An Oregon man with a violent criminal record will spend his life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing two men who intervened when he racistly confronted two black teenage girls aboard a busy TriMet MAX Light Rail train in 2017. Jeremy Christian, 38, was sentenced to two …
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An Indiana woman celebrates her 100th birthday after surviving coronavirus, cancer, and World War II.
An Indiana woman turned 100 with coronavirus in the rearview mirror. Leora Martin, a resident of Greenleaf Health Campus, an assisted living facility in the state, recently learned that a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 was shaken. The news came a week before his birthday on June 13, but it was …
Read More »Wealth is killing the planet, scientists warn
Would you like to be rich? Most likely, your answer is, “Yes! Who wouldn’t want to be rich?” Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is generally perceived as a good thing. It implies more freedom, fewer worries, more happiness, higher social status. But here’s the …
Read More »Astros talk about selling tickets between COVID-19 outbreak in Texas
As Houston runs out of hospital beds, the Astros want to sell tickets. Astros owner Jim Crane cited revenue losses on Wednesday, expressing his desire to draw fans to Minute Maid Park for the upcoming MLB season. He made the comments a day after MLB and MLBPA ended a lengthy …
Read More »Savannah Guthrie responds to criticism of her ‘tousled’ hair
Savannah Guthrie has defended her hairstyle to a viewer who claimed that her casual waves were too ‘sloppy’ and ‘distracting’ for the news. After receiving a negative tweet about her appearance on the air, the 48-year-old Today presenter noted that she and her co-stars were forced to do their hair …
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