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DKart/iStock(NEW YORK) — Twitter is rolling out a test of fleeting, disappearing messages on its platform for those who want to share their thoughts without having them exist on the internet forever. The test of [Read More…]

Wachiwit/iStock(NEW YORK) — In response to global public health concerns around the coronavirus situation, Starbucks has announced new steps to help prevent the spread of germs at its stores. For now, the coffee company said [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The National Weather Service determined that the strongest tornado in Tennessee during Monday night’s storm was in Putnam County and was rated as a violent EF-4 tornado with top winds of [Read More…]

KeithBinns/iStock(LONDON) — The International Criminal Court has authorized an independent investigation into allegations of war crimes committed by all sides in the Afghanistan conflict after an appeal overturned a previous decision to block the probe [Read More…]

mrtom-uk/iStock(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong authorities have warned residents against kissing their pets after a dog belonging to a coronavirus patient in the city tested “weak positive” for COVID-19, the official name for novel coronavirus. [Read More…]

oversnap/iStock(NEW YORK) — The emergence of the coronavirus as a world health epidemic and fears of it spreading have halted air and ground travel in some regions of the world and stalled it elsewhere, significantly [Read More…]

Nadya So/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of senators called on the United Kingdom Wednesday to reverse its decision to allow the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to participate in its 5G network. In a rare letter [Read More…]

alexsl/iStock(NEW YORK) — Is 15 seconds enough time to learn better health and hygiene practices? The World Health Organization thinks so. Last week, the social media app TikTok, popular with youths and young adults, announced [Read More…]

kali9/iStock(TULARE, Calif.) — One person is dead and five others are injured following a shooting at a party near a skate park in Tulare County, California, late Wednesday night. A 23-year-old male is dead and [Read More…]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. [Read More…]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — At 26 years old, Zarifa Ghafari is one of Afghanistan’s youngest mayors. That would be an accomplishment alone, but Ghafari is also one of Afghanistan’s first and only female [Read More…]

Brett Carlsen/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — At least 24 killed, 38 missing after Tennessee tornadoesTornadoes swept through communities in and around Nashville, reduced buildings to rubble and left dozens dead with more missing as residents already [Read More…]

blackred/iStock(DALLAS) — An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open the emergency exit door in the middle of the journey. American [Read More…]

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(REXBURG, Idaho) — Lori Vallow, the woman facing multiple charges in the case of her two children’s months-long disappearance, will be extradited back to Idaho Wednesday evening from Hawaii, officials said. Vallow has been living [Read More…]

oonal/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — The South Korean government is offering “emergency child care” to parents dealing with the double challenge of school closures and work-at-home policies as the country battles to fight the fast-spreading novel [Read More…]

MattGush/iStock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — 22 missing, 5 kids among the dead in hard-hit Putman CountyAfter several deadly tornadoes tore through Tennessee — including Nashville — killing at least two dozen people, officials say 22 remain unaccounted [Read More…]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. [Read More…]

wutwhanfoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — While the coronavirus outbreak has contributed to significant short-term market declines and sewed economic uncertainty the world over, a handful of companies, including Clorox and Netflix, have seen their stocks rise. The [Read More…]

David Ryder/Getty Images(SEATTLE) — In Washington state, where nine people have died of novel coronavirus over the past week, including residents at a nursing home, patients’ families are anxious and asking for answers. Vanessa Phelps [Read More…]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. [Read More…]