to Change the Way Indian Stories Are Told
When the Ojibwe writer David Treuer was growing up, he says, there were a few things that showed up in every Indian household he would visit: a Sears catalog, a Bible, a picture of John F. Kennedy and a copy of the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown's influential chronicling of 19th-century Native American history. But the contents of that book, famous as it was...
10m Jan 28, 2019
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Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine’s I Am the Night Is a Retro Noir Thriller With Nothing New to Say
Notorious cold cases tend to splinter into competing narratives, each containing fragments of an elusive truth—and few have elicited theories as odd as those that surround the lurid 1947 murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, a.k.a. the Black Dahlia, in Los Angeles. Orson Welles, Woody Guthrie, mob boss Bugsy Siegel and LA Times publisher Norman Chandler were all floated a...
5m Jan 28, 2019
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‘I Feel Like a Second-Class Citizen.’ Shutdown Pain Continues for Furloughed Government Contractors Who Don’t Get Back Pay
On Friday, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in American history. While most furloughed federal workers will receive back pay, those contracted by the government will not, and they aren't happy about it. Sunny Blaylock, a government contractor for the U.S. State Department, tells TIME she ...
5m Jan 28, 2019
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Inside Chipotle's Plan to Make You Love It Again
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
14m Jan 28, 2019
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Tunisia’s Fledgling Democracy Shows Signs of Wear and Tear
Tunisia will forever be remembered as the birthplace of the Arab Spring in 2011. That has been both a blessing and a curse for the country. The upside is that democracy and reform have become focal points of national pride in a region badly in need of both--especially after the architects of the transition won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015. The downside is that Tunisia'...
4m Jan 28, 2019
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North Carolina Boy, 3, Found After Missing in the Woods for 2 Days. He Says He ‘Hung Out With a Bear’
A 3-year-old boy who was found after missing for two days in the North Carolina woods, says he "hung out with a bear." The child, Casey Hathaway, was playing outside his great-grandmother's house with two other children on Tuesday, when he apparently wandered off into the woods, according to a report by local news channel WITN. Hundreds of people, drones, helicopters ...
2m Jan 28, 2019
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