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- Virtual reality puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 07:35 PMA high-tech museum exhibit puts visitors face-to-face with Martin Luther King Jr. as he delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The virtual reality exhibit opened in Chicago on Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Groom sees full color for first time on wedding day
Saturday - 02/29/2020 - 12:00 AMTy couldn't see some of the beautiful colors of their wedding day, until Karli gave him a gift during their first look.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Some cruise passengers not worried about coronavirus outbreak
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 02:59 PMTravelers boarding the Royal Caribbean's Brilliance on Thursday in Tampa, Florida did not seem concerned with the new virus or a chance of it spreading. (Feb. 28)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Coronavirus patient's dog tests positive for COVID-19
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 03:02 PMOfficials collected oral, nasal and rectal samples for testing, and the dog's nasal and oral samples "tested weak positive" for COVID-19.
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Friday - 02/28/2020 - 04:10 PMHere's the latest for Friday, February 28th: Markets end their worst week since 2008; Coronavirus concerns cause cancellations across the globe; Candidates campaign in South Carolina ahead of Saturday's primary; Prince Harry teams up with Jon Bon Jovi.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Zoo's baby hippo gets name, romps with mother
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 05:20 PMThe San Diego Zoo has named a new river hippo calf, Ahmale, which means "beautiful one" in Zulu. The baby was born on February 8 and now weighs an estimated 100 pounds and is active and healthy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump: No deaths in US 'at all' from coronavirus
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 05:56 PMPresident Donald Trump says his order to close some borders as the virus outbreak spread is the reason why there are so few cases in the United States. "There have been no deaths in the United States at all," Trump told reporters Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Second case of unexplained coronavirus appears in California, raising fears of community infection
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 07:10 PMThe nation's second case of unexplained coronavirus - in which a person emerges with the infection with no obvious indication of how the virus was transmitted - has been reported in California
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'This was a major, a major break': Houston schools, businesses closed after pipe bursts, causing flooding
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 09:45 AMA massive water main break has caused flooding in Houston, where residents are under a boil water advisory as schools and businesses remained closed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kaboom! Astronomers detect the universe's biggest explosion since the Big Bang
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 11:45 AMThe explosion took place at the center of a galaxy that's about 390 million light years from Earth.
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- Breaking Bad in Hawaii? Prosecutors say Kauai councilman ran crystal meth ring
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 11:08 PMA county councilman who federal prosecutors say secretly ran a methamphetamine ring in between his civic duties pleaded not guilty Friday to running a covert gun and drug smuggling ring.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US experts comment on effectiveness of face masks
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 02:05 PMFace masks on backorder as U.S. prepares for potential spread of coronavirus. But experts say the masks may not do much to prevent healthy people from getting the virus. (Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'Miller Strong' shirts support brewery workers
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 02:55 PMMilwaukee t-shirt company creates "Miller Strong" shirts for employees and families affected by brewery shooting that left six dead, including the shooter. (Feb. 28)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yo Gotti says Jay-Z plays the 'big homie' and 'mentor' role
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 03:26 PMYo Gotti talks about his personal and business relationship with mogul Jay-Z. The Memphis rapper says, "It's not a dream. I know somebody who started out just like me who's a billionaire." (Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Biden continues South Carolina push
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 05:16 PMOne day away from the South Carolina Democratic Primary, Joe Biden campaigns in Sumter. (Feb. 28)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sanders confident as state primary looms
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 05:30 PMUS presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders held a campaign rally in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday. The Vermont Senator urged his supporters to unite and help in defeating President Donald Trump in November's presidential election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In California: It's four days from Election Day. Are we ready?
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 06:58 PMAs Tuesday nears, concerns grow over new voting systems across the state. Also, Asian-run businesses are struggling under the coronavirus. And is that a hipster cafe or a 7-Eleven?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - On This Day: 28 February 1966
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 08:15 AMFans occupied Liverpool's famous Cavern Club to protest its closure. (Feb. 28)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Buffalo diocese files for bankruptcy protection over hundreds of child sex abuse claims
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 12:12 PMThe bulk of liabilities are judgments that the diocese expects to pay in child sexual abuse claims against its priests, nuns, brothers and deacons.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A hearse was stolen with a body still inside: Then a car chase on a LA freeway ensued
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 12:12 PMThe casket – with body undisturbed – was recovered from the scene after authorities followed the stolen vehicle onto the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles.
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- Entangled right whale with fishing buoy stuck in mouth appears to be ailing off Nantucket
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 08:03 PMThe buoy is lodged in the baleen toward the front of the whale's mouth and likely makes it hard for her to close her mouth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Crane collapses outside under-construction stadium
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 02:10 PMA large construction crane collapsed Friday morning outside SoFi Stadium, the new home of the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers and Rams, according to the fire department. No injuries were reported.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Kobe Bryant crash: Probe launched into whether deputies shared graphic photos of remains
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 02:57 PMThe L.A. sheriff's department is investigating whether deputies may have shared graphic photos of human remains from the crash that killed Kobe Bryant
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lela Loren finds similarities between biology and acting
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 03:51 PMLela Loren studied biology before she fell in love with acting, but found common threads between the two. That seem curiosity is what drew her to Netflix's 'Altered Carbon.' She plays Danica Harlan, the governor of the planet Harlan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- More than 30,000 pounds of yogurt spilled on New York highway after accident
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 04:17 PMA tractor trailer carrying more than 30,000 pounds of yogurt in western New York jackknifed on a highway Thursday afternoon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pence meets with Fla. Gov DeSantis on coronavirus
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 05:41 PMVice President Mike Pence participates in a Florida Coronavirus Response Meeting with Governor Ron DeSantis, this after President Donald Trump tasked him with overseeing the U.S. response to the new coronavirus threat.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Small plane makes emergency belly-landing
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 06:05 PMA small plane made an emergency landing on its belly at San Jose's international airport after the pilot reported mechanical issues Friday morning. (Feb. 28)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These mysterious 'devices' keep washing up on Florida's beaches; scientists are concerned
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 12:51 PMFADS attract fish that gather for shelter or to feed on whatever grows in the artificially created ecosystem. Up to 121,000 were deployed in 2013.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Spenser Confidential' cast voice coronavirus concerns
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 10:15 AMAt the film's premiere in LA, the cast of "Spenser Confidential" discuss how they're feeling about coronavirus outbreak. (Feb. 28)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WHO increases coronavirus risk to 'very high'; whistleblower says US workers weren't ready for evacuees
Friday - 02/28/2020 - 12:29 PMA whistleblower claims HHS employees weren't prepared to work with evacuees, another Diamond Princess passenger has died, and more coronavirus news.
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