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Boy bullied for homemade Tennessee shirt has logo become official design

VolShop/Twitter(ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.) -- A Florida boy who was bullied and laughed at for his homemade T-shirt representing the University of Tennessee Volunteers at his elementary school’s college colors day has not only had his design made official by the university – but the demand for the product is so high that it crashed the school’s website.It all started when Laura Snyder, the unnamed boy’s teacher at Altamonte Elementary School […]

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Rescuers searching for 4 crew members after 650-foot cargo ship catches fire, capsizes off Georgia coast

U.S. Coast Guard(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for four crew members after a cargo ship caught fire and capsized off the coast of Georgia.Twenty people have been safely removed from a 656-foot vessel named the Golden Ray after it became disabled on the St. Simons Sound off the coast of Brunswick, Georgia, around 2 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard officials said in a release.The number of people […]

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Husband of missing California mother Heather Gumina arrested after remains found: Authorities

El Dorado County Sheriffs Office(PLEASANT VALLEY, Calif.) -- The husband of a 33-year-old California mother missing since July has been charged with homicide after remains thought to be hers were located.On Friday, deputies from the El Dorado Sheriff's Office went to the home of Anthony Gumina, 44, to arrest him on an outstanding no-bail warrant for domestic violence, according to a news release. Detectives simultaneously served a search warrant on […]

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State News

Sanders rallies on the campuses of Iowa’s public universities

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is on a “tailgate tour” of Iowa’s three state universities, speaking to supporters who backed his 2016 bid for president as well as students who’ve just become old enough to vote in 2020. Sanders spoke on the University of Iowa and Iowa State University campuses Sunday. He’ll be on UNI’s campus […]Powered by WPeMatico

todaySeptember 8, 2019

State News

Sanford kicks off GOP challenge of Trump

Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford announced today that he is challenging President Trump’s bid for reelection. Sanford said during a recent trip to Iowa that it’s time for a debate about what it means to be a Republican. “As a Republican Party, we’ve lost some of our ways,” Sanford said. Sanford questions Trump’s embrace […]Powered by WPeMatico

todaySeptember 8, 2019

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Ohio teacher still plans to work after hitting $5 million jackpot

Oh! Lottery(NEW YORK) -- An Ohio teacher is now $5 million richer, but she doesn’t plan on giving up her career anytime soon. Brenda Simpson won the hefty prize Thursday after buying a $20 scratch-off ticket. All of her co-workers had the same question for her, she said: “Are you coming in tomorrow?” “I still plan to work, but I told my husband he can retire,” Brenda Simpson, a teacher […]

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Inside a wrongfully convicted man’s 24-year quest to clear his name

iStock/moodboard(NEW YORK) -- As Sundhe Moses sat in a Brooklyn courtroom more than 20 years ago, he insisted that he had been forced into confessing to a crime he didn't commit.Nevertheless, he was convicted and hit with a sentence of 15 years to life for a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn that left a little girl dead.Moses went from a 19-year-old community college student and father of an 8-month-old boy to […]

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Hurricane Dorian racing toward Nova Scotia after lashing Massachusetts

ABC News(CAPE HATTERAS, N.C.) -- Hurricane Dorian is making its way toward Nova Scotia, Canada, with dangerous storm surge and strong winds, after lashing the Massachusetts coast earlier this weekend. Tropical storm conditions had spread throughout the southwestern portions of the Canadian province by Saturday afternoon, with winds of 100 mph. Strong winds and heavy rain are expected later in the day, with Dorian on track to make landfall in […]

todaySeptember 8, 2019 13

Entertainment

Dylan Farrow criticizes Scarlett Johansson for supporting Woody Allen

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) -- Dylan Farrow isn't standing for Scarlett Johansson's public support of her adoptive father, Woody Allen. Farrow has publicly accused Allen molesting her when she was seven, though Allen has never been charged in connection with the allegations and has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Johansson recently told The Hollywood Reporter that she loves Allen and stated, "I believe him, and I would work with him anytime." Farrow publicly aired her disappointment with the Marvel […]

todaySeptember 7, 2019 12