MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, say a man has been accused of grabbing a 2 1/2-foot-long sword and chasing after another man who asked him to turn down his music. Police said a man knocked on the door of 47-year-old Benjamin Layland on Monday. They said Layland
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Customers cheered at a Walmart in Missouri after a woman gave birth to a baby girl in the store’s toilet paper aisle. Store manager Jessica Hinkle says the woman told employees Wednesday that her water broke. KYTV reports Hinkle held up a sheet for privacy while a
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Another complication as New Orleans fights the spread of coronavirus: rats and mice abandoning their hiding places in walls and rafters of now-shuttered businesses. They venture out to look for trash to munch on. Claudia Riegel, the city’s pest control director, says
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) – A community of nuns living in silence at a Portuguese convent have offered tips on how to make the best of being stuck at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. The nuns living in central Portugal say people should take the opportunity to develop their creative side and
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https://time.com/5807470/scripps-national-spelling-bee-canceled-coronavirus/ WASHINGTON DC – (AP) The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning years of preparation by some of the country’s top spellers could go for
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PARIS (AP) — In the age of confinement, Elisha Nochomovitz figured out a way to run a marathon anyway – back and forth on his balcony. He ran 26.2 miles straight, never leaving his 23-foot balcony. He told AP he saw it as a “crazy” physical and mental challenge. But he also shared the
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BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) — A calf has been born to a pregnant cow who swam 4 miles to shore after being swept away by Hurricane Dorian in September. The Charlotte Observer reports the newborn “sea calf” is the offspring of one of three cows found in North Carolina’s Outer Banks after
Continue Reading »TOWSON, Md. (AP) – The National Aquarium says it released a harp seal rescued from Ocean City after severe dehydration. The seal is named Amelia Bedelia and was released Tuesday. Amelia has been part of a cast of storybook characters undergoing rehabilitation at the aquarium in
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OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) — A museum is being planned at just outside the walls of Sing Sing prison in New York state with a unique feature. Museum organizers intend to build a 300-foot-long corridor connecting the museum to the roofless ruins of the original 19th century cell block inside the walls.
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BUNNELL, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is in jail for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer just days after he was jailed on the same charge. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley said in a Facebook post that 60-year-old LeRoy Stotelmyer was arrested March 11 after investigators got a tip
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