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ON THIS DAY: November 10

Today's date is November 10, 2020, the 315th day of this year. This is a breakdown of what happened in the world on this particular day. Notable events: November 10 in the 18th and 19th century William Franklin, the final colonial governor of New Jersey, signs the charter of Queen's College on this day in 1766. The college would later become Rutgers University. The United States Marine Corps was founded on this day in 1775. It was founded inside Philadelphia's […]

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Gray wolves stripped of federal endangered species protections

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday it was lifting endangered species protections for gray wolves in the United States, saying the 45-year recovery of U.S. wolves has "exceeded all conservation goals." U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt compared the success of wolves protected in regions of the country under the Endangered Species Act to that of the bald eagle. "Today's action reflects the Trump Administration's continued commitment to species conservation," said Bernhardt in a statement. "After […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 9

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Michigan arrests 14th person over plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

LANSING, Mich. (UPI) -- Authorities in Michigan said they have arrested a 14th person charged in the domestic terrorism plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The state's Attorney General Dana Nessel announced in a release Thursday that Brian Higgins, 51, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., has been charged "for his alleged participation in a plan of domestic terrorism that included storming the Michigan Capitol building and harming government officials." Higgins was arrested Thursday in Wisconsin and is awaiting extradited to Michigan […]

todayOctober 16, 2020 2

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Zamboni bursts into flames at NY ice rink

https://youtu.be/OWaNswjZILU ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPI) -- A Zamboni was caught on camera bursting into flames on an ice rink in New York while the driver rode it. The incident occurred Wednesday during a youth hockey practice, according to sources, while a driver was using the Zamboni to clean an ice rink at Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex in Rochester, New York. Rochester Fire Department Lt. Ryan Fleming said no one was hurt, including the driver who continued driving the machine off the […]

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Decision 2020

Federal judge affirms Wisconsin election body decision to keep Kanye West off the ballot

MILWAUKEE -- A Federal judge is upholding the decision of Wisconsin's election authority, keeping rapper Kanye West off the ballot. In a hearing Friday night, Judge John Zakowski made a ruling in favor of the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), putting a final nail in the coffin for West's quest to make it on the ballot for President. West campaign would turn in petitions 14 seconds too late West filed the lawsuit against the WEC over their previous action to bar […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 16

Decision 2020

Colorado secretary of state sues USPS over mailer on voting

DENVER (UPI) -- Colorado's secretary of state filed a federal lawsuit against the United States Postal Service over mailers that contain inaccurate information about mail-in voting. Jena Griswold said her office learned Thursday that the postal service would send mailers to every household in the United States with information about mail-in voting. The mailers advise voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot at least 15 days before Election Day and to return the official ballot at least seven days before the […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 1

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President Trump to pardon suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will posthumously pardon suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony for her arrests nearly 150 years ago for unlawfully voting. Trump made the comments during a White House ceremony recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote. "I can't believe this hasn't happened before," Trump said of pardoning Anthony, who violated laws that permitted only men to vote. "She got pardons for a lot of […]

todayAugust 18, 2020 9

Entertainment

Feds charge two men in cold-case homicide of Run-DMC member Jam-Master Jay

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors released murder charges for two men Monday in the cold-case 2002 killing of former Run-DMC hip-hop star and deejay Jam-Master Jay, one of New York's most well-known unsolved murders. Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan, Jr. were indicted by a grand jury Monday in what federal prosecutors described as a "drug-related homicide." Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell, 37, was shot and killed at his recording studio in Queens on Oct. 30, 2002. Mizell […]

todayAugust 17, 2020 3

General News

Big Ten postpones football, fall sports due to COVID-19

ROSEMONT, Ill. (UPI) -- The Big Ten Conference on Tuesday postponed fall sports -- including football -- for the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. The conference is the first among the Power Five conferences to announce a postponement of fall sports due to COVID-19. The ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12 are expected to announce fall plans later this week. Men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball are the other fall […]

todayAugust 11, 2020 3

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