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The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn't happen all at once. Educators say students don't just wake up one day and decide that's it, no more school. It happens slowly. They…
Just weeks after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine.It's something all of us have experienced after a year of pandemic life, but it's highly unlikely that many…
A UPS driver was moved to tears after his customers in Pennsylvania showed their appreciation in a big way.Chad Turns delivers for UPS in the small town of Dauphin, Pennsylvania, and is beloved by his customers, said resident Jenny Shickley.…
Hattie Blumenberg can't easily get to a mass vaccination center. The 90-year-old woman has limited transportation, and leaving her Chicago home would require someone physically carrying her from the house to a vehicle.But a new program at Chicago's Rush University…
"We're just tired," Will Lex Ham of New York City tells CNN. "We're tired of being scapegoated."Ham's sentiments echo the fatigue, frustration and collective trauma experienced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) due to recent racist attacks on their…
A SpaceX rocket has a major crash, old photos come to life and a New York woman makes a weird discovery. These are the must-watch videos of the week.'It just blew up!'SpaceX's rocket prototype stuck its landing, but then exploded…
The Senate passed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night "vote-a-rama" and a 12-hour struggle to get one Democrat to support the party's plan on a critical issue.The vote was 50 to 49 on…
It's not your imagination. Robocalls really are ramping up again after a pandemic lull.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get "5 Things You Need to Know Today" delivered…
Dutch Mandel's cell phone lit up with messages: "It's open, it's open, it's open!"The 62-year-old South Carolina resident told CNN on Thursday that his friends and he -- all older than 55 but younger than 65 -- had been anxiously…
Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- A KPIX 5 reporter investigating a series of auto break-ins around Twin Peaks in San Francisco was robbed of his camera at gunpoint Wednesday.Residents who live near the city landmark…
Click here for updates on this story HASTINGS, Minnesota (WCCO) -- Sometimes you win. Sometimes you “luge.” But in the city of Hastings, winning is luging. Especially when 78-year-old Paul Swanstrom gets involved.In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us…
The Senate is now engaged in a marathon effort to take up President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, a process that could stretch into the weekend before a final vote in the chamber takes place.The chamber voted Thursday…
The US shouldn't ease restrictions in place to prevent Covid-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, "and maybe even considerably less than that," Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday.The US should pull restrictions gradually, after a…
On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had gathered there expecting a celebratory speech on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender…
Allergies aren't just a sneezy seasonal annoyance.Hay fever has major health and economic consequences. It exacerbates asthma and weakens defenses against respiratory viruses, resulting in more emergency room visits and disrupted schooling and work.Climate change has already made pollen seasons…
Deep in the heart of Texas, above an oil patch about the size of Kansas, a little team in a small plane is trying to reveal a big problem.They are methane hunters. With an infrared camera and a Picarro Cavity…
Growing up in coastal Maine, Lynda Doughty spent a lot of time out on the ocean, where she regularly encountered seals, turtles and whales.She developed a passion for the marine wildlife living along the coast and knew from an early…
