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  • World
    Reuters

    Bodies found in Mexico where Australian, US tourists went missing

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities have located three bodies in the state of Baja California where one American and two Australian tourists were reported missing, the local prosecutor's office said in a statement late on Friday. Australian brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, and American Carter Rhoad, 30, were last seen on April 27, the Baja California state prosecutor's office previously announced. It referred to the missing American as Jack Carter Rhoad.

  • Health
    The Conversation

    A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia – 4 questions answered

    REM sleep behavior disorder is characterized by acting out dreams, which may include shouting, kicking and punching during sleep.

  • Health
    TODAY

    2 new COVID variants called 'FLiRT' are spreading in the U.S. What are the symptoms?

    The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including KP.2, are spreading in the United States. Will there be a summer surge? Experts discuss KP.2 transmission, symptoms, and vaccines.

  • World
    Reuters

    Hamas armed wing says responsible for Israel-Gaza border crossing attack

    CAIRO (Reuters) -The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, which Israeli and Palestinian media reports said had resulted in Israeli casualties. Israel's military said 10 projectiles were launched from Rafah in southern Gaza towards the area of the crossing, which it said was now closed to aid trucks going into the coastal enclave. Hamas' armed wing said it fired rockets at an Israeli a

  • Health
    USA TODAY Opinion

    Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

    The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.

  • U.S.
    USA TODAY Sports

    Complaints, objections swept aside as 15-year-old girl claims record for 101-pound catfish

    Not everyone seems happy about 15-year-old Jaylynn Parker’s 101.11-pound blue catfish, the new record catch in Ohio.

  • Politics
    Reuters

    Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers

    President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a U.S. labor board rule treating companies as the employers of many of their contract and franchise workers and requiring them to bargain with those workers' unions. The proposal to repeal the National Labor Relations Board rule passed Congress narrowly and it is unlikely Republicans can muster the two-thirds majority to override the veto by Biden, a Democrat. In a memo to law

  • U.S.
    Snopes

    The Truth Behind Story of 2 Girls Supposedly Missing for 40 Years Until a Man Saw an Old Car and Broke It Open

    "The disappearance sparked countless rumors and theories about their fate," an online article read.

  • U.S.
    List Wire

    California’s Lake Oroville highlights reversal of severe-drought levels in stunning before and after images

    99% capacity has created quite the site from a few years ago...

  • Business
    Reuters

    Berkshire shareholders reject climate, diversity, China proposals

    Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected six proposals addressing environmental and social policy issues at Warren Buffett's conglomerate, all of which the billionaire investor and his board opposed. By margins of more than 4-to-1, shareholders at Berkshire's annual meeting voted against two proposals that the company's insurance and energy operations disclose more about their efforts to address climate change including greenhouse gas emissions. They also turned

  • U.S.
    Moneywise

    ‘I felt like I’d been baited and switched’: Florida woman has to sell house after property tax bill soars 174%

    New homeowners are suffering from sticker shock

  • Business
    Snopes

    Fact Check: Theodore Roosevelt Supposedly Posed for Photo with Last Known Triceratops. Here Are the Facts

    The black-and-white photo appeared to show the former U.S. President standing over a lifeless dinosaur.

  • U.S.
    Inside Edition

    Man Caught Stealing $190,000 From Tesla Backseat: Cops

    Surveillance video shows a man in a black T-shirt getting out of his car and then breaking into the backseat window of the Tesla parked next to him. It happened at a gas station in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. One by one he picks up the boxes from the back seat and then hands them off to a female passenger in the front seat. Inside one of the boxes was $190,000, police say. Inside Edition Digital has the video.

  • U.S.
    KTVX

    Court allows Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to join Heber Valley Temple lawsuit

    A judge is allowing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to intervene in a lawsuit regarding the controversial construction of the Heber Valley Temple.

  • U.S.
    USA TODAY

    A Columbia professor wanted to document history. NYPD arrested him outside his home

    The professor had just finished his last class to end a 28-year teaching career at Columbia University. Then police arrested him outside his home.