Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan opens mass vaccination centers 2 months before Olympic Games
TOKYO (AP) - Japan mobilized military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government desperately tries to accelerate its vaccination rollout and curb...
May 24, 2021
Phil Mickelson wins PGA Championship at age 50, becomes golf's oldest major champion
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Phil Mickelson has delivered so many thrills and spills over 30 years of pure theater that no one ever knows what he will do next. His latest act was a real stunner: A major...
May 23, 2021
George Floyd's family holds march in brother's memory ahead of anniversary of death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Members of George Floyd's family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of s...
May 23, 2021
Bodybuilder busted for disability fraud after wife posts pictures of his transformation on Instagram, officials say
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - A New York man was arrested for allegedly fraudulently taking disability benefits after his bodybuilder wife posted pictures of him lifting weights on her Instagram page, Attorney...
May 23, 2021
Arson suspect arrested in fire that damaged homes, forced evacuations in California
(AP) - A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly starting a hillside brush fire that triggered an evacuation of hundreds of residents in Santa Barbara and damaged two homes, police said Friday. Vic...
May 23, 2021
Worker falls to death at Queens building under construction
NEW YORK (AP) - A worker fell to his death from a scaffold at a building under construction in Queens, officials said. Diego Lliguicota, 32, fell from a scaffold at 9:30 a.m. Saturday as he was trying...
May 23, 2021
Las Vegas police officer accused of being part of theft ring
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas police officer has been arrested for allegedly taking part in an organized theft ring, according to authorities. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said Samuelito Quijano has b...
May 23, 2021
149 arrested after viral TikTok video draws thousands for party in California
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) - Huntington Beach police arrested 149 people after a massive crowd that descended on the beach Saturday for a party announced in a TikTok video grew "unruly," promptin...
May 23, 2021
Massachusetts family returns winning $1M lottery ticket to customer who threw it away
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - One Massachusetts family returned a lottery ticket to the customer who had tossed it after the family discovered the ticket had won $1 million. Abhi Shah, the son of the ow...
May 23, 2021
Man leaves feces, hurls remarks outside Florida synagogue
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi in front of a South Florida synagogue. He returned and dumped a bag of human feces in front of the building, authorities said....
May 23, 2021