FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Their last breath is pain. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them – the last hostage of 17 men and women who died from the coronavirus. A 41-year-old ICU nurse at Miami’s Kendall Regional Medical Center, Ruiz has witnessed the desperate, pleading, wide-eyed, barely …
Read More »Mural highlights quote from Dolly Parton of Black Lives Matter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tourists fly to Nashville to see a new mural by Dolly Parton celebrating her position on Black Lives Matter. Mural painter Kim Radford had already decided to paint the mural of the country music icon alongside a local music association called The 5 Spot, which was …
Read More »Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) – On a hot summer night, two food trucks pulled up a tree-lined street in a hilltop neighborhood outside Seattle. The smell of grilled meat filled the air, and neighbors slurped on boba tea drinks. Toddlers, teens, their parents and dogs sat in the grass, chatting behind …
Read More »Bomber’s brother turns 55 before Manchester concert attack
LONDON (AP) – The brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds, was sentenced on Thursday to a minimum of 55 years in prison. Hashem Abedi, 23, had refused to help plan the …
Read More »Zoo ‘Tiger King’ closes after investigation into animal treatment
WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) – The Oklahoma Zoo featured in Netflix’s Tiger King documentary has been closed after federal authorities suspended the investigation into suspected animal cruelty and suspended its license. The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park is closed to the public after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday withheld …
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