Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How points and miles credit cards can ease return to travel
(AP) - As the COVID-19 vaccination era makes it safer to travel, many people who stayed home during pandemic shutdowns are vacationing again. Airport checkpoint numbers have increased about 20% f...
Jun 30, 2021
NXIVM sex-slave case: 'Smallville' actor Allison Mack sentenced to 3 years in prison
NEW YORK (AP) - TV actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in a scandal-ridden, cult-like upstate New York group, was sentenced to 3 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges she ma...
Jun 30, 2021
'Orange skies:' Biden raising federal pay to fight wildfires
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration said Wednesday it is hiring more federal firefighters - and immediately raising their pay - as officials ramp up response efforts in the face of a severe dro...
Jun 30, 2021
Astronomers watch black hole swallow neutron star in 'big quick' gulp
(AP) - Talk about a heavy snack. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe - all in a split-second gulp. Ten days lat...
Jun 30, 2021
6 more bodies pulled from Florida building collapse rubble in highest daily toll
SURFSIDE, Fla. (NewsNation Now) - Search crews going through the ruins of a Florida condo tower pulled six more bodies from the rubble Wednesday, including two children, bringing the number of confirm...
Jun 30, 2021
Josh Duggar child porn trial continued to November, TLC cancels 'Counting On'
ARKANSAS (KNWA) - A five-month extension has been granted for Josh Duggar's child pornography trial, according to documents from the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Arkansas Fayettevill...
Jun 30, 2021
Army of volunteers showers Florida first responders with food, water
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Nicolette Daniel pulled a wheeled cart packed with takeout boxes of chicken tenders, French fries and deep-fried Oreos to the intersection where police officers stood by their ca...
Jun 30, 2021
On nearly party line vote, House votes to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) - Split along party lines, the House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, approving a special committee to probe the violent attack as police o...
Jun 30, 2021
Nurse mom goes into early labor, coaches 9-year-old daughter to deliver her baby sister
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. (WDAF) - A Belton, Missouri family welcomed their new baby girl into the world more than a week early, at home and with some surprising help. When any baby is born, it's a mirac...
Jun 30, 2021
Colorado sisters are only patients in the world with rare genetic disease
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) - Mariah and Mark Gillaspie couldn't have been more excited for the birth of their first daughter, Emma. "I had the Pinterest-perfect nursery. I read books to my pregnant baby...
Jun 30, 2021