Haiti health workers say 13 children died in orphanage fire

AP 02/15/2020

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A fire swept through an orphanage run by a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit group in Haiti, killing 13 children, including infants, health care workers said Friday. Rose-Marie Louis, a child-care worker, told The Associated Press that…

Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record

AP 02/08/2020

WASHINGTON — The temperature in northern Antarctica hit nearly 65 degrees (18.3 degrees Celsius), a likely heat record on the continent best known for snow, ice and penguins. The reading was taken Thursday at an Argentine research…

Female athlete to launch Olympic torch relay for 1st time

AP 02/08/2020

ATHENS, Greece — For the first time, a woman has been chosen to launch the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Games at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in Greece. Greece’s Olympic committee said Thursday it…

Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter

AP 02/08/2020

LOS ANGELES — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. A witness told the…

China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed

AP 02/01/2020

BEIJING — Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the center of a vast effort to contain a…

Stocks sink on fears virus outbreak will dent global economy

AP 02/01/2020

Stocks fell sharply on Wall Street Friday as fears spread through the markets that a virus outbreak emanating from China will dent global growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded more than 600 points and the S&P…

James hits milestone but 76ers beat Lakers

AP 01/26/2020

PHILADELPHIA — With a tribute to Kobe Bryant written on his Nikes, LeBron James moved past the retired Los Angeles great for third place on the NBA’s career scoring list, scoring 29 points in the Lakers’ 108-91…

Ancient voice: Scientists recreate sound of Egyptian mummy

AP 01/26/2020

BERLIN — Researchers say they’ve mimicked the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by recreating much of its vocal tract using medical scanners, 3D printing and an electronic larynx. In a paper published Thursday by the journal…

Nets’ Irving could return from shoulder injury vs Hawks

AP 01/12/2020

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving could return to the Brooklyn Nets’ lineup Sunday after missing two months with a right shoulder injury. The Nets listed Irving as probable on the injury report Saturday for their game against…

Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis out vs Thunder

AP 01/12/2020

OKLAHOMA CITY — LeBron James and Anthony Davis missed the Lakers’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, January 11, 2020. Lakers coach Frank Vogel said James has a chest cold. Officially, the team said he…

2020 box office starts off with ‘Star Wars’ still on top

AP 01/06/2020

NEW YORK  – The box office in 2020 started off where last year left off: with “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” still on top. After  a historic year, the Walt Disney Co. opened the new year approaching…

Teacher defecating in park for 2 years finally caught, says he did it out of ‘stupidity’

AP, Inquirer.net 01/05/2020

A high school teacher has been caught by authorities for taking a dump almost every day in a public park in Wisconsin, United States, something which officials believe has been going on for two years. English teacher…

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