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There’s no doubt that solar energy is becoming increasingly popular, with more and more homeowners opting to install solar panels on their roofs. But is this trend simply a fad, or is it here to stay? In the Melbourne suburb of Point Cook, there has been a recent surge in the number of […]
(RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif.) — Top officials in California’s Riverside County said this week that they continue to be frustrated in their efforts to find out why social services systems have “harmed” some of the 13 Turpin children who were rescued in 2018 from captivity and torture at the hands of their parents. The Riverside County […]
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that starting April 11 people applying for U.S. passports will be able to select “X” to mark their gender in a move designed to accommodate nonbinary, intersex and gender non-conforming individuals. “The Department of State has reached another milestone in our work to better serve all […]
Justin Sullivan, Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Skippy Foods announced a voluntary recall of some peanut butter products due to the possibility that a limited number of jars may contain small fragment of stainless steel from a piece of manufacturing equipment, according to a statement released by the Food and Drug Administration. The recall includes a […]
(NEW YORK) — Police are seeking a suspect in an assault on a New York City subway train that is being investigated as a hate crime after the assailant allegedly used an anti-gay slur. The New York Police Department recently released video and images of the attack, which it said occurred March 19 on an uptown […]
(BOISE, Idaho) — Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to reverse Idaho’s new abortion law. The law bans abortions once cardiac activity in a fetus is detected, which happens at approximately six weeks of pregnancy. Many women are unaware at six weeks that they are pregnant. The suit was filed in Idaho’s Supreme […]
(NEW YORK) — Edith Kanaka’ole, a Native Hawaiian teacher, will be featured on U.S. quarters next year, along with five other women, as part of the 2023 American Women Quarters project from the U.S. Mint. Kanakaʻole, who died in 1978, was an internationally acclaimed hula teacher, composer, chanter and performer. She is credited for playing […]
Photography by Deb Snelson/Getty Images (ALPINE, Texas) — A woman died while visiting a Texas national park with her family Monday as hot temperatures arrived in the area. Big Bend National Park officials said they received a call around 4:20 p.m. requesting help near the Hot Springs Canyon Trail. When crews arrived at the scene […]
(NEW YORK) — Two people were killed Thursday in the Florida Panhandle when their mobile home was toppled by a suspected tornado, one of nearly 30 that has wreaked havoc across seven South and Midwest states, officials said. The deaths in Washington County, Florida, were the first fatalities reported from the outbreak of severe weather […]
(DELPHI, Ind.) — New details have come to light in the unsolved Delphi, Indiana, double murder investigation with the publication of a police interview with a man who, according to transcripts, admitted to communicating with 14-year-old victim Libby German. Libby and her best friend Abby Williams, 13, were on a local Delphi hiking trail when […]
