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VENICE, Fla. – Six days into the search for Brian Laundrie, police in North Port insist the grueling, exhausting search at Carlton Reserve in Sarasota County is worthwhile as they try to solve Gabby Petito’s disappearance. And his indictment by the FBI on a federal fraud charge has not impacted the effort. “The warrant doesn’t change anything for us,” North …

ONE person is dead and at least a dozen are wounded after a mass shooting at Kroger grocery store in Tennessee. The attack took place in Collierville, a suburb east of Memphis, officials said. Who is Kroger gunman UK Thang? The suspect of the Kroger shooting was identified as UK Thang. According to authorities, Thang was a “third-party vendor” at …

A pair of Taunton police officers went above and beyond to surprise a little boy with a brand new bicycle. Six-year-old Bryan King and his mom Dawn visited the police department Thursday to say thank you to the officers who donated the generous gift after the boy had two bikes stolen in just a few weeks. “We both got in …

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to visit the black sand beaches of Montserrat, with its stunning and varied terrain. But unless you earn $70,000 a year, travelling to the Caribbean island currently isn’t an option. In a bid to keep COVID-19 out while maintaining some tourist revenue, Montserrat opened its borders in April this year, to …

An enterprising Danish journalist who interviewed a man at a swingers club while having sex with him says her dad thought her amorous antics were “really cool.” Louise Fischer, 26, became a hit when a clip of her having sex swept Twitter. It was all part of a story she was working on and she thought the best way to …

Yellowstone to half reopen, amid COVID-19 self-quarantine differences between states. Access to the southern half of Yellowstone National Park will resume Monday by way of Wyoming, but park officials continue to talk with Montana officials about reopening the rest of the park after a seven-week closure because of the coronavirus, Superintendent Cam Sholly said Wednesday. The partial reopening comes as …

Jared Kushner presidential election: No White House discussions on altering Election Day. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner was forced to clarify he is not trying to change the date of the November election after coming under fire for suggesting it was a possibility. Election officials have raised concerns about how to conduct the general election on November 3rd if …

New Mexico woman who beat 1918 flu, has coronavirus (Video). At 105 years old a New Mexico woman has lived through two pandemics, a century apart. Even though she’s tested positive for coronavirus her family says she’s still in good spirits. “She was four-years-old when the Spanish flu hit,” says Luby Grenko’s granddaughter Misty Tulson. Now at 105 in a …

Swiss grandparents told they “can now hug their grandkids”. According to Daniel Koch, the head of the infectious diseases unit at the Federal Department of Public Health (FOPH), it is no longer necessary to keep the distance between the grandparents and grandchildren. The original recommendation was issued “when our learning curve about the transmission of coronavirus was still high”, Koch …

Facebook says its Blender chatbot ‘feels more human (Details). SIRI, ALEXA, OR Google Assistant can set a timer, play a song, or check the weather with ease, but for a real conversation you may as well try talking to the toaster. Speaking as naturally as a person requires common-sense understanding of the world, knowledge of facts and current events, and …

Federal Inmate Who Gave Birth While On Ventilator Dies from COVID-19. A 30-year-old federal inmate who gave birth while on a ventilator four weeks ago died from the coronavirus Tuesday, the Bureau of Prisons said. Andrea Circle Bear was serving a 26-month sentence for maintaining a drug-involved premises, the agency said in a news release. Circle Bear, of Eagle Butte, …