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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

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

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

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

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

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